Tuesday, May 6, 2008
OM SHANTI OM Celebrates Silver Jubilee
In the times when a decent four week run of a film is good enough to take it to a success, OM SHANTI OM has completed 25 weeks at theaters.
On the Friday gone by, i.e. 2nd May, this Farah Khan directed film celebrated a 25 week run. Released across the globe on 9th November 2007, OM SHANTI OM went on to break records all over and turned out to be the biggest first week opener at the box office of all times with a 40 crores+ in collections. Till date the film has collected in excess of 85 crores just from India, hence turning out to be the biggest money spinner of all times.
Commenting on the film's continued success over the months, Farah Khan says, "In the times when it is rare to see a film going through a 50 day or a 100 day run, it gives me so much pleasure to see the film getting such a heartfelt response. It is running on a matinee show at Naaz in Mumbai and I am getting feelers that the theater is confident of the film completing Golden Jubilee there.
"My motto has been to make an entertaining film and going by audience response, I can say that I succeeded in doing that", concludes Farah.
Joginder Tuteja
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Monday, April 28, 2008
´Om Shanti Om´ Completes Silver Jubilee
Produced by Gauri Khan and directed by Farah Khan, the film has screenplay by the latter with Mushtaq Sheikh, dialogues by Mayur Puri, lyrics by Javed Akhtar, Vishal Dadlani and Kumar, music by Vishal-Shekhar, cinematography by V. Manikandan. editing by Shirish Kunder, action by Sham Kaushal, art by Sabu Cyril and sound by Nakul Kamte.
'Om Shanti Om' which has so far netted close to 87 crores from India, stars Shah Rukh Khan in a double role with Deepika Padukone, Arjun Rampal, Kirron Kher, Shreyas Talpade, Jawed Sheikh, Bindu, Satish Shah and Mushtaq Sheikh.
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Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Highest Bollywood Box Office grosser arrives on DVD
DVD Review: Om Shanti Om
MOVIE DETAILS
Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Arjun Rampal, Shreyas Talpade, Kirron Kher
Director: Farah Khan
Producer: Gauri Khan
Music : Vishal Shekhar
Lyrics: Javed Akhtar
THE FILM
The film would be remembered for many reasons apart from it's high entertainment value:
a) The promotional overdrive that Shah Rukh Khan and Farah Khan went on for weeks in advance of the release of the film. Truly, one can't remember when was the last time such vigor was seen for a movie which anyways was a guaranteed success in the making!
b) The so-called clash with Saawariya, which turned out to be such a no-show. The stage was set for a battle royale but Shah Rukh Khan's mere declaration of "I will destroy 'Saawariya'" spoke of great confidence that he had in the film and Farah's capabilities. Result was an anti-climax that saw Om Shanti Om marching ahead from show one with no competition/challenge whatsoever from Saawariya.
c) An amalgamation of one item sequence after another in the three-hour affair. Truly, Om Shanti OmM was a circus that had a dozen odd item sequences tying the script together and resulting in an amusing/entertaining watch.
d) Filmfare awards sequence. Truly the most innovative where no star/actor complained of the spoof at their expense.
e) 31 stars making an appearance for one single song and dance sequence - 'Deewangee Deewangee'. All of this added so much 'masala' to the entire sequence that one wonders how would Farah Khan get something better in her next project?
f) The Manoj Kumar episode where the veteran actor was offended by the joke around his mannerisms. The incident threatened to dilute the thunder created by the film at the stands but some timely intervention by Khan and a few industry seniors saved the situation from turning out rightly ugly.
g) Last but not the least, Shah Rukh Khan's six pack abs that have given business to many a body builders, instructors, dieticians and gym owners!
PACKAGING
The DVD currently on stands belongs to limited edition as it comes in a special cardboard case, which resembles a book. Inside the box is a two DVD case along with an autographed poster of Shah Rukh Khan in his now famous six-pack abs - straight from 'Dard E Disco'. In addition, there is a 16-page booklet, which takes a viewer through a colorful-n-eye catchy professional journey of cast and crew of the film.
