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Posted: 18 years ago
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The plot of 'Karz':

Sir Juda plans to take over the vast estate of Ranimaa, but finds out that the beneficiary is her son, Ravi Verma. He asks Ravi's girlfriend to marry him, and then have him killed accidentally, which she does. This devastates Ranimaa, and leaves the estate open for Sir Juda to take over. Years later, Monty Oberoi, who is a popular singer, surfaces into this story. He has visions of a murder taking place, and is unable to comprehend the meaning of these visions. His travesl take him to Ranimaa's estate, and it is then that he realizes the reason and motive of his birth.

A viewer's comment:

A brilliant entertainer, which after two decades since its initial release still, has the potential to deliver its entertainment package.

Three hours of song, excellent music and a story revolving around re-incarnation and divine justice. The music is as great as the audience has come to expect from the team. The direction is snappy and the characters in the plot are all alive and vibrant with each and every one of them fitting in to the story line as vital pieces of the picture.

The guitar lead-in, which forms a prelude to the title song, is used effectively in a few instances in the movie and is instantly recognizable by anyone anywhere who has heard it just once.

The story is effective and easy for the Indian psyche to accept and appreciate since there has always been a feeling of mysticism and awe in the Indian mind when it comes to matters supernatural and the triumph of good over evil.

Source: IMBD
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Posted: 18 years ago
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'That's the biggest joke I've heard'

Farah Khan is in splits. It isn't that she's making a comedy. She's laughing about the rumour doing the rounds about her remaking Subhash Ghai's Karz, with ShahRukh Khan in Rishi Kapoor's role.

Guffaws the irrepressible Khan, "Me remaking Karz? That's the biggest joke I've heard. On what basis did the writer decide that? I haven't said I'm doing Karz.

Where did he get this hilarious information? Just because my film is titled Om Shanti Om? Okay, I know that's a hit song from Karz, but does that mean that if my film was called Mehbooba Mehbooba it would be a remake of Sholay?"

Script of the matter

On a more sober note, Farah explains, "My film has nothing to do with Subhash Ghai's Karz or any other old film. Why should I do a remake? Om Shanti Om is an absolute original. I've spent months fine-tuning my script. Now when both Shah Rukh and I like what's down on paper, we cannot have fertile imaginations inventing parallel plots for us."

Earlier, Farah's second directorial venture was supposed to be a film called Happy New Year. "That didn't work out. Every day there was some speculation as to why it fell through. The fact is, the script didn't seem right. Now we're all set with Om Shanti Om."

Farah is very upset with the false stories surrounding her film. "I can't start my day getting so depressed. Come on, when I've everything in place I can't afford to have incorrect information spoiling things for me."

(Mid-Day July 20, 2006)
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Posted: 18 years ago
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Shah Rukh-Sushmita together?

If everything falls in place then ShahRukh Khan and Sushmita Sen might be seen together again after 'Main Hoon Naa'. It's again a Farah Khan film, titled 'Om Shanti Om'. However this time, model Deepika Padukone, who's making her debut in this film, will play opposite Shah Rukh.

As per source, 'Om Shanti Om' is a remake of Rishi Kapoor starrer classic 'Karz', where SRK will play Rishi's role and Deepika will portray Tina Munim's role. And as per industry grapevine Sushmita Sen is being considered for the role, originally Simi Garewal had played. However on asked, Farah Khan refused to divulge much about this film. She said, ""I don't know anything yet about my film, except the fact that ShahRukh Khan is in it. I will not be able to confirm anything."
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Posted: 18 years ago
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Om is where the heart is

by Nilufer Qureshi
Tuesday, August 08, 2006 18:34 IST
source: dna.india.com


She's a nomad: Kolkata in the morning to judge a competition, evening in Chennai for a music sitting with AR Rahman for Om Shanti Om, then back to Mumbai. The choreographer-director Farah Khan finally talks about OSO, squashing a spate of rumours.

Why the delay in starting your second film?

After Main Hoon Na I got married and was settling into a new apartment. At that point, I was planning to make Happy New Year. But I realised the script was going haywire. Since it would take seven-eight months to set it right, I canned it.

I'd written Om Shanti Om while doing Bombay Dreams, even before Main Hoon Na. I narrated it to Shah Rukh (Khan) and he loved it. We're going ahead with this script now. I'm busy with the dialogue and music sittings with Rahman.

Is there much pressure after the success of your first film?

I don't get pressurised. I will make the film exactly the way I want to. It won't be slow and boring just to get good reviews.

Talk is that Om Shanti Om is a copy of Subhash Ghai's Karz.

To set the record straight, Om Shanti Om is not a copy of Karz or any other film. There is some originality and creativity still left in me... The day I can't think of any original ideas, I'll start remaking old films.

Priyanka Chopra, Kareena Kapoor or Deepika Padukone? – the speculation about your lead actress continues.

Priyanka is lovely but she was never considered for Happy New Year or Om Shanti Om. I'd spoken to Kareena for Happy New Year but the film didn't happen. I can talk about my actress only when the contract is signed.

