Om Shanti Om
| Om Shanti Om | |
|---|---|
| File:Omshantiom.jpg Movie poster for Om Shanti Om | |
| Directed by | Farah Khan |
| Written by | Topper Alam Abbas Tyrewala |
| Produced by | Gauri Khan,Sharan Kapoor |
| Starring | Shahrukh Khan Deepika Padukone Shreyas Talpade |
| Cinematography | V. Manikandan |
| Edited by | Shirish Kunder |
| Music by | Vishal-Shekhar |
| Distributed by | Red Chillies Entertainment |
Release dates | November 9, 2007 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | 210 crores (approx. $5,263,817 USD) |
Om Shanti Om is a forthcoming Bollywood film to be directed by Farah Khan. It stars Shahrukh Khan and Deepika Padukone in pivotal roles.
Production
Farah Khan who had earlier directed the film Main Hoon Na (2004) with was supposed to do Happy New Year but later scrapped that project to do this film.
The film's score and soundtrack are composed by the musical duo, Vishal-Shekhar with lyrics by renowned lyricist, Javed Akhtar. Composer A.R.Rahman opted out of this movie, as T-Series did not agree to share the copyrights of music with him and the lyricist.[1]
The film is said to be based on reincarnation. Shooting of the film began in January 2007 at various locations in India. Over 30 of the Bollywood's hottest stars are putting in a guest appearance for a special song in the film. [2] The film is slated for release on November 9, 2007.
The film is planning to release at 2,000 prints.[3]
Cast
- Shahrukh Khan... Om Prakash Makhija/ Om Kapoor
- Deepika Padukone ... Shantipriya/ Sandy
- Kiron Kher ... Bela Makhija
- Shreyas Talpade ... Pappu Master
- Bindu ... Kamini
- Arjun Rampal ... Mukesh Mehra
(special appearances in alphabetical order by)
- Saif Ali Khan ... Himself
- Soha Ali Khan ... Herself
- Amrita Arora ... Herself
- Malaika Arora ... Herself
- Shabana Azmi ... Herself
- Abhishek Bachchan ... Himself
- Amitabh Bachchan ... Himself
- Vidya Balan ... Herself
- Mithun Chakraborty ... Himself
- Juhi Chawla ... Herself
- Priyanka Chopra ... Herself
- Vishal Dadlani ... Himself
- Bobby Deol ... Himself
- Ritesh Deshmukh ... Himself
- Dharmendra ... Himself
- Lara Dutta ... Herself
- Sanjay Dutt ... Himself
- Subhash Ghai ... Himself
- Govinda ... Himself
- Jeetendra ... Himself
- Karan Johar ... Himself
- Kajol ... Herself
- Karisma Kapoor ... Herself
- Rishi Kapoor ... Himself
- Tusshar Kapoor ... Himself
- Arbaaz Khan ... Himself
- Salman Khan ... Himself
- Zayed Khan ... Himself
- Akshay Kumar ... Himself
- Urmila Matondkar ... Herself
- Dia Mirza ... Herself
- Dino Morea ... Himself
- Rani Mukerji ... Herself
- Javed Shiekh ... Himself
- Amisha Patel ... Herself[4]
- Rekha ... Herself
- Hrithik Roshan ... Himself
- Shilpa Shetty ... Herself
- Sunil Shetty ... Himself
- Aftab Shivdasani ... Himself
- Sridevi ... Herself
- Tabu ... Herself
- Preity Zinta ... Herself
Crew
- Producer: Gauri Khan
- Director:Farah Khan
- Screenplay: Farah Khan
- Story: Farah Khan, Mayur Puri & Mushtaq Sheikh
- Dialogue: Abbas Tyrewala
- Editor: Shirish Kunder
- Music: Vishal-Shekhar
- Choreography: Farah Khan
- Lyrics: Javed Akhtar, Vishal Dadlani & Kumaar
- Cinematography: V. Manikandan
- Assistant Directors: Kanika Dhillon, Pooja Desai, Parag Kalica, Arunabh Kumar, Zoa Morani
- Executive Producer: Sanjiv Chawala
- Director of Photography: V. Manikandan
- Art Director: Sabu Cyril
- Action Directors: Sham Kaushal, Aamar Shetty, Angelo Sahin
- Sound Designer: Nakul Kamte
- Background Music: Sandeep Chowta
- Visual Effects Studios: Redchillies.VFX
Soundtrack
The soundtrack for the film released on September 18, 2007. Indiafm.com gave the music 4 out of 5 stars saying Om Shanti Om is easily one of the most complete scores by Vishal-Shekhar and Javed Akhtar.[5] The user reviews showed a similar picture. A rating of about 4.37 out of 5 in average showed that the users are in favor of the music with many stating the title song as the best of the tracks. The track Deewangi Deewangi has a total of 31 stars performing in it.
| Untitled | |
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| Song | Singer(s) | Duration | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ajab Si | K.K , Lyrics: Vishal Dadlani | 4.01 | Picturised on Shahrukh Khan & Deepika Padukone |
| Dard-E-Disco | Sukhwinder Singh, Marianne, Nisha & Caralisa | 4:30 | Picturised on Shahrukh Khan |
| Deewangi Deewangi | Shaan, Udit Narayan, Shreya Goshal, Sunidhi Chauhan & Rahul Saxena | 5.53 | Picturised on 31 stars |
| Main Agar Kahoon | Sonu Nigam & Shreya Goshal | 5.08 | |
| Jag Soona Soona Lage | Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Richa Sharma Punjabi Lyrics: Kumaar | 5.29 | |
| Dhoom Taana | Abhijeet, Shreya Goshal | 6.13 | |
| Daastaan-E-Om Shanti Om | Shaan | 7.07 | |
| Dard-E-Disco (Remix) | Sukhwinder Singh, Marianne, Nisha & Caralisa | 4.36 | Remix by Dj Aqeel |
| Deewangi Deewangi (Rainbow Mix) | Shaan, Udit Narayan, Shreya Goshal, Sunidhi Chauhan & Rahul Saxena | 4.48 | Remix by Dj Kiran & Dj G |
| Om Shanti Om (Medley Mix) | Medley | 6.06 | Remix by Jackie V and Qudsi Hasan |
| Daastaan [The Dark Side Mix] | Shaan | 6.18 | Remix by Zoheb, Dj Nikhil Chinappa, Dj Nawab |
| Om Shanti Om (Theme Music)' | Instrumental | 0.58 | Instrumental |
TRIVIA
Shahrukh Khan made a six pack just for this film.
34 actors are to said to appear in one song.
"Om Shanti Om" name is quite interesting.It is based from 'Om Prakash Makhija'(SRK's first life),'Shantipriya', 'Om Kapoor'(SRK's Second life).
References
- ^ "A.R Rahman: There's no fight with Shahrukh". SIFY. Retrieved 2007-04-25.
- ^ "Sanjay, SRK, Saif Ali, Salman get framed for a special song". DNA. Retrieved 2007-04-25.
- ^ "SRK to release 2K prints of Om Shanti Om". TNN. Retrieved 2007-09-08.
- ^ "SRK filmed a romantic sequence with Ameesha Patel". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 2007-09-13.
- ^ "Indiafm.com: Music review of Om Shanti Om". DNA. Retrieved 2007-04-25.