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Omerta: Rajkummar Rao and Hansal Mehta launch the trailer in the capital city
Rajkummar Rao and Hansal Mehta's Omerta will follow the life of the British born terrorist Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, known for his involvement in the kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in 2002.
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The trailer for the film Omerta has just dropped online and once again Rajkummar Rao has left us spellbound with his brilliance in acting. Today, Rajkummar and Hansal Mehta launched the trailer in the capital city.
Omerta will follow the life of the British born terrorist Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, known for his involvement in the kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in 2002, and his links to various Islamist organisations. Rajkummar plays the titular role in the film.
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"Omerta is among the most researched films that I have worked on till date. We actually visited some of the places frequented by Omar in London during his transformation from an LSE graduation student to becoming this deadly terrorist. I needed to feel and touch this man’s past – to ingest him. It was not an easy journey for me to take. With Omerta and Hansal Sir, we have a combination that will probably leave you stunned. There will be this moment of shock and silence as the end credits roll," said Rajkummar Rao at the Omerta trailer launch.
Director Hansal Mehta said, “Omerta takes a look at this complex paradox of a man called Omar Saeed Sheikh. It was a difficult subject to choose and a challenge to make. However, with an actor like Rajkummar, no challenge seems insurmountable and this was the ideal film to hurtle us out of our comfort zone to make something that is uncomfortable. But that is the burden of truth – it is uncomfortable and it must be faced. The film looks at what it means to be a fundamentalist and for someone to pick up a gun with the intent of killing in return for an afterlife in Paradise. I want to leave the viewer with a sense of awe, disgust, hate, surprise and let them examine the ramifications of these events on their lives today.”
This is Rajkummar's fourth film with director Hansal Mehta after Aligarh, Citylight and Shahid. It'll be interesting to see Rajkummar step into the shoes of Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh.
Produced by Swiss Entertainment in association with Karma Media, the film is slated to hit the theatres on April 20.