Rumour is that you are ghost directing your husband Shirish Kunder's Jaaneman.

Nobody has said that except you. I've made it a point not to go on the sets when he's shooting. Even in New York I never visited the sets. The story and dialogue are his. Shirish has worked very hard. You can check that out with the actors. I've been on the sets only for the songs. For the last song I wasn't even there, it had to be done by my assistant because I was completing a number for Karan Johar's Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna.

The bit about me ghost directing is as true as Yash Chopra directing DDLJ or Aditya Chopra directing Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. When Jaaneman is released everyone will know, I couldn't have made it. When I start my next film in five months, everyone will say Shirish is ghost directing it!

How different was it, choreographing Rock 'n' Roll in KANK from Shava Shava in K3G?

Not very different, both the songs are from the same genre. But this time the number really looks different because Karan hasn't made girls in ghagra cholis run around just for the heck of it. According to me it's the best song in the film. It was different because Amitji and Abhishek share a great chemistry. It was the last schedule of the film, so there was no pressure.. It was great fun as we shot it on an AC stage. But I did miss Shah Rukh dancing in this song.

Will you continue with choreography?

Now, the focus is on Om Shanti Om, it will be a start-to -finish project. I've just finished the songs for Jaaneman. It was different shooting with Shirish. I could neither scream on the sets nor bully him the way I bully Karan. I had to be on guard, I couldn't make any witty remarks. After all, I have to go back home with Shirish.
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Posted: 18 years ago
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Farah Khan talks about "Happy New Year" & "Shah Rukh"

Everyone is pretty curious about your next film Happy New Year. Tell us, what's the story all about?

It is a very, very nice idea. And an original one, so I'm taking a little more time to put the framework to my script. By the way, it hasn't been copied from any Hollywood film.

But why are you being so hush-hush about it?

I'm a bit wary of sharing information about it because I haven't registered the script yet. When the promos of Main Hoon Na were on air, I heard people of accusing me of lifting their story idea. I wondered, goddamit, where is the story in Main Hoon Na? (laughs) Honestly, if I could find a story in the film, I would happily give the credit to anyone who wants credit for it.

There are rumours that you've roped in Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt and ShahRukh Khan for your film. That's a fantastic starcast.

No yaar, I have finalized only Shah Rukh…or should I say he has finalized me? Most of the people I've talked to have given their verbal consent for the film though nothing's finalized. Off the record, they have said they would want to be part of my film but no one has been signed nor have I narrated the script to anyone besides Shah Rukh.

Reports say your film has been delayed and it will go on the floors as late as January 2006. Is that frustrating?

No, I'm not flustered at all. Because it's given me more time to polish my script. We were all very clear that the first film to go on the floor will be Karan's Kabhie Alvida Na Kehna, followed by mine. (I will be working in Karan's film as a choreographer.) So there's a domino effect happening. If Karan's film gets delayed, the subsequent ones get delayed too. But it's okay because we are all friends. Now that Yash uncle (Yash Johar), whom we were very attached to, is no more. I think it's our moral duty to give Karan all possible support.

Shah Rukh is the pivotal element in your films. Do you write scripts with him in mind?

Well, I'd be a hypocrite if I said I didn't. Shah Rukh is the biggest star and I share a great rapport with him so it's only natural that I write scripts with him in mind.

Also, Shah bhai is one of the easiest people to work with. He may not be a great producer for his production house because he always over spends, but he is a dream producer for a director. If you need something that would cost a hundred bucks, Shah Rukh would spend a thousand rupees for it.

As an actor too, he is just brilliant. Sometimes I go to him and say Shah bhai, I have so many problems in the script and you need to rectify them.

You wont believe this – he will do it diligently while I'm away, doing my choreography bit or shooting. He takes care of everything. Why would I not want to work with him?

Infact, I can't imagine a script without him. I know what excites him in a script and unlike other directors, I don't want to de-glamorise or 'de-star' him. I want to capture those moments that have made him a super hero. I like to see him larger than life and that's why kids love him, teenage girls go crazy about him and elder women adore him and now, I hear, even teenage guys go crazy about him (chuckles).

Did you like ShahRukh Khan in Swades?

See, I liked him a lot in Swades but I would never make a film that de-glamorises him. I want to see the Shah Rukh of Main Hoon Na.
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Posted: 18 years ago
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Shahrukh plays a junior artist of the late 70's in Farah Khan's Om Shanti Om

To all those who were going overboard cooking their own stories on Farah Khan's 'Om Shanti Om' being a remake of Subhash Ghai's Karz, they can take a breather.

The news is anything but true and just an outcome of idle minds working overtime. The gossip shaped up from the fact that 'Om Shanti Om' happens to be a superhit track from Subhash Ghai's 1980 film Karz on which Rishi Kapoor shook his leg and had the nation crazy. And some uninformed reporter simply created a story out of it.

"There is no similarities between the two films whatsoever", confirms a trustworthy industry insider. "It's a complete new script". The only coincidental similarity between the two films is that both are based on the theme of reincarnation. But the resemblance ends there. The genres are completely different.

