Omkara, made in 2006, came into existence when filmmaker Vishal Bharadwaj expressed his desire to adapt Shakespeare’s Othello. Vishal shared his thoughts with writer Robin Bhatt and after much discussion, they felt that Ajay Devgn would be the right actor for the lead role. Robin, in a new interview, shared that after finalising Ajay and Kareena Kapoor for the lead roles, they were stuck on casting Langda Tyagi’s part in the film as they had two promising actors willing to do the part. Speaking to Friday Talkies, Robin said, “Aamir was ready to do the villain’s role. The second choice we had was Saif Ali Khan. However, at one point, we decided that Aamir was not the right choice for the film.” This made them offer the role to Saif Ali Khan, but the problem with him was that he was not well-versed with the local dialect of western UP, where the film was set. Robin shared that since Saif was ready to do the hard work to get into the character, he chopped his …