DURATION
The film comes in a twin DVD pack with the film's duration being 162 minutes. The second DVD has special features lasting another 150 minutes.
SPECIAL FEATURES
- Director's Commentary
- Making of OSO
- Making of the songs
- SRK & Farah interviews
- Deleted scenes and bloopers
- Promos and Trailers
- Visual Effects
- OSO events (Music launch, Fashion show, London premier, Book launch)
- OSO Trivia Game
Om Shanti Om is one of the most fulfilling, or rather THE most fulfilling DVD, when it comes to special features. Reasons are aplenty with the most exciting being 'Director's Commentary'. For films coming out of India, there are hardly many where directors do take a special effort in coming up with a commentary talking about each and every scene. Heyy Babyy and Johnny Gaddaar are the only recent examples one can recollect. In addition, coming up with a commentary is challenging too since special consideration is required to retain viewer's attention.
In this context, Farah deserves full marks as she not thoroughly entertains a listener while not mincing words when it comes to making fun/light of most of the situations and actors in the film. She talks about number of things that either had gone wrong or could have gone wrong during filming of a particular scene. And she does all of it from her bedroom as she speaks while taking rest as she was 7 months pregnant when her commentary was recorded. Here are some of the highlights of the commentary:
a) She doesn't refrain from announcing once again that her is a filmy-filmy film and the intent was to go all out in making a commercial film rather than trying to be arty or pseudo.
b) How Shah Rukh Khan was challenged to utter his dialogues from DDLJ and Don while being in the same get up and hair as that of Rishi Kapoor from Karz (the opening scene of the film).
c) How Manoj Kumar's episode had threatened to turn ugly.
d) There is an obvious dig at Vidhu Vinod Chopra (Sanjay Leela Bhansali) when Farah announces that all protests against Shah Rukh Khan coming out of water with just his jeans on was hardly justified as those few seconds were far more entertaining than the other film makers' entire film.
e) How Arjun Rampal's wig gave her sleep less nights.
f) Introduction/references of close to 50 odd crew members who were in front of the camera acting at some point or other in Om Shanti Om
g) There is a word of appreciation for newcomer Uvika Chaudhary too as Farah believes that she has some way to go if she chooses her projects carefully. She goes to the extent of calling her a mix of Dia Mirza and Amisha Patel
h) How the main hall in the studio indoors, which was later burnt in the film, was inspired by Phantom Of The Opera
i) She clears the air around inspiration of famous Akshay Kumar 'Return of Khiladi' sequence which was reportedly plagiarized
j) Shirish Kunder's idea around showing Shah Rukh Khan walking back into his own memory in the second half of the film
....and many more!
The 'Making of OSO' intelligently refrains from back-patting and instead takes a viewer through the actual behind the scenes footage and what went into getting the right sets, costumes, make up, lighting dance moves etc. in place. The prime cast of the movie along with cinematographer Manikanandan, art director Sabu Cyril, costume designers Karan Johar, Manish Malhotra & Sanjiv Mulchandani take a viewer through their journey of making Om Shanti Om a complete 70's and today's package.
'Making of the songs' is an extensive view as well as Vishal & Shekhar along with Farah Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone and others explain majority of songs from the film. One interesting factor, which is highlighted, is around the placement of film's most romantic number 'Aankhon Mein Teri'. It is revealed that originally, the song wasn't in the film at all but later Shah Rukh Khan and Farah Khan were so impressed by this new tune which Vishal & Shekhar created that they decided to incorporate the song as a part of the film's background score.
'Deleted scenes' are always the most awaited section of a DVD and here too there are many in abundance. Though a couple of them seem quite justified to be chopped off the final cut (the ones featuring Shah Rukh and Shreyas and later Shah Rukh and Kirron), there are at least two sequences that deserved to be a part of the footage. The funniest of the lot is the one where Shah Rukh in his superstar avatar is shown throwing starry tantrums by first coming late on the sets and then refusing to begin shooting on time.
