D-Day is finally here!
After witnessing much speculation to whether Farah Khan could dish out another hit after MAIN HOON NA, Farah can now "Lage Raho" with her directional journey. After watching OM SHANTI OM, you'll end up with a smile on your face and a good sense of humor to tell. Forget SAANWARYA, OM SHANTI OM is the way to go!
The story: Flashback to the 70s, Junior artist Om Makija [SRK] has aspiring dreams of becoming a huge superstar but he also has a love corner for sweetheart star Shantipriya [Debutant Deepika]. However, consequence lead him to discovering that all time big-shot producer Mukesh Mehra [Arjun Rampal] is said to be married to his sweetheart and what follows is Shantipriya and Om's deaths leading to their reincarnation of present day era.
Farah deserves full marks for satirizing the film industry back in the 70s and today's standards.Namely the following: [SPOILERS below contain scenes. Be Warned!]
- The use of stock fotage from KARZ's "Om Shanti Om" track featuring reshots of director SUBHASH GHAI and SRK and FARAH KHAN [Sp Appearance.]
- Pappu [Shreyas Talpade] explaining the rise to stardom with the sur name of "Kapoor" or "Khanna."
- The Melodramatic scenes with Om's ma and beta.
- The South take [MADRAS RAJA] by SRK as Rajinikanth.
- Dreamy Girl [Obvious take on DREAM GIRL]
- South heroines dominating back then [Shantipriya perhaps?]
- The Manoj Kumar Episode.
- The Filmfare ceremony [Abhishek spoofed in Dhoom-5, SRK spoofed in Johar's off-repeated "Phir Bhi Dil Hai NRI" and "Main Bhi Hoon Na" and Akshay Kumar [sp. Appearance] for "Khiladi Returns" (Best of the lot as well!)]
and many more...
However, credit goes to the editor [Shirish Kunder] for making the film worthwhile without anything unwanted. Superb! Camera by Manikandan and Art by Sabu Cyrill cements the film's picturization glossy look overall. Vishal-Shekhar give one of the best soundtracks till date after TAXI 9211 and JHANKAAR BEATS. The 31 star track and the Dasataan track were the best of the lot.
SRK is indeed awesome in the film. Given his 70s trend or his present trend. Khan shows more proof of competence in any given scene, time, and reaction. Period. Newcomer Deepika is promising as compared to the heroines who debut, never get this much scope. But Farah deserves max kudos for giving Deepika the max footage to shine. Shreyas Talpade excells as sidekick artist to SRK as Kirron Kher does to being the melodramatic maa.
Overall, OM SHANTI OM is a masala that's got everything a Manmohan Desai's film's got. Strongly Recommended. Go have a blast!
Rating: ****/5
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