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	'''''Omerta''''' is a 2017 Indian [[biographical film\|biographical]] [[crime film\|crime]] [[drama film]] directed by [[Hansal Mehta]] and stars [[Rajkumar Rao]] in the role of [[Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh]], British terrorist of Pakistani descent.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.livemint.com/Sundayapp/t2mS1LBKYqgPy7GLyzLRSO/The-simplified-terror-in-Omerta.html\|title=The simplified terror in Omerta}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.cinestaan.com/reviews/omerta-16399\|title=Omerta review: Steely, concise portrait of a terrorist\|date=18 April 2018\|website=Cinestaan}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web\|url=~~http~~://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/191017/omerta-movie-review-brilliant-performance-trapped-in-a-not-quite-brilliant-film.html\|title=Omerta Movie Review: Brilliant performance trapped in a not quite brilliant film\|date=19 October 2017\|publisher=\|access-date=20 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/omerta-first-look-hansal-mehta-rajkummar-rao-team-up-again-for-this-intriguing-looking-film-3337936.html\|title=Omerta first look: Hansal Mehta, Rajkummar Rao team up again for this intriguing looking film\|publisher=\|access-date=20 October 2017}}</ref>		'''''Omerta''''' is a 2017 Indian [[biographical film\|biographical]] [[crime film\|crime]] [[drama film]] directed by [[Hansal Mehta]] and stars [[Rajkumar Rao]] in the role of [[Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh]], British terrorist of Pakistani descent.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.livemint.com/Sundayapp/t2mS1LBKYqgPy7GLyzLRSO/The-simplified-terror-in-Omerta.html\|title=The simplified terror in Omerta}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.cinestaan.com/reviews/omerta-16399\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180419053214/https://www.cinestaan.com/reviews/omerta-16399\|url-status=live\|archive-date=19 April 2018\|title=Omerta review: Steely, concise portrait of a terrorist\|date=18 April 2018\|website=Cinestaan}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/191017/omerta-movie-review-brilliant-performance-trapped-in-a-not-quite-brilliant-film.html\|title=Omerta Movie Review: Brilliant performance trapped in a not quite brilliant film\|date=19 October 2017\|publisher=\|access-date=20 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/omerta-first-look-hansal-mehta-rajkummar-rao-team-up-again-for-this-intriguing-looking-film-3337936.html\|title=Omerta first look: Hansal Mehta, Rajkummar Rao team up again for this intriguing looking film\|publisher=\|access-date=20 October 2017}}</ref>

