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Omkara Langda Tyagi: Vishal Bhardwaj’s film ‘Omkara’ was released in 2006. In this, Saif Ali Khan took the role of lame Tyagi and looted the mahfil. Although Aamir Khan wanted to play this role earlier, but he is the film …Read more
Calt classic called ‘Omkara’ released in the year 2006.
Highlights
- Aamir Khan wanted to play the role of lame Tyagi
- Saif Ali Khan gave special training to improve the language
- The film Omkara also featured Ajay Devgan and Kareena Kapoor.
New Delhi. Ajay Devgan and Saif Ali Khan’s ‘Omkara’ was released in the year 2006. The film was made when Vishal Bhardwaj expressed his desire to adapt Shakespeare’s ‘Othello’. Vishal shared his idea with writer Robin Bhatt and after much discussion he felt that Ajay Devgan would be the right actor for the lead role.
Saif Ali Khan was engaged in this film by playing the role of Villain Langa Tyagi. But very few people will know that in ‘Omkara’, Aamir Khan also expressed his desire to play the role of the villain. But the matter could not be made and then Saif Ali Khan got the role.
Langa Tyagi wanted to become Aamir Khan
Recently, Robin Bhatt told in an interview that after finalizing Ajay Devgan and Kareena Kapoor, he was stuck in the casting of the character of Langa Tyagi in the film, because two big actors wanted to play this role. In a conversation with YouTube channel Friday Talkies, Robin Bhatt said, ‘Aamir Khan was ready to play the role of Villain. We had the second option of Saif Ali Khan. However, we decided that Aamir is not the right choice for this film.
Saif worked very hard for the character
He then offered this role to Saif Ali Khan, but the problem was that Saif did not get the local dialect of Western UP, where the story of the film was set. Robin said that Saif was ready to work hard to mold the role of Langa Tyagi, he cut his hair and placed a tutor to improve the language.
Saif Ali Khan was dominated by playing the role of Langa Tyagi.
Saif Ali took special training
Robin Bhatt further said, ‘Saif Ali Khan had a problem language. But then he started taking tuition, started training and cut his hair. Saif Deepak used to sit with Dobriyal for 2 to 4 hours and worked very hard, because it was not his language and Deepak helped him a lot for this.
Aishwarya Rai shoots on the first day, the second day was cut from the film, the makers had hurriedly replaced
Starcast of ‘Omkara’ film
Let us tell you that the film ‘Omkara’, directed by Vishal Bhardwaj, featured stars like Ajay Devgan, Saif Ali Khan and stars like Kareena Kapoor, Vivek Oberoi, Konkona Sen Sharma and Naseeruddin Shah. After the release, Omkara was included in the list of Cult films.