Omkara Shukla or Omi [Ajay Devgan] is a baahubali, a sort of political enforcer. He is the leader of a gang which carries out 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. thumb as Dolly Mishra The movie starts with Langda Tyagi hijacking a baraat and sending Rajju [Deepak Dobriyal], the bridegroom to try and stop Omkara from abducting the bride, Dolly Mishra [Kareena Kapoor]. Rajju fails and the wedding never takes place. Dolly''s father Advocate Ragunath Mishra [Kamal Tiwari], mostly referred in the movie as "vakeel saab" [lawyer sir], is furious and confronts Omi. He puts a gun to Omi''s head and demands the return of his daughter. Bhaisaab intervenes and resolves the conflict by mentioning the current political conditions and prevents bloodshed. Still unconvinced, Vakeel saab grieves to Bhaisaab the next day. To bring a final solution to this issue, Dolly is made to appear in front of her father and clarify that she eloped with Omi rather than being abducted forcefully. She also tells the events of how she fell in love with Omkara. The father leaves feeling betrayed and ashamed. After some crafty political arm-twisting, involving a MMS sex scandal, Omkara eliminates a powerful electoral rival. Bhaisaab is elected for Parliament and Omkara is promoted from "bahubali" to the candidate for the upcoming state elections. Omkara appoints Kesu over Langda as his successor once he enters politics himself. Langda, disappointed with Omkaras poor judgment and jealous of Kesu, his younger, less-experienced, superior; hatches a plot to revenge both his offenders. He first causes a violent brawl between Kesu and Rajju [Deepak Dobriyal], Dolly''s original suitor by taking advantage of Kesus low threshold for alcohol. Such irresponsible behaviour of Kesu infuriates Omi, who now starts becoming unsure about his own decision. On one hand, playing the role of a concerned friend Langda convinces Kesu to appeal to Dolly, Omis lover and bride-to-be to mollify Omi. On the other he starts to disrepute Dolly by implicating Kesus visits to ask Dolly for her help as meetings in an illicit love affair between the two. A kamarbandh, a piece of traditional jewellery worn around the waist, carelessly dropped by Dolly and stolen by Langda''s wife Indu [Konkona Sen Sharma], which eventually reaches Billo Chamanbahar [Bipasha Basu] as a gift from Kesu, plays an important part in the plot, as evidence of Dolly''s infidelity. By the time of the climax, the night of their wedding, Omi is convinced that Dolly and Kesu have been having an affair behind his back. In utter rage, he smothers his new wife to death. Langda shoots Kesu with a silent approval from Omi. Kesu doesnt die but gets hit with a bullet on his arm. Hearing gunshots and in shock Indu enters the room where Omi is sitting next to Dolly''s corpse in remorse. Indu notices the kamarbandh and mentions stealing it, they both understand the fatal misunderstanding and Langda as its root cause. In retribution, Indu slashes Langdas throat and Omi commits suicide. The movie closes with Omi lying dead of the floor and Dolly''s dead body swinging above his, while Kesu is looking on.

See also

* William Shakespeares tragedy Othello Category:2006 films Category:Indian films Category:Hindi-language films Category:Drama films Category:Modern adaptations of works by William Shakespeare Category:Shakespeare on film Category:India art films Category:Films directed by Vishal Bhardwaj Category:Films about organized crime in India Category:Films set in Uttar Pradesh fr:Omkara hi:?????? new:?????? pl:Omkara ta:???????

Production

Other members of the production team included stunts co-ordinator Jai Singh, costume designer Dolly Ahluwalia, choreographers Bhushan Lakhandri and Ganesh Acharya along with chief assistant director Ajit Ahuja. The title of the film was decide by a popular vote. Moviegoers had a choice between Omkara, Issak and O Saathi Re, all of which had already appeared on the soundtrack as song titles.

