First of all I like to say Its a SRK - FARAH combination, u get all Masala of Indian cinema in a…  

First of all I like to say Its a SRK - FARAH combination, u get all Masala of Indian cinema in a single show, But whats interesting is It show FULL BOLLYWOOD YESTERYEARS AND TODAYS GENERATION Srk dialoque: Rascalaa, SACHI - MUCHI,SHORRY, Ohh FISH, Depika glamourous look Arjun rampal zabardast entry  

as taran told oso falls in league of manmohan desai?? it's true..this movie comprises comdey,…  

as taran told oso falls in league of manmohan desai?? it's true..this movie comprises comdey, action, suspense...everything you want....first half is better than second half.......srk rocks.....deepika never looks newcomer....arjun finally got gud role this time...shreyas is actor to notice in coming year.. 

Growing up in the seventies in India automatically implied a steady diet of Hindi masala films.…  

Growing up in the seventies in India automatically implied a steady diet of Hindi masala films. They were three-hour deliciously lowbrow extravaganzas packed with songs and dances, melodrama, overwrought plot lines that were pinched from any number of sources, and staggeringly huge lapses of continuity and logic. Such was their peculiar goofy charm that we overlooked any affront (intended or otherwise) to intelligence. This “formula” had several practitioners, the foremost being Manmohan Desai, whose “Amar, Akbar, Anthony” had scenes of inspired looniness that remain unrivaled to this day. Of course, they were silly, but they were magnificent fun, and are all the more beloved because they date back to our childhood. It seemed the world was young and carefree, so full of promise, optimism, and potential that even the most implausible Hindi film somehow seemed credible. Thirty years later, director Farah Khan has made “Om Shanti Om”, an ode to that era of Indian cinema. With great affection, the film references the blockbusters, the garish fashions (that we faithfully mimicked and thought so groovy), the stars, and the melodramatic story lines of that time. Magpie-like, Farah has filched bright and shiny objects of improbable provenance to embellish her homage to the films of her (and our) childhood. I read somewhere that she conjured up the idea for “Om Shanti Om” while she was a houseguest of Andrew Lloyd-Webber. Sir Andrew, himself a practitioner of the deliciously lowbrow, might be flattered that in her film, Farah has staged a number reminiscent of his own “Masquerade” from his long-running, yet soulless “The Phantom of the Opera”. Like him, she has assigned a rather important role to a lighting fixture, and used a symphonic orchestra as back-up band (the Prague Philharmonic—certainly a first in Hindi cinema) for her hero’s show-stopping finalé. Along with these new elements, she includes nods to actors, famous films of the seventies and eighties, and thanks to the magic of CGI, even a brilliant number where her leading lady sings and dances with major stars of yesteryear. “Om Shanti Om” opens with the shooting of the 1980 Subhash Ghai hit “Karz”. (Avid cinéphiles know "Karz" was “inspired” by the American film “The Reincarnation of Peter Proud”.) In fact, the song “Om Shanti Om” is being filmed on Rishi Kapoor, the hero of “Karz”, and Om Prakash Makhija, the background performer (junior artiste, in Hindi film parlance) hero of “Om Shanti Om”, is one of the faceless members of the studio audience. Om Prakash Makhija loves the movies and cannot believe his good fortune that he is allowed to exist at the fringes of the film industry. He is filled with wonderment at every aspect of cinema. When asked what he loves about film, he joyfully exclaims, Everything! I love the studio, the sets, the costumes and make-up, lights, camera, action, and signing autographs. Om Prakash gives voice to every cinephile, every closet actor, and every frustrated performer. One can sagely laugh at his naïvete, but there is something heroic and gallant about Om Prakash Makhija. Om Prakash’s most sincere dream is to be a big star someday, and like an Indian Walter Mitty (with some clever CGI help), he imagines himself in Rishi Kapoor’s place, in a silver lamé glam-rock jumpsuit, basking in the applause and adulation of screaming fans. Om Prakash Makhija has another, just as unattainable dream: Shantipriya, the most successful and glamorous leading lady of the era. He addresses large chunks of romantic dialogue to her gigantic beautiful