	The title refers to the Mafia's code of silence <ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/omert%C3%A0\|title=Omerta Italian noun\|publisher=Merriam Webster\|access-date=29 December 2021}}</ref> but is also a play on the name of the main character.		The title refers to the Mafia's code of silence <ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/omert%C3%A0\|title=Omerta Italian noun\|publisher=Merriam Webster\|access-date=29 December 2021}}</ref> but is also a play on the name of the main character.
	Produced by Nahid Khan of Swiss Entertainment and Shaailesh R Singh of Karma Features,<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.india.com/showbiz/omerta-movie-review-rajkummar-rao-hansal-mehtas-film-is-worth-a-watch-3033995/\|title=Rajkummar Rao Starrer Omerta Gets Thumbs Up From Critics – Read Reviews\|last=Nathan\|first=Leona\|date=3 May 2018\|website=India.com\|language=en\|access-date=23 December 2018}}</ref> it was screened in the Special Presentations section at the [[2017 Toronto International Film Festival]], the [[Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image\|Mumbai Film Festival]], Florence Film Festival, [[Hong Kong International Film Festival]] and the [[Busan International Film Festival]].<ref name="TIFF">{{cite web\|url=https://deadline.com/2017/07/toronto-film-festival-2017-margot-robbie-gary-oldman-jake-gyllenhaal-emma-stone-christian-bale-1202135285/ \|title=Toronto Film Festival 2017 Unveils Strong Slate \|work=Deadline \|access-date=25 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.asianage.com/entertainment/bollywood/150318/hansal-mehta-surprised-by-ua-certification-for-omerta.html\|title=Hansal Mehta surprised by U/A certification for Omerta\|last=Jha\|first=Subhash K.\|work=The Asian Age\|date=15 March 2018\|access-date=15 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/hansal-mehta-hard-push-against-terrorism-in-omerta-5109964/\|title=Hansal Mehta: Happy that audience appreciated hard push against terrorism in Omerta\|work=The Indian Express\|date=24 March 2018\|access-date=25 March 2018}}</ref> Omerta was the closing night film in 2018 [[New York Indian Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/entertainment-others/sridevi-shashi-kapoor-omerta-nude-new-york-indian-film-festival-5104146\|title=Omerta, Nude to screen at New York Indian Film Festival, tributes to Sridevi and Shashi Kapoor planned}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.iaac.us/NYIFF2018/CN-Film-Profile.htm\|title=CLOSING NIGHT FILM SCREENING HANSAL MEHTA OMERTA\|access-date=13 May 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180514141706/http://www.iaac.us/NYIFF2018/CN-Film-Profile.htm\|archive-date=14 May 2018\|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''Omerta'' was released on 4 May 2018 and received positive reviews from critics.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.dailyo.in/arts/omerta-hansal-mehta-rajkumar-rao-aditya-warrior-best-example-of-film-editing/story/1/24092.html\|title=Why Omerta should be remembered as a classic example of film editing}}</ref>		Produced by Nahid Khan of Swiss Entertainment and Shaailesh R Singh of Karma Features,<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.india.com/showbiz/omerta-movie-review-rajkummar-rao-hansal-mehtas-film-is-worth-a-watch-3033995/\|title=Rajkummar Rao Starrer Omerta Gets Thumbs Up From Critics – Read Reviews\|last=Nathan\|first=Leona\|date=3 May 2018\|website=India.com\|language=en\|access-date=23 December 2018}}</ref> it was screened in the Special Presentations section at the [[2017 Toronto International Film Festival]], the [[Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image\|Mumbai Film Festival]], Florence Film Festival, [[Hong Kong International Film Festival]] and the [[Busan International Film Festival]].<ref name="TIFF">{{cite web\|url=https://deadline.com/2017/07/toronto-film-festival-2017-margot-robbie-gary-oldman-jake-gyllenhaal-emma-stone-christian-bale-1202135285/ \|title=Toronto Film Festival 2017 Unveils Strong Slate \|work=Deadline \|access-date=25 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.asianage.com/entertainment/bollywood/150318/hansal-mehta-surprised-by-ua-certification-for-omerta.html\|title=Hansal Mehta surprised by U/A certification for Omerta\|last=Jha\|first=Subhash K.\|work=The Asian Age\|date=15 March 2018\|access-date=15 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/hansal-mehta-hard-push-against-terrorism-in-omerta-5109964/\|title=Hansal Mehta: Happy that audience appreciated hard push against terrorism in Omerta\|work=The Indian Express\|date=24 March 2018\|access-date=25 March 2018}}</ref> Omerta was the closing night film in 2018 [[New York Indian Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/entertainment-others/sridevi-shashi-kapoor-omerta-nude-new-york-indian-film-festival-5104146\|title=Omerta, Nude to screen at New York Indian Film Festival, tributes to Sridevi and Shashi Kapoor planned}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.iaac.us/NYIFF2018/CN-Film-Profile.htm\|title=CLOSING NIGHT FILM SCREENING HANSAL MEHTA OMERTA\|access-date=13 May 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180514141706/http://www.iaac.us/NYIFF2018/CN-Film-Profile.htm\|archive-date=14 May 2018\|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''Omerta'' was released on 4 May 2018 and received positive reviews from critics.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.dailyo.in/arts/omerta-hansal-mehta-rajkumar-rao-aditya-warrior-best-example-of-film-editing/story/1/24092.html\|title=Why Omerta should be remembered as a classic example of film editing}}</ref><ref>https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/omerta_2018</ref>

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{{short description|2017 film by Hansal Mehta}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Omerta
| image = Omerta film.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Hansal Mehta]]
| producer = Nahid Khan
| writer = [[Mukul Dev]]<br />Hansal Mehta
| starring = [[Rajkummar Rao]]
| music = Ishaan Chhabra
| cinematography = Anuj Rakesh Dhawan
| editing = Aditya Warrior
| studio = {{Plainlist|
* Swiss Entertainment
* Karma Features
}}
| distributor = NH Studioz
| released = {{film date|2017|9|8|[[2017 Toronto International Film Festival|TIFF]]|2018|5|4|India|df=yes}}
| runtime = 105 minutes
| country = India
| language = Hindi<br>English
| budget = {{INR}}18 [[crore]]<ref name="omertarao" />
| gross = {{Estimation}} {{INR}}4.49 crore<ref>{{Cite web|title=Omerta - Movie - Box Office India|url=https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=3761|access-date=2020-07-27|website=www.boxofficeindia.com}}</ref>
}}

