OM SHANTI OM ("Om Peace Om") is a forthcoming Hindi film to be directed by Farah Khan. It stars Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone in pivotal roles. The [film]'s score and soundtrack will be composed by the musical duo, Vishal-Shekhar with lyrics by renowned poet, Gulzar. Music sittings for the film were recently held at [Madras]. Cinematography for the movie is handled by V. Manikandan whilst editing is handled by Shirish Kunder, both who have previously worked with Khan in Main Hoon Na. The film is said to be based on [reincarnation]. Shooting of the film will begin in January 2007 at various locations in India . The film is slated for release November 9, 2007.

Plot

The story centers on an artist, Om (Shahrukh Khan), who grows up in the seventies, meets the love of his life (Deepika Padukone) and shortly thereafter suffers an untimely demise. He is immediately reincarnated and the story flash-forwards to the present day. Haunted by the memories of his past life and love, he attempts to not only solve the mystery of his death, but also reunite with the love of his past life. The problem is that she is now much older than him and does not believe that he is the reincarnation of the man she once loved

Cast

  • Shahrukh Khan...... Om
    Deepika Padukone......Shanti
    Shreyas Talpade ......
    Javed Sheikh ......
    Arjun Rampal ......
    Akshay Kumar...... as himself (Special appearance)
    Salman Khan...... as himself (Special appearance)
    Hrithik Roshan...... as himself (Special appearance)
    Rani Mukerji...... as herself (Special appearance)
    Kajol...... as herself (Special appearance)
    Sanjay Dutt...... as himself (Special appearance)
    Karisma Kapoor...... as herself (Special appearance)
    Juhi Chawla...... as herself (Special appearance)
    Priyanka Chopra...... as herself (Special appearance)
    Saif Ali Khan...... as himself (Special appearance)
    Shilpa Shetty...... as herself (Special appearance)
    Urmila Matondkar...... as herself (Special appearance)
    Preity Zinta...... as herself (Special appearance)
    Dharmendra...... as himself (Special appearance)
    Jeetendra...... as himself (Special appearance)
    Rishi Kapoor...... as himself (Special appearance)
    Mithun Chakraborty...... as himself (Special appearance)
    Rekha...... as herself (Special appearance)
    Shabana Azmi...... as herself (Special appearance)
    Tabu...... as herself (Special appearance)
    Govinda...... as himself (Special appearance)
    Bobby Deol...... as himself (Special appearance)
    Lara Dutta...... as herself (Special appearance)
    Suniel Shetty...... as himself (Special appearance)
    Tusshar Kapoor...... as himself (Special appearance)
    Vidya Balan...... as herself (Special appearance)
    Malaika Arora Khan...... as herself (Special appearance)
    Amrita Arora...... as herself (Special appearance)
    Arbaaz Khan...... as himself (Special appearance)
    Ritesh Deshmukh...... as himself (Special appearance)
    Aftab Shivdasani...... as himself (Special appearance)
    Zayed Khan...... as himself (Special appearance)
    Dino Morea...... as himself (Special appearance)
    Subhash Ghai...... as himself (Special appearance)
    Vishal Dadlani ...... as himself (Special appearance)
    Karan Johar...... as himself (Special appearance)
    Amitabh Bachchan ...... as himself (Special appearance)
    Abhishek Bachchan...... as himself (Special appearance)
    Sridevi...... as herself (Special appearance)

Crew

Director: Farah Khan
Screenplay: Farah Khan
Story: Farah Khan
Dialogue: Abbas Tyrewala
Producers: Shah Rukh Khan & Gauri Khan
Music: Vishal-Shekhar
Cinematography: V. Manikandan
Editing: Shirish Kunder
Choreography: Farah Khan
Lyrics: Gulzar

Trivia

Farah Khan who was supposed to do "Happy New Year!!!" scrapped that project to do this film.
The films didtribution rights have abeen sold for a record amount of 750 mn Rupees. The Previous record was held by the Rajnikanth starrer Sivaji: The Boss
Renowned Composer A.R.Rahman opted out of this movie, as T-Series did not agree to share the copyrights of music with him and the lyricist.
SRK’s `Red Chilies` had created history when they sold the all world rights of their under production Om Shanti Om for a whopping Rs 75 crore to`Eros International`.
Renowned Composer Pyarelal of the Laxmikant Pyarelal duo will be a guest composer for this film
over 30 of the Bollywood's hottest stars are putting in a guest appearance for a special song in the film.

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