Also the pre-Filmfare awards sequence had many other actors and technicians talking about super star 'Om'. Wish each of these were refrained, especially the one where Vidhu Vinod Chopra turned really catty. What did he say? See it on DVD!
There is a chapter on VFX too where good detailing is given around how Deepika's portions were interspersed with Sunil Dutt, Rajesh Khanna and Jeetendra for the 'Dhoom Taana' sequence. Interesting.
Though there are number of major events covered in the DVD - Music launch, Fashion show, London premier, Book launch - the one, which impresses most, is the London premier. If one has heard and read about mass hysteria for Shah Rukh Khan, this is the opportunity to see how it actually happens when he interacts with his fans. It is unbelievable to see the way crowds literally going berserk in their attempt to be with the star. What touches most is the way Khan not just waves and blows kisses with them but also breaks barrier to kiss and hug them.
For those who wish to check their 'Om Shanti Om' gyan, there is also an online trivia game comprising of 21 questions. And mind it, they are not one of those basic - 'What was the name of Arjun Rampal's character in OSO' kind of questions? Instead they get on really challenging. Sample this - "What was the name of Shah Rukh's on-screen character which was 'Mohabbat Man' for the rest of the world?"
However, we are yet to come to the best. And that segment is the one where Cyrus Broacha interviews Shah Rukh Khan, Farah Khan, Arjun Rampal and Deepika Padukone. Instead of a routine Q&A session, this one is a holds-no-bar fun conversation where Cyrus turns out to be the butt of everyone's joke. Watch Shah Rukh and the rest dressing him up in 70's costumes and coming up with one liners and numerous below the belt jokes, all at his expense!
TECHNICAL DETAILS
- 16:9 Anamorphic Widescreen format
- Subtitles In English
- Dolby Digital 5.1 and Stereo
- Mastered from High Definition (HD)
PRICE
Rs. 499
CONCLUSION
Everyone knows what Om Shanti Om is all about. It is an unabashed take on entertainment, which is on your face, at places over-the-top and doesn't shy away from taking a dig on itself, Bollywood films and industry in general - all in good humor of course. It is this spoofy treatment to the film, which truly made 'Om Shanti Om' the 'Highest Bollywood Box Office Grosser Ever'. Of course, this pretty much mandates that the film finds an entry pronto in one's DVD collection.
Rating: ****
Bollywood Hungama
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Friday, February 22, 2008
OM SHANTI OM on VCDs and DVDs
As is already well known, the film has had an unparalleled opening and run in the history of Indian cinema and is therefore, a established a milestone.
A word of caution, however, is that there are several unauthorised versions of the film available on discs as well as on the internet which are ILLEGAL to acquire.
An earnest request from vluvshahrukh.com to those who truly value the contribution of the entertainment industry and also to those petty thieves who indulge in piracy... PLEASE buy only legal versions of 'Om Shanti Om' and help preserve the fabric of the Indian Film Industry that supports the livelihood of many
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Saturday, January 12, 2008
Om Shanti Om the Latest Bollywood Film to Blu-ray
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Friday, December 28, 2007
Om Shanti Om complete 50 days
While OM SHANTI OM has already achieved the BLOCKBUSTER status at the box office, it would also be completing a super successful 50 days run at theaters across the country today.The film has already crossed 85 crores mark at the box office and looks set to add on some more moolah to it's overall collections in weeks to follow. In the meantime, work is already on in full swing to get the DVDs of the film out on stands in international and national market.
If initial indications are anything to go by, the film's DVDs too are supposed to be extraordinary with ton loads of special features being added to give that extra edge into home entertainment media.
Joginder Tuteja, Bollywood Trade News Network
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Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Shahrukh khan and wife Gauri distribute bonus cheques to employees
Shahrukh and Gauri invited all their employees from Red Chillies Entertainment as well as their other employees like cooks, drivers etc to be present at a five star hotel. When the employees got there, they were all surprised as there was a huge celebration awaiting them. A few close friends of SRK who also work with him like Farah and others also came to thank everyone for their co-operation. Shahrukh and his wife Gauri also thanked everyone for the success of Red Chillies Ent. SRK and Gauri had personally selected the menu of food and drinks. The highlight of the party was another surprise by SRK, when he began distributing bonus cheques to each and every employee present at the event.
