I have been waiting for this movie for a while now. Vishal Bhardwaj’s Omkara - a take on Shakespeare’s Othello has Ajay Devgan (Othello), Vivek Oberoi (Cassio), Saif Ali Khan (Iago), Konkona Sen (Emilia), Kareena Kapoor (Desdemona), Deepak Dobriyal (Rodrigo) and Naseerudin Shah (Duke). The cinematography seems tight and the music (especially the title track) is mind-blowing especially with my favorite Sukhvinder Singh (you may recall him from Chaiyya Chaiyya) back in form after a long time. I am a fan, like many others, of the new and improved Saif 2.0 and this movie just proves us right. He is a chameleon and has a few tricks up his sleeve that we all need to look out for. Some people call Ajay Devgan a taxi driver, but like it or not he handles Bihar like no other. Whether its in Gangajal or in and as Omkara, hes the man. For the rest of the cast, I need to watch the movie.

I can’t believe that I am still understanding the ripple effects of our actions and reactions in our lives and the lives of those around us. If positive, they spread far and wide but somehow it doesn’t feel like that. If negative, the shit just don’t stop. Depending on the gravity of what has been done, you can lose your life as you know it. I wish we all had a warning system where we could be reminded of what the plausibly lowest point of the step we are about to take. We could see the ripple all across the board and be able to step and go ‘damn, glad I didn’t do that’.

Vintage Ads will take you back to the glory days of medicine. Makes you wonder about the pills we pop today, doesnt it?