| Om Shanti Om |

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)

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First Look!

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!

OM SHANTI OM to have seven songs!

Choreographer Farah Khan's first project as a director, MAIN HOON NA, released in 2004 and not only was it a big commercial success, the music of the Shah Rukh-Sushmita starrer is popular even today. In fact it remains Anu Malik's last big commercial success. However, for her second project OM SHANTI OM, Farah Khan has gone in for Vishal-Shekhar.

The movie that boasts of special appearances from almost the entire industry is keenly awaited and there is a lot of curiosity about the musical score of the Shah Rukh Khan, Shreyas Talpade and debutante Deepika Padukone starrer.

The only significant thing known about the musical score is that apart from Vishal-Shekhar, Pyarelal (of the legendary Laxmi-Pyare 'jodi') has composed one of the songs of OM SHANTI OM. But we can tell you that there are going to be a total of seven songs in the album, and Vishal-Shekhar duo has already recorded five of them. The music of the movie, based mainly in the psychedelic 70s, is expected to have a scent of that era.

RS.88 CRORES!

That Shah Rukh Khan is the undisputed badshaah has been proved yet again. Extremely passionate about movies, every film starring the King Khan automatically makes news. The latest development pertains to his home-production OM SHANTI OM, being directed by choreographer-director Farah Khan.

Reportedly, Adlabs has bought the worldwide rights of the film for a staggering amount — Rs. 88 crores. Although everyone is tightlipped about the deal, a source from Adlabs denies that the company has offered that price to the producers of OM SHANTI OM.

"We have evinced interest in acquiring the rights of this film. But you can't state that the negotiations are on since there's no move to that effect. Besides, the pricing [Rs. 88 crores] is not realistic," the source states.

With films being sold for astronomical amounts, a film starring SRK would only fetch a premium price as and when SRK decides to sell the rights. Let's await an official statement from the actor!

When is this to be released ???

WOW!!!!!! I really like this...the Bachchans are there and everything!!!

A PERFECT bollywood family!!!😳

wowww... cant wait for this movie/.. very very interesting !!

So which actors AREN'T in this movie? 😊 😊
I really can't wait to see it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope that it turns out to be good!

Sneak Preview: Om Shanti Om(OSO)

Producer: Red Chillies Entertainment
Director: Farah Khan
Starring: Shah Rukh Khan, Shreyas Talpade, Deepika Padukone, Arjun Rampal, and Malaika Arora Khan
Music: Vishal-Shekhar
Lyrics:
By: Samir Dave

Credit must be given to Farah Khan for going with the nostalgia evoking title, "Om Shanti Om" for her second directorial venture. The first thing that comes to mind upon hearing that title is an image of Rishi Kapoor dancing on a giant spinning record trying not to trip on his wide bell bottom pants in Shubhash Ghai's "Karz". That classic tale of reincarnation and a killer in the form of Simi Garewal has been burned into the collective memory of any Indian who grew up during that time.

Going for the built in intrinsic nostalgic value of the title, Farah Khan has chosen a reincarnation theme for her second film. The story centers on an artist who grows up in the seventies (perhaps watching Karz), meets the love of his life and shortly thereafter suffers an untimely demise. He is immediately reincarnated and the story flash-forwards to the present day.

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 movie is apparently "inspired" by the Hollywood movie, "Chances Are" wherein a man is reincarnated and immediately attempts to find the wife from his previous 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.

The music for the film was to have been composed by A.R. Rahman, but he wanted 33 percent of the music rights/profits, so T-Series balked and ended their discussions with him. Instead, the music baton was handed to maestros Vishal-Shekhar (Dus, Honeymoon Private LTD, Bluffmaster). The addition of these two-music directors will be a bonus as it adds to the anticipation of this follow-up project to Main Hoon Na (Farah Khan's directorial debut). One does wonder, why Farah did not go with Anu Malik this time, as his soundtrack to Main Hoon Na was a blockbuster. Still, we are guaranteed a fresh sounding soundtrack with Vishal-Shekhar and hopefully no reincarnated music. The master poet Gulzar will write lyrics.

Special mention must be made that Farah's husband Shirish Kunder (director of Jaan E Mann) will be handling the editing on this movie as he did on 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 features Shah Rukh Khan as the lead and introduces supermodel Deepika Padukone as the main love interest. The supporting cast includes Arjun Rampal (Don) and Shreyas Talpade (Iqbal, Dor). Both SRK and Deepika Padukone are getting rave reviews for their performances in the dailies. The actor to watch out for though, is the talented Shreyas Talpade.

