Om Shanti Om (2007)

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.

Director:

Farah Khan

Writers:

Farah Khan (story), Mushtaq Sheikh (screenplay),

Stars:

Shah Rukh Khan, Arjun Rampal, Kiron Kher

13 wins & 17 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Shah Rukh Khan	...	Om Prakash Makhija / Om Kapoor
Arjun Rampal	...	Mukesh 'Mike' Mehra
Kiron Kher	...	Bela Makhija (as Kirron Kher)
Shreyas Talpade	...	Pappu Master
Deepika Padukone	...	Shantipriya / Sandy
Bindu	...	Kamini
Javed Sheikh	...	Rajesh Kapoor (as Jawed Sheikh)
Satish Shah	...	Partho Roy - Film director
Nitish Pandey	...	Anwar
Yuvika Chaudhry	...	Dolly
Shawar Ali	...	Himself (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

Storyline

Om Prakash Makhija is a Junior Artiste in Bollywood, who is infatuated with actress Shantipriya, and hopes to marry her someday. His hopes come to reality when he rescues her from a fire and they go on a date. Shortly thereafter he finds out that she is married to a film producer, Mukesh Mehra, and is expecting his child. He then watches in horror as Mukesh, after luring her in an abandoned studio, sets it afire. Om attempts to rescue her in vain, and he eventually is killed. 30 years later, Om is reborn as the only son of yesteryear Bollywood actor, Rajesh Kapoor, and is himself an actor. His memories start to return when he meets with his widowed mother, Bela, from his previous birth. He also meets with Mukesh and together they decide to make a movie 'Om Shanti Om'. Om then hires a look-alike of Shantipriya, and hopes to force a confession out of Mukesh - but things go awry and Om finds his life endangered once again.

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Plot Keywords:

actor | fire | bollywood | love | friend | 

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Taglines:

RE-Introducing Shah Rukh Khan...

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Drama | Musical | Romance | Thriller

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Certificate:

PG-13

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [jp]

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi Urdu

Release Date:

9 November 2007 (India)

Also Known As:

Aionia agapi

Filming Locations:

Film City, Goregaon, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

£518,845 (UK) (9 November 2007)

Gross:

£1,173,323 (UK) (23 November 2007)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Red Chillies Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

162 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The character Rajesh Kapoor is a play off of Rajesh Khanna, a big superstar of the 70's.

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Goofs

When Mukesh Mehra (Arjun Rampal) is hit by the falling Chandelier, he falls in front of the crowd. Later on, when the crowd has disappeared, the chandelier is miraculously fixed by the time Mukesh Mehra regains consciousness.

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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.

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Connections

References Kopps (2003)

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Soundtracks

"Dastaan-E-Om Shanti Om"
Composed by Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma, Vishal Dadlani and Shekhar Ravjiani
Courtesy of Super Cassettes Industries Limited (T-Series)

User Reviews

Why was this movie made ???

I don't seem to understand the logic behind this movie. Ain't we better off watching spoof on MTV and Star TV that we had to spend 300 bucks for the movie and all because of doctored ratings by the eminent critics of India. Sab Chalta hai if we can package it well and get two words of appreciation from the critics. Why so much of talk about Deepika Padukone ? She is no great actress as she has been made to appear .

If anyone has common sense then we should realize that we have already declared her to be the next best thing even before seeing her on screen ? Ain't we guilty of doing that. Long before movie release,we declared her to be the SuperStar ? (i wonder what kind of superstar were we referring to even before seeing her performance...) This movie is not worth an oounce. Stay away if u have sense and go watch if u are sans sense.