I have seen the Malayalam version of the same 'Kaliyattam' way back in 97. It had national award winner Manju Warrier and Suresh Gopi(he used to do only action movie before)..and this movie had won him the National Award for the Best Actor..and Best Supporting Role-State Award for
Lal This Time it is in Hindi and I expect the same or better performance from the some of the Indias finest Actors. Casting has been superb..with finest actors like Ajay, Saif, and Vivek ..All are perfect for their role.. There will be a tough competition b/w Ajai and Saif..I am sure once you come out of the theatre you will hate the character played by Saif. and he isbecoming better and better Finally..something about Kareena,she is my no.1 actress.whether it's a simple girl in Refugee or Bubly girl in K3G or call girl in Chameli....her perormance and screen Presence is superb.. she is No.1...Waiting to see the better performance in this. Also want to see Konkana and Bipasha.how best they did. Only Problem with this movie according to me is the Background of the story.the north Indian village..that may keep some audiance away from theatre in South and Middle/Upper Class from the Multiplexes
Vishal once referred to as RD Burman of the modern era by Gulzar has lived upto the comparision, albeit in a different role ! After Maqbool, you feel this director has actually made big strides in the right direction.
Omkara ... right from start there is never a dull moment. The scene where Langda Tyagi is expecting to get the ticket for a election and it goes to Keshu is awesome. In one single shot you can see so many human emotions. A master piece ! There are many more such master pieces scattered all over the movie that after some time one takes it for granted.
Saif you have given Aamir a run for his money. You will be the cheif contestant in any award ceremony.
RE:True ... what a movie ...
by aman sohal on Aug 01, 2006 08:07 AM
I agree with you Kaushal.....Vishal bhai is a superb director.....he has proved it already with Macbeth's adaptation Maqbool. I simply loved that movie and Omkara too is a great movie of its kind. Kudos to Vishal. aman
I eagerly went to cinemax to see the afternoon show of this movie there were hardly 10 people The movie offers nothing .There is no originality in the movie.Ajay devgan keeps the constipated look on face throughout the movie.Saif excels.Vivek oberoi is amazing.Kareena kapoor is hardly there in the film.Konkona sen sharma guest appearance.Bipasha basu bar dancer like in all films .
RE:have u been paid to give this review
by Kaushik Das on Jul 31, 2006 12:24 PM
Oh man!!... did u say "Hathyar".. well only one thing for u... these stupid movies are meant for stupid people like u... All the best... if u want I can give u the list of some more stupid movies which are going to hit the theatre very soon.. go for them baby and enjoy... LOL!!!.. Also OMKARA is without a share of doubt one of the best movies to have hit the screens in recent times...
RE:have u been paid to give this review
by labanya on Jul 31, 2006 10:07 AM
It is better for you watch KANK or Icecandy boy meets girl at Manhatton movie.
Already in our bollywood there are many films which portray the story of omkara{othello}.For instance a film that has sanjay dutt in the lead "hathyar" is itself an adaptation of othello where sachin khedekar plays kesu firangi,sharad kapoor plays langda tyagi and shilpa shetty plays kareena kapoor.I don't know the reason why they are praising director vishal bharadwaj for making an adaptation of the film.the film offers nothing I still don't know why i wasted my 150 rupees.
Thank God, that Raja Sen has not reviewed this movie, else I wouldn't have been able to comprehend a single word! He would have gone on an on with his description about 'half baked characters [or lack of them]' and God only knows what crap! This is a good review. Enjoyable and UNDERSTANDABLE!
RE:Good Review
by archanakilli on Aug 06, 2006 01:47 AM
you people are saying that we south indians are critisizing bollywood , then what you people are doing ti south indian films? and swathi are you not ashamed of being a south india nd still being in favour of bollywood? and i am sorry for these all but south india films are much better than bollywood films? And what do you mean by fatty heroines? we have heroines like shreya, genelia, ileana etc? i do agree we have fat heroines but all talanted and are acting based? we[heroines of south india films ] do wear full dressess instead of yors bollywood heroins? i hope to end all these quarrels and not to differentiate.?
