Omkara
Omkara
PG-13 | 28 July 2006 (USA)
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Half-caste bandit Omkara Shukla abducts his lady love, Dolly Mishra, from her family. Thanks to his cleverness, he gets away with the kidnapping. A conspiracy, however, forms against him when he denies his right-hand man, Langda Tyagi, a promotion. Ultimately, this plot threatens not only his relationship with Dolly, but their lives and those of their associates as well.

Reviews
Diagonaldi Very well executed
Ameriatch One of the best films i have seen
Plustown A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.
Brendon Jones It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.
vishaal811 Omkara is the adaptation of Othello by William Shakespeare. Vishal Bharadwaj has taken the plot of Othello and set it in a North Indian town.The overall look of the movie is brilliant and the actors grasp of the heavy accent is amazing. It features some brilliant performances by Ajay Devgan, Saif Ali Khan, and Konkona Sen Sharma.The music is also given by the director and he does not disappoint in this aspect of the movie. I will not go into details of the plot as it will probably spoil the experience. However, it does involve a lot of confusion, conspiracy, and backstabbing.Go and watch this epic drama now and you will not be disappointed by the layered story and nuanced performances.
Peter Young Vishal Bhardwaj's 'Omkara' is a modern-day adaptation of Shakespeare's play 'Othello'. Set in rural Uttar Pradesh, the film deals with everything the original story dealt with, including morality, faith, doubt, love, betrayal and deception. Bhardwaj's direction is marvelous and his portrayal of the rural India is laudable. He skillfully captures the spirit of these wild hinterlands and their effervescent and simple people through his dark narrative style and brilliant writing. The film is very well crafted and is amazingly realistic thanks to the serious proceedings, the authentic dialogues, the simple locations, the lifelike situations and the roundly natural acting. Speaking of acting, I will not stretch it much and will say it straight: Saif Ali Khan did not only outdo everyone in the film, he outdid himself with his performance. As the manipulative Langda (Iago), he is unrecognisable, his dialect and body language are spot-on, and he easily pulls off a role no-one ever expected him to play. Konkona Sen Sharma equals his act totally, and though her part is relatively small, she is absolutely astonishing as the vivacious and sassy Indu (Emilia) and steals every scene she appears in. Again, her dialect and mannerisms were incredible. Kareena Kapoor is very pretty in her deglamorised role of Dolly (Desdemona) and her acting is excellent throughout. Vivek Oberoi is very effective. Ajay Devgan is good as Omkara (Othello) but is very disappointing mainly because though his is the central character, you almost forget about him at the end of the show. Bipasha Basu looks stunning and acts well but she hardly has a role to speak of. Other cast members do a fine job. The film's soundtrack, composed by Bhardwaj himself (another proof to his craftsmanship), is outstanding. My favourite songs include "Beedi", "Namak" and "O Saathi Re". The film's climax is thrilling and the ending is bittersweet, very tragic and sad but still conveys the irony and provides the much-needed catharsis. 'Omkara' is an interesting and artistic movie and truly a gem where Hindi cinema is concerned. I recommend.
Sangam Yadagiri Vishal's Omkara is stunning. That's how I have to describe it. Everyone in the movie from Ajay to the man who played the character of Tyagi's friend are superb. I heard Vishal put all his money into this movie and did not take a single paisa as remuneration. That proves how cinema dedicated he is.My favorite in the movie is Ajay because he has shown such an intensity in his eyes and maintained that jealousy thing for the most part of the movie. One can actually learn from this character like why not to be like him and what would be the consequence if be like him. The pinnacle of the result of being jealous is shown in this movie. This may sound ridiculous but we all human beings have this feeling called jealousy and we have to remove that feeling from our within lest it removes you->.The bottom line is Jealousy -> Destruction.I wonder Shakesphear wrote this Othello some very long long time ago and it still looks so fresh in this advanced age and will remain so.I must write something about Gulzar Saab here. He used lot of words/expressions like 'dashrath ka vada', 'beedi jalaile jigar se piya', and lot of such words in the song 'naina...'. ANd the music and the picturization remain faithful to those wonderful lyrics.
Gursajan Mandair I loved everything about this movie, except Karena Kapoor's death. Ajay Devgan was great (like always). Saif Ali Khan was excellent to. I don't like most of his movies, but he was a great bad guy in this movie. Bollywood and its terrific actors and actresses did it again. We are way better than Hollywood. YOU MUST SEE THIS MOVIE is what I'm tiring to say. But come on, we all now that they should have placed Karena with a better and bigger actress. Such as Rani Mucerje, no. Pretiy Zinta is what people would rather see(according to me). She isn't the best but she would have acted a lot better than Kareena did! Anhyways enough about the people. See the movie, your day will be great. Omkara is long so your entertained for awhile.