[[filmfare awards]]

= * Filmfare Best Director Award - Vishal Bharadwaj * Filmfare Best Actress Award - Kareena Kapoor *Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award - Konkona Sen Sharma *Filmfare Best Villain Award - Saif Ali Khan *Filmfare Best Actress [Critics] Award - Kareena Kapoor * Filmfare Special Performance Award - Deepak Dobriyal * Filmfare Best Lyricist Award - Gulzar [Beedi] * Filmfare Best Female Playback Award - Sunidhi Chauhan [Beedi] * Filmfare Best Choreography Award - Ganesh Acharya - [Beedi] * Filmfare Best Art Direction - Sameer Chanda * Filmfare Best Costumes - Dolly Ahluwalia * Filmfare Best Sound - Subhash Sahu , K.J. Singh and Shajith Koyeri * Filmfare Best Action Award - Jai Singh * Filmfare Best Cinematographer Award - Tassaduq Hussain * Filmfare Best Editing Award - Meghna Manchanda * Filmfare Best Screenplay Award - Vishal Bharadwaj & Robin Bhatt * Filmfare Best Background Score - Vishal Bharadwaj * Filmfare Best Dialogue Award - Abhishek Chaubey & Vishal Bharadwaj

[[star screen awards]]

= * Star Screen Award Best Film - Kumar Mangat * Star Screen Award Best Director - Vishal Bharadwaj * Star Screen Award Best Actor - Ajay Devgan * Star Screen Award Best Actress - Kareena Kapoor * Star Screen Award Best Supporting Actress - Konkona Sen Sharma * Star Screen Award Best Villain - Saif Ali Khan * Star Screen Award Best Music Director - Vishal Bharadwaj * Star Screen Award Best Lyricist - Gulzar [Beedi] * Star Screen Award Best Male Playback - Sukhwinder Singh [Omkara] * Star Screen Award Best Female Playback - Rekha Bharadwaj [Namak] * Star Screen Award Best Female Playback - Shreya Goshal [O Saathi Re] * Star Screen Award Best Female Playback - Sunidhi Chauhan [Beedi] * Star Screen Award Best Background Music - Vishal Bharadwaj * Star Screen Award Best Choreography - Ganesh Acharya [Beedi] * Star Screen Award Best Dialogue - Vishal Bharadwaj * Star Screen Award Best Sound - K.J. Singh/Shajith Koyeri/Subash Sahu * Star Screen Award Best Cinematographer - Tassaduq Hussain * Star Screen Award Best Art Direction - Samir Chanda

Awards and nominations

The awards it won are highlighted in bold.

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Cast and characters

Actor	Character in the movie	Character in the play
Kareena Kapoor	Dolly Mishra	Desdemona
Ajay Devgan	Omkara Omi Shukla	Othello
Saif Ali Khan	Ishwar Langda Tyagi	Iago
Vivek Oberoi	Keshav Kesu Firangi Upadhyaya	Cassio
Bipasha Basu	Billo Chamanbahar	Bianca
Konkona Sen Sharma	Indu	Emilia
Deepak Dobriyal	Rajan ''Rajju'' Tiwari	Roderigo
Naseeruddin Shah	Bhaisaab	Duke of Venice

[[national film awards]]

= * Special Jury Award - Vishal Bharadwaj * National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress - Konkona Sen Sharma * National Film Award for Best Audiography - Subhash Sahoo , K. J. Singh, Shajith Koyeri |}

Response

Omkara had a fairly good performance at the box office in India but earned praises all over the movie grossed $16,466,144 world wide in its total run at the boxoffice. Even though the movie received rave reviews, the dark theme and strong language kept away family audiences. It was, however, a grand success abroad. The film quickly entered the UKs Top Ten and also did very well in Australia, South Africa and the United States. The film was praised for its taut script, brilliantly executed drama sequences and its lead performances. Kareena Kapoors and Ajay Devgans performance was considered to be the finest of their films. Saif Ali Khan drew the most praise for his villainous role as Langda Tyagi, along with Konkana Sen who eventually won a National Award for her performance.

[[stardust awards]]

= * Hottest Movie of the Year - Big Screen Entertainers & Kumar Mangat * Stardust Dream Director Award - Vishal Bharadwaj * Stardust Star of the Year Award - Male - Saif Ali Khan * Stardust Star of the Year Award - Female - Kareena Kapoor * Stardust Best Supporting Actress Award - Konkona Sen Sharma * Best Actor In A Negative Role - Saif Ali Khan * New Menace - Deepak Dobriyal * New Musical Sensation [Female] - Rekha Bharadwaj [Namak] * Editors Choice Best Performance of the Year - Kareena Kapoor * Editors Choice Best Director of the Year - Vishal Bharadwaj

