Thursday, August 10, 2006

Omkara---Gore, Jealousy & More

First things First.

When a supertalented director like Vishal Bharadwaj directs a movie, you expect it to be a quite enchanting and a flesh-thick affair.

MAQBOOL was made on the lines of MacBeth and this time around Vishal Chooses Shakespeare's "HARD-FIND" play "The Othello".Amazing as it may seem, Vishal very successfully INDIANISES the story rather than basing it on the original story entirely.

The movie is quite non-conventional and you get more than you expect.



Story:

The Story revolves around the main protogonist Omkara a.k.a Omi (Ajay)
who leads a gang of well trained and ruthless henchmen. A faction drop in the HELM of Uttar Pradesh has Langda Tyagi (Saif) and Kesu Firangi
(Vivek Oberoi) the patriots of Omi.

Omi is married off to Dolly Singh(Kareena Kapoor) and they lead a simple "HASSLE-Free" life. But trouble creeps up big time when Omi decides to choose Kesu as the Chief Lieutanant, instead of Tyagi. A red-sense of Jealousy creeps through Tyagi's mind and he decides to take revenge. He uses the relationship between Dolly and Kesu to distort the brain of Omi.

The rest of the plot forms how Omi reacts and who finally ends up being "IN".

Screenplay:

When an ace-maker has the screenplay's credits, you would expect a "NO-Nonsense" affair and it exactly gives that.There are few portions where you feel quite GORY because of the brutality involved in the scenes.

Highlights:

There are some scenes which stand apart in the entire movie like the introduction scene where Kareena's Father is speaking to Ajay Devgan.

The scene at the Climax is also worth mentioning(Although i am not going to spoil your fun).

LOW-Lights::

The explicit language mouthed by the characters is quite "Honderrous" which actually may not go well with the Multiplex-Cadre of Movie-goers.

The UP-Centric movie has a rural feel and some times you feel that you are watching a JODHPURI movie(Though it suits the feel).

Cinematography:

The camera-work is slick and sexy as i call it, with quite alot of importance given to the angles and the presentation of the plot.
It would have been better if some scenes were bit brightly lit.

Perfomances:



Ajay Devgan:

If there is one man who can instill life into characters,that has to be Ajay devgan. He potrays the character of Omi so very well, that you feel the pain of betrayal. He really deserves a standing-ovation for this perfomance.

Saif Ali Khan:


This Man!!! He is a MIRACLE. From few years (pre-DCH), Saif has taken a huge-stride in the acting front.His potrayal of Langda Tyagi is quite AMAZING and I was watching his role, with my mouth AGAPE.

His body language and his expressions are priceless..He is sure to get this years' best critic award.

One word for his perfomance---"PERFECT"

VIVEIK OBEROI:

Viveik has nothing much to do as the limelight is hogged by Omi and Langda. But he did his job quite well and some of his scenes are worth mentioning.

Kareena Kapoor:

After being criticised for a string of successive failures, kareena rises to the occassion and shows why she is still the favourite among the audience. Even she portrays an "AWARD-Winning" perfomance.

Others:

Konkana Sen does a neat job,others have done their lists quite well.


Music:

Music is just for the situation and you feel that they are completely like fish out of water.

Dialouges:

The Rough and highly-explicit language is sure not to go well with the audience..There are quite a few not-so-good words on M and S.
It is amazing how the dialouges were passed by the Censor board without being Cut.


ANALYSIS:

The movie is a complete Dark movie and mainly revolves around the HUMAN EMOTIONS of Jealousy,Suspiscion and Hatred.

Dont Attempt the movie if you are weak-hearted.

My Rating is a sweet 3/5.

If you enjoy watching Lengthy "Human-emotion" based movies..then this is quite cut for you





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