Omkara is a 2006 Indian crime drama film adapted from Shakespeare's Othello, co-written and directed by Vishal Bhardwaj. It starred an ensemble cast of Ajay Devgn, Kareena Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan, Konkona Sen Sharma, Vivek Oberoi 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 city in Western Uttar Pradesh.
Produced on a budget of 260 million, Omkara was released on 28 July 2006 and grossed 424.12 million worldwide. The film was cited as "10 Must-Watch Indian Titles" by The National. The film garnered awards and nominations in several categories, with particular praise for its direction, music, screenplay, cinematography, and the performances of the ensemble cast, with particular praise for Khan's performance. The film won 41 awards from 106 nominations.
At the 54th National Film Awards, Omkara won awards in three categories, Best Supporting Actress (Konkona Sen Sharma), Best Audiography (Shajith Koyeri, Subhash Sahoo and K. J. Singh) and Special Jury Award (Vishal Bhardwaj). At the 52nd Filmfare Awards, it received nineteen nominations and won nine, including those for Best Actress (Critics), Best Supporting Actress, Best Performance in a Negative Role, Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, Best Sound Design, Best Female Playback Singer and Best Choreography. At the 8th IIFA Awards, it received thirteen nominations and won four, including those for Best Performance in a Negative Role, Best Female Playback Singer, Best Choreography and Special Award for Best Adaptation. Among other wins, the film received two Bollywood Movie Awards, three Global Indian Film Awards, five Screen Awards, five Stardust Awards and five Zee Cine Awards.
At 30th Cairo International Film Festival, Vishal Bhardwaj received "Best Artistic Contribution in Cinema of a Director" award, at 6th Kara Film Festival, it won awards in three categories, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Actor and Best Music and at 2nd Asian Festival of First Films, Tassaduq Hussain received Best Cinematography Award.
Awards and nominations Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Asian Festival of First Films 29 November – 7 December, 2006 Best Cinematography Tassaduq Hussain Bollywood Movie Awards 26 May 2007 Best Film Kumar Mangat Best Director Vishal Bhardwaj Best Dialogue Best Actor Ajay Devgn Best Actress Kareena Kapoor Best Supporting Actor Vivek Oberoi Best Supporting Actress Konkona Sen Sharma Best Villain Saif Ali Khan Best Music Director Vishal Bhardwaj Best Lyricist Gulzar for "Beedi" Best Male Playback Singer Sukhwinder Singh for "Omkara" Best Female Playback Singer Rekha Bhardwaj for "Namak" Sunidhi Chauhan for "Beedi" Best Choreography Ganesh Acharya for "Beedi" Cairo International Film Festival 28 November – 8 December, 2006 Best Artistic Contribution in Cinema of a Director Vishal Bhardwaj Filmfare Awards 17 February 2007 Best Director Best Background Score Best Dialogue Best Cinematography Tassaduq Hussain Best Production Design Samir Chanda Best Costume Design Dolly Ahluwalia Best Action Jai Singh Best Performance in a Negative Role Saif Ali Khan Best Actress Kareena Kapoor Khan Best Actress (Critics) Best Supporting Actress Konkona Sen Sharma Special Jury Recognition Deepak Dobriyal Best Lyricist Gulzar for "Beedi" Best Female Playback Singer Sunidhi Chauhan for "Beedi" Best Choreography Ganesh Acharya for "Beedi" Best Editing Meghna Manchanda Best Sound Design Shajith Koyeri, K.J. Singh and Subash Sahu Global Indian Film Awards 7–9 December, 2006 Best Film Kumar Mangat Best Director Vishal Bhardwaj Best Cinematography Tassaduq Hussain Best Actor Ajay Devgn Best Actress Kareena Kapoor Best Supporting Actress Bipasha Basu Best VillainSaif Ali khan Best Music Director Vishal Bhardwaj Best Lyrics Gulzar for "Omkara" Gulzar for "O Saathi Re" Best Male Playback Singer Sukhwinder Singh for "Omkara" Best Female Playback Singer Shreya Goshal for "O Saathi Re" Sunidhi Chauhan for "Beedi" Best Choreography Ganesh Acharya for "Beedi" International Indian Film Academy Awards 7–9 June, 2007 Best Director Vishal Bhardwaj Best Story Best Dialogue Best Screenplay Vishal Bhardwaj, Abhishek Chaubey and Robin Bhatt Best Actor Ajay Devgn Best Actress Kareena Kapoor Best Supporting Actress Konkona Sen Sharma Best Performance in a Negative Role Saif Ali Khan Best Music Director Vishal Bhardwaj Best Lyricist Gulzar for "Beedi" Best Female Playback Singer Sunidhi Chauhan for "Beedi" Best Choreography Ganesh Acharya for "Beedi" Special Award for Best Adaptation Vishal Bhardwaj adapted from Shakespeare’s Othello Kara Film Festival 7–17 December, 2006 Best Adapted Screenplay Vishal Bhardwaj, Abhishek Chaubey and Robin Bhatt Best Actor Saif Ali Khan Best Music Vishal Bhardwaj National Film Awards 2 September 2008 Best Supporting Actress Konkona Sen Sharma Best Audiography Shajith Koyeri, Subhash Sahoo and K. J. Singh Special Jury Award Vishal Bhardwaj Screen Awards 6 January 2007 Best Film Kumar Mangat Best Director Vishal Bhardwaj Best Dialogue Best Music Director Best Background Music Best Cinematography Tassaduq Hussain Best Actor Ajay Devgn Best Actress Kareena Kapoor Best Supporting Actress Konkona Sen Sharma Best Actor in a Negative Role Saif Ali Khan Best Lyricist Gulzar for "Beedi" Best Male Playback Singer Sukhwinder Singh for "Omkara" Best Female Playback Singer Rekha Bhardwaj for "Namak" Shreya Ghoshal for "O Saathi Re" Sunidhi Chauhan for "Beedi" Best Choreography Ganesh Acharya for "Beedi" Best Sound Design Shajith Koyeri, K.J. Singh and Subash Sahu Best Art Direction Samir Chanda Stardust Awards 18 February 2007 Hottest Movie of the Year Kumar Mangat Dream Director Vishal Bhardwaj Editor's Choice Best Director Actor of the Year – Male Saif Ali Khan Best Actor in a Negative Role Actor of the Year – Female Kareena Kapoor Editor's Choice Best Performance of the Year Best Supporting Actress Konkona Sen Sharma New Menace Deepak Dobriyal New Musical Sensation – Female Rekha Bhardwaj for "Namak" Zee Cine Awards 1 April 2007 Best Film Kumar Mangat Best Director Vishal Bhardwaj Best Actor – Female Kareena Kapoor Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Female Konkona Sen Sharma Best Performance in a Negative Role Saif Ali Khan Best Music Director Vishal Bhardwaj Best Lyricist Gulzar for "Beedi" Best Playback Singer – Female Sunidhi Chauhan for "Beedi" Best Choreography Ganesh Acharya for "Beedi" Best Track of the Year "Beedi" Best Song Recording Salman Afridi
See also List of Bollywood films of 2006
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External links Accolades for Omkara at the Internet Movie Database