A source at the party said “SRK is great, he decided to share the profits made by his company with everyone rather than just enjoy it by himself. This obviously was an extremely kind gesture and everyone was very surprised.” Shahrukh Khan has personally had a wonderful year as his different role in Chak De was first widely appreciated and now recently his film Om Shanti Om which he produced and starred in was quite a hit at the box-office. Hence SRK wants to share this success with his employees without whose cooperation this success would not be possible.
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Sunday, December 9, 2007
Om Shanti Om is a big hit in hundreds movies of 2007
Till March, only one film, Guru emerged as a universal hit, with all the other ones like Nikhil Advani’s Salaam-e-Ishq, Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s Eklavya, Ram Gopal Varma’s Nishabd, Vikram Bhatt’s Red, Amrit Sagar’s 1971, Milan Luthria’s Hattrick, Anurag Kashyap’s Black Friday, Deepa Mehta’s Water, Meghna Gulzar’s Just Married, Suneel Darshan’s Shakalaka Boom Boom, hitting the dust. Nishabd and Eklavya turned out to be huge duds. Then Akshay Kumar’s Namastey London was successful, bringing in the much-needed respite.
july,films like Partner, Chak De India, Heyy Babyy, Bhool Bhulaiya, Jab We Met and the super hit Om Shanti Om attracted audiences, providing a bit of a breather for the distributors.
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Saturday, December 1, 2007
Eros profit rises 75% on Om Shanti Om
Eros COO Jyoti Deshpande told TOI on Wednesday that Bollywood’s international appeal and scope in 2007 could be compared to "the way Hollywood was in the 1930s and the Chinese industry in 1970." Poised for massive exponential growth. All this, she stressed, off the back of an upward curve from a film - ‘Om Shanti Om’ "that is definitely not crossover".
So why the palpable sense of excitement in the English-speaking world, Hollywood’s traditional heartland and this sudden panic that Bollywood may be stealing a march on Hollywood?
Answers Deshpande, Bollywood’s time may have come. "In every non-English speaking market, our films have already crossed over. The Germans are watching them, so are the Russians, the Indonesians, the Dutch, the Arabs. From January to November, 5% of the world’s Top 10 films have been our releases."
She adds that ‘Om Shanti Om’ was the number one release worldwide, sans the US charts, trumping the Tom Cruise-starrer ‘Lions and Lambs’. "The day is not far off," she says, "When Bollywood films too will be grossing $ 100 million."
But ‘Om Shanti Om’, she says, is not the start of a new phenomenon of Bollywood bounce, just an expression of it.
Bollywood’s forward strategy appears to be almost like a covert military operation. Eros, which broke new ground by listing on the London Stock Exchange in July 2006, says it is now looking to mimic Hollywood’s new mantra "collaborate, rather than compete" and wants to bring commercial mainstream cinema made in English from India into the English-speaking world.
Reporting positive figures and a sunshine outlook to London’s financial district, Eros says it remained "firmly focussed on its content and distribution consolidation strategy leveraging its leadership position to be at the forefront of the consolidation of the fragmented but rapidly growing $10 billion Indian entertainment industry which is forecast to grow to over $25 billion by 2011 according to Price Waterhouse Coopers."
Pointing to the international success of ‘Bride and Prejudice’, ‘Monsoon Wedding’ and ‘The Namesake’ over the last two years, Eros CEO Kishore Lulla says Bollywood’s onward strategy must now be to bring commercial, rather than arthouse films to the international marketplace.
