To start of the discussion
~What did you think about the movie?
Absolutely mindblowing! One of my all-time favorite films and definitely VB's best work till date.
~Your thoughts on the cast? Anyone who stuck out in particular?
Saif Ali Khan as Langda Tyagi! I have seen a lot of adaptations of Othello on which Omkara was based, and I think that Saif's enactment of the principal antagonist, Ishwar Tyagi (Iago from the original) is the best I have seen! And the guy who played Raajo...Saif's best friend in the film, who unwittingly becomes the reason for everyone's death, after being manipulated by Saif! I thought the chemistry between Saif and that guy was far better than the one between Ajay and Kareena!
~Your thoughts on the music?
I still have Beedi Jalailye on my Ipod! 😆 Lovely songs...deep with meaning...Beedi is actually a take on the Zamindari system in Eastern Uttar Pradesh...Namak Ishq ka is a very bold song, which actually talks about love-making! Only Gulzar can writes lyrics like these and get away so beautifully!
~Omkara won quite a few awards - did you think the winners were deserving? Anyone who didn't get an award who should've?
Ajay should have got an award...he was so good as Omkara, even if a bit overshadowed by Saif! Even Kareena was very good...brought out Desdemona's innocence and beauty very natrually!
Omkara is a landmark film in Bollywood...not only for being a near perfect interpretation of Shakespear's original, but actually transporting a Victorian Era story into current Uttar Pradesh milieu! It takes genius to do something like this successfully and VB did that! Plus, everyone in the film performed so wonderfully...even the background characters were perfect! The dialouges though a bit vulgar and embarassng at times, depicted the background of the story very well! I think Omkara is one of the few films I have seen, which is almost flawless! Atleast, I could not find any faults in it!
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