Omerta is a 2017 Indian biographical crime drama film directed by Hansal Mehta and stars Rajkumar Rao in the role of Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, British terrorist of Pakistani descent.[3][4] The film explores the 1994 kidnappings of Westerners in India for which Omar was arrested and served time in prison and the plotting of murder of Wall Street Journal journalist Daniel Pearl in 2002.Omerta 2017.
Produced by Nahid Khan of Swiss Entertainment and Shaailesh R Singh of Karma Features,[7] it was screened in the Special Presentations section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival, the Mumbai Film Festival, Florence Film Festival, Hong Kong International Film Festival and the Busan International Film Festival.[8][9][10] Omerta was the closing night film in 2018 New York Indian Film Festival.[11][12] The first trailer was released on 14 March 2018 while second trailer was released on 23 April 2018.[13] Omerta was released on 4 May 2018 and received positive reviews from critics.[14]
Anna M. M. Vetticad of Firstpost praised the acting of Rajkumar Rao and gave it 3.5 stars.[36] Rajeev Masand of CNN-IBN praised the gripping story line of film and gave it 3 stars.[37] Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV stated Rajkumar Rao performance as pitch- perfect in this riveting thriller and gave it 3.5 stars.[38] Sweta Kaushal of The Hindustan Times praised the spine-chiling acting of Rajkumar rao and gave the film 3.5 stars.[39] Priyanka Bhadani of the Week praised the film editing and gave it 3 stars.[40] Economic Times states that Omerta is a brutal tale of terrorism and gave it 3 stars.[41] Meena Iyer of DNA praised the film as worth watching and gave it 3 stars.[42] Devesh Sharma of Filmfare praised the film as dramatic account of a terrorist life and gave it 3 stars.[43] Deborah Young of The Hollywood Reporter called it a “gripping study of evil that reveals nothing”.[28] Dennis Harvey called it a “slickly mounted film” but criticised the lack of motivation behind the crimes.[27] Namrata Joshi of The Hindu did not find the film clinical.[44] Shalini Langer of The Indian Express termed the film as a passion-less biopic and gave it 2.5 stars.[45] Tanul Thakur of the Wire did not find the film too compelling.[46] Nandini Ramnath of Scroll.in described the film as a damp squib.[40]