Hansal Mehta Acquires Real Life Footage For Rajkummar Rao’s Omertà!

Hansal Mehta has taken every effort to make Omertà as authentic as possible. Most films rely on shot footage to make the film authentic, but for Omertà, the director has gone an extra step.

Omertà, a gritty thriller based on terrorist Omar Saeed Sheikh’s life, has been making ripples ever since the poster was launched. Rajkummar Rao’s intense look and real life locations in the trailer have left the audience wanting more. The film, Hansal Mehta says, is an exposé about state sponsored terrorism. The filmmakers went through intensive research to make every aspect of the film credible.

Doing good research notwithstanding, Hansal Mehta has done something never done before, he has purchased real life footage from a number of sources. Omar Sheikh was a mastermind behind several terrorist attacks all over the world. Mehta’s research unearthed links between Sheikh and dreaded terrorist Osama Bin Laden and the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centre.

This footage includes footage of the Kandahar attack, media footage following the 9/11 attack and other clips from a whole range of sources. The sum spent on the footage is undisclosed, but the sources are credible.