Omerta is a 2017 Indian biographical Bollywood 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 journalist Daniel Pearl in 2002.
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. The first trailer was released on 14 March 2018 while second trailer was released on 23 April 2018. Omerta is released today as per the schedule i.e on 4 May 2018.
Cast & crew:
Cast:
Rajkummar Rao as Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh
Rajesh Tailang as General Mahmud
Rupinder Nagra as Maulana Ismail
Keval Arora
Timothy Ryan Hickernell as Daniel Pearl
Kallirroi Tziafeta as Mariane Pearl
Harmeet Singh Sawhney as Abdul
Crew:
Directed by: Hansal Mehta
Produced by: Nahid Khan
Written by: Mukul Dev, Hansal Mehta
Music by: Ishaan Chhabra
Cinematography: Anuj Rakesh Dhawan
Edited by: Aditya Warrior
Production Company: Swiss Entertainment & Karma Features
Distributed by: NH Studioz
Release date: 4 May 2018 (India) (8 September 2017 (TIFF))
Running time: 96 minutes ( 1 hour & 36 minutes )
Country: India
Language: Hindi
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