Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Om Shanti Om-itted!
Shah Rukh Khan and Farah Khan are upset with Sajid Nadiadwala. Reason: the promo of their forthcoming film Om Shanti Om (OSO) was not shown along with Nadiadwala’s Heyy Babyy at the recently held trial shows of the film. The promos of OSO were missing from most of the 20-odd trial shows that were held for the film industry at Yash Raj Studios, Film City and other preview theatres. SRK, who wanted to gauge industry reaction to one of his most ambitious projects thus missed out on the important feedback that he was looking for. Naturally, he’s fuming.
A source says, “Shah Rukh is not the one to be upset over trivial issues but when it comes to his films, he doesn’t take things lying down. SRK is very close to Sajid Khan because of Farah and he never thought that Sajid would be so careless about SRK’s film, especially since his sister Farah is the director of the film. SRK had also gone out of his way to do a special item song for the film on Sajid’s request. However, he is not very happy that his promos went missing in some of the trials, especially the ones held at Yash Raj Studios. SRK also lost his cool as he got very little feedback from the trials. In fact, when he would call to inquire about the feedback from his friends who saw the trailers, they said that they never saw the promos. That’s when SRK called up Sajid to express his grievances.”
When contacted Sajid Khan said, “The promos of OSO have been shown in all the trials and now it is being shown in theatres across the country.” He seemed to be unaware of SRK and Farah’s displeasure. So what really happened? Industry insiders are hinting at deliberate sabotage.
Farah Khan, Sajid Nadiadwala
Meanwhile, Sajid Nadiadwala, producer of Heyy Babyy, says, “700 promo prints of OSO have been attached to the negatives of my film in a laboratory. It cannot be edited during the screening.”
And yet, we have information that the OSO promos were not shown at certain important trial shows. A filmmaker on condition of anonymity says, “The screenings organised by Akshay Kumar and Riteish Deshmukh at Yashraj Studios didn’t show any OSO trailer. Farah is very upset about it.”
Farah Khan refused to comment on the issue.
A source says, “Shah Rukh is not the one to be upset over trivial issues but when it comes to his films, he doesn’t take things lying down. SRK is very close to Sajid Khan because of Farah and he never thought that Sajid would be so careless about SRK’s film, especially since his sister Farah is the director of the film. SRK had also gone out of his way to do a special item song for the film on Sajid’s request. However, he is not very happy that his promos went missing in some of the trials, especially the ones held at Yash Raj Studios. SRK also lost his cool as he got very little feedback from the trials. In fact, when he would call to inquire about the feedback from his friends who saw the trailers, they said that they never saw the promos. That’s when SRK called up Sajid to express his grievances.”
When contacted Sajid Khan said, “The promos of OSO have been shown in all the trials and now it is being shown in theatres across the country.” He seemed to be unaware of SRK and Farah’s displeasure. So what really happened? Industry insiders are hinting at deliberate sabotage.
Farah Khan, Sajid Nadiadwala
Meanwhile, Sajid Nadiadwala, producer of Heyy Babyy, says, “700 promo prints of OSO have been attached to the negatives of my film in a laboratory. It cannot be edited during the screening.”
And yet, we have information that the OSO promos were not shown at certain important trial shows. A filmmaker on condition of anonymity says, “The screenings organised by Akshay Kumar and Riteish Deshmukh at Yashraj Studios didn’t show any OSO trailer. Farah is very upset about it.”
Farah Khan refused to comment on the issue.
Labels: Farah Khan, Heyy Babyy, Om Shanti Om, Shahrukh Khan
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