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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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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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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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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Thursday, November 22, 2007
Writer Mushtaq Sheikh talks about the OSO book
When and how did the idea for writing this book originate?
When I was writing the film with Farah the idea came to me. I discussed this with Farah and Shah Rukh and both gave me the go ahead signal. I decided to write the making. The fact that I was working closely on the film gave me the push start to take up the idea. I was going to the have the all access card for the film, so I thought I would multi task and write a book too. Anyway writing a book on a film is always challenging and for a film like Om Shanti Om it becomes even more daunting. The whole process of shaping, a movie being made - into words sets my adrenaline racing. And the way the book has shaped up, I think we have hit the bull's eye.
How did you go about preparing for it?
When you write a book on a making of a movie, all you have to do is to keep all your senses alert and sharp. Eye for detail, eye for the not so detailed - all should be finely attuned. All this simply because one has to get the reader there - Right where the movie is being made. I always feel that for writing a book about movies one should love the art form. One should breathe, sleep and burp movies; I am one such creature. Movies are my G spot.
What could possibly be the most interesting episodes in this book?
The most interesting part of the book certainly will be the chapter 'Borne Again' - a chapter on re-incarnation. Its an interesting chapter where I am touching on reel and real understanding of re-incarnation. The chapter has thrown some interesting insights of the stars and the technicians...and for further details you will have to read the book itself.
After already done three books with SRK like 'The Making of Asoka', 'Devdas - The Indian Hamlet' and 'SRK - Still Reading Khan', how much scope remains in this new book to touch upon his off-screen persona?
After my books on SRK, there is no scope for anyone to write anything about SRK for that matter. Three books quite cover everything I hope. Jokes apart this book is about the movie Om Shanti Om. Its about Om the character, not Shah Rukh Khan. If you want off screen stuff about SRK, pick up 'Still Reading Khan'.
SRK fans would surely be lapping up on this book. What do you have to give to those who are not (of course a far lesser number)?
If you are not a SRK fan, then you must have seen at least one Hindi film. And by any luck if you have seen even one Hindi film then you should pick the book up. Because as I said earlier this book is a celebration of the movies. Just like Om Shanti Om is. A movie that celebrates movies and movie people. And to make things even spicier there is re-incarnation. What more could one ask for? And if nothing else works for you, there is SRK with yummier ab photos exclusively done for the book.
Joginder Tuteja, IndiaFM
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Wednesday, November 21, 2007
SRK: I am the king of the world
It's been ten days since the film released but the hype just doesn't seem to settle down. Last evening Shah Rukh Khan and his entire OSO team launched a book on the making of Om Shanti Om. And contrary to tabloid reports no one from the Saawariya camp was spotted or for that matter even missed.
Though such books are normally written as retrospectives decades after a film achieves cult status, SRK doesn't believe in wasting time. No one missed an opportunity to assert the fact that OSO had broken all records in the shortest time span possible. Poor Tom Cruise was the butt of all jokes as his film lost out to OSO's initial box office draw. In fact Sajid Khan-who was the emcee of the show, introduced SRK as 'officially the world’s biggest superstar'.
The event was held at the Sahara Star Hotel (perhaps another sign of SRK's growing association with Subarato Roy’s group) in Mumbai. It started off on a low key with early birds Vivek Vaswaney, Sanjay Gadhvi, Anju Mahendroo and a host of OSO technicians- most of whom you saw in the closing credits of the film. Things picked up with Karan Johar's arrival. Soon Subhash Ghai, Manish Malhotra, Madhur Bhandarkar, Suneil Shetty, Dino Morea and Riteish Deshmukh also walked in. Almost all the women had some secret to whisper in Johar's ears. Whereas Manish was engaged in some serious conversation about fashion with Suneel Darshan.
Among the women Ameesha Patel, was togged up in a short, revealing sky blue dress and she attracted all the attention. Sporting a new haircut, she went up individually to greet all the big daddies and in the bargain made sure those who mattered noticed her new look. Tabu sat quietly in one corner and was seen chatting mainly with KJo until Dino joined in. Arjun Rampal came in with his ravishing wife but quickly rushed backstage to join the proceedings. Meher looked rather unaffected by the spotlight on Rampal post OSO.
And then came the moment everybody was waiting for. True to his character in the film, SRK made a fashionably late entry with Farah and Deepika. The author Mushtaq Sheikh was showered with praises from the entire unit and even his acting skills (he has a cameo in the drunken scene) were complimented. While SRK's anti-BCCI statement obviously made headlines, behaving like a senior he refused to take all the credit for the success of the film.
But he did say that post OSO he truly felt 'like the king of the world'. SRK tried his best to keep every media guy happy giving bytes even as he was walking out. Modesty be damned, Farah said she knew the film would be an event so most of the book was written on the sets like a diary. She said just like the film the book was for the masses and she wouldn't like to call it a coffee table book. But there were more juicy bits to the evening.
Speaking of coffee here's an interesting bit: Now we all know that KJo is a marketing genius and loves to promote himself. So when a diamond merchant wanted him to do a Koffee With Karan at one of his private bashes, Johar didn't mind and passed on his agent's contacts. Apparently Johar does his rapid fire act at many a high profile event for big bucks. In fact he is as big a star as his fav actor. Just look at the number of people chasing him for photos and autographs and you will know about Karan's fan following.
