Om Shanti Om (2007)

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Director:

Farah Khan

Writers:

Farah Khan (screenplay)
Farah Khan (story)

Release Date:

7 November 2007 (Belgium)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Drama | Musical | Romance | Thriller

Tagline:

He was a junior artiste. She was a star. For some dreams, one lifetime is not enough.

Plot:

In the 1970s, Om, an aspiring actor, is murdered, but is immediately reincarnated into the present day. He attempts to discover the mystery of his demise and find Shanti, the love of his previous life.

Plot Keywords:

Actor | Fire | Friend | Bollywood | Love

Awards:

3 wins & 15 nominations

Cast

Shahrukh Khan	...	Om Prakash Makhija / Om 'OK' R. Kapoor
Arjun Rampal	...	Mukesh 'Mike' Mehra
Kiron Kher	...	Bela Makhija (as Kirron Kher)
Shreyas Talpade	...	Pappu Master
Deepika Padukone	...	Shantipriya / Sandhya 'Sany'
Bindu	...	Kamini
Javed Sheikh	...	Rajesh Kapoor (as Jawed Sheikh)
Satish Shah	...	Partho Roy - Film Producer
Nitish Pandey	...	Anwar
Yuvika Chaudhry	...	Dolly
Shawar Ali	...	Shawar (as Shawar Ali Khan)
Asawari Joshi	...	Mrs. Rajesh Kapoor (as Asavari Joshi)
Nassar Abdulla	...	Nasser - Rajesh's assistant
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sev Anand	...	Dev Anand
Amrita Arora	...	Herself
Malaika Arora	...	Herself (as Malaika Arora Khan)
Shabana Azmi	...	Herself
Abhishek Bachchan	...	Himself
Amitabh Bachchan	...	Himself
Vidya Balan	...	Herself
Bipasha Basu	...	Herself
Mithun Chakraborty	...	Himself
Suresh Chatwal	...	Suresh - Junior Artiste
Juhi Chawla	...	Herself
Priyanka Chopra	...	Herself
Yash Chopra	...	Himself
Sabu Cyril	...	Film Doctor
Vishal Dadlani	...	Himself
Bobby Deol	...	Himself
Ritesh Deshmukh	...	Himself (as Ritiesh Deshmukh)
Dhananjay	...	Dharmendra
Dharmendra	...	Himself
Kanika Dhillon	...	Film Heroine
Dominic	...	Govinda Ahuja
Lara Dutta	...	Herself
Sanjay Dutt	...	Himself
Sunil Dutt	...	Appearance in song
Subhash Ghai	...	Himself
Govinda	...	Himself
Jeetendra	...	Himself
Karan Johar	...	Himself
Kajol	...	Herself
Nakul Kamte	...	Makhija
Karisma Kapoor	...	Herself
Rishi Kapoor	...	Himself
Sanjay Kapoor	...	Himself
Tusshar Kapoor	...	Himself
Arbaaz Khan	...	Himself
Farah Khan	...	Agressive Junior Artiste / Herself
Feroz Khan	...	Himself
Mahesh Khanna	...	Rajesh Khanna
Rajesh Khanna	...	Appearance in song
Saif Ali Khan	...	Himself
Salman Khan	...	Himself
Zayed Khan	...	Himself
Akshay Kumar	...	Himself
Nagesh Kumar	...	Shatrughan Sinha / Rajesh Khanna
Bappi Lahiri	...	Himself
Manikandan	...	Film Director
Urmila Matondkar	...	Herself (as Urmila)
Diya Mirza	...	Herself (as Dia Mirza)
Koena Mitra	...	Herself
Mohan	...	Mithun Chakraborty
Dino Morea	...	Himself
Rani Mukherjee	...	Herself
Sanjeev Mulchandani	...	Film Villain
Chunky Pandey	...	Himself (as Chunkey Pandey)
Amisha Patel	...	Herself
Raman	...	Ricky Sandhu
Rekha	...	Herself
Hrithik Roshan	...	Himself
Rakesh Roshan	...	Himself
Salim	...	Manoj Kumar
Samapika	...	Wannebe Shantipriya
Mushtaq Sheikh	...	Roadside sleeper
Shilpa Shetty	...	Herself
Sunil Shetty	...	Himself (as Suniel Shetty)
Aftab Shivdasani	...	Himself
Tabu	...	Herself
Vishwajeet	...	Prem Chopta
Preity Zinta	...	Herself

Runtime:

162 min

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Ireland:12A | UK:12A | Singapore:PG | Australia:G | USA:PG-13 | India:UA | Germany:12

Filming Locations:

Film City, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Company:

Red Chillies Entertainment

Trivia:

Actress Deepika Padukone's first Hindi film.

Goofs:

Continuity: Near the end of the movie, when the Chandelier falls on Mukesh (Arjun Rampal), you see the entire Chandelier is broken, yet in the next scene you see the Chandelier still active up to Om's (Shahrukh Khan's) height, with him looking through it to see the ghost of Shantipriya.

Quotes:

Shanti Priya: If you don't tell me your name, how can I thank you?
Om Kapoor: Om.
Shanti Priya: Shanti.
Om Kapoor: Om.

Movie Connections:

References Karz (1980)

Soundtrack:

Jag Soona Soona Lage

An outright entertainer

OM SHANTI OM tells the story of Om (Shah Rukh Khan) and Shanti (Deepika Padukone). Om is a junior artist in the 70s. Shanti is the reigning superstar. He is her biggest fan. He is in love with her. Om dreams of being a superstar, but an incident changes his life forever. Om dies in a mishap, but is reborn into the present day. He attempts to discover the mystery of his demise…

What I liked about the film? Well, almost everything (Yes, I admit, I've sold my soul to SRK)! Which is 98.35 per cent of the film! The film is more a take off on the re-birth formula, than a tribute; but it does brilliantly. Farah Khan has made everyone act superbly (yes, including Arjun Rampal!). There are so many things to watch out for so I will just list a few highlights:

The cameos by almost the entire industry. The fantastic one-liners from '70s Bollywood; The comedy scenes throughout the movie! the digital effects ala Forrest Gump. Deepika Padukone. SRK playing a brash star brat. SRK's abs (of course!). The witty vision of the filmmaker.

And finally Farah Khan and SRK's and the entire film industry's bold move to do a take off on the take off, because, when you look at it, the film is not just a take off on '70s Bollywood but also on today's filmy frenzy! With each and every film one thing is sure Shah Rukh Khan will be outstanding and in this film to he is outstanding as well. In this film Shah Rukh Khan shows His comic abilities and he is bang on target. It just goes to show his range and versatility as an actor that on one hand he is doing Chak De! India (Offbeat) and on other hand Om Shanti Om where he is playing to the gallery which came easily only to Shah Rukh Khan.

Deepika has all it takes to be a top star — the personality, the looks and yes, she's supremely talented too. Standing in the same frame as Shah Rukh Khan and getting it right is no small achievement. She comes as a whiff of fresh air! Arjun Rampal impresses in a negative role which suites his image. Shreyas Talpade compliments Shah Rukh Khan wonderfully. Kirron Kher in one word wonderful.

The masses will love it; the classes will love it too! The youth will like it too, even though they may not get certain references to the Bollywood of yesteryear's. A must watch.