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Omkara is one of the best Hindi adaptations of Shakespeare's tragedy "Othello". This movie is directed by Vishal Bharadwaj.
Vishal Bhardwaj is a well-known Hindi film director. He is famous for adapting plays and short stories into movies, like The Blue Umbrella and 7 Khoon Maaf, which were adapted from Ruskin Bond's short stories, and Maqbool, Haider, and Omkara, which were adaptations of Shakespeare's tragedies.
Begin with the Characters in the movie: Omkara as Othello, Dolly as Desdemona, Langda Tyagi as Lago, Kesu Firangi as Michael Cassio, Rajju as Roderigo, Indu as Emilia, Billo as Bianca, and other minor characters as well. While the stories of both Play and Movie seem to go mostly parallel, there are some scenes that differ from the actual play. There is much vulgar language used in the movie, just like in many Shakespearean plays set in Elizabethan times. The film is set in Meerut, a city in Uttar-Pradesh.The movie opens with a conversation between Langda and Rajju. In the play, Othello is the general of the Venetian army, whereas in the movie, Omkara is a local gang leader regarded as Bahubali, And Dolly happens to be in love with him. The other major role is that of Bhaisaab, who is a powerful political figure and joined forces with Omkara's gang in order to gain power, which we can connect with the Venetian Senate. Langda and Kesu are Omkara's subordinates and help him take control over the village by means of violence. Oftentimes, they confront rival gangs.
Moving further, everything seems to be smooth between Omkara and Dolly, while Langda is trying to arouse doubt in Omkara's mind that Dolly has a soft corner for Kesu as they studied at the same college. But Omi doesn't pay any attention to that. On the other side, Langda and Rajju try to frame immature Kesu in order to strip him down from the Bahubali position, which was supposed to be Langda's position after Omi, and this is the main reason for Langda's sudden hatred towards Omi.
In the middle of all this plotting, there is a fine portrayal of the romance between Omi and Dolly, and the popular songs composed by Vishal Bhardwaj, such as the theme song of the movie "Omkara" and Beedi," are quite famous in contemporary times as well.
In the play, Lago's wife steals the handkerchief of Desdemona, but here in the movie, Omi gives a silver waistband to Dolly as heirloom jewelry. But was stolen by Langda's wife, Indu, and went missing. This incident consolidates the doubt more in Omi's mind, and he asks Langda if there is any relationship between Kesu and Dolly. Langda, seeing his plan succeed, says with confidence that there is an affair between Kesu and Dolly. Omi wants proof from Langda that what he is saying is true before his marriage with Dolly, and if he fails to provide any proof, then Omi will kill Lagda.
Moving towards the climax, on the wedding day a dead snake fall from the sky into the paint being used by the dolly which is a bad omen. On the other hand Langda made use of that stolen Jewelry and gives as proof to Omkara. Now he is totally convinced that Dolly is cheating on him.
Omkara rushed into the home and without a second thought he choked Dolly with pillow. after a while Indu comes and Disclose that she was the one who stole that waistband and Omi realizes his blunder but now can't do anything but to weep. In contras with play where Emilia is killed by his husband Lago in the movie we see Indu kills his husband in outrage because he is the one to blame for this tragedy and Omkara kills himself with gun and movie ends.
In my personal opinion this movie is near perfect adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy "Othello". I was much fascinated by saif ali Khan's acting as Langda Tyagi and his dialogues. A worth watching film if you want to get better understanding of Shakespeare's play "Othello".
Thank you to all.
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