Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Om Shanti Om (film)


Om Shanti Om is a 2007 Bollywood film directed and choreographed by Farah Khan. It stars Shahrukh Khan and Deepika Padukone in the lead roles as the protagonists while Shreyas Talpade, Arjun Rampal, and Kirron Kher feature in supporting roles. Arjun Rampal is the antagonist in the movie. Nearly thirty-two Bollywood stars from yesteryear and today are referred to or appear in the course of the film, including thirty-one of them (not including the stars of the film) in one song alone.Om Prakash Makhija (Shahrukh Khan) is a junior artist in the 1970s film industry. He and his friend Pappu (Shreyas Talpade) are trying to succeed in the film industry. Om’s mother, Bela Makhija (Kirron Kher), inspires and encourages her son to become a success. Om’s love interest is the country's heart throb and star of the film Dreamy Girl, Shantipriya (Deepika Padukone).

Om gets to meet Shanti on two occasions. The first is at the premiere of Dreamy Girl, where he sneaks in after claiming he is the actor Manoj Kumar. The second is on a film set, where he saves her life after the set catches fire. From then on, Om and Shanti become good friends.

One day, Om overhears Shanti arguing with top producer Mukesh Mehra (Arjun Rampal). Om is shocked when Shanti is revealed to be secretly married to Mukesh, and both Om and Mukesh are surprised to learn that Shanti is pregnant with Mukesh's child. Mukesh is adamant that his relationship with Shanti be kept a secret, and tries to convince her that he cannot accept the pregnancy situation because a rich businessman is financing his upcoming film Om Shanti Om, though the truth is that he is planning on getting married to the businessman's daughter. Om is heartbroken and begins to avoid Shanti.

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