Mumbai: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has started shooting for Ram Gopal Varma's  directorial venture "Sarkar 3".

The movie, which is the third in the 'Sarkar' franchise will see Bachchan reprising his role as Subhash Nagre.

"SARKAR 3 ka pehla din !! First day !! Larger, intriguing and oh so unpredictable !!," he tweeted.

The movie also stars Rohini Hattangadi, Jackie Shroff, Manoj Bajpayee, Ronit Roy, Bharat Dhabolkar, Amit Sadh and Yami Gautam.

While Shroff, who has previously worked with the director in "Rangeela," and Hattangadi will play antagonists, Bajpayee will be seen in the role of Govind Deshpande.

Ronit will play right of hand of Sarkar, Gokul Satam.