Rashmee Roshan Lall, TNN
Labels: Eros International, Farah Khan, Om Shanti Om, Shahrukh Khan
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Thursday, November 29, 2007
OM SHANTI OM has clearly murdered SAAWARIYA at the box office
While OM SHANTI OM has crossed 65 crores, SAAWARIYA stands at a pitiful 23 crores. This is only going to get worse over coming weeks since OM SHANTI OM has sustained quite week even in the third week while SAAWARIYA has only seen a journey down South.
Another interesting fact that has been revealed is that the collections of OM SHANTI OM in the second week (25 crores +) are greater than what SAAWARIYA has earned till date (23 crores +)!
OM SHANTI OM has clearly murdered SAAWARIYA at the box office, and how!
Joginder Tuteja, Bollywood Trade News Network
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Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Box Office Report : Shahrukh Khan’s Om Shanti Om’s Second Week Collection
The all second week all India business is around the 26 crore mark.The film has gone into third week with all its theatres in play.The third week will also see the film smashing records.
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Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Box office Report : Om Shanti Om Becomes Bollywood's Biggest Grosser In The US
As per the collections available, ‘Om Shanti Om’ has grossed a humungous $3,421,520 ( upto November 25). Interestingly ‘Om Shanti Om’ surpasses the previous record, which was established by another Shah Rukh Khan starrer, ‘Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna’ (2006), which had grossed $3,275,444, during its entire US run.
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Saturday, November 24, 2007
B.O.: Om Shanti Om collects 4.39 crores in Mumbai
# Mumbai - 4,39,58,679 (Incl. Thane)
# Ahmedabad - 85,96,911 (3 unrecd.)
# Himmatnagar - 3,48,176
# Baroda - 10,91,124
# Bharuch - 4,08,722
# Jamnagar - 4,45,945
# Pune - 5,52,715
# Goa - 7,53,670
# Nasik - 7,80,922
# Delhi - 2,15,25,789 (7 F.H.)
# Noida - 27,97,650
# Kaushambi - 6,43,477
# Gurgaon - 34,91,764
# Ghaziabad - 7,16,347
# Aligarh - 3,77,295
# Agra - 4,90,000
# Lucknow - 2,93,338
# Moradabad - 98,000
# Bareilly - 2,59,294
# Faridabad - 12,70,623
# Nagpur - 13,26,930
# Raipur - 11,51,021
# Bhilai - 3,61,729 (record)
# Chandrapur - 2,50,901
# Amravati - 4,14,646 (record)
# Yavatmal - 1,33,248 (record)
# Durg - 1,21,200 (record)
# Bhandara - 78,374 (record)
# Akola - 2,88,561 (record)
# Indore - 5,12,026
# Jaipur - 15,39,866
# Kota - 5,30,881
# Ajmer - 4,10,941
# Kolkatta - 45,09,995
# Guwahati - 2,74,409
# Darjeeling - 2,19,624
# Bangalore - 16,40,258
# Chennai - 6,09,158
(Average per print: 5,73,796)
Total collections for Week 2: 10,32,74,209
Total Collections (Till Date): 27,45,73,790
By: Taran Adarsh For IndiaFM
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Marketing as a tool in promoting the films
This is clearly evident from the fact that Shahrukh Khan still continues to promote OSO on whatever occasions he can grace, as he has been doing through various cricket matches around the countryside and different parts of the world where India has been playing. It is altogether a different matter that the same has unnecessarily raised an unsavory controversy.
The song in which all the film stars till date could congregate has been brought together and has been positioned as the USP of the film from the day on which the promos of OSO were launched. The saviness of Shahrukh in marketing the product aka OSO was evident from the smart comment that he made while giving an interview to after the final one day match between India and Pakistan at Jaipur. With a mischievous glint in his eyes Shahrukh told Rameej Raja that when people are bored of watching a test match should come over to a cinema hall to watch OSO. For SAAWARIYA the marketing effort of this variety was not made in the same magnitude as it was done by OSO though it has been reported that more than Rs.50 crores had been earmarked for promotion of SAAWARIYA.
Now contrast this with SAAWARIYA. While Salman Khan was an integral part of the film he was never marketed in the manner in which he should have been. After the first round of publicity when it became evident that the film needs some further prop this tool could have been highlighted. Salman after all he has his captive audience.
