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The women of Omkara make it the crown jewel of Vishal Bhardwaj’s Shakespeare trilogy
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But beyond all of this lies what truly makes Omkara the film it is: its women.
Even before we begin to truly know Dolly, Bhardwaj tells us how she will be seen.
In the climactic moment, Bhardwaj invokes the iconography of Durga through Indu.
In the climactic moment, Bhardwaj invokes the iconography of Durga through Indu.
But Bhardwaj’s most radical departure from Shakespeare arrives in the film’s final act, where he lets Indu reclaim the story.