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For anyone who has ever looked into the eyes of someone they’ve loved and wondered, “How could they have chosen me?” 𝘖𝘮𝘬𝘢𝘳𝘢 is a story that lands close to heart.
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As Omkara’s ( @ajaydevgn) stormy eyes brim with love and then suspicion for his beloved Dolly (Kareena Kapoor Khan), it is the human heart’s oldest frailty that finds expression in @VishalBhardwaj’s seminal adaptation of Shakespeare’s 𝘖𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘰—insecurity.
(2/10)
(2/10)
Indeed, this 2006 masterpiece is a quagmire of emotions.
Jealousy; as Langda Tyagi, played by (Saif Ali Khan), watches his brother and guru Omkara anoint the younger, less experienced Kesu ( @vivekoberoi) his successor by applying vermillion on his forehead.
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Jealousy; as Langda Tyagi, played by (Saif Ali Khan), watches his brother and guru Omkara anoint the younger, less experienced Kesu ( @vivekoberoi) his successor by applying vermillion on his forehead.
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Anger; as Tyagi replicates the anointment, alone, in front of a mirror, with his own blood—swearing revenge for being passed over.
(4/10)
(4/10)
Desperation; as a newly promoted Kesu flounders and tries all possible schemes to win back into Omkara’s favour.
(5/10)
(5/10)
Love; as Omkara sits by his beautiful bride-to-be on a swing, caressing her while singing a lullaby to awaken her from a post-coital dream.
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(6/10)
And, finally, remorse; as Omkara lies by his beautiful dead bride, singing the same lullaby from before. The words, “Jag Ja Ri Gudiya, Misri Ki Pudiya, Meethe Lage Do Naina,” this time haunting and ironic in their meaning.
(7/10)
(7/10)
With its sharp Bhojpuri-style dialogue, masterful music-score and tremendous performances, Bhardwaj’s 𝘖𝘮𝘬𝘢𝘳𝘢 twists a knife into the relationship between truth and trust.
(8/10)
(8/10)
Aware of all sides of the story the audience watches in awe as a man they once pitied and rooted for—Khan’s Tyagi—manipulates, lays lie after lie, plants a family heirloom, forges a call, whispers in the right ears and builds to a great fall.
(9/10)
(9/10)
What we are left with is a powerful two-and-a-half hours; a story that warns that ‘Naina thag lenge’ as ‘men are not what they seem’.
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(10/10)
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(10/10)