Second aspect of the film that could have been highlighted is the fact that it is a love story between a Hindu boy and a Muslim girl. The films made on these themes are very few, and if a director has taken this courage to do it, this fact should have been highlighted. This is owing to the fact that the past films of this variety, BOMBAY, DIL SE and GADAR were a resounding success, and in the second line of marketing effort this could have been thought of as the strategy to reposition the film.
SAAWARIYA is a work of art, where something different has been attempted in terms of the choice of colours and the contours and this needs to have been brought out in a detailed motif. This could be the first film where blue colour has been chosen as the motif in the background, and to make the audience accept the same this is also an aspect that could have been used to position the film.
Marketing after all is the ability to make the product stand out in the crowd and have a distinct entity in the clutter, and to do so unconventional is what has to be highlighted. The mediums of multitude available as option need to be tapped, and occasions need to be capitalized on to sell the product. After all it is marketing that goes on to decide the destiny of the product.
Enkayaar, Bollywood Trade News Network
Labels: Deepika Padukone, Eros International, Farah Khan, Om Shanti Om, Red Chillies Entertainment, Saawariya, Shahrukh Khan
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Friday, November 23, 2007
'Om Shanti Om' in UK's top 10
'Om Shanti Om' is being shown across 1,400 plus screens globally. It saw first week gross collections of $13.5 million in India and $2 million in North America.
According to reports, 'Om Shanti Om', released with a World Premiere here on November 9, 2007, has so far grossed over $19 million from India and overseas in the first week.
According to the latest revenue figures in the UK, American Gangster is heading the list with a gross to date $5,280,819 followed by Beowulf and Ratatouille.
The film is produced by Red Chillies entertainment and directed by Farah Khan.
The Economic Times
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Wednesday, November 21, 2007
OSO is the biggest opening week grosser in history of Indian cinema
Eros International, the leading integrated company within the Indian media & entertainment sector announces an unprecedented opening of Shah Rukh Khan’s Om Shanti Om, produced by Red Chillies Entertainment and directed by Farah Khan. The film opened to rave reviews and advance bookings on the 9th November and has since grossed over US$19mn worldwide in its first week making it the most successful opening in Indian cinema history.
Om Shanti Om released across 1,400 plus screens globally, and for the first time saw screenings as early as 7.45 a.m. in certain multiplexes in India, making it one of the most anticipated films in recent times. Om Shanti Om’s staggering first week gross collections of US$13.5mn in India make it the best ever opening there.
The figures overseas are no less remarkable with the film grossing $1.5mn at the UK box office and over $2mn in North America in its first week. With as many as 14-16 shows planned daily in its second week at some multiplexes, Eros International is looking forward to an excellent run of King Khan’s film offering.
Kishore Lulla, Chairman and CEO, Eros International Plc said: “We are ecstatic with the audience as well as critics’ reactions to Om Shanti Om. It was one of the most awaited films of the year and we are excited that the magic combination of Shah Rukh Khan and Farah Khan has proved to be a huge success once again. The superb run of the film in the first week has super ceded all expectations and we are confident of the film’s performance in the weeks to come.”
“We were expecting a commercial success but this kind of response has been overwhelming. It’s great that audiences as well as critics have appreciated the film. We had a lot of fun making this film and I am thrilled that audiences are having fun watching it too”, Farah Khan added.
With the film opening in cinemas in India to a fantastic 95-100% capacity audiences and maintaining a steady 80-90% from Monday, Om Shanti Om promises to be the biggest film of SRK’s career.
Om Shanti Om stars Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone in pivotal roles. The film's score and soundtrack has been composed by the musical duo, Vishal Shekhar with lyrics by Javed Akhtar. Cinematography for the movie is by V. Manikandan whilst editing is handled by Shirish Kunder.