'''''Omerta''''' is a 2017 Indian [[biographical film|biographical]] [[crime film|crime]] [[drama film]] directed by [[Hansal Mehta]] and stars [[Rajkumar Rao]] in the role of [[Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh]], British terrorist of Pakistani descent.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/Sundayapp/t2mS1LBKYqgPy7GLyzLRSO/The-simplified-terror-in-Omerta.html|title=The simplified terror in Omerta}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cinestaan.com/reviews/omerta-16399|title=Omerta review: Steely, concise portrait of a terrorist|date=18 April 2018|website=Cinestaan}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/191017/omerta-movie-review-brilliant-performance-trapped-in-a-not-quite-brilliant-film.html|title=Omerta Movie Review: Brilliant performance trapped in a not quite brilliant film|date=19 October 2017|publisher=|access-date=20 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/omerta-first-look-hansal-mehta-rajkummar-rao-team-up-again-for-this-intriguing-looking-film-3337936.html|title=Omerta first look: Hansal Mehta, Rajkummar Rao team up again for this intriguing looking film|publisher=|access-date=20 October 2017}}</ref>

The title refers to the Mafia's code of silence <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/omert%C3%A0|title=Omerta Italian noun|publisher=Merriam Webster|access-date=29 December 2021}}</ref> but is also a play on the name of the main character.
Produced by Nahid Khan of Swiss Entertainment and Shaailesh R Singh of Karma Features,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.india.com/showbiz/omerta-movie-review-rajkummar-rao-hansal-mehtas-film-is-worth-a-watch-3033995/|title=Rajkummar Rao Starrer Omerta Gets Thumbs Up From Critics – Read Reviews|last=Nathan|first=Leona|date=3 May 2018|website=India.com|language=en|access-date=23 December 2018}}</ref> it was screened in the Special Presentations section at the [[2017 Toronto International Film Festival]], the [[Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image|Mumbai Film Festival]], Florence Film Festival, [[Hong Kong International Film Festival]] and the [[Busan International Film Festival]].<ref name="TIFF">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2017/07/toronto-film-festival-2017-margot-robbie-gary-oldman-jake-gyllenhaal-emma-stone-christian-bale-1202135285/ |title=Toronto Film Festival 2017 Unveils Strong Slate |work=Deadline |access-date=25 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.asianage.com/entertainment/bollywood/150318/hansal-mehta-surprised-by-ua-certification-for-omerta.html|title=Hansal Mehta surprised by U/A certification for Omerta|last=Jha|first=Subhash K.|work=The Asian Age|date=15 March 2018|access-date=15 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/hansal-mehta-hard-push-against-terrorism-in-omerta-5109964/|title=Hansal Mehta: Happy that audience appreciated hard push against terrorism in Omerta|work=The Indian Express|date=24 March 2018|access-date=25 March 2018}}</ref> Omerta was the closing night film in 2018 [[New York Indian Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/entertainment-others/sridevi-shashi-kapoor-omerta-nude-new-york-indian-film-festival-5104146|title=Omerta, Nude to screen at New York Indian Film Festival, tributes to Sridevi and Shashi Kapoor planned}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iaac.us/NYIFF2018/CN-Film-Profile.htm|title=CLOSING NIGHT FILM SCREENING HANSAL MEHTA OMERTA|access-date=13 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180514141706/http://www.iaac.us/NYIFF2018/CN-Film-Profile.htm|archive-date=14 May 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''Omerta'' was released on 4 May 2018 and received positive reviews from critics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dailyo.in/arts/omerta-hansal-mehta-rajkumar-rao-aditya-warrior-best-example-of-film-editing/story/1/24092.html|title=Why Omerta should be remembered as a classic example of film editing}}</ref>

== Cast ==
* [[Rajkummar Rao]] as [[Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh]]
* Timothy Ryan Hickernell as [[Daniel Pearl]]
* [[Rajesh Tailang]] as General Mahmud
* [[Rupinder Nagra]] as Maulana Ismail
* Keval Arora as Saeed Sheikh, Omar's father
* Orvana Ghai as Saadia, Omar's wife
* Kallirroi Tziafeta as [[Mariane Pearl]]
* Aamir Wani
* Harmeet Singh Sawhney as Abdul
* Sanjeev Mehta as Maulana [[Masood Azhar]]
* [[Satwant Kaur]] as Qaisra Sheikh- Omar’s mother