One can expect that the movie will be in the same tone as Main Hoon Na, and will be a light hearted romp with excellent music. Only time will tell whether this reincarnated movie will please the movie going audience. With the talent involved, expectations are running high that this movie won't be a reincarnated bomb, but rather a reincarnated hit ala Main Hoon Na.

http://www.planetbollywood.com/displayReview.php?id=02190704 2631

It doesn't pay to be SRK's friend!

By: Upala KBR
Photographer: A hitList Correspondent
February 26, 2007


Shah Rukh Khan

Shah Rukh Khan's childhood buddies — Vishal Kushlani and N Raman — will be seen in his next home production, Om Shanti Om (OSO), directed by Farah Khan.

Both wannabe actors (ok, not really) are based in Delhi: while Vishal owns Bootil Oil Tools India Pvt Ltd, Raman is senior commander and operations manager of a leading airlines company in India.

Talking about his second brush with the silver screen, Vishal says, "We acted in Main Hoon Naa too, but it was just a one-scene thing.

This time, Farah called and said she had proper roles and would require four days from us. Of course, we immediately said yes. We shot with everybody, from Shah Rukh to Arjun Rampal and Shreyas Talpade to Satish Shah.

It's a picnic shooting with Shah Rukh and Farah. Raman plays an actor from the '70s, while I play an assistant director in his film. OSO is going to be a complete laugh riot."

Gang reunion

Chaddi Buddies: Vishal Kushlani

Talking about their association with King Khan the friends say it has been "a long and beautiful one." Adds Raman, "We've known each other for more than 30 years.

We were known as the C-gang in St Columbus School (Delhi); we weren't naughty, but very cool. There were five of us and we did everything together — Shah Rukh, Vishal, Vikas Mathur (currently in London), Ashok Vasan (now lives in Bangalore) and me."

The five friends make it a point to meet at least once every year. "Usually, Shah Rukh comes to Delhi for Christmas or New Year's and we all go for dinner or have a small party.

This year, Gauri and Shah Rukh had a New Year's party at Mannat and Gauri called us over," says Raman.

Both friends categorically deny any changes in Shah Rukh in the three decades that they've known him. Says Raman, "If there's any thing that has changed, it's that Shah Rukh has at least 500 fans waiting outside his home today. We are still not used to that and the fact that he is an extremely busy man! Otherwise, he's just the same."

No money issues

Chaddi Buddies: N Raman

What has kept the friends connected over the years is the 'all for one, and one for all' motto. Says Vishal, "Rifts happen when money, success and power come in the way, but we have always been supportive of each other's growth. We are there for each other at every step of the way."

Watching Shah Rukh on KBC is a must. Says Vishal, "Comparisons between him and Mr (Amitabh) Bachchan are ridiculous. Shah Rukh is doing a great job."

Adds Raman, "He brings a distinct energy and vivacious-ness to the show."

The camaraderie and affection that the friends share is obvious. Says Raman laughing, "Please write that Shah Rukh hasn't given us a single penny for acting in his films. We're upset about that!"

Paying a price!

Director Farah Khan has a rejoinder to that. She says, "They should pay me after acting in my films. When I signed Vishal and Raman on, I told them that they would have to pay a price for acting in Om Shanti Om. They still haven't paid me!"

On a more serious note, she adds, "Both Vishal and Raman are good actors and are my lucky mascots. The last time around, they had walk-on scenes in Main Hoon Naa.

This time, when I called them for a role they refused to do cameos! They insisted that I give them proper roles. Imagine that! But it was great fun shooting with them. They were very excited.

Yesterday we shot with Rishi Kapoor, Subhash Ghai and Karan (Johar) in Film City."

Adds Karan, "Farah asked me to do this role, so I arrived in a black suit. I play myself in OSO. I'm hosting the Filmfare Awards, while Rishi Kapoor and Subhash Ghai are presenting Shah Rukh with an award. Farah's film promises to be another super entertainer."

So it looks like the acting bug has seriously bitten the prolific director. "I'm not quitting cameo roles any time soon. In fact, one day I will do a full-fledged role in a film," he jokes.
Amen to that!

http://www.mid-day.com/hitlist/2007/february/152537.htm