'Omerta' release pushed to May 4
20 April 2018 2:56 AM IST
Mumbai: The release of Rajkummar Rao-starrer Omerta has been postponed to May 4 as the clearance from the censor board on the film came in recently. Directed by Hansal Mehta, the movie is based on the life of character of British-born Pakistani terrorist Omar Saeed Sheikh, played by Rao. The film was earlier scheduled to arrive in cinema halls on April 20.
Mehta says Omerta had "fair bit of violence and strong language" pertaining to the story and as the team did not want any cuts, waiting till the process was complete by the Central Board of Film Certification was the only answer.
"We knew that it wouldn't be a cake walk with the Censor Board given that the film has a fair bit of violence and strong language. We didn't want cuts that would take away the essence of the film, so we had to wait."
"The Censor Board Chief and members of the revising committee understood how certain scenes could not be removed since they are essential for audiences to understand how a terrorist's mind works. Hence the wait and that's why a decision has been taken to release Omerta on May 4," the filmmaker said in a statement. The film explores the life graph of Sheikh, who was freed in exchange for passengers of a hijacked Indian Airlines plane in 1999 and was later accused of killing journalist Daniel Pearl.
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