Omerta (2017)

Original title

Omertà

Directed by

Hansal Mehta

Genre

drama film

Country

India

Runtime

1h 36m

Rated

A

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 25 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a biographical crime drama about Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, a British terrorist of Pakistani descent. It covers his involvement in the 1994 kidnappings of Westerners in India and the murder of journalist Daniel Pearl.

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What happens

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. 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. The title refers to the Mafia's code of silence 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, 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. Omerta was the closing night film in 2018 New York Indian Film Festival. Omerta was released on 4 May 2018 and received positive reviews from critics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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