== Production ==
The story of ''Omerta'' was suggested to director [[Hansal Mehta]] by actor [[Mukul Dev]] in 2005, who marks his debut as a writer.<ref name=question>{{cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/hansal-mehta-omerta-rajkummar-rao-5099186/|title=Omerta raises uncomfortable questions but does not provide any answers: Hansal Mehta|last=Kameshwari|first=A.|work=The Indian Express|date=16 March 2018|access-date=17 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.mid-day.com/articles/mukul-dev-omar-sheikh-turned-me-into-a-writer/19202176|title=Mukul Dev: Omar Sheikh Turned Me Into A Writer|last=Parkar|first=Shaheen|work=Mid Day|date=16 March 2018|access-date=17 March 2018}}</ref> Mehta said that at the time when Dev told him the story, the internet was "really slow". So he had to buy books, material from the archives and magazines for the research.<ref name=question /> He started developing the script but made ''[[Shahid (film)|Shahid]]'' (2012) with [[Rajkummar Rao]] instead, as he felt the latter was an "easier film to make".<ref name=mm>{{cite news|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/omerta-director-hansal-mehta-i-am-the-outsider-even-after-25-years/articleshow/63371453.cms|title=Omerta director Hansal Mehta: I am the outsider even after 25 years|last=Bhattacharya|first=Roshmila|work=Mumbai Mirror|date=20 March 2018|access-date=20 March 2018}}</ref> He credits Rao being a reason ''Omerta'' was made. "I had to meet Rajkummar and because I met him, he became an enabler and because of him, I could make this film."<ref name=question /> Initially, Hansal was thinking of casting [[Riz Ahmed]], a British actor of Pakistani descent, as the lead actor for Omerta.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/photo-features/movies-to-look-forward-to/it-was-this-hollywood-actor-who-was-the-first-choice-for-omerta-not-rajkummar-rao/photostory/63780946.cms|title=It was this Hollywood actor who was the first choice for 'Omerta', not Rajkummar Rao!|website=[[The Times of India]] }}</ref>

Mehta stated that his intention behind making ''Omerta'' was to explore evil as a "human characteristic".<ref name=question /> He further said that he wanted to leave the audience with a sense of "awe, disgust, hate, surprise" and to examine the "ramifications of these [terror] events on their lives today."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/omerta-director-hansal-mehta-wants-to-leave-the-viewer-with-a-sense-of-disgust-hate-1823918|title=Omerta Director Hansal Mehta Wants To 'Leave The Viewer With A Sense Of Disgust, Hate'|last=Srivastava|first=Shruti|publisher=NDTV|date=14 March 2018|access-date=15 March 2018}}</ref> Mehta called the villain of the film, Omar Sheikh, the "[[Hannibal Lecter|hannibal]]" of terrorism who could be planning how to outwit you even while talking to you."<ref name=mm />
[[File:Omertamaking.jpg|right|thumb|Omerta in the making]]
Mehta further told that the film "exposes [[state-sponsored terrorism]] and how it manipulates young minds into believing a sordid interpretation of Jihad."<ref name=speechless>{{cite news|url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/omerta-first-look-rajkummar-rao-as-an-antagonist-will-leave-you-speechless-1822992|title=Omerta First Look: Rajkummar Rao As An Antagonist Will Leave You Speechless|last=Srivastava|first=Shruti|publisher=NDTV|date=13 March 2018|access-date=15 March 2018}}</ref> The film was shot in real locations across London and Punjab, Old Delhi,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/omerta-traces-a-dreaded-terrorists-footsteps/articleshow/63987150.cms|title='Omertà' traces a dreaded terrorist's footsteps|website=[[The Times of India]] }}</ref> parts of Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh in India,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/omar-shaikh-the-man-who-beheaded-daniel-pearl/articleshow/63918645.cms|title=OMAR SHAIKH: THE MAN WHO BEHEADED DANIEL PEARL}}</ref> while the scenes of Afghanistan and Pakistan were recreated.<ref name=tie>{{cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/omerta-director-hansal-mehta-rajkummar-rao-5097789/|title=Omerta director Hansal Mehta: With Rajkummar Rao, no challenge seems insurmountable|work=The Indian Express|date=14 March 2018|access-date=15 March 2018}}</ref> Mehta, along with his crew, visited some of the places that Ahmed Sheikh had visited.<ref name=tie /> Mehta said that the film does not show the backstory of Sheikh and how he became a terrorist: "It is an uncomfortable film which will raise uncomfortable questions and answers that we have to compel our establishment to find".<ref name=question /> Several real life footage's were purchased from different sources of the [[Indian Airlines flight 814 hijacking]], media footage following the [[September 11 attacks]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/hansal-mehta-omerta-5104666/|title=Hansal Mehta: Purchased actual footage to keep Omerta as real as possible|work=The Indian Express|date=20 March 2018|access-date=21 March 2018}}</ref>

