Omerta (2017 film)

Omerta
Theatrical release poster
Directed byHansal Mehta
Written byMukul Dev
Hansal Mehta
Produced byNahid Khan
StarringRajkummar Rao
CinematographyAnuj Rakesh Dhawan
Edited byAditya Warrior
Music byIshaan Chhabra
Production
companies
  • Swiss Entertainment
  • Karma Features
Distributed byNH Studioz
Release dates
  • 8 September 2017 (2017-09-08) (TIFF)
  • 4 May 2018 (2018-05-04) (India)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguagesHindi
English
Budget₹18 crore[1]
Box officeest. ₹4.49 crore[2]

Omerta is a 2017 Indian biographical crime drama film directed by Hansal Mehta and stars Rajkumar Rao in the role of Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, British terrorist of Pakistani descent.[3][4] The film explores the 1994 kidnappings of Westerners in India for which Omar was arrested and served time in prison and the plotting of murder of Wall Street Journal journalist Daniel Pearl in 2002.[5][6]

The title refers to the Mafia's code of silence [7] but is also a play on the name of the main character. Produced by Nahid Khan of Swiss Entertainment and Shaailesh R Singh of Karma Features,[8] it was screened in the Special Presentations section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival, the Mumbai Film Festival, Florence Film Festival, Hong Kong International Film Festival and the Busan International Film Festival.[9][10][11] Omerta was the closing night film in 2018 New York Indian Film Festival.[12][13] Omerta was released on 4 May 2018 and received positive reviews from critics.[14]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference omertarao was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  5. ^ "Omerta Movie Review: Brilliant performance trapped in a not quite brilliant film". 19 October 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  6. ^ "Omerta first look: Hansal Mehta, Rajkummar Rao team up again for this intriguing looking film". Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  7. ^ "Omerta Italian noun". Merriam Webster. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  8. ^ Nathan, Leona (3 May 2018). "Rajkummar Rao Starrer Omerta Gets Thumbs Up From Critics – Read Reviews". India.com. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  9. ^ "Toronto Film Festival 2017 Unveils Strong Slate". Deadline. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  10. ^ Jha, Subhash K. (15 March 2018). "Hansal Mehta surprised by U/A certification for Omerta". The Asian Age. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  11. ^ "Hansal Mehta: Happy that audience appreciated hard push against terrorism in Omerta". The Indian Express. 24 March 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  12. ^ "Omerta, Nude to screen at New York Indian Film Festival, tributes to Sridevi and Shashi Kapoor planned".
  13. ^ "CLOSING NIGHT FILM SCREENING HANSAL MEHTA OMERTA". Archived from the original on 14 May 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  14. ^ "Why Omerta should be remembered as a classic example of film editing".