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Omkara

Released Jul 28, 2006 2h 35m Crime Drama Action List
Reviews 90% Audience Score 5,000+ Ratings
In this adaptation of Shakespeare's "Othello" set in India, half-caste bandit Omkara Shukla (Ajay Devgan) abducts his lady love, Dolly Mishra (Konkona Sen Sharma), 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 (Kareena Kapoor), a promotion. Ultimately, this plot threatens not only his relationship with Dolly, but their lives and those of their associates as well. Read More Read Less

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Derek Elley Variety Strongly cast, and with a powerhouse perf by Saif Ali Khan in the Iago role, pic puts Bhardwaj in the top ranks of serious Mumbai-based helmers. Aug 7, 2006 Full Review Raam Tarat Future Movies UK Rated: 8/10 Sep 23, 2006 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member This is close to being a masterpiece. It's one of the best adaptations of Shakespeare I've ever seen. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Audience Member Othello's desi version. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Some great performances from Ajay Devgn, Kareena Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan, Viveik Oberio, Konkana Sen Sharma and Deepak Dobriyal. All of them seemed to have stretched out of their comfort zones. Decent adaptation of Shakespeare's "Othello" - good dialogues and music. Unfortunately, leaves the audience upset: tragedy. Impressed with Vishal Bhardwaj's filmmaking. Bollywood could do with more such movies like this. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Audience Member "Sharat ghodo pe lagate hai kathor. Shero pe nahi." Vishal Bharadwaj and William Shakespeare is a very uncanny yet enjoyable combination. And what a performance by Saif Ali Khan. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member According to me the best Vishal Bhardwaj movie ever and also hats off to him to make this kind of serious cinema with popular actors. The best part about movie is the way Bhardwaj brings every actor out of his comfort zone and extracts top notch performances. Saif Ali Khan delivers his career best performance as menacing LangdaTyagi, Konkana Sen Sharma is always awesome and Ajay Devgan is just too brilliant in his titular role. Great music, flawless screenplay and raw camera work makes Omkara a cult classic in coming years. Only thing that bothered me was that strong UP dialect but with subtitles those dialogues sounded equally kickass. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Audience Member A brilliant star cast . Shakespeare's Othello is being adapted here and the movie is most promising. Saif is full of talent, the movie is just so good from the start till end. Ajay's silent character as like in Company once again. Overall movie is great to watch. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis In this adaptation of Shakespeare's "Othello" set in India, half-caste bandit Omkara Shukla (Ajay Devgan) abducts his lady love, Dolly Mishra (Konkona Sen Sharma), 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 (Kareena Kapoor), a promotion. Ultimately, this plot threatens not only his relationship with Dolly, but their lives and those of their associates as well.
Director
Vishal Bhardwaj
Producer
Kumar Mangat
Screenwriter
Vishal Bhardwaj, Robin Bhatt, Abhishek Chaubey, Robin Bhatt, Abhishek Chaubey
Distributor
Eros International
Production Co
Panorama Studios, Shemaroo Video Pvt. Ltd., NH Studioz, Big Screen Entertainment Group
Genre
Crime, Drama, Action
Original Language
Hindi
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 28, 2006, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 10, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$789.7K
Runtime
2h 35m
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