visage that looms over him from a street-side hoarding for her latest film, “Dreamy Girl”, oblivious to the snickers of passers-by. Along with his dreams, Om Prakash has a mother who believes he can accomplish anything, and a selfless best friend who wants nothing more than for Om to succeed. The filmi Ma and the best buddy are ubiquitous tropes of Indian cinema, and in the hands of Kirron Kher and Shreyas Talpade, the roles are both deftly spoofed and played straight for poignant dramatic effect. As this is the movies, anything can happen, and frequently does. Within moments, Om Prakash finds himself having a close encounter with Shantipriya at the premiere of “Dreamy Girl”. Then the next day, he is a background-perfomer in a scene where the hero saves Shantipriya from a blaze. The leading man loses his nerve when the fire goes out of control, and our man Om Prakash Makhija jumps in to save the day. Om and Shanti become friends. However before he can profess his love to her, things go horribly wrong, and Om Prakash perishes trying to save her life. Thirty years later, we meet a reigning superstar of Hindi cinema, Om Kapoor, with a distinct resemblance to the deceased O. P. Makhija. He is spoilt, obnoxious, and oversexed, everything poor hapless short-lived background-performer Om Prakash was not. But once his memory is given a few jolts by some staged studio fires and a random visit to a derelict film studio, he realizes he is Om Prakash Makhija, reborn to avenge past wrongs. There is a beautiful twist to the tale at the end and justice is served. I loved everything about “Om Shanti Om”. In Farah Khan’s previous film, the hit “Main Hoon Na”, she had passing references to the songs and the look of the seventies. Her new opus, “Om Shanti Om” is an unabashedly shrewd and commercial film, but there is no denying that it is a full-blown love letter to the cinema of the seventies. For years, I was ambivalent about Shah Rukh Khan’s work: I thought him smug and full of himself in his early films, then loved his smart aleck character in “Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa”, the Ketan Mehta gem, loved Kajol and him in “Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge”, hated his self-regarding “Asoka”, then thought his performance very strong in the overly-lavish “Devdas”, and so it went. But with “Main Hoon Na”, “Paheli”, “Chak De India”, and even the Karan Johar NRI (Non-Resident Indian) sagas, I have become a big admirer. Success agrees with Shah Rukh Khan, the actor: he seems to try less hard to make an impression, is comfortable in his skin, and so can focus better on the character he is playing. His willingness to laugh at himself makes his screen persona that much more appealing. “Om Shanti Om” pokes gentle fun at the interchangeable Raj-Rahul characters he has portrayed in innumerable films: clips of Om Kapoor’s nominated films at an awards show feature him mouthing the same inane dialogue with different leading ladies in the same bucolic Swiss setting. In another scene, he sheepishly acknowledges criticism about his over-acting. Shah Rukh Khan is simply wonderful as the two Oms, creating two distinct characters with a single mission. Special mention must be made of suave villain Arjun Rampal and Deepika Padukone, the new find who plays the ‘70’s star Shantipriya. With her statuesque beauty and patrician elegance, she recalls Hema Malini in her heyday. In even the cheesiest settings and the most ridiculous costumes and makeup, Ms. Malini—and now Ms. Padukone—would display an innate dignity. The villainous Mukesh Mehra is urbane, sophisticated and amoral, for he stops at nothing to succeed, and Arjun Rampal brings new dimensions and great panache to a conventional film character. Another star of the film is the production design. I loved the gorgeous Art Deco film studio, the film sets, the vibrant color scheme and look of the film. The music enhances the entertainment quotient of the film. A highlight was the “Deewangi” song celebrating Om Kapoor’s Filmfare Award win at a party attended by all the stars—past and present—of Hindi cinema. Great care and thought (money, too) have gone into this project, and modern film technology is used seamlessly to render the illusion all the more believable. “Om Shanti Om” is a celebration of the fun and the joy of Indian cinema, a hugely satisfying Diwali gift to Indian filmgoers, and Farah Khan deservedly has an enormous hit on her hands.  

