Watched Omkara this weekend. What a movie! Well the rented DVD from the Indian store was a makeshift alternative to watching it on the big-screen, but it was worth it.
I've become a fan of Vishal Bhardwaj. This guy is a genuis. I loved the music in Maachis, loved the way Maqbool was created, but this one surely takes the cake. Its ok with the expletives and all - thats part of hardcore UP lingo. This guy humbly acknowledges the adaptation of Shakespeare, yet goes ahead and deviates the plot where he thinks best - one of them being Amelia killing Iago. Yess, Konkona does a great job here.
Saif rules! With his rustic UP dialect, his consistant limp and his sly grin through his yellow teeth that badly need toothpaste, he is devious, he's hateable, he's brilliant!
The songs penned by Gulzaar and composed by the maestro Vishal himself are haunting and pleasing at the same time. In spite of having the Monday morning blues I was happily humming the title number and thinking about Bips in the raunchy one - 'Beedi'.... Then I was in office again.
Shakespeare would've smiled... :-)
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Now i am feeling jealous..my town still dont have Omkara's DVD..:-((((...dying to watch it...
Well, for starters, you could try the online links...
Omkara Rocks...we watched it here in the theatre and i dont know why the hall was empty !!
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