Vishal
Bharadwaj's
adaptation
of
Othello
will
be
named
anything
from
the
following
-
Omkara,
Isssak
or
O
Saathi
Re
as
per
the
audience
poll
opened
to
general
public.
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...