Omerta

I had higher expectations maybe from Hansal Mehta and Rajkumar Rao. The movie is basically a character study. Even though people might take it and use it in the wrong sense, but such movies too need to be made. Rajkumar rao was good, maybe a bit less intense than i expected. The british accent was very inconsistent and poor, and that i something which is important in this film.

Rajkummar Rao breathes into the character of Omar Saeed Sheikh and the best part about it is that it looks like the combination of two movies namely 'A Mighty Heart' and the director Hansal Mehta's very-own 'Shahid' which featured Rajkummar Rao himself. The plot keeps you hooked and there is an unpredictable pace during the Daniel Pearl kidnapping which kept me hooked and petrified. This movie is must watch for those who are bored of masala-potboilers and overrated movies.

Direction:

Hansal Mehta is famous for directing some out of the box concept e.g. Shahid, City lights and Aligarh . This time he picked up crime drama which is full of Jihad and series of terrorist attacks. He has tried to pull trivial details in the every scene.

Performance:

Rajkumarrao has steal the show with other star cast of the movie. He is totally get into character of terrorist Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh. Good supporting role played by Rajesh Tailang and Rupinder Nagra.

Script:

Mukul Dev was working on script since 2005 but documentation was not complete due to lack of proper internet speed. Now they come up with real footage of terrorist attacks and proper documentations. It lacks two things : How Omar got addicted to Jihad. second sudden Ending of this terror saga.

Cinematography:

Anuj Rakesh Dhawan has brilliantly capture real locations across London and Punjab, Old Delhi, parts of Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh in India.



Box-office:

Total cost of the movie is 18 crores and First day it collected only 1 crore. So it seems that this movie will failed to recover budget of this movie.

Last Words:

If you are fan of Hansal Mehta's film making then come to cinema hall to watch different treatment.

Make no mistake; although Omerta is a full feature film, Hansal Mehta has filmed the movie in documentary style. The movie doesn't have any drama and is straight to the point. With a run time of 98 minutes the movie is compact and hard hitting. The highlight of this film is the performance of Rajkumar Rao. His preparation and research for playing terrorist Omar Saeed can be easily seen. He played the calm and violent scenes equally well. Rajkumar Rao took the murder scene of Daniel Pearl to the next level and it is one of the most terrific murder scenes ever filmed in Bollywood. The problem of Omerta is that the movie never looked like taking off and the pace of the movie was very linear just like in a documentary. The strength of the movie is its authentic setting, hard hitting performances and the good background research by its filmmakers.

Omertà is a gripping and intense biographical crime drama about Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, a cold-blooded, blood-thirsty madman British-Pakistani terrorist responsible for kidnappings, financing 9/11 and the murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl. He was caught and arrested in India for kidnapping foreign tourists and was put behind bars. However, was later released in an exchange for the hostages on a hijacked Air India flight taken to Kandahar in 1999.

Rajkummar Rao delivers a commanding performance as Omar. He portrays the chilling brutality which is quite unsettling and complexity of the character to the perfection and with ease. Convincing performances by supporting cast esp. Timothy Ryan Hickernell as Daniel Pearl. Well-crafted and masterfully directed story of a radicalized young man who becomes a hardened cold-blooded murderer. Crisp editing and well-fitted original score. Film is taut.

Omertà is a code of silence about criminal activity. It is an oath to not to give any evidence against a mafia to authorities.

A great watch.