[[zee cine awards]]

= * Zee Cine Award Best Film - Kumar Mangal * Zee Cine Award Best Director - Vishal Bharadwaj * Zee Cine Award Best Actor- Female - Kareena Kapoor * Zee Cine Award Best Actor in a Supporting Role- Female - Konkona Sen Sharma * Zee Cine Award Best Actor in a Negative Role - Saif Ali Khan * Zee Cine Award Best Track of the Year - Beedi * Zee Cine Award Best Music Director - Vishal Bharadwaj * Zee Cine Award Best Lyricist - Gulzar [Beedi] * Zee Cine Award Best Playback Singer- Female - Sunidhi Chauhan [Beedi] * Zee Cine Award Best Background Music - Vishal Bharadwaj * Zee Cine Award Best Choreographer - Ganesh Acharya [Beedi] * Zee Cine Award Best Film Processing - Adlabs * Zee Cine Award Best Sound Recording - Subash Sahu * Zee Cine Award Best Audiography - K.J. Singh/Shajith Koyeri/Subash Sahu * Zee Cine Award Best Publicity Design - HR Enterprises * Zee Cine Award Best Action - Jai Singh * Zee Cine Award Best Cinematography - Tassaduq Hussain

Character outlines

= * Omkara "Omi" Shukla - Omkara is a hardened goon, equivalent to a capo, a man with principles who sees life in extremes, either as good or evil. He is the illegitimate child of a higher caste Brahmin man and a lower caste woman. * Ishwar "Langda" Tyagi - Langda, which means limp in Hindi is the catalyst in the story. He had been a loyal right hand man to Omi for years and expected to be the next ''''bahubali''''. Kesu''s promotion gives a crushing blow to his ambitions and brings out the evil in him. His jealousy and hatred towards his kin is further encouraged by chiding remarks from Rajju. * Dolly Mishra - Dolly is a playful, innocent, young girl, smitten by Omi. She is the one who expresses her love for him and lays the basis of their relationship. Throughout the narrative, other characters have been showed to doubt her innocence, including her father. Omi also finds her personality ambiguous, resulting in the tragic end. * Indu - Indu leads a bittersweet life as Langda Tyagi''s wife. She becomes an unwitting aid in her husbands plan. * Keshav "Kesu Firangi" Upadhyay - Kesu is Omi''s other deputy. His epithet comes from the fact that he is a foreigner. He is college educated and urban, known to be somewhat of a casanova. He is important to Omi for his political contacts in the students. After admitting to having ''''known'''' a string of women he falls in love with Billo and proposes to her for marriage. He is shown to be impatient and easily frustrated with a low threshold for alcohol. * Billo Chamanbahar - Billo is a singer/dancer who melts hearts with just her looks. She sees Kesu as a future companion, though keeps him hanging on. She makes an easy tool for Langda to manipulate. * Bhaisaab - An influential and powerful politician that many characters in this movie defer to. He is an outwardly sophisticated man, with a ruthless interior. He is a politician to the bone and rules the region with an iron fist, picking up enemies as he progresses his career. He is a father figure for Omkara as well as the political head honcho. *Rajan ''Rajju'' Tiwari - Son of a respectable ''''thekedar'''', he is head over heels in love with Dolly. He tries to win her affection, throughout the movie.

Shooting location

Omkara was shot over a period of 4 months across various locales, including Lonavala, Lucknow University, Allahabad, Bodh Gaya, Mahabaleshwar, Mumbai and Wai, Maharashtra, where bulk of the shooting took place. Even though most of the shooting took place in Maharashtra, sets were erected with precise details to create an authentic Uttar Pradesh village.

Language

All the dialogues in the film are delivered in a strong input of the Khariboli dialect other than Hindi, including the use of swear words, generally absent from mainstream Hindi cinema. The movie received an A Certificate from the censor board of India. Critics and audiences were divided in their opinions about the foul language. Many believed that it was not required and would lead to distancing the movie from the family audience, while on the other hand some applauded it for authentically showing the rustic setting of the story. The language and A certificate narrowed the audience but in turn brought accolades for the creators of the movie for valuing creativity over commercial success The exact same dialogues were repeated in the movie at different points in the screenplay by the same or different characters, acting like catchphrases.

