Hansal Mehta On Omerta, His Favourite Film In His Oeuvre: It Was An Absolute Nightmare To Produce
hansal mehta on omerta, his favourite film in his oeuvre: it was an absolute nightmare to produce
As Hansal Mehta’s hard-hitting raw and visceral Omerta turns 6 on May 4, Hansal gets nostalgic over the work that raised innumerable hackles. “It remains my personal favourite work in my filmography. It got a lot of love when it was released later on streaming and continues to garner a following. Rajkummar’s most complex performance of all the films we’ve made together and my most fearless in terms of craft. It was an absolute nightmare to produce and release because of some awful people involved in it but I prefer remembering the positives…..From a human rights lawyer in Shahid to Gandhi… that is my journey. Shahid, Aligarh, Omertà, Scam1992, Scoop and Gandhi. That is the journey. I am an observer – observing the characters that impact our world.”
Hansal Mehta’s gritty raw brutal and disturbing Omerta, the film about the global terror activities of Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, was cleared by the CBFC with an ‘A’ certificate.
Hansal who has fought many brave battles with the censor board was ready for a long grim fight to ensure nothing was tampered with in Omerta. Hansal had pledged not to allow even a single cut in Omerta. However only one major cut was ordered.
It is the sequence where Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh(Rajkummar Rao) is seen urinating in prison while the Indian national anthem is playing outside. The censor board rightly asked for the National anthem to be removed from this acutely offensive scene.