Sajid made sure his pregnant sister was well taken care of watching every step of hers. But Gauri Khan made the most stylish entry of them all. Looking every bit the first lady of Bollywood, she sat with her select friends while the rest came up to meet her. She mainly stuck around with Mana Shetty, Neelam, Bhavna Pandey, Shabina Khan, Kajal Anand and Maheep Kapoor. In fact the only person Gauri walked up to meet was Subrato Roy thanking him for all his support. Ditto SRK who walked back from the exit to say a quick hello to the Sahara man. King Khan seems to be walking over Bachchan's exclusive domain rather quickly.
Also spotted were TV guys Hiten, Gauri and Ronit Roy who looked bored and quite frankly slightly out of place. In the end it was another feather in OSO's already crowded cap of successful promotions. Wonder if they will ever stop? But one producer summed it up well. Overheard him saying, "OSO has raised the bar for hype in Bollywood. While this has been a boon for its collections, all other films look small. Now nothing is good enough for the people".
Anand Vaishnav | Buzz18
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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 Shanti Om rocks; Saawariya fails to induce!
If the youth in Lucknow can give an overview on the popularity of the two films, they find Om Shanti Om a typical movie masala released in total Bollywood ishtyle, while Saawariya, according to them is just more than a love story and the only credit Sanjay Leela Bhansali should get is that he introduced two promising newcomers. He is no doubt a director whose legacy of successful films continues.
The two films were released last week in 50 shows together in the four multiplexes and cinema halls in Lucknow last week.
“To me OSO is a better entertainer”, said Prashant while coming out of Waves multiplex. Similar was the view of Neha and interestingly the duo had seen both the movies one after another show at the multiplex.
Tavishi had more liking for the love story in Saawariya but she felt when it comes to entertainment, Om Shanti Om has an edge.
Among youth, there is hardly anyone who has missed the two films during the week but most of them give OSO a better rating as far as entertainment is concerned. Yes, at the box office it is OSO that is singing the happy tunes. Saawariya on the other hand is never meant to be a blockbuster the way it has been portrayed. Well, even Black wasn’t a box office hit but still won accolades. For sure, one thing is concrete that Sanjay Leela Bhansali has lost the path in this flick although the film deals beautifully with the emotion of a woman and has many other highlighting features.
OSO on the other side brings back the 70’s era in a brilliant way (Except for recent controversy on the portrayal of Bharat Manoj Kumar) with great performances with SRK in the lead. Besides that the foot tapping music and spell bounding choreography has scored over Saawariya. While OSO fails highly in its script with no story and having an absurd end having no real meaning, after being inspired from Karz, one always thought OSO not to surpass the legendary movie by the showman - Subhash Ghai.
Yes, one does believe that a director of Bhansali’s calibre was expected to deliver a much better movie than Saawariya but one can’t totally sing praises of OSO either, except for it being a box office hit. But the reason why OSO still runs high is because of it’s timing of release, the movie releasing at a festive time had an audience who expected to enjoy at such a time while Saawariya even though a mediocre movie failed miserably because of its timing.
With Chak De being the only distinguishing movie so far of 2007, one strongly believes that the hype created by both the movies prior to their release has failed but still for the namesake we can give OSO a higher rating than Saawariya because of its high collections.
Still we are in search of a movie quite ‘hatke’ (different) from the regular movie masala so that we can the dream to win an Oscar can come true.
Deepanshu Mohan, MeriNews.com
Labels: Arjun Rampal, Deepika Padukone, Farah Khan, Kirron Kher, Om Shanti Om, Saawariya, Shahrukh Khan, Shreyas Talpade
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The Making of Om Shanti Om Book will be Launced in Mumbai Today
Having known SRK for the last 12 years as a journalist, friend, biographer (his book ‘Still Reading Khan’ is a detailed account of Khan’s personality and life) and now as a close associate, Shiekh feels, "if Shah Rukh trusts, then he trusts completely." Shiekh has earlier written ‘Asoka the Book’ and ‘Devdas-The Indian Hamlet’ besides penning several top telly soaps.
Farah Khan’s Om Shanti Om is busy tickling a sense of déjà vu amongst audiences worldwide. This ode to seventies embellished with colors of life and rocking superstar six pack abs has had a pied piper effect. How have you tried to chronicle such a film as this? "Those who’ve liked OSO will like the book. There are lots of glamorous photographs taken by a German photographer Jochen Mang. There are a lot of on location shots, candid shots. It’s a very in your face book. There’s a circus happening, Bollywood ishtyle. It’s a handy book. It is not as heavy as ‘Still Reading Khan’. You can take it to bed," says Shiekh.
They who may be unaware, Mushtaq played a cameo in OSO as the street urchin who gives ‘Om Makhija’ (name of SRK’s character in OSO) a piece of his mind. Also you couldn’t have missed him dancing-n-sauntering his way into the camera as the end credits rolled in. “I’ve got an unbelievable response for my cameo. Rekhaji said I was sensational. After this I can retire as an actor,” Mushtaq chuckles. What according to you is the reason for the tremendous success of Om Shanti Om? “I think it’s the magic of unadulterated entertainment. If it puts pudding on your face, it says so. It has an unapologetic outlook. Full blown entertainment never fails.”
The audience response was expected, but were you guys anticipating fantastic reviews from cinema critics? “I have always said why make a critic to be an alien. OSO just proves how cinematic brilliance can be appreciated both by the audience as well as the critics,” Shiekh signs off.
‘The Making of Om Shanti Om’ has been published by Om Books International and is priced at Rs 695/- It will be formally launched at a gala event with the OSO team celebrating in style. It goes without saying that the who’s who of Bollywood would be present at Badshah’s Bash. Do check out the exclusive video and images from this happening event tomorrow on IndiaFM.
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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
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
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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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