Its the 1970’s. Subhash Ghai is shooting the now hit and classic song Om Shanti Om. Rishi Kapoor flings his jacket and it lands in the audience right on Shah Rukh Khan. This is the opening sequence of the latest Shah Rukh Khan movie – Om Shanti Om.
Shah Rukh plays Om Prakash Makhija, a junior artist. He, like all junior artists dreams of making it in the big league some day. His dreams are asserted by his filmi mother Bela (Kirron Kher) and his side kick Pappu (Sheryas Talpade). He also is deeply, madly in love with super star/dream girl Shanti Priya (Deepika Padukone). One day in typical Bollywood style he saves her from fire and gains her friendship. He also learns that Shanti is already married to the producer Mukesh Mehra (Arjun Rampal). Mehra once gets Shanti to the set of their new movie and sets it on fire with Shanti trapped inside. Our hero attempts to help but is killed in the process.
Now he is reborn as Om Kapoor to a super star Rajesh Kapoor. All the dreams of his past life have come true. Thanks to some cancelled shooting, he remembers his past too. Now he wants to avenge his and Shanti’s death. Deepika is also back as a fan of Om Kapoor.
There are some enjoyable sequences in the movie. Watch out for the Tamil super star sequence, the first sence between Kirron Kher and Shah Rukh and the references to Sooraj Bharjatya and Govinda.
Shah Rukh is a super star and plays one. He is good in the movie, but looks old in some of the 70’s sequence. Deepika has done well in her debut. Half of Bollywood make special appearences in the movie. Missing noteably are the 70’s heroines. Where is Hema Malini, Jaya Bhaduri, Zeenat Aman and others and the movies is set in the 70’s!!!
The story is cliched and you know whats happening next. No suprises come your way. The comedy is good but nothing compared to the one in Main Hoon Na. The music is enjoyable.
The movie is total masala and paisa vasool only if you leave your brains and logic aside when you watch it.
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