The movie is quite nice and well made, maybe i´d watch once or max twice again. I think i had too…  

The movie is quite nice and well made, maybe i´d watch once or max twice again. I think i had too high expectations from the movie due to the fantastic promos which show some very deep moments of the movie. The movie looks very expensive due to the giant sets and the colourful costumes...one has a lot of fun while watching. i think the first half was much better than the second cuz srk´s and deepika´s acting is better... 1st falf: the 70s are shown in a verrrry realistic way, even if i wasnt even born at that time, i could imagine that era very well due to the effort farah has put into directing (and research^^?). the co-stars, namely shreyas talpade, arjun rampal as the villain and kiron kher are good, too, though arjun´s perfomance was the most outstanding one (cuz i think his acting skills werent thaat good in his earlier movies, such as dil ka rishta, etc.). one has the feeling to be sitting in a broadway musical when the song dastaan-e-om comes: srk daning on the stairs with the background dancers, the costumes, the colour, the dramatic music, all that gives the feeling of a broasway musical. (nice idea!) maybe there was too less comedy and romance as i found many jokes not funny in the movie. (e.g. that "uribaba" sequence....its ok but not thaat funny; or that "bachaao"-dialogue srk has to shout..it has been shown so often in the promos that its not funny any more.) 

O S O OR S.O.S ? The lines have been drawn, the curse has been cast and the battle has begun. The…  

O S O OR S.O.S ? The lines have been drawn, the curse has been cast and the battle has begun. The so called ‘battle’ between the two giants SAAWARIYA and OM SHANTI OM has so far borne better results for the latter at the box office but whether it is a better film is the topic for another battle. After months of high flying publicity and interviews and appearances almost everywhere that had a camera OM SHANTI OM has hit the screens and when I say hit I literally mean HIT us with a tinge of disappointment. The film raises your expectations so high during the interval that post interval the director found it almost impossible to live up to the task. One may call it a tribute to the film industry or a tribute to Karz for it starts off with Omprakash Makhija the junior artiste swaying frantically to Rishi Kapoor’s Om Shanti Om song as an extra in the film Karz. The 1st half is set in the 70s film industry known for its love affair with melodrama, overacting and fashion statements.It is replete with references that transports one 30 years back. The direction is clever and script well chalked out in the 1st half but also engages the audiences in playing ‘spot the reference’. It has everything from hideous side locks to “bhagwaan ke liye mujhe chhor de”. The story revolves around the aspirations of Omprakash Makhija a juniour artiste in the 70s who dreams of making it big one day. Shantipriya is a superstar with whom Om is hopelessly in love. Backed by a cheeky friend and overzealous mother Om pursues his love but is killed by the wicked producer who has secretly married Shantipriya. LIGHTS COME ON AND ITS INTERVAL. Honestly speaking you wouldn’t miss much or regret it if you got up n left the hall. It is as if Farah Khan has a rheostat attached to her creativity that automatically switches off after the interval. One gets the impression that she sat up and proclaimed that so much for her creativity,now its time to pour in the formula and make some cash. The logic defying scenes, and clumsy scripting are extremely disappointing after the film raises your expectations to the ceiling. You fall with a crash. Even if one was to accept the fact that Om Kapoor looks identical to Om Makhija because their death and birth co-incided but how does one explain the striking resemblance of the post interval Deepika Padukone to Shantipriya? The list goes on. The child sitting behind me in the theatre kept asking his mother every two minutes to explain the goof ups unaware of the fact that nobody can provide him with any answers. Shah Rukh is his usual larger than life self, Kirron Kher and Shreyas Talpade are impressive, Padukone has promise to be the next big thing. But Arjun Rampal is surprisingly convincing as the evil producer. He finally seems to be getting a foothold after good performances in Don and OSO. Just like low waist jeans which neither stay up nor fall down, OSO hangs in there.Its neither inspiring nor pathetic.Look up the definition of Timepass and you might find three words OM SHANTI OM.  

GOD! HOW A MOVIE LIKE OM SHANTI OM COULD BE A THIS MUCH HUGE HIT....This movie has nothing except…  

GOD! HOW A MOVIE LIKE OM SHANTI OM COULD BE A THIS MUCH HUGE HIT....This movie has nothing except SHAH RUKH KHAN..YEAH, It's true that music is good and all these..but IF u r not a SRK fan then plz don't go otherwise u will also lose your mind's SHANTI as I did. 

its a remake of superhit film karz based on that story with added masala coooked by farah and…  

its a remake of superhit film karz based on that story with added masala coooked by farah and sharukh it become totally masala enteirtainer film , for those who have not seen karz film for them this movie can be super enteirtainer other wise its an ordinary film, But overall if you watch this masala enteirtainer movie you want disappoint .In sharukhs pocket lots of remake films is coming is he trying to get easy way to be more famous or is he scared of trying new kind of films so he want have any fear for failure.? its ok who is noticing? isnt it. 

the best film ever specially srk mind blowin acting even deepika she also did her best very good…  

the best film ever specially srk mind blowin acting even deepika she also did her best very good acting a great movie directed by farah khan must watch it  

to all the people who thinks this movie is a bullshit... its a film about hindi films and so…  

to all the people who thinks this movie is a bullshit... its a film about hindi films and so everythings got to be filmy about it..its not an all out no sense commedy ..never..and about the overacting ...cmon srk wasnt seriously acting out but rather mimicing it...after all humour is what the film is...and how well he does it..  

Only one word to describe everything of the movie: TOTAL BAKWAS, just JIHLAAOOO. The first half is…  

Only one word to describe everything of the movie: TOTAL BAKWAS, just JIHLAAOOO. The first half is just OK but second half specially after DIWANAGI song, the movie is very BAKWAS 

had there been a way by which i could have given this movie a negative rating,that would have made…  

had there been a way by which i could have given this movie a negative rating,that would have made my day(coz watching this movie ruined my day)..i thought main hoon na was really sweet despite some loop holes.but this one is nothing but crap,shit etc etc where everything is happening just for the heck of it..the only thing that has worked for the movie i guess is the 6pack ab set of SRK..i didnt expect public to b so dumb..SRK rocks anyday for mee but this was least expected..so for now please allow me to give this a zero rating but i sincerely ask the INDIAFM people to include negative rating system for movies like this.. 

First of all i havent seen this movie but still i feel i must write something on it..Taran tell me…  

First of all i havent seen this movie but still i feel i must write something on it..Taran tell me 1 thing u have said that its a total entertainment, dont a movie like chak de..,jab we met, partner etc was entertaining. Nowadays audiences are accepting some sensible movies like black friday, black, omkara, etc so in this era can u think we should accept and appreciate a movie "OSO" which was a simple piece of "BULLSHIT". The people who will appreciate will be fan of srk not those who have an taste of movie..