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Omkara is a film of genre Drama directed by Vishal Bhardwaj released in USA on 28 july 2006 with Ajay Devgn
Omkara (2006)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 28 july 2006
Length 2h35
Directed by Vishal Bhardwaj
Themes Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare, Bollywood
Rating79%
Omkara is a 2006 Indian crime drama film adapted from Shakespeare’s Othello, co-written and directed by Vishal Bhardwaj. It starred Ajay Devgan, Saif Ali Khan, Vivek Oberoi and Kareena Kapoor in the lead roles, supported by Naseeruddin Shah, Konkona Sen Sharma and Bipasha Basu. The director Vishal Bhardwaj himself composed the entire music for the film, including the background score, with lyrics by Gulzar. The film is set in Meerut, a town in Western Uttar Pradesh.
The film was showcased in the Marché du Film section at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival along with a book on the making of Omkara. It was also selected to be screened at the Cairo International Film Festival, where Bhardwaj was awarded for Best Artistic Contribution in Cinema of a Director. The film also won three awards at the Kara Film Festival, an award at the Asian Festival of First Films, three National Film Awards, and seven Filmfare Awards.
The film became part of a series by Bhardwaj of film interpretations of popular literary works, including Maqbool (2003) based on Shakespeare’s Macbeth, The Blue Umbrella (2007) based on Ruskin Bond's The Blue Umbrella, 7 Khoon Maaf (2011) based on Bond's Susanna's Seven Husbands, and Haider (2014) based on Shakspeare's Hamlet.
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Omkara Shukla or Omi (Ajay Devgan) is a bahubali, a sort of political enforcer. He is the leader of a gang which commits political crimes for the local politician Tiwari Bhaisaab (Naseeruddin Shah). Ishwar 'Langda' Tyagi (Saif Ali Khan) and Keshav 'Kesu Firangi' Upadhyay (Vivek Oberoi) are his closest lieutenants.Actors
Ajay Devgn
(Omkara 'Omi' Shukla)
Saif Ali Khan
(Ishwar 'Langda' Tyagi)
Pankaj Tripathi
(Kichlu)
Vivek Oberoi
(Keshav 'Kesu Firangi' Upadhyaya)
Kareena Kapoor
(Dolly Mishra)
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