Lead heroine romanced hero 21 years older, became overnight star, film won 38 awards, name is…, Vivek Oberoi rejected the movie due to…

It has been over 22 years since Farah Khan’s blockbuster movie Om Shanti Om (2007) hit the silver screens. Stuffed by terrific performances of Shah Rukh Khan, Arjun Rampal, Shreyas Talpade, Kirron Kher and Deepika Padukone in her first movie, Om Shanti Om is a musical movie corpulent of drama, action, comedy and of direction romance. All the pieces that makes a movie masterpiece!

What's Om Shanti Om about?

Plot in 90s backdrop, Om Shanti Om follows the chronicle of a junior artist Om Prakash Mehra (portrayed by Shah Rukh Khan), who falls head over heels in like with a prominent actress Shantipriya (Deepika Padukone). After he secretly discovers that she is trapped in an abusive marriage with a producer, Om tries to assist her however dies doing so. 30 years later, he is reborn as a son of a star, residing the existence he had always dreamed of as an aspiring actor. But what’s attention-grabbing is that Om is born with memories of his past existence. After assembly the producer who killed him and Shanti, he items out on a mission to squawk him and jam justice for Shanti’s spoil.

Om Shanti Om vs Saawariya field utter of job clash

Om Shanti Om clashed with Ranbir Kapoor’s debut inaugurate Saawariya on the sphere utter of job on November 9, 2007. Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone’s movie outperformed Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s romantic drama, incomes Rs 152 crore worldwide, while Saawariya earned correct Rs 39.22 crore. Made on a funds of Rs 40 crore, the Farah Khan directorial turned the very best-grossing Hindi movie in 2007, surpassing Dhoom 2, Saawariya on the sphere utter of job.

In step with IMDb, Om Shanti Om obtained a entire 38 awards and got about 30 nominations. At the fifty fifth Nationwide Film Awards, Deepika Padukone obtained Best Feminine Debut award, and Shah Rukh Khan bagged Best Actor award. Whereas, Shreyas Talpade obtained best supporting actor, and Farah Khan obtained Best Director award.

Om Shanti Om saw reunion of Shah Rukh Khan and Farah Khan after their blockbuster collaboration Fundamental Hoon Na. For the unversed, Vivek Oberoi used to be first equipped a role in Om Shanti Om, however he turned down the offer and chose gangster drama Shootout at Lokhandwala over Farah Khan’s romantic drama.