One of the worst movie of 2006!!!

nitinonnet is right about psycho,as he is ,lol.

yes deffinately this is a masterpiece after lagaan and rang de basanti and saif is awesome his performence is 2nd best in the whole indian cinema history as first is yet to come ;)

k.sen sharma is brillant rest were good.

and let me say saif deserves all te awards of best actor and i say best actor as getting an award as best negative or anything is just insulting acting itself as he carries the whole movie more that ajay and i think the bollywood award for best villian is a real crap as just to increase a prize and raise sponsers as in todays cinema there is no good guy bad guy only best actor which certainly is saif ali khan-bravo i solute his tranformation therse is no way u can say that that is saif on screen as that is the real langda tyagi as the character is been made magically alive by him unlike shahrukh who has played always himself and never a character.

i rank saif now on top of the industry which was earlier aamir's for lagaan and superb rang de basanti and also amitabh bacchaan for black but saif has simply out done all of them

and i say all that even i was never a saif ali knan fan all my life,but now for me he is the "MAN"


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So only realistic and dark films are good and commercial films which appeal to the majority like k3g are bad? Such a narrow minded view.

And no omkara isn't the best bollywood movie since lagaan and neither is lagaan the best so stop exaggerating.

I haven't watched the movie yet. You people need to show some respect to the actos and the dicrector. Its not easy how Vishal made the movie. If you don't like it keep your mouth shut. We all like different kind of movies. Some people liked Bluffmaster why, was it funny ? it was a *beep* The truth is that you people are jealous that the movie is masterpiece. The truth hurts thats it

I don't think Psycho is retarded or anything. He started off at the story which is his personal opinion, but the worst movie of 2006? Thats crossing the line. It is actually the best film of 2006 which anyone can see. After crap like Fanaa and Krishh (both megahits) there is finally some watchable stuff. Ajay wasn't developed like he should've been, and the rest were excellent. There was just one exception and it was Kareena Kapoor. She literally hammed in some scenes like her entry sequence and was good only in parts. I just can't stand watching her make those awful faces at the camera. Other than that the story and dialog were the high point of the movie. And of course a tragedy is always beautiful in the end.

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"Knowledge speaks,wisdom listens"

conclusion:i've seen better,i've seen worse.
Well, in reviewing the movie,omkara, I must say it's an honest attempt but it's not a great film. Why? Because it wasn't intimate enough for me & this is the most essential part to portray any of Shakespeare's drama. Before unfolding any further, first we must understand why Shakespeare is still acknowledged as one of the greatest storytellers of all time.

You see the strength of Shakespeare's gems lies in the absorbing stories they tell, in their wealth of complex characters, and in the eloquent speech—vivid, forceful, and at the same time lyric—that the playwright puts on his characters' lips. The concept of the "stream of consciousness" style of narrating somehow started from him. It's a literary technique that presents the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur. It has often been noted that Shakespeare's characters are neither wholly good nor wholly evil, more like grey and that it is their flawed, inconsistent nature that makes them memorable. Such as, Hamlet fascinates audiences with his ambivalence about revenge and the uncertainty over how much of his madness is feigned and how much genuine. Falstaff would not be beloved if, in addition to being genial, openhearted, and witty, he were not also boisterous, cowardly, and, ultimately, poignant. Finally, the plays are distinguished by an unparalleled use of language. Shakespeare had a tremendous vocabulary and a corresponding sensitivity to nuance, as well as a singular aptitude for "coining neologisms and punning".

All Shakespeare's characters are so versatile. They are never been perfect & that's how they are so realistic, so easy to be identified. We can feel all of his characters are so real that they actually breathe, smell like us. In reality, no one is perfect, isn't it! That's how the appeal spreads across the globe. That's the genius of that man. Let's take an example; he created Othello's characters in such a presentable manner that when Mr. Vishal Bhardwaj decided to adopt it, like it had been adopted before in zillion times in zillion languages, luckily the director didn't have to go for any extensive research, all been done before comprehensively. It's a treat to work with Shakespeare's.. but there are some slight problems, you must have to be creative enough while writing the screenplay, adopting any of his…& you do have to give some space to those congested characters to breathe. Otherwise the very foundation can be shattered. the sheer delicacy of Shakespeare's writings are featured as a gift in terms of its rich, well constructed format but on the the other hand, its very dangerous to handle with. its like a fire.The probabilities of backfire are always quite high. So, to me, the best way of doing it right is being intimate with the characters, give them some time & space. Shakespeare isn't all about being swiftly, more like being steady.

In the creative department, director might be merely succeeded but in the later department, he failed completely. He really tired to set the tempo but he didn't want to spend sufficient time with the characters. to give a closer look to the characters, leaving camera with the characters in their highly emotional moments is something one must do. He should have just let the camera roll like all the great directors do, like Ingmar Bergman used to do, like our beloved satyajit ray used to do..In ray's movies, if you notice, you can feel sometimes how camera simply walks with the characters, how it follows whenever the characters go through any critical stages, it's always there with a strong sense of presence, it completes the characters. Apparently, this type of works are tending to unnoticeable but these types of small touches push a good movie into greater lavels eventually. These are called "pushing the envelope" touches.

In his previous movie, Maqbool , Mr: Vishal Bhardwaj did seem to remember the true meaning of "kasish, tharao", that's why the movie became so captivating, at least to me. Don't know what happened in here. In stead of showing his creative touches to set the violent backdrop, he used lots of slang & some really inappropriate songs. I'm not saying the songs of omkara are bad. Some of them I have enjoyed listening but not with the movie. As someone said, from the very beginning of mankind, there was no good or bad,there were always two choices, easy & harder. To set up a highly intense scene, bringing the melodies songs into play is the easiest way, because when a song pops in, the melody starts to dominate the scene. We may like that for a moment but that's not good for the movie. Usually it distracts the viewers & hampers the natural flow of storytelling. it has to be a part of the movie, not an accessory. In different subject matter, it might have some considerable values but in such noir drama as Othello, it works as kamikaze, total self-destruction.
The harder thing would be let the characters expressed their own mental dilemma, guilt, grief, anguish, love….if it happened, I'm pretty sure that would payoff handsomely. But that didn't happen. As a true movie lover, I'm really sad for that.
In terms of acting, i like mr:saif ali khan's acting most. To me, he is one of the most brilliant actors in hindi film fraternity today. he is immensely talented. we got some of his sparks in movies like dil chahata hai, ek hasina thi (my personal favorite), kal ho na ho, hum tum, darna mana hai, being cyrus..this one adds to his list. But i still believe his best yet to come like i do in big B.
the good part is he is very clear in mind what he does. In giving a promotional interview, he defined omkara as how beauty creates problems in a surrounding of lots of ugly people. such a small sentence but how effective, isn't it!
Rest were okay.nobody was outstanding which was required severely. though i liked vivek oberoi as keshu but very small role. the main character, omkara was supposed to have lots of shades but way mr:ajay debgan presented, seems to me so one dimensional. Uncannily, he didn't unleash his full acting talent here but there were plenty of opportunities to do so. the occasion was perfectly poised for somebody like him to hit the bull's eye but he simply blew it off. very disappointing. the next most talked about character has to be kareena kapoor as desdemona aka dolly mishra. but unfortunately it didn't really take off. don't know why but somehow i wasn't able to empathize with her character which i must. may be it was bad script writing/direction or poor acting from kareena kapoor, again! go,learn acting gal. konkona was okay but again, got a very small room. bipasa basu,utter waste. my question to the great mr: Naseeruddin Shah, was it really worth shaving your head off!