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Omkara

  • 20062006
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  • 2h 35m
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8.1/10
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Kareena Kapoor, Ajay Devgn, and Saif Ali Khan in Omkara (2006)
A politically-minded enforcer's misguided trust in his lieutenant leads him to suspect his wife of infidelity in this adaptation of Shakespeare's 'Othello'.
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A politically-minded enforcer's misguided trust in his lieutenant leads him to suspect his wife of infidelity in this adaptation of Shakespeare's 'Othello'.A politically-minded enforcer's misguided trust in his lieutenant leads him to suspect his wife of infidelity in this adaptation of Shakespeare's 'Othello'.A politically-minded enforcer's misguided trust in his lieutenant leads him to suspect his wife of infidelity in this adaptation of Shakespeare's 'Othello'.
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    • Vishal Bhardwaj
  • Writers
    • Vishal Bhardwaj(screenplay)
    • Robin Bhatt(screenplay)
    • Abhishek Chaubey(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Ajay Devgn
    • Kareena Kapoor
    • Saif Ali Khan
    • Vishal Bhardwaj
  • Writers
    • Vishal Bhardwaj(screenplay)
    • Robin Bhatt(screenplay)
    • Abhishek Chaubey(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Ajay Devgn
    • Kareena Kapoor
    • Saif Ali Khan
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    • 20Critic reviews
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    Ajay Devgn
    Ajay Devgn
    • Omi Shukla
    • (as Ajay Devgan)
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    Kareena Kapoor
    Kareena Kapoor
    • Dolly Mishra
    Saif Ali Khan
    Saif Ali Khan
    • Langda Tyagi…
    Konkona Sen Sharma
    Konkona Sen Sharma
    • Indu Tyagi
    Vivek Oberoi
    Vivek Oberoi
    • Keshav Upadhyaya
    • (as Viveik Oberoi)
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    Bipasha Basu
    Bipasha Basu
    • Chamanbahar 'Billo'
    Naseeruddin Shah
    Naseeruddin Shah
    • Bhaisaab
    Deepak Dobriyal
    Deepak Dobriyal
    • Rajan Tiwari…
    Pankaj Tripathi
    Pankaj Tripathi
    • Kichlu
    • (as Pankaj Tripathy)
    Kamal Tiwari
    • Advocate Raghunath Mishra
    Manav Kaushik
    Manav Kaushik
    • Surendra Kaptaan
    Avtar Sahani
    • SSP Babulal
    Santosh Kaushik
    • Indore Singh
    Rahul Kumar
    Rahul Kumar
    • Langda Tyagi's Son…
      • Vishal Bhardwaj
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      • Vishal Bhardwaj(screenplay) (dialogue) (adaptation)
      • Robin Bhatt(screenplay)
      • Abhishek Chaubey(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      In the shot in which Saif Ali Khan is in the shadows, looking at a mirror, director Vishal Bhardwaj suggested that it would be very artistic and beautiful if Khan did it naked. The actor answered, "I am prepared to do that as long as you direct me naked." That was the end of the topic.
    • Goofs
      During the first scene of dressing up the bridegroom for marriage, Omkara is wearing a garland made from 1000 rupee notes. However, during the marriage, he is wearing a 500 rupee notes garland.
    • Quotes

      Langda Tyagi: What am I, holding your balls? Jump motherfucker!

    • Connections
      Featured in 52nd Filmfare Awards (2007)
    • Soundtracks
      Omkara
      Written by Gulzar

      Composed by Vishal Bhardwaj

      Rhythm by Nitin Sharma

      Performed by Sukhwinder Singh, Arun Ingle, Vijay Prakash, Hemant Kulkarni,

      Mani, Asif Ali Beg, Rishikesh Kamekar, Chintamani Sohoni and Neuman Pinto

      Courtesy of EROS Music

    User reviews93

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    10/10
    If you have not seen an Indian movie in a long time, this is the one to break your hiatus with.
    I took only the masterline from Othello and sketched it from there on my own. I almost felt as if I had written it …only 400 years ago.- Vishal Bharadwaj

    Haughty comment of a wannabe or simplistic fascination of an artist? A fairly new and art-house director with a star-cast to challenge any Yash Chopra production and an eight-figure production budget is not just a rarity in Indian cinema, but unheard of. What Vishal ends up delivering is highly-intelligent cinema with all the accessibility of any major commercial release (akin to a Batman Begins as a summer movie). I can't resist quoting from my review of Maqbool: Give Vishal Bharadwaj a solid pat on the back, and sit back waiting for his next movie. This man seethes brilliance in his film-making. His dialogues, his script, his music, and his direction - all are top-notch. This movie proves that Makdee was no fluke.

    Omkara (Ajay Devgan) is a gang-leader in the semi-lawless state of UP. Bhaisaab's (Naseer's) election win promotes Omi, leaving his "Youth Leader" seat empty. In a logical political move, Omi selects Kesu Firangi (Vivek Oberoi) as his successor ignoring his loyal right-hand-man Langda Tyagi (Saif). Green with envy, Langda slowly poisons Omkara's mind against Kesu leading him down a path too dark for anyone's good. Kareena, Konkona & Bipasha play Omi, Langda & Kesu's love interests respectively.

    The movie starts in the middle of an attempted wedding of a girl and carries on until she gets married. The events that transpire inbetween, the turns that different people take to affect her life and the eventual effect is Vishal Bharadwaj's unique Omkara. The title of his second Shakespearean movie went through a few changes before finally resting on his Othello equivalent. But this movie could easily have also been called "Dolly Mishra" or "Langda Tyagi". These three characters equally occupy our minds with their unpredictable fates and yet it is the triumph of Saif Ali Khan's powerfully vile performance that his limp Tyagi towers head and shoulders above anybody around him.

    Vishal writes the Screenplay & Dialogues, composes music, sings and directs in just his fourth movie yet which only strengthens the silent promise his is making to his fans of greater things to come. Missing are the escapist dream sequences and melodramatic dialogues that Hindi movies are generally associated with. He instead roots the movie in realism with even the song-and-dance sequences being what are existent in a real-world Indian lifestyle.

    Anyone who has followed Indian cinema since the 70s will note the clear influence in Vishal's work-style from his previous two movies. It does help to have this influence (Gulzar) as the lyricist of the movie and (my guess) a quiet adviser too. The most clear indication of this is in the dialogues and the style of sparsely sprinkled humour.

    My only gripe with the movie was the language spoken by the characters. It is a mix of Hindi & Bhojpuri - something that is indeed spoken in U.P. But this gripe is more to do with my short-coming in not understanding the language rather than a flaw in the movie.

    If you have not seen an Indian movie in a long time, this is the one to break your hiatus with.

    My Rating --> 4 of 5

    P.S: Vishal Bharadwaj has directed, in order, Makdee (original story), Maqbool(Shakespeare's Macbeth), Chatri Chor(Ruskin Bond's Blue Umbrella) and Omkara(Shakespeare's Othello). Chatri Chor remains unreleased although it has been shown in a few festivals around Europe.
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      • July 28, 2006 (United States)
      • India
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      • Hindi
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      • Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
    • Production companies
      • Shemaroo Video Pvt. Ltd.
      • Big Screen Entertainment
      • Panorama Studios
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    • 2 hours 35 minutes
      • Color
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