Originally posted by: Fashion_2005
Is Shah Rukh remaking Subhash Ghai's 'Karz'?
RAM KAMAL MUKHERJEE
Filmfare/MUMBAI MIRROR - 19 July 2006
The latest rumours doing the rounds is that choreographer-turned-filmmaker Farah Khan's forthcoming venture is inspired from Subhash Ghai's 1980 blockbuster Karz. Titled Om Shanti Om, the film stars ShahRukh Khan and Deepika Padukone. Insiders insist that the film is loosely based on Karz. Apparently, ShahRukh Khan has never done a film on reincarnation, so when Farah told him about the idea of making a film on the lines of Karz, he was very excited.
Although Farah Khan is tight-lipped about the project, we have information that Shah Rukh plays the role of Rishi Kapoor, while model Deepika Padukone will play Tina Munim's role. "The film will be a musical and it will have the feeling of a 1980s Bollywood film," says our source. While in the original, Raj Kiran and Rishi Kapoor played the same man with different faces, in Farah's film, Shah Rukh will be allegedly playing a double role. "Shah Rukh plays the role of Om, while his love interest is Shanti. After his death, when he returns as a singer, he plays the role of Om again," says our source.
Incidentally, the idea on Om Shanti Om came from the chartbuster song of the same name of Karz. "Shah Rukh loves old Bollywood classics and currently he is interested in acting in remakes of classics. Farah was supposed to start Happy New Year, but the film has been temporarily shelved. Currently, Farah is working on the script," says our source. Currently they are looking for an actress to play the role of Simi Garewal. And yes, Sushmita Sen is being considered...
When contacted, Farah Khan 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." When further pressed, she said, "You'll have to wait for Shah Rukh to make a formal announcement about the film. I am just wondering how everyone is making up titles and story of my film. It's funny." She also refused to divulge the name of the film. However, yesterday ShahRukh Khan, in an interview to a daily, confirmed that he is working in Farah's film titled Om Shanti Om. Meanwhile, ShahRukh Khan seems to be on a remake spree. After playing Dilip Kumar (Devdas) and Amitabh Bachchan (Don), now it's Rishi Kapoor...
(Inputs from Aditi Jayekar Kane)
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