For Farah Khan it was Like Deepika Padukone’s Hema Malini ‘Old world appeal and chivalry’ which noticed her solid in her debut movie Om Shanti Om. Today marks 14 years for the 2007 blockbuster movie. On this event, we revisit the Shah Rukh Khan starrer reincarnation drama and the assorted tales behind its making.
Farah had spoken to Film Companion about being pregnant through the last schedule of Om Shanti Om in 2017. Interestingly, he mentioned that he had a memorable time taking pictures for the music “Dard-E-Disco”, which noticed Shahrukh Sporting six-pack abs for the primary time. “I acquired pregnant on the finish of the shoot of Om Shanti Om and we had been nonetheless to shoot for Dard-e-Disco. So each time Shah Rukh took off his shirt, I’d throw it within the bucket saved on the units! I needed to reassure her that it wasn’t her physique’s response, which was trying fabulous!” she mentioned.
Shahrukh Khan made six-pack abs for the primary time in Om Shanti Om’s music “Dard-e-Disco”. (Photo: Red Chillies Entertainment)
Om Shanti Om choreographer turned director Farah Khan |Love letter to Bollywood. This is the venture he claims he wrote the quickest because the story got here from his admiration for Hindi movies. Even the look of the antagonist Arjun Rampal had Shah Rukh’s inputs. According to Farah, “The mustache that Arjun has sported in the film was Shah Rukh’s idea. I liked it because I thought he looked like Vinod Khanna!”
Om Shanti Om was hailed as a one-of-a-kind venture that includes a cameo by 31 Bollywood stars within the music “Deewangi”. The music featured Salman Khan, Sanjay Dutt, Kajol, Rani Mukerji, Priyanka Chopra, Preity Zinta, Saif Ali Khan and plenty of extra.
Old stars like Rekha, Dharmendra, Shabana Azmi, Jeetendra and Mithun Chakraborty additionally got here collectively in ‘Deewangi’. Perhaps the one A-list actor lacking was Aamir Khan. Farah revealed in the identical interview why she couldn’t be a part of the shoot.
“I really wanted to bring Salman, Aamir and Shah Rukh together in the song ‘Deewangi’. But Aamir was editing Taare Zameen Par at that time and he said if he would come for an hour’s shoot, he would do his film. It’ll be three months late! Later he told me he didn’t want to come now,” mentioned Farah with amusing.
Om Shanti Om launched in one of many greatest Diwali clashes ever with Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Saawariya. Saawariya launched two star children – Ranbir Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor. Farah mentioned that if the conflict had not occurred, “we would have been the first film in the history of Bollywood to earn Rs 100 crore!”
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