To prepare for the role, Rao watched several videos, documentaries and hate speeches of Sheikh repeatedly to "gather a lot of hatred and anger" inside himself.<ref name=disturbed>{{cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/rajkummar-rao-omerta-5098425/|title=Rajkummar Rao: I was very disturbed while shooting for Omerta|last=Kameshwari|first=A.|work=The Indian Express|date=14 March 2018|access-date=15 March 2018}}</ref> He expressed that he was "disturbed" while shooting the film, because of the character he was playing and called it "easily the toughest character" he has played till date.<ref name=disturbed /><ref name=speechless /> While filming, the [[November 2015 Paris attacks]] took place. Rao stated that he was in the character and appreciated the attacks, but soon realised that it was wrong.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment/news/bollywood-news/article/omerta-trailer-rajkummar-rao-rajkumar-rao-hansal-mehta-0/208141|title=During Omertà filming, Rajkummar Rao had a shocking reaction to the 2015 Paris attacks|publisher=Times Now|date=16 March 2018|access-date=18 March 2018}}</ref> The title of the film refers to the Italian term for a criminal code of honor that encompasses absolute non-cooperation with legal authorities.<ref name=variety>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/reviews/omerta-review-1202564089/|title=Toronto Film Review: 'Omertà'|last=Harvey|first=Dennis|work=Variety|date=22 September 2017|access-date=18 March 2018}}</ref> Anuj Rakesh Dhawan and Aditya Warrior served as the director of photography and editor respectively.<ref name=thr>{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/omerta-review-1057542|title='Omerta': Film Review: Mumbai 2017|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=13 November 2017|access-date=18 March 2018}}</ref> Omerta was made on a budget of {{INR}} 18 crore (including marketing and promotions).<ref name="omertarao">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-miscellaneous/tp-others/that-old-magic/article23844614.ece|title=That old magic|website=[[The Hindu]] }}</ref>

[[Central Board of Film Certification]] cleared Omerta with an 'A' certificate,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mid-day.com/articles/hansal-mehta-on-omertas-censor-hurdle-revising-committee-lopped-off-frontal-nudity/19355168|title=Hansal Mehta On Omerta's Censor Hurdle: Revising Committee Lopped Off Frontal Nudity}}</ref> with only two cuts, where the censor board has asked for the national anthem to be removed from an offensive scene<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/rajkummar-rao-starrer-omertas-release-date-pushed-to-4-may-cbfc-clears-film-with-a-certificate-4437731.html|title=Rajkummar Rao-starrer Omerta's release date pushed to 4 May; CBFC clears film with 'A' certificate}}</ref> and a scene involving full frontal nudity that was showcased to portray the mental condition of the protagonist.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/omerta-hansal-mehta-asked-to-chop-off-rajkummar-raos-frontal-nudity-scene-despite-a-certificate-4455289.html|title=Omerta: Hansal Mehta asked to chop off Rajkummar Rao's frontal nudity scene despite A certificate}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/photo-features/omerta-censor-board-demands-two-scenes-cut-from-the-rajkummar-rao-starrer/photostory/63905703.cms|title='Omerta': Censor board demands two scenes cut from the Rajkummar Rao starrer|website=[[The Times of India]] }}</ref> There was report that banned scenes were leaked online few days before film’s release.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.in.com/entertainment/bollywood/omerta-banned-scenes-leaked-online-days-before-films-release-122789.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180502003943/https://www.in.com/entertainment/bollywood/omerta-banned-scenes-leaked-online-days-before-films-release-122789.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2018-05-02|title=Omerta: Banned scenes leaked online days before film's release}}</ref>

