Acclaimed Bollywood filmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj has been named the best director at the 30th Cairo Film
Festival for Omkara.
The film, based on Shakespeare's Othello, won critical acclaim at the fest, sources close to the director
said on Tuesday.
Bhardwaj, meanwhile, was in Marrakesh showing Omkara at a film fest there.
Omkara, his second Shakespearean adoption after Maqbool that is based on Macbeth, is to be screened at
six more international festivals.
Vishal Bhardwa named best director at Cairo fest for Omkara
Wednesday, December 06, 2006 12:45 IST
