Om Shanti Om

Om Shanti Om is a 2007 Bollywood film directed and choreographed by Farah Khan. It stars Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone in the lead roles as the protagonists while Shreyas Talpade, Arjun Rampal, and Kirron Kher feature in supporting roles. Arjun Rampal is the Big Bad in the movie. More than forty two well-known Bollywood stars appear in the course of the film, including thirty of them (not including the stars of the film) in one song alone.

Protagonist Om Prakash Makhija (Shahrukh Khan) is a junior artist in the 1970s film industry. He and his friend Pappu (Shreyas Talpade) are trying to succeed as leading actors. Om's mother, Bela Makhija (Kirron Kher), herself a junior artist, inspires and encourages her son to become a success. He is in love with the film actress Shanti Priya (Deepika Padukone), whom he eventually befriends after saving her from a fire in set. He tries to confess his feelings to her, but he gets overwhelmed by Shanti true kindness and decides to wait for a better chance.

One day, Om tries to talk to Shanti on the set of a film, but is almost ignored. He follows her into a dressing-room, where he, unseen except by the viewer, overhears her argument with the film's producer Mukesh Mehra (Arjun Rampal) about a recent promise of Mukesh's to marry a businessman's daughter in return for funding of a film. It is here revealed that Shanti is secretly married to Mukesh, and that Shanti is pregnant with Mukesh's child. Mukesh insists that his relationship with Shanti be kept secret, arguing that its revelation will spoil his plans; but Shanti demands that they marry in public. Mukesh relents when she reveals her pregnancy. Om leaves, disappointed, and remains miserable for some days.

- This movie has the following tropes: "Farah Khan: Hey, who do you think you are, the star of the movie?
 * Actor Allusion: Almost all the actors featured in Deewangi Deewangi use signature dance moves from their most popular movies.
 * Adam Westing: Anyone who is not a fictional character.
 * All-Star Cast: The cameos. Dear god, the cameos.
 * Andrew Lloyd Webber: Inspired the second part of the movie.
 * Bad Bad Acting: The audition montage.
 * Big No: Om Prakash's mom shouts a big "Nehi!" when he wants to change his name.
 * Birth-Death Juxtaposition: When dies in the hospital, a mother gives birth in the next room.
 * Creator Cameo: Farah Khan is the woman who fights with Om Prakash at the beginning of the movie. Lampshaded:

Om Prakash: Well, who do you think you are, the director?"


 * Crowd Song: Obviously since it's Bollywood.
 * Crowning Music of Awesome: "The Saga Of Om Shanti Om".
 * "Deewange Deewange" featuring the who's who of Bollywood.
 * The movie intro isn't too shabby either.
 * Death by Looking Up:.
 * Do Not Call Me Paul: Mukesh insists on being called Mike, because that's what they call him in Hollywood.
 * Dream Sequence: How OK convinces the director to change the planned scene to the Dar De Disco number.
 * Engineered Public Confession:.
 * Epic Song: Dastaan-E-Om Shanti Om
 * Falling Chandelier of Doom: suffers this fate in the end. Everyone in the theatre celebrated.
 * Fan Girl: Sandhya for Om. And Om for Shantipriya.
 * Fan Nickname: Om Kapoor's fans call him OK.
 * Fan Service Major example: OK in Dard E Disco (Usually an Item Number has an Item Girl. This one has an Item Guy instead.)
 * Flashback Echo: Triggered by the discovery of the old movie studios.
 * Gratuitous English
 * ~Hey, It's That Guy!~: Especially during the Filmfare Awards and the after-party.
 * Hoist by His Own Petard:
 * Large Ham: Om Prakash and OK are pretty much this.
 * Love At First Sight
 * Masquerade Ball: Dastaan-E-Om Shanti Om.
 * Meet Cute: Shanti's sari gets caught on Om's bracelet.
 * Narm Charm
 * No Celebrities Were Harmed: Rajesh and Lovely Kapoor are probably parodies of the Amitabh and Jaya Bachchan.
 * Om Prakash and Pappu sneak in a movie theatre, pretending to be Manoj Kumar. The "real" Manoj later arrives, showing his ID with him covering his face.
 * He actually complained about the parody when the movie was released.
 * More than that. This editor remembers something about a lawsuit....
 * Orange-Blue Contrast: in most of the song Dard E Disco. (beautiful colors.)
 * Oscar Bait: Parodied when Om has to play a blind deaf mute with no legs or arms. Sure, critics will love it but his fans will be bored.
 * Parody Names: All the movies shown at the Filmfare Awards, especially Phir Bhi Dil Hai NRI.
 * Posthumous Character:
 * Red Herring:
 * Red String of Fate: Literally. Bela ties a red string around her son's wrist for luck, and it leads to his Meet Cute.
 * Rescue Romance: Om and Shanti.
 * Self-Deprecation: The actors in the movie are pretty much making fun of themselves.
 * The Seventies: The first half of the movie.
 * Shirtless Scene: OK gets this a lot. Hence, SRK's page image.
 * Shout-Out: Too many to count, especially in the musical numbers.
 * Smug Snake: Mukesh is a real dick.
 * Spoiled Brat: Om Kapoor.
 * Stage Mom: Kamini.
 * Tear Jerker
 * The Item Number: parodied and lampshaded. Om Kapoor and the director of his movie have a discussion where OK forces the director to change the scene he is supposed to act for a disco dance number of this nature. Sure enough, immediately cues said musical number. Albeit in this case, this number has a reason of existence beside mere Fan Service, since serves as a setup to show OK pyrophobia for the first time.
 * Title Drop: During the "Deewangi Deewangi" number
 * Underwear of Power: All the superheroes of the Mohabbat Man movie.
 * Unusual Euphemism: Oh, what the fish!
 * Wag the Director: When Om doesn't like the scene he's supposed to play, he makes the director change it for a disco dance number.
 * "Well Done, Son" Guy: Rajesh Kapoor.
 * The Western: Or more precisely, the Masala Western.
 * What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic: Seriously, the name.
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 * Whole-Plot Reference:
 * Why Did It Have To Be Fire?: OK, no thanks to his
 * The Woobie: Om Prakash and Shanti.
 * The Woobie: Om Prakash and Shanti.