A special screening of Omerta was held on 29 April 2018,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/bollywood-celebrities-react-to-rajkummar-rao-starrer-omerta/articleshow/63971460.cms|title=Bollywood celebrities react to Rajkummar Rao starrer 'Omerta'|website=[[The Times of India]] }}</ref> the same day director [[Hansal Mehta]] also celebrated his 50th birthday.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/photogallery/movies/omertas-special-screening-hansal-mehtas-birthday-party-1733457.html|title=Omerta's Special Screening & Hansal Mehta's Birthday Party}}</ref>

== Reception ==
[[Anna M. M. Vetticad]] of Firstpost praised the acting of Rajkumar Rao and gave it 3.5 stars.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/bollywood/omerta-movie-review-rajkummar-raos-stellar-performance-carries-hansal-mehtas-gripping-clinical-terrorography-4455985.html|title=Omerta movie review: Rajkummar Rao's stellar performance carries Hansal Mehta's gripping, clinical terrorography}}</ref> [[Rajeev Masand]] of [[CNN-IBN]] praised the gripping story line of film and gave it 3 stars.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/movies/omerta-movie-review-rajkummar-rao-plays-a-sociopath-with-an-iciness-that-will-stay-with-you-1738555.html|title=Omerta Review: Rajkummar Rao Plays a Sociopath With an Iciness That Will Stay With You}}</ref> Saibal Chatterjee of [[NDTV]] stated Rajkumar Rao performance as pitch- perfect in this riveting thriller and gave it 3.5 stars.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/omerta-movie-review-rajkummar-rao-gives-pitch-perfect-performance-in-this-riveting-thriller-1846933|title=Omerta Movie Review: Rajkummar Rao Gives Pitch Perfect Performance In This Riveting Thriller}}</ref> Sweta Kaushal of The Hindustan Times praised the spine-chiling acting of Rajkumar rao and gave the film 3.5 stars.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/movie-reviews/omerta-movie-review-rajkummar-rao-goes-completely-dark-in-hansal-mehta-s-deft-docu-drama/story-9lB2ycjBag0DQ6TBQpYMfI.html|title=Omerta movie review: Rajkummar Rao's film focuses on the terrorist's modus operandi, not his ideology|date=4 May 2018|publisher=|access-date=13 May 2018}}</ref> Priyanka Bhadani of the Week praised the film editing and gave it 3 stars.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://scroll.in/article/877721/omerta-film-review-a-damp-squib-about-deadly-terrorist-omar-saeed-sheikh|title='Omerta' film review: A damp squib about deadly terrorist Omar Saeed Sheikh|first=Nandini|last=Ramnath|publisher=|access-date=13 May 2018}}</ref> Economic Times states that Omerta is a brutal tale of terrorism and gave it 3 stars.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/omerta-review-brutal-and-nerve-wracking-tale-of-terrorism/articleshow/64025517.cms|title='Omerta' review: A brutal and nerve-wracking tale of terrorism|date=7 May 2018|publisher=|access-date=13 May 2018|via=The Economic Times}}</ref> Meena Iyer of DNA praised the film as worth watching and gave it 3 stars.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/bollywood/report-omerta-movie-review-rajkummar-rao-hansal-mehta-s-film-is-worth-a-dekho-if-you-like-terror-sagas-2611149|title='Omerta' Movie Review: Rajkummar Rao-Hansal Mehta's film is worth a dekko if you like terror sagas – Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis|date=3 May 2018|publisher=|access-date=13 May 2018}}</ref> Devesh Sharma of Filmfare praised the film as dramatic account of a terrorist life and gave it 3 stars.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.filmfare.com/reviews/bollywood-movies/omerta-movie-review-a-dramatic-account-of-a-dreaded-terrorists-life-27992.html|title=Movie Review: Omerta|publisher=|access-date=13 May 2018}}</ref> Deborah Young of ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' called it a "gripping study of evil that reveals nothing".<ref name=thr /> Dennis Harvey called it a "slickly mounted film" but criticised the lack of motivation behind the crimes.<ref name=variety /> [[Namrata Joshi]] of [[The Hindu]] did not find the film clinical.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/omerta-review-doesnt-go-beyond-the-clinical/article23773182.ece|title='Omerta' review: doesn't go beyond the clinical|first=Namrata|last=Joshi|date=4 May 2018|publisher=|access-date=13 May 2018|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref> Shalini Langer of The Indian Express termed the film as a passion-less biopic and gave it 2.5 stars.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/omerta-movie-review-rajkummar-rao-5162482/|title=Omerta movie review: A surprisingly passion-less biopic of Omar Saeed Sheikh|date=4 May 2018|publisher=|access-date=13 May 2018}}</ref> Tanul Thakur of the Wire did not find the film too compelling.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thewire.in/film/omerta-film-review-hansal-mehta-rajkummar-rao|title='Omertà' Fails to Go Deeper Than the Basic Facts – The Wire|website=The Wire|access-date=13 May 2018}}</ref> Nandini Ramnath of Scroll.in described the film as a damp squib.<ref name="auto" />