Om Shanti Om is a story of love, dreams, betrayal and destiny revolving around a film actor ‘Om’ (Shah Rukh Khan) and his love interest ‘Shanti’ (Deepika Padukone). Om was a junior artist and Shanti a superstar in the 1970’s. He was her biggest fan. She was his biggest inspiration.
The film has over 30 of Bollywood's hottest stars including Salman Khan, Rani Mukherjee, Kajol, Sanjay Dutt, Priyanka Chopra, Preity Zinta, Saif Ali Khan and many more putting in a guest appearance. Eros has previously distributed Main Hoon Na as well as Paheli, which are both Red Chillies Productions.
With Om Shanti Om, Eros International continues its successful line up of global releases including hits like Omkara, Salaam-E-Ishq, Eklavya, Provoked, Namastey London, Cheeni Kum, Partner, Gandhi My Father, Heyy Babyy etc.
IndianInfoline.com
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Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Om Shnati Om Continues its Blockbuster Overseas Run
After resetting the first weekend Bollywood record in the US, the film moves on to an astonishing $2,892,773 in just ten days and is now certain to dethrone the top grosser KABHI ALVIDA NAA KEHNA's (2006) $3,275,444. Interesting to note that both the movies have one thing in common, Shah Rukh Khan.
Moving on to UK, OM SHANTI OM is now the top UK grosser of 2007, with $1,997,013. It has moved past the previous record holder, NAMASTEY LONDON's $1,730,000 (approx).
The movie that released with OM SHANTI OM, Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Ranbir, Sonam, Salman (special appearance) and Rani starrer SAAWARIYA is now way behind, mainly due to a heavy fall in collections. SAAWARIYA has so far grossed $805,054 in the US and $554,271 in the UK.
Abid, Bollywood Trade News Network
Labels: Arjun Rampal, Deepika Padukone, Eros International, Farah Khan, Kirron Kher, Om Shanti Om, Red Chillies Entertainment, Shahrukh Khan, Shreyas Talpade
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Saturday, November 17, 2007
Will Om Shanti Om break Dhoom 2 record ?
The million dollar question now is whether the film's extraordinary run would continue for next few weeks as well, hence crossing the 85 crore target set by the YRF production?
While DHOOM:2 had opened at 35 crores, it had gone on to record very good collections in the subsequent weeks to touch the 85 crore mark as well in around 10 weeks. In fact the second week of the film had seen further 22 crores coming in while the third week also crossed 10 crores.
However, the film also benefited from the fact that a) it was a sole release and b) films like BABUL, ARYAN and KABUL EXPRESS were hardly any commercial competitors. In fact BHAGAM BHAG was the only film which boasted of good box office collection after DHOOM:2 in 2006.
On the other hand OM SHANTI OM, which has seen excellent collections in week one and promises to break week 2 record as well, doesn't really enjoy such luxuries. Barring current week and the weekend of 14th December, every subsequent week sees a major box office release. While GOAL arrives on 23rd November, AAJA NACHLE comes on 30th November, DUS KAHANIYAAN on 7th December and the trio of WELCOME, TAARE ZAMEEN PAR and HALL BOL on 21st December.
With such huge competition in hand, if OM SHANTI OM still manages to stay on in the limelight and earn more than 85 crores, it would certainly be an achievement in itself.
