Om Shanti Om.....

Disclaimer:

I don't understand Hindi, and what I've understood about the story is from what I saw. Taking this review at face value may put yourself at considerable risk.

You may wonder what a guy who does not know a word of Hindi was doing at the theatre. Actually I do know a few words coming to think about it, but it isn’t going to make any difference obviously. So the reason as to why I watched to movie starts with D, ends with E, is 5' 9" tall and is Bloody GORGEOUS. Boy does she sizzle on screen as Shantipriya. I was just in awe at the aura that surrounded her. I could just about imagine myself in the exact same position as Shah Rukh in the film when he just switched to another planet completely at the scene of the Premier of Shanti's movie Dreamy Girl. It was for real.

She did justice to the role I believe. Next with Mr. King Khan. I haven't exactly been a fan of his, but yea he is a nice guy with a nice personality and was pretty apt in his role too. Plus he did some sexy Ab showing to let the gals drool as well :) ...

Now for the story. It ain't any great script. But the star studded cast and pretty decent acting make up for it. The little spoofs were fun to watch :) Specially the one with Akshay Kumar.. :D

I kind of nowadays understand the emotions attached with love and what Om feels for Shanti is not something new. It's something we've seen quite often on screen actually, both in Hollywood and Bollywood where a normal guy falls for a star of some sort. But yeah love, hmm it's a delicate topic and am not in the mood to dwell on it so lets move on.

The burning of Shanti with the set is Bizzare though. Pretty dumb actually, didn’t make much of sense to me. The re-incarnation bit dwells on supernatural stuff which have pretty much no answers so that shall be left untouched as well.

Mickey I mean Mikey or Mike as our villain is called in Hollywood does a pretty good job of acting, though I would like to have a word with the Americans who supposedly shrunk Mukesh to Mike. The lack of correlation stumps me. He might as well have been called speaker or tweeter.. :P

I was kind of expecting the Ghost of Shantipriya to show up at some point of time in the climax to give a huge twist and she did not fail me. Her sense of timing impresses me.. :)

The image of Shanti’s ghost looking at Om with a tear in her eye as she leaves still stays. I tell you, Deepika has left a huge impression in my mind….

Disclaimer part 2:

If you don’t understand a word of Hindi, it’s alright, go watch the movie. You should be able to appreciate it for most of the part, but if you don’t wish to be lost like I was at several times, it’s best you take a translator who will sacrifice watching the movie & explain each line or better still just get an original DVD with English subtitles or Learn Hindi….