Summary
Half-caste bandit Omkara Shukla abducts his lady love, Dolly Mishra, from her family. Thanks to his cleverness, he gets away with the kidnapping. A conspiracy, however, forms against him when he denies his right-hand man, Langda Tyagi, a promotion. Ultimately, this plot threatens not only his relationship with Dolly, but their lives and those of their associates as well.
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- Date night
- Friends night
- Thought-provoking
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Critics vs audiences
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Audiences 85GoodWatch 80
Audience score90%
IMDb8.0
Running time
2 h 35 min
Longer than 9 in 10 crime movies, +49 min on the typical 106
typical 106155Half of all crime movies run 95–120 min.
Reach
Streams in 19 countries, rent or buy in 16 more
+9Released
2006
July 28, 2006
20 years ago
Genres
CrimeDramaLanguage
Hindi
Original language
Made in
- India
Rated
- PG-13United States
Better for older viewers: it's rated PG-13 in the United States for violence, sexual content, and strong language, and the viewing guide lists it for adults.
What's in it
- ViolenceIntense
- Gore, disturbing imagesMild
- Frightening scenesMild
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesStrong
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFriends NightPartner WatchSolo WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
12 of 12
Ajay DevgnOmkara 'Omi' Shukla
Kareena Kapoor KhanDolly Mishra
Saif Ali KhanIshwar 'Langda' Tyagi
Vivek OberoiKeshav 'Kesu Firangi' Upadhyaya
Konkona Sen SharmaIndu Tyagi
Deepak DobriyalRajan 'Rajju' Tiwari
Naseeruddin ShahBhaisaab
Bipasha BasuBillo Chamanbahar
Pankaj TripathiKichlu
Kamal TiwariAdvocate Raghunath Mishra
Manav KaushikSurendra Kaptaan- KKKuldeep KumarGolu
Directing · 1
- Vishal Bhardwaj Director, Screenplay, Dialogue, Original Music Composer
Writing · 4
- Robin Bhatt Screenplay
- Abhishek Chaubey Screenplay
- William Shakespeare Theatre Play
- Gulzar Lyricist
Production · 8
- Amita Pathak Executive Producer
- Abhishek Pathak Executive Producer
- Sanjeev Joshi Executive Producer
- Kumar Mangat Pathak Producer
- Honey Trehan Casting
- Rahul Nanda Publicist
Camera · 3
- Tassaduq Hussain Director of Photography
- Sujit Sen Steadicam Operator
- Joe D'Souza Still Photographer
Editing · 2
- Meghna Manchanda Sen Editor
- Parth Y Bhatt Associate Editor
Sound · 2
- Clinton Cerejo Music Coordinator
- Subir Kumar Das Music Editor
Art · 2
- Samir Chanda Production Design
- Nitin Wable Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 4
- Dolly Ahluwalia Costume Design
- Harish Wadhone Makeup Artist
- Ritesh Naik Makeup Artist
- Vikram Gaikwad Makeup Artist
Visual Effects · 5
- Merzin Tavaria Visual Effects Coordinator
- Dinesh Solanki Digital Compositor
- Chetan Gaur Digital Compositor
- Anup Kumar Digital Compositor
- Anand Nayak Visual Effects
Other crew · 4
- Jai Singh Nijjar Stunt Coordinator
- Ganesh Acharya Choreographer
- Parull Gossain Public Relations
- Himanshu Nanda Public Relations
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