For his stature, watching him play a lowly rated actor with big dreams was a hoot, especially when teaming with good friend Pappu (Shreyas Talpade) in sharing those dreams of stardom, and hamming it up for the camera. Here, his roles of Om Prakash Makhija the junior actor in the studio system, and Om Kapoor the superstar, allowed for plenty of room to put his acting chops to good use. Moreover, while I have watched movies starring Bollywood King Shah Rukh Khan, I have yet to see him in action on the big screen, so this provided the best opportunity to do so.Īnd he's not called The King for nothing. In its opening weekend in the UK, Om Shanti Om had trounced Tom Cruise's Lions for Lambs, so OSO went straight to my must-watch list this week.
Om Shanti Om and Saawariya premiered the same time as the offerings for the Deepavali holiday, and to see how Hollywood money had influenced a Hindi production, I opted for the latter first. Reviewed by DICK STEEL 10 / 10 A Nutshell Review: Om Shanti Om In a really neat twist, not only the stars walk past the camera but just about EVERYONE involved with the film gets their moment on the runway-even the grips and choreographers! Well worth seeing for fans of the genre.īy the way, after the picture ends, do NOT turn off the movie. Overall, despite having a few clichés (ones you EXPECT in Bollywood films-such as an ever-present fan to make the stars' hair blow in the wind), the film is one of the most enjoyable and fun Indian pictures you can find. You just have to see this to know what I am talking about but it is something Indian film fans will love-as if they have a back stage pass to REALLY meet the stars as they supposedly really are! Wonderful-and by far the best part of the film. And, to make it much funnier, lots of very famous Indian mega-stars appear as themselves.sort of. Om #2 is a mega-star- and a hilariously self-absorbed one. As for the second, it is completely different in tone. The first and third portions are very serious and the musical numbers are wonderful. It's like there are three different movies all spliced together. He slowly comes to realize what happened to Om #1 and decides to concoct a complicated plan to trap the murderer by re-staging the murder that happened 30 years ago! However, the plan ends up going askew.just how, you'll have to see for yourself.
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The baby's name.Om!! This Om grows up to become a HUGE Indian mega-star and his life is good.įollowing a portion of the film at an Indian movie award ceremony (by far the best part of the film-and hilarious as well), Om starts to have memories of his previous incarnation. Just as Om dies in the hospital, in an adjoining room, a baby is born-and the baby turns out to be the reincarnation of Om. But, fires seem to come in twos in this film and a bit later, her evil secret husband murders her-and Om is killed as well!Īt this point, something VERY Indian occurs. Later, however, there is a fire on set and he saves her life-and definitely gets her attention. He's smitten with a leading lady but she seems way out of his reach. Om (Shah Rukh Khan) is a struggling actor-a bit player. As for me, I am definitely an intermediate and would actually loved to have had a big-time Indian movie fan watch it with me, as I only recognized some of the huge Indian movie stars that appeared in the film in the star-studded middle. If you haven't seen any or perhaps only one or two, it might be far less interesting for the intermediate and advanced fans of Indian cinema. However, it's also one that your enjoyment of it may depend on how familiar you are with Bollywood movies. Reviewed by MartinHafer 9 / 10 A delight for those familiar with Bollywood.otherwise, probably not your best film to watch. Om hires a look-alike of Shantipriya and hopes to force a confession from Mukesh, but things go awry and Om finds his life endangered once again. He also meets Mukesh and they decide to make a movie, 'Om Shanti Om'. His memories start to return when he meets his widowed mother Bela, from his previous life. 30 years later, Om has been reincarnated as the only son of Bollywood actor Rajesh Kapoor, and is himself an actor. Om attempts-unsuccessfully-to rescue her and eventually dies himself. He then watches in horror as Mukesh, after luring her into an abandoned studio, sets it afire to prevent a financial loss and protect his career. His hopes seem to be coming true-until he finds out that she's married to film producer Mukesh Mehra and expecting his child. Om rescues Shanti from an out-of-control fire scene and they become friends. Om Prakash Makhija is a Junior Artist in the 1970s Hindi film industry and in love with actress Shantipriya.