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Omerta as the meaning goes deal with mafia and their tactics.The movie is an intelligent blend of real life facts portrayed with great acting performance by Rajkumar Rao which surely puts him ahead of various A-list actors.The movie has a limited runtime of 1 hour 30 minutes but covers almost every dark aspect of the life of protagonist character.Certain scenes from the movie feel so real that they give you chills all over.But the X-factor here is the amazing direction which makes the movie an easy affair for every set of audience despite the confusing & dark theme.You certainly can't expect a positive message or a happy ending from such movies instead they are made for one purpose,to entertain and put light over the facts we mostly are unaware of.You can argue about the negative aspects of such cinema but you can't overlook the unmatched performances put in by everyone involved.The editing of the movie makes it stand apart from the normal bollywood movie league.From the point it began till it ends,you doesn't lose the connection with the characters.The boldness of the story and audacity to reflect the real image of the world force you to give it a thumbs up without any complains.The strong background score provide a certain pace to the movie and the music grips you with shades of foreign languages.

Well if you have a neck for meaningful cinema this is the best you can choose from the limited options.

Make no mistake; although Omerta is a full feature film, Hansal Mehta has filmed the movie in documentary style. The movie doesn't have any drama and is straight to the point. With a run time of 98 minutes the movie is compact and hard hitting. The highlight of this film is the performance of Rajkumar Rao. His preparation and research for playing terrorist Omar Saeed can be easily seen. He played the calm and violent scenes equally well. Rajkumar Rao took the murder scene of Daniel Pearl to the next level and it is one of the most terrific murder scenes ever filmed in Bollywood. The problem of Omerta is that the movie never looked like taking off and the pace of the movie was very linear just like in a documentary. The strength of the movie is its authentic setting, hard hitting performances and the good background research by its filmmakers.

Hansal Mehta and Rajkummar Rao's fourth collaboration "Omerta" is intense, violent and brutally realistic with its approach. It showcases the events occured in an Educated and Previleged Omer Sheikh's life from his entry into terrorism to his current whereabouts. It does a great job in so many places except some; where the lack of much needed depth in research material falters the overall representation for the aforementioned person and the crimes that he committed.

This film is a controversial one, as it was always bound to be. A biopic on a terrorist who has done many heinous crimes around the world; it does take a lot of courage to even begin the pre-production. As an avid film lover; I appreciate the whole crew and the director himself for taking such audacious attempt for the portrayal of a criminal mastermind. And that's not an easy task by any means.

Rajkummar Rao as Omer shines through the most. His conviction and commitment for the role is noticeable and certainly praiseworthy. I'm glad he chose such a huge and risk worthy project so early in his career. Truly commendable. Same amount of applaud goes to the team behind the Cinematography and Sound. As both were superb in their respective places. Some sequences have become more tenseful and unsettling just because of the clever use of lighting and subtle nuances carried out by the soundtrack so diligently. It's fascinating to say the least.

Even after so many positive outtakes, I still feel this film is incomplete in ways and didn't left a lasting impression. Apart from Rajkummar Rao other Characters Haven't got much else to do, especially the foreign individuals who played different roles were simply not good enough. The Character of Omer Sheikh, it seems unexplored to a certain extent. And some research materials too didn't delve deeper into the subject of modern world socio-political affairs nor any atrocities done by different governments for their own reasons and agendas. In the end it takes a mid approach & sort of plays a Safe game and left the ultimate Burdening question for us to consider and think about.

Now that could be a good thing for some others might find it a tad bit unfair. For me personally I wanted more clarifications regarding Omer Sheikh's personal life and his incremental change into becoming a pure evil. The sheer potential the script got, being scraped away by a conservative execution. I don't really blame the makers for that, as I earlier have applauded their efforts into it but on a serious note I genuinely think this could have been much much better had they been more sincere towards its impactness. Sadly they weren't!

When there is Hansal Mehta on Director's Chair and Rajkumar Rao is in lead role, then what more do you want other than watch it. This is fully a Rajkumar Rao Show. Rao completely transformed himself into Omar Saeed Sheikh.

Technical Departments should also be praised as well. It's editing, lightening and of course BGM, there's some scenes where only BGM and Rao's expression does it all.

WATCH THIS FOR EXCEPTIONAL RAJKUMAR.

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I had higher expectations maybe from Hansal Mehta and Rajkumar Rao. The movie is basically a character study. Even though people might take it and use it in the wrong sense, but such movies too need to be made. Rajkumar rao was good, maybe a bit less intense than i expected. The british accent was very inconsistent and poor, and that i something which is important in this film.

Love to see Bollywood's standard is increasing by making such top level movies with pure acting and amazing direction. Rajkumar is definitely an A level performer. The entire movie, it's environment and impact is equally appreciable. It shows light on the terrorism and brain washed intelligent terrorist. Music, direction and scenes are intense. The movie is a full package. I can say it's an Oscar level one.

Direction:

Hansal Mehta is famous for directing some out of the box concept e.g. Shahid, City lights and Aligarh . This time he picked up crime drama which is full of Jihad and series of terrorist attacks. He has tried to pull trivial details in the every scene.