[[international indian film academy awards]]

= * IIFA Best Director Award - Vishal Bharadwaj * IIFA Best Actor Award - Ajay Devgan * IIFA Best Actress Award - Kareena Kapoor * IIFA Best Supporting Actress Award - Konkona Sen Sharma * IIFA Best Villain Award - Saif Ali Khan * IIFA Best Music Director Award - Vishal Bharadwaj * IIFA Best Lyricist Award - Gulzar [Beedi] * IIFA Best Female Playback Award - Sunidhi Chauhan [Beedi] * IIFA Best Choreography Award - Ganesh Acharya [Beedi] * IIFA Best Story Award - Vishal Bharadwaj * IIFA Best Screenplay Award - Vishal Bharadwaj, Robin Bhatt & Abhishek Chaubey * IIFA Best Dialogue Award - Vishal Bharadwaj * Best Cinematic Contribution for Literary Work - Vishal Bharadwaj |width="50%" valign="top"|

[[bollywood movie awards]]

= * Bollywood Movie Award - Best Film - Kumar Mangat * Bollywood Movie Award - Best Director - Vishal Bharadwaj * Bollywood Movie Award - Best Actor - Ajay Devgan * Bollywood Movie Award - Best Actress - Kareena Kapoor * Bollywood Movie Award - Best Supporting Actor - Vivek Oberoi * Bollywood Movie Award - Best Supporting Actress - Konkona Sen Sharma * Bollywood Movie Award - Best Villain - Saif Ali Khan * Bollywood Movie Award - Best Music Director - Vishal Bharadwaj * Bollywood Movie Award - Best Lyricist - Gulzar [Beedi] * Bollywood Movie Award - Best Playback Singer Male - Sukhwinder Singh [Omkara] * Bollywood Movie Award - Best Playback Singer Female - Sunidhi Chauhan [Beedi] * Bollywood Movie Award - Best Playback Singer Female - Rekha Bharadwaj [Namak] * Bollywood Movie Award - Best Choreography - Ganesh Acharya [Beedi] * Bollywood Movie Award Best Dialogue - Vishal Bharadwaj * Bollywood Movie Award Best Sound - K.J. Singh * Bollywood Movie Award Best Art Direction - Samir Chanda * Bollywood Movie Award Best Cinematography - Tassaduq Hussain

[[global indian film awards]]

= * GIFA Best Film - Shemaroo & Kumar Mangat * GIFA Best Director - Vishal Bharadwaj * GIFA Best Actor - Ajay Devgan * GIFA Best Actress - Kareena Kapoor * GIFA Best Villain - Saif Ali Khan * GIFA Best Music Director- Vishal Bharadwaj * GIFA Best Lyrics - Gulzar [Omkara] * GIFA Best Lyrics - Gulzar [O Saathi Re] * GIFA Best Playback Singer Male - Sukhwinder Singh [Omkara] * GIFA Best Playback Singer Female - Sunidhi Chauhan [Beedi] * GIFA Best Playback Singer Female - Shreya Goshal [O Saathi Re] * GIFA Best Choreography - Ganesh Acharya [Beedi] * GIFA Best Cinematography - Tassaduq Hussain j * AIFA Best Actor-Ajay Devgan * AIFA Best Actress Award - Kareena Kapoor * AIFA Best Supporting Actress Award - Konkona Sen * AIFA Best Villain Award - Saif Ali Khan * AIFA Best Actress [Critics] Award - Kareena Kapoor * AIFA Queen of Hearts Award - Bipasha Basu * AIFA Best Female Playback Award - Sunidhi Chauhan [Beedi] * AIFA Best Lyricist Award - Gulzar [Beedi] * AIFA Best Soundtrack Award - Beedi * AIFA Best Sound Recording Award - Salman Afidi

International awards

= * Asian Festival of First Films: Best Cinematographer - Tassaduq Hussain * Cairo International Film Festival: Best Artistic Contribution in Cinema of a Director - Vishal Bharadwaj * Kara Film Festival: Best Actor - Saif Ali Khan * Kara Film Festival: Best Music Director - Vishal Bharadwaj * Kara Film Festival: Best Adapted Screenplay - Vishal Bharadwaj, Abhishek Chaubey & Robin Bhatt * Sports World Awards: Best Actor In A Villanous Role - Saif Ali Khan