Omerta! Audiences Appreciated The Push Against Terror: Hansal Mehta
Hansal Mehta was at the Hong Kong International Film Festival his movie Omerta received rave reviews from the audiences as it garnered a lot of positive responses for pushing hard against terrorism.
Director
Hansal
Mehta
is
feeling
overwhelmed
with
the
"positive
response" to
his
film
Omerta
at
the
ongoing
Hong
Kong
International
Film
Festival
(HKIFF).
After
getting
rave
reviews
at
the
Toronto
International
Film
Festival,
the
Busan
International
Film
Festival
and
MAMI,
"Omerta"
featuring
Rajkummar
Rao
in
the
lead,
has
garnered
a
positive
response
at
the
HKIFF.
The
festival,
which
is
in
its
42nd
year,
is
Asia's
oldest
and
screens
over
250
titles
from
more
than
55
countries
across
the
world.
It
started
on
March
19
and
will
close
on
April
5.
Hansal,
who
was
present
at
the
screening,
said
he
was
impressed
with
the
number
of
questions
the
audiences
had
for
him
post
the
screening.
"I
was
asked
a
lot
of
questions
that
threw
up
several
new
interpretations
of
how
the
audience
perceived
the
film.
It
has
definitely
got
me
thinking.
As
a
director,
it's
fascinating
to
hear
people
speak
of
how
they
interpreted
your
vision.
I
am
very
happy
that
the
audiences
appreciated
the
hard
push
against
terrorism
in
the
film
and
how
it
inspires
open
dialogue
into
the
matter,"
Hansal
said
in
a
statement.
Omerta
is
the
true
story
of
one
of
the
most
dreaded
terrorist
Ahmed
Omar
Saeed
Sheikh.
Shot
in
real
locations
across
London
and
India,
the
film
presented
by
Swiss
Entertainment
and
Karma
Media,
and
produced
by
Nahid
Khan,
releases
on
April
20.
Director
Hansal
Mehta
had
previously
opened
up
about
Omerta
by
saying,
"I
am
actually
very
anxious.
I
want
the
people
to
watch
the
film.
It
is
an
important
film.
It
is
a
complete
anti-hero
film.
There
is
an
antagonist
who
is
unapologetic
and
unsympathetic.
He
is
your
principal
character
and
to
have
that
kind
of
principal
character
as
your
main
lead
and
make
a
thriller...I
am
interested
to
see
how
the
audience
will
respond
to
this
anti-hero."