The film is Vishal Bharadwaj's interpretation of William Shakespeare's classic play, Othello. A play that has been made four times in Hollywood but is being brought to life for the first time as a mainstream Hindi film in a commercial...
OMKARA IS THE BEST FILM OF 2006 ,ALONG WITH RANG DE BASANTI ,LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI AND DOR . IT IS THE REMAKE OF SHAKESPEARE'S OTHELLO . IT SHOWS THE REALITY OF LOVE,JEALOUSY , HATRED AND OBSESSION . AJAY DEVGAN STANDS OUT AS OMI SHUKLA A.K.A OMKARA . KAREENA IS A REVELATION ,SHE INFUSES LIFE IN DOLLY MISHRA WITH EASE ,IT IS ONE OF HER BEST AND FINEST PERFORMANCE TILL DATE . VIVEIK OBEROI IS EXCELLENT , IN SOME SEQUENCE HE IS LOUD, BUT DOES A GREAT JOB . WHAT CAN I SAY ABOUT AN ACTRESS LIKE KONKANA WHO PROVED THAT SHE IS BEST IN EVERY ROLE WHETHER IT IS GLAMOURIZED OR DE-GLAMOURISED . SHE IS AWESOME AND IS IN GREAT FORM AFTER PAGE 3 AND MR & MRS IYER ,ALTHOUGH SHE ACTED BRILLIANTLY IN LATTER 2 FILMS . IT IS SAIF ALI KHAN WHO STEALS THE SHOW WITH HIS DEMONIC ROLE OF LANGDA TYAGI . DESPITE NOT STYLISH , HE ENACTS WITH GREAT AFFORT AND FORCES YOU TO HATE HIM . SONGS ARE FOLK BUT MELODIOUS , THE SONG "O SAATHI RE " AND " BEEDI JALIYLE" IS PICTURISED OUTSTANDINGLY . GREAT JOB VISHAL, WE ARE WAITING FOR YOUR NEXT MASTERPIECE OF SHAKESPEARE.
Saif Ali Khan, aka the Chhote Nawab of Bollywood, has impressed one and all with his negative shades in films like Omkara and EK Hasina Thi. He did an exceptional job in portraying the negative... - movietalkies
SHAKESPEARE WILL BE HAPPY