Omkara (2006 film)

Omkara
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Vishal Bhardwaj
Produced by	Kumar Mangat Pathak
Screenplay by	Vishal Bhardwaj Robin Bhatt Abhishek Chaubey
Based on	Othello by William Shakespeare
Starring	Ajay Devgn Saif Ali Khan Vivek Oberoi Kareena Kapoor Konkona Sen Sharma Bipasha Basu Naseeruddin Shah
Music by	Vishal Bhardwaj
Cinematography	Tassaduq Hussain
Edited by	Meghna Manchanda Sen
Production company	Shemaroo Entertainment
Distributed by	Big Screen Entertainer Eros Entertainment Shemaroo Entertainment
Release date	28 July 2006 (2006-07-28)
Running time	155 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi Khariboli
Budget	₹25 crore.

Omkara is a 2006 Indian crime drama film adapted from Shakespeare’s Othello, co-written and directed by Vishal Bhardwaj. It starred Ajay Devgan, Saif Ali Khan, Vivek Oberoi and Kareena Kapoor in the lead roles, supported by Naseeruddin Shah, Konkona Sen Sharma and Bipasha Basu. The director Vishal Bhardwaj himself composed the entire music for the film, including the background score, with lyrics by Gulzar. The film is set in Meerut, a town in Western Uttar Pradesh.

The film was showcased in the Marché du Film section 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 Bhardwaj 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.

The film became part of a series by Bhardwaj of film interpretations of popular literary works, including Maqbool (2003) based on Shakespeare’s Macbeth, The Blue Umbrella (2007) based on Ruskin Bond's The Blue Umbrella, 7 Khoon Maaf (2011) based on Bond's Susanna's Seven Husbands, and Haider (2014) based on Shakespeare's Hamlet.