Om Shanti Om - Review

Watch OSO and get a reconfirmation that Shahrukh Khan is the most clever and shrewd film-maker in India. Its very rare to see someone who is touted as the super-star of Indian Cinema taking up a re-incarnation based story (that is beaten up to death now) and promote as such it’s the best ever movie made in the last 2 decades. After watching the movie, I feel such a promotion is indeed required for this movie – and King Khan has done a very calculative move in terms of promotion.

OSO is a very ordinary movie and if not for King Khan, it would have been a disaster and got back into the cans within a few days run. But King Khan does an impossible act and then support it with never-seen movie promotion by having OSO events all over the place. As he rightly pointed out the only thing he didn’t do is write Om Shanti Om in his forehead.

But when you sit in the theatre and watch OSO – never have me found even a single scene as boring. Ofcourse, you have to keep away from logical thinking for 2.45 hours and what you get by doing this is – you get entertained royally. You have mushy romance, comedy, sentiment, over-acting by Khan, feel good one liners (like sachhi – muchhii) and above all get to see all your favorite stars in a song – that is choreographed in a fantastic manner.

I’m not even going to talk about the story. What is interesting is the backdrop in which the story is told and get into some risky areas by mocking at others in the film industry - and King Khan excel in laughing at himself – which I guess he and his close friend Karan has mastered (laughing at yourself)

Deepika Padukone (as Shanti Priya) is looking awesome and she doesn’t have anything major in the movie. She has all it takes to give a tough fight with the current crop of bollywood actress. Guess a south Indian has finally arrived to take up the legacy of Sridevi.

Farah Khan has proved that she has everything to become a sooper-duper masala movie maker and she doesn’t seems to have put a false face by saying she is here to make a different movie. OSO is a movie that you can watch and come out with a smiling face – as the movie does have “Happpys-endings” – and be rest assured that picture baki nahin hai!!! And yes don’t miss the end credits – one of the most innovative credit rolls seen in Indian cinema!!!