‘Om Shanti Om’

Like Subhash Ghai's Karz starring Rishi Kapoor-Simi Garewal which had the popular song 'Om Shanti Om', Farah Khan's 'Om Shanti Om' is also woven around the theme of reincarnation. Obviously, Farah's favourite SRK is in the lead. She's also roped in Sanjay Dutt, Saif Ali Khan and Salman Khan for an appearance in the film!

Story: An artist, Om (Shahrukh Khan), who grows up in the seventies, meets the love of his life (Deepika Padukone) and shortly thereafter suffers an untimely demise. He is immediately reincarnated and is haunted by the memories of his past life and love. He attempts to not only solve the mystery of his death, but also reunite with the love of his past life. The problem is that she is now much older than him and does not believe that he is the reincarnation of the man she once loved!

Apparently, the music for the film was to have been composed by A.R. Rahman, but he allegedly wanted 33 percent of the music rights/profits, so T-Series backed out and instead handed over the reins to maestros Vishal-Shekhar. Gulzar has written the lyrics.

Director Farah Khan's husband Shirish Kunder (director of 'Jaan E Mann') will be editing the movie as he did 'Main Hoon Na'. Also, apparently Skakira, who is a big fan of SRK and is acquainted with Farah as a choreographer, is in talks to make an appearance.

The movie introduces supermodel Deepika Padukone as SRK's main love interest. The supporting cast includes Arjun Rampal and Shreyas Talpade. Deepika's debut has received a lot of attention, and all eyes are on her right now. Will she live up to the expectations?

'Om Shanti Om' has been shot at various locations in India and is slated to release sometime in late 2007.

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