Joginder Tuteja, Bollywood Trade News Network
Labels: Arjun Rampal, Deepika Padukone, Eros International, Farah Khan, Om Shanti Om, Red Chillies Entertainment, Shahrukh Khan, Shreyas Talpade
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B.O.: Om Shanti Om collects 7.19 crores in Mumbai
Om Shanti Om - Week 1
# Mumbai - 7,19,19,944 (Incl. Thane)
# Ahmedabad - 1,89,36,855
# Himmatnagar - 10,02,160
# Baroda - 13,06,850
# Bharuch - 10,02,770
# Jamnagar - 9,57,808
# Bhavnagar - 8,88,302
# Pune - 15,59,364
# Ahmedabad - 6,67,729
# Goa - 21,28,686
# Nasik - 12,56,241
# Delhi - 3,07,33,710
# Noida - 39,20,396
# Kaushambi - 10,73,130
# Gurgaon - 50,19,717
# Ghaziabad - 8,60,197
# Aligarh - 8,67,095
# Agra - 7,50,000
# Bareilly - 5,00,347 (record)
# Faizabad - 16,59,161
# Nagpur - 28,36,246
# Raipur - 19,79,263
# Bhilai - 5,72,105 (record)
# Chandrapur - 4,49,539 (record)
# Amravati - 5,70,511 (record)
# Yavatmal - 2,32,324 (record)
# Wardha - 3,32,736 (record)
# Durg - 2,30,825 (record)
# Akola - 4,34,814 (record)
# Indore - 20,64,363
# Ujjain - 3,25,600
# Sehore - 1,68,300
# Jaipur - 24,89,963
# Kota - 8,58,333
# Ajmer - 6,55,307
# Kolkatta - 65,27,378
# Guwahati - 3,11,488
# Darjeeling - 5,35,960
# Bangalore - 22,10,289
# Chennai - 5,03,775
(Average per print: 9,12,504)
Total collections for Week 1: 17,12,99,581
Total Collections (Till Date): 17,12,99,581
Total Gross: 17,12,99,581
By: Taran Adarsh Source: IndiaFM
Labels: Arjun Rampal, Deepika Padukone, Eros International, Farah Khan, Kirron Kher, Om Shanti Om, Red Chillies Entertainment, Shahrukh Khan, Shreyas Talpade
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Om Shanthi Om running packed houses in Sri Lanka
Om Shanthi Om is a thorough entertainer which is drawing large crowds to theatres in all parts of the world where a staggering 2,000 prints are being screened.
OM SHANTI OM tells the story of Om [Shah Rukh Khan] and Shanti [Deepika Padukone]. Om is a junior artist in the 70s. Shanti is the reigning superstar. He is her biggest fan. He is in love with her. Om dreams of being a superstar, but an incident changes his life forever.
Om dies in a mishap, but is reborn into the present day. He attempts to discover the mystery of his demise…
The first twist in the tale comes as a bolt from the blue. The second jhatka comes slightly before the intermission, when Arjun takes Deepika to the set of his film 'Om Shanti Om' and the entire episode that follows, right till the intermission, is spellbinding. That's a brilliant stroke from the writing [screenplay: Mushtaq Shaikh and Farah Khan] as also the execution point of view. When the opulent set is set to flames, it leaves you wide-eyed and awe-struck. Such is the impact!
The post-interval portions only get better and better! If the initial portions are laced with humour, the second half moves into a new zone completely.
Director Farah Khan knows what her priorities are and most importantly, knows exactly what her target audience is. The execution of a number of sequences clearly shows Farah's growth as a storyteller. Mushtaq and Farah's writing works because the writers pull out several surprises in those 2.46 hours.
SRK proves his supremacy yet again. If you thought that playing to the gallery came easy to certain actors only, watch SRK spin magic in OM SHANTI OM. He's magnificent, the star attraction, the soul of this film, the true baadshah.
Deepika has all it takes to be a top star -- the personality, the looks and yes, she's supremely talented too. Standing in the same frame as SRK and getting it right is no small achievement. She comes as a whiff of fresh air!
Arjun Rampal is a complete revelation. Cast in a negative role this time, he enacts his part with panache and style. Shreyas Talpade is another surprise. A complete natural, he stands on his feet all through, not getting swayed while sharing the screen space with the topmost star.
On the whole, OM SHANTI OM is Bollywood masala in its truest form and also, at its best.
A special screening of ‘Om Shanthi Om’ will be held at the Majestic Theatre in Bambalapitiya at 4.30 pm for special guests and invitees.
The special show is sponsored by Shan Group of Companies.
(Edited)
Daily Mirror - Sri Lanka
Labels: Arjun Rampal, Deepika Padukone, Eros International, Farah Khan, Kirron Kher, Om Shanti Om, Red Chillies Entertainment, Shahrukh Khan, Shreyas Talpade
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