Om Shanti Om- Movie Review

They were all over– Internet, news channel, tv shows..almost everywhere..just for the promotion of their movie-Om Shanti Om..Shah Rukh on screen after block buster hit Chak De India, Farah’s Khan;s second movie as director after Main Hoon Na..There is a lot of hype built around the movie..but..but..but..does it live up to the expectations?

Farah Khan thinks that whatever she combines with Shah Rukh Khan could be sold..Well, history depicts that it does..(Remember, Main Hoon Na?)

Movie starts with 70s era where Om(Shah Rukh Khan) is a juniour artiste who wants to make it big in Bollywood. And encouraging him are his friend Pappu (Shreyas Talpade) and his mother (Kirron Kher) who was also a juniour artiste. Om loves the superstar Shantipriya (Deepika Padukone) and is also able to be friends with her..But he is heart broken when he gets to know that Shanti is already married to a renowned producer Mehra (Arjun Rampal) who wants to keep their marriage under wraps as a married heroine is not accepted in tinsel town. But he burns her alive when he discovers Shanti is pregnant. Om is killed too while rescuing her.

Shah Rukh is reborn as Om (what a co incidence!) to a superstar and eventually becomes a superstar later-Om Kapoor a.k.a O.K. and as he gets all his memory back abruptly, he decides to take his revenge by killing Arjun Rampal..and in his search of finding a look alike of Deepika Padukone(Sandy), he actually finds a girl who looks exactly like her (can you beat that!!) And then starts the process of converting Sandy into Shantipriya, and as Rampal realises she is just a look alike, and Om’s plan fails, the ghost of Shanti comes and takes the revenge..

I wonder, if Farah watched Karz and few Ramsay brother movies before scripting down Om Shanti Om..

The movie before interval is quite fine, i.e. the era of 70s where Shah Rukh is required to overact, and he has done it quite well. The bonding between him and Shreyas has come out really well onscreen. The special effects are quite cool where Deepika is shown dancing with yesterheroes like Sunil Dutt and Jeetendra. But after interval when Shah Rukh plots his revenge, the movie gets bit boring, and there are quite a few loose ends, like how he gets his memory abruplty one fine day..

Performance wise SRK rocks as usual(He was the main reason for me to watch the premiere show of the movie). Deepika is quite promising and is graceful as she portrays Hema Malini in the first half but doesn’t quite impress as Sandy in the second half. Shreyas Talpade has come a long way in this movie, and Arjun is quite satisfactory in a negative role.

Music be Vishal-Shekhar is pleasant to ears. ‘Deewangi Deewangi; was definitely a treat for eyes to watch 31 stars together in a frame of 6 minutes. Though there was no need of Dard-e-disco in the movie, but SRK had to show his 6 pack abs

All in all, a masala entertainer, definitely not for those who are looking for some meaningful cinema. Leave your brains behind home, and enjoy the saga of ‘Om Shanti Om’

Rating: 2.5/5

By CHANDA GOHRANI