=== Box office ===
''Omerta'' was released in 500 screens in India.<ref name="omertarao" /> Omerta did not open well at the Indian box office.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/omerta/box-office/|title=Omerta Box Office Collection till Now – Bollywood Hungama|first=Bollywood|last=Hungama|website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |publisher=|access-date=15 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/box-office-update/bo-update-102-not-opens-15-omerta-disaster/|title=BO update: 102 NOT OUT opens to 15%, OMERTA is a disaster – Bollywood Hungama|first=Bollywood|last=Hungama|website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |date=4 May 2018|publisher=|access-date=15 May 2018}}</ref> It grossed {{INR}} 54 lakhs on the first day. The collections picked up on the first weekend and the film grossed more than {{INR}} 2 crores on Saturday and Sunday.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/omerta-box-office-collection-day-2-rajkummar-raos-film-adds-rs-1-crore-to-its-business-1847934|title=Omerta Box Office Collection Day 2: Rajkummar Rao's Film Adds Rs. 1 Crore To Its Business}}</ref> Omerta grossed {{INR}} 3.25 crores in the first week.<ref name="omertadis">{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficeindia.com/report-details.php?articleid=3920|title=102 Not Out Decent First Week – Omerta Disaster – Box Office India|website=www.boxofficeindia.com|access-date=13 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficeindia.com/report-details.php?articleid=3916|title=102 Not Out Is Rock Steady On Tuesday – Box Office India|website=www.boxofficeindia.com|access-date=13 May 2018}}</ref> Director Hansal Mehta said that film's poor collections were due to bad show timings after the success of ''[[Avengers: Infinity War]]'' in India.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/thanks-to-the-success-of-avengers-we-were-given-very-poor-show-timings-hansal-mehta-on-omerta-collection/story-BfUHiIcIvEe04wybXTVJjO.html|title=Thanks to the success of Avengers, we were given very poor show timings: Hansal Mehta on Omerta collection|date=6 May 2018|publisher=|access-date=13 May 2018}}</ref> Omerta was not released in Bahrain, as Censor Board did not grant permission.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/breaking-hansal-mehtas-rajkummar-rao-starrer-omerta-faces-censor-issue-bahrain/|title=BREAKING: Hansal Mehta's Rajkummar Rao starrer Omerta faces censor issue in Bahrain|website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/photo-features/after-india-rajkummar-rao-starrer-omerta-faces-censor-board-trouble-in-bahrain/photostory/63997997.cms|title=After India, Rajkummar Rao starrer 'Omerta' faces Censor Board trouble in Bahrain – Censor Board controversies – The Times of India|website=The Times of India|access-date=15 May 2018}}</ref>

=== Controversy ===
On 26 April 2018, [[Supreme Court of India]] passed a judgement, demanding director [[Hansal Mehta]] to deposit Omerta's earnings in separate bank account to pay up dues of Adarsh Telemedia — a film production house financed by Amit Agarwal, Kolkata-based businessman.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/bollywood/report-hansal-mehta-can-t-use-his-earnings-from-rajkummar-rao-s-omerta-here-s-why-2608949|title=Hansal Mehta can't use his earnings from Rajkummar Rao's Omerta, here's why}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/hansal-mehta-ordered-by-sc-to-deposit-omertas-earnings-in-separate-account-to-pay-up-rs-7-cr-dues-4447875.html|title=Hansal Mehta ordered by SC to deposit Omerta's earnings in separate account to pay up Rs 7 cr dues}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|6978268}}
* {{Bollywood Hungama movie|omerta}}
* [https://www.zee5.com/movies/details/omerta/0-0-189437 ''Omerta''] at [[ZEE5]]

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