Well, if any movie stars Sharukh Khan, or the Badshah Khan, the reviewer should remain cautious at the time of analyzing the film. The same happens with this too. More, since after going through Chak De India, one should (and why not?) be filled with a strong notion of expectation of Om Shanti Om. But how far has been the movie, before coming to that conclusion, let's check out the storyline of the movie.
The story of Om Shanti Om moves in this line. Om Prakash Makhija (Shahrukh Khan) is a junior artist who has a strong aspiration to become a superstar one day and live life of luxury and comfort. He happens to be a die-hard fan and a secret lover of popular actress Shanti Priya (Deepika Padukone). His mother and Papu (Shreyas Talpade) are the only true believers of his talent. A fire accident on one of the shooting sets introduces Shanti to Om. As Om finds happiness and satisfaction he finds out an untold truth of Shanti being married to film producer Mukesh Mehra (Arjun Rampal) who kills her after she admits her pregnancy to him. As a witness to this crime, Om gets killed in a fight with Mehra's men. Om Prakash comes back to the world now as Om Kapoor, a star-kid. Om Kapoor is all set to take revenge on Mehra for killing his love Shanti. He plans a conspiracy with Shanti's clone Sandy, his mother and friend Papu to make Mehra (who is now a big producer in Hollywood) confess about his deadly crime. Now the question remains will the purpose of Om's rebirth be fulfilled? Will Mukesh Mehra confess his crime? What's the future of Om and Sandy?
Now when it is is the time to review, I would be sorry to be quite ruthless. The technical prowess of the movie is impressive, but as an entertainer, it is indeed a major disappointment. The fact that it is such a terrible let down, is yet to sink in. We need to know what was the director (Farah Khan) thinking? We would be happy to know whether she is the same person who directed a decent entertainer like Main Hoon Na? Even what was in the mind of King Khan at the time of accepting the script? The film, as a whole, is the finest specimen of gross disappointment.
