Pak-British actor was 1st choice for Omerta's lead role: Rao
Rajkummar Rao, who will be portraying terrorist Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh in Hansal Mehta's 'Omerta', revealed that Hansal wanted to make the film with Riz Ahmed, a British actor of Pakistani origin. "Luckily we ended up making so many films...we became really close...I replaced...his wishful actors," added Rao. Riz has featured in 'Nightcrawler' and 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'. 