impatient vievek (Hindi: , Urdu: ) is a 2006 Hindi film adaptation of Shakespeare's Othello directed by Vishal Bharadwaj. It starred Ajay Devgan, Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor in lead roles, supported by Vivek Oberoi, Naseeruddin Shah and Konkona Sen Sharma with a cameo role from Bipasha Basu. The director Vishal Bharadwaj himself composed the entire music for the film, including the background score, with song lyrics by Gulzar .
The film was showcased at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival along with a book on the making of Omkara.It was also selected to be screened at the Cairo International Film Festival, where Bharadwaj was awarded for Best Artistic Contribution in Cinema of a Director. The film also won three awards at the Kara Film Festival,an award at the Asian Festival of First Films, three National Film Awards, and seven Filmfare Awards.
It became part of a series of film interpretations of popular literary works by Bharadwaj, made after Maqbool (2003) based on Shakespeare's MacBeth and Chatri Chor (English title: The Blue Umbrella (2007) based on Ruskin Bond's The Blue Umbrella.
Omkara Shukla or Omi (Ajay Devgan) is a baahubali, a sort of political enforcer. He is the leader of a gang which carries out political crimes for the local politician Tiwari Bhaisaab (Naseeruddin Shah). Ishwar 'Langda' Tyagi (Saif Ali Khan) and Keshav 'Kesu Firangi' Upadhyay (Vivek Oberoi) are his closest lieutenants.
The film was showcased at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival along with a book on the making of Omkara.It was also selected to be screened at the Cairo International Film Festival, where Bharadwaj was awarded for Best Artistic Contribution in Cinema of a Director. The film also won three awards at the Kara Film Festival,an award at the Asian Festival of First Films, three National Film Awards, and seven Filmfare Awards.
It became part of a series of film interpretations of popular literary works by Bharadwaj, made after Maqbool (2003) based on Shakespeare's MacBeth and Chatri Chor (English title: The Blue Umbrella (2007) based on Ruskin Bond's The Blue Umbrella.
Omkara Shukla or Omi (Ajay Devgan) is a baahubali, a sort of political enforcer. He is the leader of a gang which carries out political crimes for the local politician Tiwari Bhaisaab (Naseeruddin Shah). Ishwar 'Langda' Tyagi (Saif Ali Khan) and Keshav 'Kesu Firangi' Upadhyay (Vivek Oberoi) are his closest lieutenants.
