Hansal
Mehta's
biographical
crime
drama
Omerta,
recently
made
its
way
to
the
OTT
platform.
The
filmmakers
and
lead
actor
Rajkummar
Rao
have
now
received
due
recognition
for
the
film
which
had
received
a
limited
reception
at
the
time
of
its
theatrical
release.
Omerta
was
a
film
that
explored
the
mind
and
some
of
the
crimes
of
Omar
Saeed
Sheikh,
a
British
terrorist
of
Pakistani
descent.
Hansal
recently
opened
up
about
the
tremendous
appreciation
and
feedback
that
is
flowing
in
from
audiences
on
OTT.
He
shared
that
he
was
disappointed
when
not
enough
people
watched
the
film
in
theatres,
and
revealed
that
Anurag
Kashyap
had
more
conviction
in
the
film
than
he
did.
"I
showed
the
film
to
Anurag
Kashyap
in
2017
March
or
April.
From
that
day,
he
had
more
conviction
in
what
the
film
was,
even
more
than
me.
He
said
it
is
my
best
film
and
Anurag's
beliefs
has
been
constant.
To
add
to
that,
the
things
Anubhav
Sinha
tweeted
about
the
film.
Sudhir
Mishra
is
a
senior
and
someone
I
look
up
to.
The
way
he
described
the
film,
it
was
beautiful
because
somebody
has
understood
my
film
so
well.
There
are
so
many
people
writing
to
us
everyday," said
Hansal,
in
an
interview
with
Hindustan
Times.
When
asked
if
he
feels
the
appreciation
came
too
late,
Hansal
said,
"For
me,
people
finally
watching
Omerta
is
great.
Not
enough
people
saw
the
film
and
I
was
very
depressed
due
to
this.
But
my
philosophy
in
life
is
that
things
may
take
time
but
they
are
done
eventually.
It
is
very
heartening
that
the
film
has
found
an
audience.
My
films
have
that
kind
of
shelf
life,
I
am
used
to
that
journey
-
the
journey
of
a
film
does
not
end.
The
kind
of
response
we
are
getting
is
overwhelming,
we
did
not
even
publicise.
People
having
conversation
and
people
loving
the
film.
It
is
very
heartening.
I
think
some
films
have
some
shelf
life
beyond
that
weekend.
I
think
my
films
in
particular,
Aligarh,
Shahid.
Etc."
Talking
about
his
characterization
of
Sheikh
in
Omerta,
Hansal
said,
"I
wanted
a
villain
who
is
not
making
faces
or
has
crazy
long
hair.
I
did
not
want
the
physicality
of
the
villain.
He
was
like
The
Joker
-
looks
like
the
normal
man.
The
only
difference
is
this
is
not
Gotham
city
but
the
real
world
and
it
is
not
some
imaginary
character
but
a
real
man
whose
impact
the
world
has
seen.
It
is
scary
that
the
Pakistani
government
acquitted
him
recently."