Friday, August 23 – Thursday, August 29, 2013

Political corruption, obsession, betrayal and jealousy propel this gritty, dark, crime thriller version of Shakespeare’s Othello recast in modern-day India.

Omkara, or Omi, heads a gang of outlaws that includes the crafty Langda Tyagi and the dynamic Kesu amongst his chief cohorts. When Omi appoints Kesu and not Langda as his chief lieutenant, Langda’s pride is slighted, and raging with envy, he hatches a plot to falsely implicate Omi’s beautiful fiancée, Dolly, in an illicit affair with Omi’s favourite lieutenant, Kesu. Using petty insinuations and lies, Langda keeps poisoning Omi’s mind till one day he snaps. At the end, Omi realizes the gravity of his actions, but is it too late?