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Monday,
June
26,
2006
Ajay
Devgan
as
Omkar
aka
Omi
Shukla
Passion
Omkara
is
a
combination
of
greatness
and
weakness.
A
principle
man
of
action,
he
doesn't
see
life
in
mid
tones.
He
sees
things
as
either
good
or
evil....
And
therein
lies
Omi's
tragic
flaw...
Saif
Ali
Khan
as
Langda
Tyagi
Envy
The
principle
catalyst
in
the
story,
Tyagi
manipulates
chaos
into
an
orderly
world
and
coldly
invigilates
its
utter
destruction.
Tragically,
the
one
person
who
truly
loves
him,
is
the
one
who
will
have
to
settle
the
scores...
Viveik
Oberoi
as
Keshav
aka
Kesu
Upadhyay
Integrity
Kesu
is
a
natural
charmer...he
likes
his
woman
as
much
as
he
loves
his
guns...Inspite
of
his
first
skin,
he
manages
to
fall
in
love
with
Billo,
an
orchestra
party
singer.
Fearless
and
loyal
to
the
bone,
Kesu's
only
chink
is
his
impatience...and
he
pays
for
it
in
blood...
Kareena
Kapoor
as
Dolly
Mishra
Innocence
Dolly's
love
and
trust
for
Omi
remains
rock
steady
till
the
end.
Smitten
by
O,
she
believes
that
the
idyllic
life
of
her
dreams
will
begin
soon.
And
it
almost
does...
One
of
Shakespeare's
more
rebellious
heroines,
Dolly
remains
a
loving
vision
in
white
long
after
the
reels
run
out...
Konkona
Sen
Sharma
as
Indu
Loyalty
Life
with
a
scruple-less
gangster
was
always
going
to
be
tricky
but
Indu
bore
it
all
with
stern
determination.
Fiercely
devoted
to
Langda,
she
becomes
an
unwitting
aid
in
her
husband's
nefarious
scheme.
When
the
truth
dawns
in
the
end,
she
takes
up
the
cudgel
and
decides
to
stem
the
rot...
Bipasha
Basu
as
Billo
/
Chamanbahar
Temptation
Billo's
wiles
and
charms
has
seen
the
sternest
men
melt
with
desire.
Kesu
is
besotted
with
her
but
she
just
keeps
him
hanging
on.
A
capricious
soul,
she
is
easily
sucked
into
Langda's
master
scheme...
Naseeruddin
Shah
as
Bhaisaab
Authority
An
influential
cog
in
the
Brahmin
politics
of
the
region,
Bhaisaab
is
a
sophisticated
man,
which
can
be
misleading
at
times,
given
the
ruthless
nature
of
his
profession.
Omi
treats
him
more
like
a
father
figure
than
just
a
political
mentor...
The
Omkara
Parable
Once
upon
a
time
in
the
east,
in
a
world
ruled
by
outlaws,
A
world
that
lived
by
the
trigger,
...there
was
a
single
clan
that
was
held
together
by
loyalty...
...friendship
tied
their
hearts
...adversity
strengthened
their
bonds...
But
beneath
all
the
merry,
lay
eyes...
Lurking
eyes
that
shone
of
envy...
Beneath
the
greed...lay
a
gut...
A
gut
infected
with
deceit...
Beneath
the
deceit,
lay
a
heart...
A
heart
that
only
knew
how
to
live
for
love...
...and
to
kill
for
the
same.
Storyline
The
film
is
Vishal
Bharadwaj's
interpretation
of
the
bard's
classic,
Othello.
A
play
that
has
been
made
four
times
in
Hollywood
but
is
being
brought
to
life
for
the
first
time
in
a
mainstream
Hindi
film
in
a
commercial
format.
Like
Hollywood
legendary
filmmaker,
Orson
Wells,
Vishal
Bharadwaj
is
fascinated
with
Shakespearan
drama.
One
of
Vishal's
finest
works
remains
his
interpretation
of
Shakespeare's
Macbeth
-
Maqbool.
Omkara
in
spirit
stays
true
to
the
central
theme
of
Othello
and
ends
up
humanizing
Shakespeare's
characters
with
the
necessary
folklore
and
ethnic
charm
that
is
required
for
a
contemporary
story
setting.
Set
against
the
Indian
milieu
of
political
warfare
in
the
interiors
of
Uttar
Pradesh,
the
film
follows
one
man's
descent
into
sexual
jealousy
because
of
his
passionate
love
for
his
woman
and
the
final
destruction
of
that
love
at
the
altar
of
blind
obsession.
Love
is
blind
but
the
flip
side
of
love
is
jealousy
and
that
can
tear
apart
the
strongest
and
bravest
of
warriors
-
in
this
case
Omkara.
Omkara
or
Omi
(Ajay
Devgan)
is
a
gifted
chieftain
who
heads
a
gang
of
outlaws,
which
include
the
crafty
Langda
Tyagi
(Saif
Ali
Khan)
and
the
dynamic
Kesu
(Vivek
Oberoi)
amongst
his
chief
cohorts.
The
story
begins
when
Omi
appoints
Kesu
and
not
Langda
as
his
chief
lieutenant.
Langda's
pride
is
slighted
and
raging
with
envy
he
hatches
a
plot
to
falsely
implicate
Omi's
beautiful
lover
Dolly
(Kareena
Kapoor),
in
a
love
affair
with
Omi's
"favorite
lieutenant",
Kesu.
With
the
unwitting
aid
of
Indu
(Konkana
Sen
Sharma),
Langda's
wife,
and
the
willing
help
of
Raju,
a
fellow
grouch,
Langda's
plan
takes
shape
and
results
in
horrific
tragedy.
Using
petty
insinuations
and
lies,
Langda
keeps
poisoning
Omi's
mind
till
one
day
it
snaps
and
Omi
goes
about
tearing
up
his
own
safe
and
secure
world.
By
the
time
he
realizes
what
he
has
done
and
the
backlash
of
his
actions
it
is
too
late...
But
like
all
love
stories
which
never
really
end...out
of
the
ashes
of
this
one
too
comes
a
twist.
Omkara's
dark
issak
or
love
for
Dolly,
Dolly's
unquestioning
issak
for
Omi,
Langda's
warped
loyalty
and
jealousy
for
Omi,
the
vibrant
Kesu's
unswerving
devotion
to
Omi
-
all
leading
up
to
a
dark
tragedy
where
Omi
finally
realizes
what
he
has
done...
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