Performance:

Rajkumarrao has steal the show with other star cast of the movie. He is totally get into character of terrorist Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh. Good supporting role played by Rajesh Tailang and Rupinder Nagra.

Script:

Mukul Dev was working on script since 2005 but documentation was not complete due to lack of proper internet speed. Now they come up with real footage of terrorist attacks and proper documentations. It lacks two things : How Omar got addicted to Jihad. second sudden Ending of this terror saga.

Cinematography:

Anuj Rakesh Dhawan has brilliantly capture real locations across London and Punjab, Old Delhi, parts of Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh in India.



Box-office:

Total cost of the movie is 18 crores and First day it collected only 1 crore. So it seems that this movie will failed to recover budget of this movie.

Last Words:

If you are fan of Hansal Mehta's film making then come to cinema hall to watch different treatment.

Rajkummar Rao breathes into the character of Omar Saeed Sheikh and the best part about it is that it looks like the combination of two movies namely 'A Mighty Heart' and the director Hansal Mehta's very-own 'Shahid' which featured Rajkummar Rao himself. The plot keeps you hooked and there is an unpredictable pace during the Daniel Pearl kidnapping which kept me hooked and petrified. This movie is must watch for those who are bored of masala-potboilers and overrated movies.

Very nice acting by rajkumar rao. Movie was based on real story.

One of the very few movies that make you fall in love with the art of story telling. A perfect blend of natural acting, cinematography, music and showcase of real incidents doing complete justice to the main plot.

Omertà is a gripping and intense biographical crime drama about Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, a cold-blooded, blood-thirsty madman British-Pakistani terrorist responsible for kidnappings, financing 9/11 and the murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl. He was caught and arrested in India for kidnapping foreign tourists and was put behind bars. However, was later released in an exchange for the hostages on a hijacked Air India flight taken to Kandahar in 1999.

Rajkummar Rao delivers a commanding performance as Omar. He portrays the chilling brutality which is quite unsettling and complexity of the character to the perfection and with ease. Convincing performances by supporting cast esp. Timothy Ryan Hickernell as Daniel Pearl. Well-crafted and masterfully directed story of a radicalized young man who becomes a hardened cold-blooded murderer. Crisp editing and well-fitted original score. Film is taut.

Omertà is a code of silence about criminal activity. It is an oath to not to give any evidence against a mafia to authorities.

A great watch.

The movie is brilliantly directed, Rajkumar rao shines in his usual and the supporting cast is stellar too. This has lot of impact therefore, adding to this are accurate and well written scripts. but the movie falls in the usual trap of glorifying terror and playing out the usual victimhood narratives.

Disappointed after watching the film, having heard such marvellous reviews.

Rajkumar Rao has done a fantastic job as the protagonist. But Hansal Mehta has done so much better than this in other films.

The screenplay is not up to the mark in any sense. We are jumping from one scene to another, without spending adequate time on important details. Omar's initial arrest, release, flight hijack, role in 9/11- everything is flipped through at a very fast pace while we spend such a long time on him luring foreigners before abducting them.

Also, the conversion of the LSE student to a jihadi is pretty unconvincing. Should have been explored at greater length.

The first half of the movie is really good, but the 2nd half was kind of stretched. Rajkumar Rao has given his one of the best performances, the british accent he has took for the first half is really awesome to listen.

If you don't know the name of the director in advance, it may seem that it is a movie of a foreign director.This is how the movie should be based on real events.Lean screenplay.👍

Rajkumar Rao did not seem to have acted in any film.Speaking in a very simple way, the extraordinary physical performance really attracts attention.Rajkumar Rao opened the door to international cinema by performing at international standards.🙏👏👌

Rajkumar Rao Acting was Superb! Great Movie and direction. It includes all the sides of Omar Sheikh. How he became militant and how he was used by Pakistan for Terror? It is good movie to better understanding of How the youth are being used by some unholy people for their unholy goals?

Rajkummar Rao you are fabulous. And Hansal Mehta saab, what a master director you are😍😍😍

This movie shows how muslim youth is easily influenced into doing jihad and how people in power use them to create terrorism and fear among innocent people.

This is the first time I've seen an Indian movie expose the dark side of Islamic fundamentalism without being politically correct. Coupled with excellent acting and direction this movie is a must watch!

This movie is just another proof of raj kumar's shear talent. But overall movie doesn't stand on expectation and I think this is completely bansal mehta's fault. Movie looks more like a documentary and bansal mehta please leave film making.

I gave 3 stars only for Rajkumar's acting. Still boring, sometimes its became confusing.

Basically for me the movie was just a Rajkumar rao show. Hansal Mehta is a gifter director, do doubt but he disappoints here. Its not like his earlier films like Shahid, here the movie was a more of a documentary and has a slow pace. Other than that, it was more of a character portray of Omar Saeed Sheikh.

Except for RajKumar Rao, Omerta does not offer anything special. Lacks writing, treatment below par with the only saving grace was the performances.

Movie is too good and very realistic...

Recommend everyone to watch the movie..