Hansal Mehta says ‘Omertá’ will make you angry

Hansal Mehta’s next ‘Omertá’, is based on the life of  terrorist Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh. Mehta says that films leave you with some sort of emotion, and this film will leave the audience angry. He also believes that there is a “deadly silence” about state sponsored terrorism.

Mehta told PTI, “There are some standard emotions that a film leaves you with like happiness, sadness, this (film) would leave you angry. We live in a world where a villain like this exists and yet we are silent about it. There is deadly silence about the truth surrounding state sponsored terrorism. It exists yet we do not talk about it. Governments don’t talk about it because the business of war keeps the government solvent. Today everyone is busy in their own lives and do not care about things happening in the world until something affects them directly. Only when something happens we react. I am hoping the film will tell people to think we need to react. It is in government’s interest to maintain status quo they are in the business of war, fighting because governments and politicians make their money from oil and defense.”

Omertá stars Rajkummar Rao, and is slated for a 4th May release.