"Om Shanti Om starts showing Shahrukh Khan as a junior artist of the late 70's. His name is Om. Years later he is reborn and is named Om again", adds the source. Shahrukh Khan's blockbuster hit Karan Arjun also dealt with the theme of reincarnation. However 'Om Shanti Om' has no resemblance to that movie either.

And to set the record straight, 'Om Shanti Om' is a fresh project that Farah Khan is working on and is NOT the re-titled version of Farah's other film 'Happy New Year' that she was supposed to make with Shahrukh Khan and Deepika Padukone. For the time being 'Happy New Year' is kept on the backburner and currently Farah is concentrating only on 'Om Shanti Om'.

With the movie coming out in 2007, we just wish Farah that with 'Om Shanti Om' you have a 'Happy New Year'.
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Posted: 18 years ago
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The odd couple

Subhash K Jha
Mumbai Mirror, September 9th, 2006


Farah Khan has her own reasons for pairing ShahRukh Khan and Deepika Padukone in Om Shanti Om

Farah Khan is full-on into pre-production work for her next directorial venture. Being a period film set in the 1970s, it requires a great deal of topographical and sartorial detailing.

Says Farah, "Everything, from the cars and bell-bottoms to the hair style and clothes, have to be worked out in full detail. Yup, pre-production is on. But the casting is yet to be completed. Deepika Padukone has been more-or-less finalised. We've told her she can tell the world that she's on."

Shah Rukh with Deepika Padukone will be a very unusual pair. "That's right," enthuses Farah. "Just like Sush and Shah Rukh in Main Hoon Na. It's always advisable to go for the unexpected."

So why has Farah decided to do a TV show at this crucial juncture in her pre-production work? "See, it's an ideal time for me to do something as diverting as this dance show. My shooting for Om Shanti Om starts mid-December. This dance show gets over by the end of October. Since I'm not shooting and only going into pre-production I'm adjusting my meetings according to the schedules for the dance show."
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Posted: 18 years ago
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Shah Rukh's suave look delaying 'Om Shanti Om'!

ShahRukh Khan's new suave look delaying Farah Khan's next 'Om Shanti Om'. Shah Rukh recently has developed a suave-looking beard for Yash Raj Films' 'Chak De', where Shah Rukh will play a hockey coach. The shooting of the film will soon be commenced.

Farah Khan, who had earlier set to start shooting of her 'Om Shanti Om' in coming December, has reportedly postponed the shoot-schedule because of Shah Rukh's new look. In 'Om Shanti Om' Shah Rukh will play the hero, who is a shaved-metrosexual guy.

So Farah Khan has now no way but to wait for a shaved Shah Rukh. 'Om Shanti Om' will have Deepika Padukone opposite SRK.

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Posted: 18 years ago
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Originally posted by: xaphan

Ok so u will get crazy looking at the cast list (watch out for da special appreances)

Star Cast
Shahrukh Khan...... Om
Deepika Padukone
Shreyas Talpade
Vishal Dadlani...... Special appearance
Malaika Arora
Rishi Kapoor...... as himself (Special appearance)
Subhash Ghai...... as himself (Special appearance)
Karan Johar...... as himself (Special appearance)
Amitabh Bachchan...... as himself (Special appearance)
Abhishek Bachchan...... as himself (Special appearance)
Hrithik Roshan...... as himself (Special appearance)
Rani Mukherjee...... as herself (Special appearance)
Preity Zinta...... as herself (Special appearance)
Javed Sheikh (Pakistan)
Arjun Rampal
Zayed Khan...... as himself (Special appearance)
Arbaaz Khan...... as himself (Special appearance)
Dino Morea...... as himself (Special appearance)
Ritesh Deshmukh...... as himself (Special appearance)
Aftab Shivdasani...... as himself (Special appearance)
Rekha...... as herself (Special appearance)
Shabana Azmi...... as herself (Special appearance)
Kajol...... as herself (Special appearance)
Priyanka Chopra...... as herself (Special appearance)
Shilpa Shetty...... as herself (Special appearance)
Lara Dutta...... as herself (Special appearance)
Vidya Balan...... as herself (Special appearance)
Amrita Arora...... as herself (Special appearance)
Juhi Chawla...... as herself (Special appearance)
Saif Ali Khan...... as himself (Special appearance)
Sanjay Dutt...... as himself (Special appearance)
Salman Khan...... as himself (Special appearance)
Dharmendra...... as himself (Special appearance)
Jeetendra...... as himself (Special appearance)
Tusshar Kapoor...... as himself (Special appearance)
Mithun Chakraborty...... as himself (Special appearance)
Karisma Kapoor...... as herself (Special appearance)
Tabu...... as herself (Special appearance)
Urmila Matondkar...... as herself (Special appearance)
Sunil Shetty...... as himself (Special appearance)
Govinda...... as himself (Special appearance)
Bobby Deol...... as himself (Special appearance)

Like it?

oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo thats great I love it 😳 and dying to watch the movie

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Posted: 18 years ago
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Can't wait! 😃 ....Hoping that it will be the biggest blockbuster of this year 😳

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