Vishal Bhardwa named best director at Cairo fest for Omkara

Vishal Bhardwa named best director at Cairo fest for Omkara
Wednesday, December 06, 2006 12:45 IST
By Santa Banta News Network
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.
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