Omkara - A Review

StarCast :-- Ajay Devgan,Saif Ali Khan,Vivek Oberoi,Bipasha Basu,Konkana sen gupta,Naserruddin Shah

Rating :-- 3 /5 (2 for the movie and 1 for the excellent acting by the Stars:--Ajay Devgan,Vivek,saif and konkana sen)



'A stitch in time saves nine' -- Some of the Multiplex audience were well versed with this proverb,so decided to quit the theatre just during the intermission.Others managed to put up with the movie somehow for the second half,but alas,they could find nothing worth justifying their stay with the movie till the end(yeah I know,its an othello's remake) and left with a heavy heart and a sustaining headache.

Among the ones,who left in the intermission,the majority were families who came to watch the movie as a family event,but insisted on leaving,fearing they might have to answer all queries raised by their kids relating to 'rural' dialect and 'invective' language.

So better to say,that the movie was not everyone's cup of tea -- It was only for those who were willing to discover, how well the play could be enacted by the actors.

Interestingly,if the censor board had really run its scissors on the expletives,it would have been a hit 'silent' movie of modern times !!

The only strength of the movie,which kept the audience glued to their seats till the end,was an excellent performance by Ajay Devgan,Saif ali khan and konkana sen gupta.These stars might definitely win acclaim for their roles but vijay bharadwaj must understand,that it was not a play where the audience can just appreciate the performance of the cast and walk away,the script of the movie has to be equally arresting,I mean ,it matters a lot ,the way the things are put across.

If the song 'bidi jalaiye le' was to be put in the movie,it was to be,when audience had got enough drift by the movie and when it was fully engrossed in the movie..but no item song seemed to be in flow with the movie..If they had to portray a rural ambience,the movie should have excellently realised the story--probably he should learn from his own movie 'Maqbool'

The movie starts off with 'to be' bride(of someone else) 'kareena kapoor' eloping with her lover 'Ajay Devgan'...She decides to marry Ajay Devgan,against her father's wish,and before turning away from his own daughter forever ,his father warns her lover,posing a question -- 'a girl who could betray her father -- how could she be loyal to anybody else ?' - which sows seeds of distrust in Ajay Devgan's heart which further blossom into a plant when watered by Langda's consipiracies.

The movie is about 'omkara'(Ajay Devgan) who heads a gang of criminals - Langda Tyagi(Saif Ali Khan) and Kesu(Vivek Oberoi) are part of the same gang.The conflict in the group starts,when Omkara appoints Kesu as his chief-subordinate instead of Langda Tyagi(Saif Ali Khan).Langda feels offended and decides to take revenge by accusing Omkara's lover 'Dolly' (kareena Kapoor) of having an affair with his appointed chief subordinate kesu and presents Omkara with false evidences making him believe into his accusitions.

Omkara falls into his wickedly crafted trap and finally brings about his lovers's and his own tragic end.

As opposed to this movie,Vishal's 'Maqbool' was something which was class apart from this movie,it was something really praiseworthy(from Pankaj kapoor's acting to the way the story was brought about-- The 'shakti ka santulan' concept and Naserrudin shah and Om puri's performance ,everything was just brilliant) and a story excellently screened.

This movie in particular,had a plot,but it was too slowly paced in the beginning and didn't seem to appeal to the audience in any way.All in all,there seems to be nothing special about how the story was filmed -- So it still remains questionable if the movie will really be able to do well at the box office.

All that the audience could remember ,after coming out of the theatre,were konkana sain gupta's words that 'a smile is really a priced commodity now a days'

And yes,the audience did light a 'bidi' but not through 'Bipasha's jigar ki aag' but through its own infuriated hearts...:-)