RE:Good Review
by sojae on Jul 31, 2006 08:54 PM
Kris, why say things like "we south indians" etc. as if you are from a different country? I am sure all South Indians do not feel the same way as you do, so don't generalize.
RE:Good Review
by Swathi.B.R on Aug 10, 2006 07:16 PM
Hi archana ! Ofcourse i'm not ashamed to speak in favour of hindi movies. Coz i appreciate good movies, be it hindi, kannada, tamil, telugu, english, french, malayalam, or any language. Plz note i never spoke abt the stories n dialogues of south indian movies. Coz they're really good n very emotional too. There r only handful of heriones in south who have good personality. I agree there were fat heroines in hindi also, namely mamta kulkarni, but there r very few. See only acting doesn't count. Acting is the first priority, but even looks matter. If a heroine acts very well, n she has all the talents, but if she looks yuck and plump on the big screen, obviously people will make fun of them. Frankly speaking, i am more attached to hindi movies, n compared to all the other language movies, i'm bonded to hindi movies. cant help. I only criticised the heroines n their looks, not the stories. Thats why as u said, great movies like saathiya, tere naam has been remade form tamil. And coming to the main topic, that is to comment on this movie ie omkara, i tell, people, this movie is watchable n pleasable for feature movie lovers. thank god i didn't spend my money to watch this in theatre
RE:Good Review
by Joe on Jul 30, 2006 05:34 AM
Very true very true....
I must say I am not on the wavelength of Raja Sen either.. These days, the first thing I check is the name of the reviewer.. If it is Raja Sen, sorry, time to check another site for a more reliable and realistic review....
RE:Thanks for changing
by Shashank on Jul 31, 2006 06:19 PM
Kris, if you have stopped watching Hindi movies, then why follow them? Why are you reading hindi movie reviews and trying to insult our movies. Kindly refrain from posting derogatory comments in future.
RE:Thanks for changing
by Gaurav on Aug 01, 2006 07:11 AM
I can't believe somebody can be so chauvinistic just for movies!! I even don't understand how could people can actually go berseck calling themselves 'we' south indians and 'hindi' movies. I have countless south Indian friends and none I find being as crazy. It's just about appreciating good things be it anywhere. So u'll find Mani Ratnam being touted as a great director in Hindi cinema too! Siddharta is being appreciated more than anybody else in RDB. Everybody yuck's when he get to see stupid stories be it in hindi cinema or any other language and admires when there is a worth admiring.. You are no exception it's just that you are reacting in inexplicably ridiculous way....
RE:Thanks for changing
by amit on Aug 02, 2006 03:35 AM
Rajat, I agree with you.
I am just getting sick of these people criticizing every hindi movies and praising high on south indian movies. well...let them understand that "Othello" was made many times in hollywood. so, shall i take it that the malyalam movie was just copy of those movies. Mr. Kris, you seems like a small kid...that malyalam movie was not his original story and it was adaptation of someone's else artwork in its own style. Similarly, Vishal Bhardwaj too has adapted that original Shakespeare story in his own style and didn't copy Malyalam version.
RE:Thanks for changing
by Swathi.B.R on Aug 02, 2006 03:41 PM
Yes. Its really disheartning to see kris roy insulting hindi movies. I am a south indian but i'm strongly in favour of hindi movies. if hindi movies were bad, why would Big B and aishwarya rai, King Khan etc b on the page 3 of hollywood n why not u south indian actors? Come on tell me. Thats coz hindi cinema has been recognised widely all across the world. Not to forget the national language of india is hindi. U have not rights to discriminate hindi language. Then u r no different from some pakistanis. Yes a commentor is right by expressing his point of view. Some of the movies, stunts, songs of south indian actors n actresses r disgusting. Krrish is a big hit of this yr. Ur comments dont matter here by expressing ur jealousy for yash chopra, karan johar, rakesh roshan who r the greatest directors of all times. If they were bad ones, then they wouldn't have been accepted worldwide. These directors r accepted worldwide, n even a 3 yr old kid know these names. But the kid wouldn't have known south indian actors or movies. I think u r jeaous that hindi movies r accepted n appreciated worldwide. U r helpless but u cannot criticise them. otherwise u'll b criricised by the crowd.
RE:Thanks for changing
by Prathiksha on Aug 02, 2006 03:59 PM
Yes true. yeah not to forget the fatso actresses of south indian movies, acting really pretty, but actually making others disgusted seeing their plump body on the big screen. I agree even hindi actresses show their skin , but some look glamarous. Not like fat south indian actresses looking like 100 kg moti choor laddoos. Not to forget some of the south indian actors n actresses who look like lpg gas sellers, auto drivers n merely gali k gundas n taporis and the south indian actresses looking like women who have bore 12 children ! I mean some of the dance sequences of south look like the dances of taporis while carrying huge god idol processions. Typically called " Annamman dance ". Its a hard fact. So dont criticise hindi movies again
RE:Thanks for changing
by kris roy on Jul 29, 2006 10:33 PM
yes we south indians stopped watching idotic and foolish hindi movies like what that bunch of fools like yash chopra, karan johar, rakesh roshans and their camps are making. i admit movie is good not great.ajay, saif were good, sets and dialogues were superb. but don't say bollywood is good. have you watched south indian movies which are much more ahead of bollywood. have you guys ever tasted mani ratnam, shankar, balachanders movies. look at Krissh-- copied from 100 diff movies starting from Superman to etc only you guys can see those movies.
RE:Thanks for changing
by rajat on Aug 01, 2006 09:43 AM
Hell, u're talking about krrish and other hindi movies, check out any south indian movie starring rajni kant, it will put any superman, spiderman, batman, tom & jerry to shame.
Check out the pelvic thrusts ( u call them dance) by and of your super fat actress, looks like they are competing in super fast excercising touranaments.
RE:Thanks for changing
by kals on Aug 16, 2006 03:29 PM
these south indians (particularly tamils) are so conservative. they are sex starved. when you see their movies, fat women will be dancing with their saris tucked up to their knees and men will be jumping around like dogs.
I don't know why the media is praising the film and its direcor so much. For Hindi films, which were always in the triangular love story mode, this might be a 'historic' feat. But for languages which produces meaningful films like Malayalam and Bengali, 'Omkara' might not be even an average movie. Shakespeare's Othello was Indianised long back by the Malayali director Jayaraaj. Its not a new thing. The film was 'Kaliyattam' and the hero Suresh Gopi even won a Bharat Award. So please stop publishing reports which gives a feeling that its a unique concept not tried by others.
RE:Its not new...'Kaliyattam' came at least 8 years back
by Shashank on Jul 29, 2006 11:44 AM
I appreciate your love for Malyalam cinema, but what the review here is trying to say that the 'kind' of adaptation Vishal has done is brilliant! I dont think you see many hindi films otherwise you wouldn't make a foolish statement like 'hindi films have been a triangualr love story'. Hindi filmakers are not afraid of experimenting. For instance, there have been so many songless movies off late. Story wise also, filmakers are exploring new genres like horror, thriller, sci-fi, etc.
As far as Shakespeare is concerned in hindi cinema, its been there since the inception of cinema in India. Hamlet has been done in hindi about 3 times...in 1928 with the B&W silent film Khoon-e-Nahak, a few years later came ace director Sohrab Modis Khoon Ka Khoon (1935, B&W). 1954 saw the release of Hamlet made by another director Kishore Sahu enacting the title role again. Romeo and Juliet directed by Akhtar Hussain in 1947. the Comedy of Errors adapted in 1933 with Jayant Desais Bhool Bhulaiyan, Angoor directed by Gulzar in 1982...and lot others which I have forgotten.
RE:Its not new...'Kaliyattam' came at least 8 years back
by Rahul Nair on Jul 29, 2006 10:14 PM
Sumesh, The reviewer has clearly mentioned abt the Mal movie. So who's saying this is a unique concept. While Jayaraj is a good film-maker, Vishal himself is in the same mould, making good meaningful cinema which is so rare in bollywood. So obviously everyone will look forward to this movie..
