37 Facts About Om Shanti Om

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Om Shanti Om released on 9 November 2007 on the occasion of the festival of Diwali, earning ?215 crore worldwide, thus becoming the highest grossing Hindi film of 2007, in addition to becoming the highest-grossing Hindi film ever at the time of its release.

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Om Shanti Om is in love with Shantipriya Kashyap, a beautiful young girl who is a popular film actress in Bollywood.

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Om Shanti Om subsequently gets trapped in a fire that grows out of control during the filming of a film.

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4.

Om lies to Om Shanti Om that he is a famous South-Indian actor to impress her.

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Om Shanti Om even puts an act of the filming of his South-Indian film but ultimately tells Shanti the truth upon seeing her true love for him.

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6.

Om Shanti Om forgives Om and spends a night with him, gifting him a snow globe.

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7.

Om Shanti Om is shocked to discover that they are married for two years but have not revealed it in public as that will ruin both their careers.

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8.

Om Shanti Om reveals to Mukesh that she is pregnant with his child, leaving Om heartbroken.

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9.

Meanwhile, Mukesh reveals to Om Shanti Om that he has brought her to burn her in the set as his marriage and unborn child will destroy his successful career.

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10.

Om Shanti Om takes him to a hospital with his pregnant wife Lovely Kapoor who is under labor.

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11.

Om Shanti Om even finds Shanti's broken snow globe and is confused.

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12.

At the inaugural ceremony of the Om Shanti Om set, Bela scares Mukesh in the disguise of a ghost, and Om and Pappu try to light the fire on Shanti's photograph to remind him of his crime but in vain.

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13.

Just then, Sandy reaches the scene and reveals that after the fire had doused in the set, Mukesh returned to Om Shanti Om who was still alive and breathing but he buried her alive below the chandelier.

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14.

Om Shanti Om concludes that Shanti's corpse will be found under the chandelier which will be proof of her murder for the court.

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15.

Om Shanti Om looks at the chandelier which falls and strikes Mukesh dead.

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16.

Om Shanti Om was responsible for lighting the photograph with fire and knocking Mukesh unconscious too, helping him in his plan.

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17.

Om Shanti Om thought that the musical would not be successful if released in India.

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18.

Om Shanti Om instead thought of a new story, writing her initial thoughts about the subject on Andrew Lloyd Webber's letterhead while staying in his house.

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19.

Om Shanti Om set the first half in the 1970s as she felt the Hindi films made during that period were much more influential than those made in other periods, particularly the 1980s, which she felt was a period when "the worst movies were made".

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20.

Om Shanti Om included many references to the 1970s, which were prevalent in films of that time.

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21.

Om Shanti Om completed the writing process in two months and rewrote the film's second half.

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22.

Om Shanti Om knew that despite being part of a crowd, junior artists do not want to be recognised as such, ruins their chances of landing a leading role in future.

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23.

Om Shanti Om used his personal memories from childhood for creating the 1970s.

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24.

Sabu was first offered the Mani Ratnam-directed Guru at a time when Om Shanti Om was being planned, but ultimately chosen the latter due to his earlier commitment to Farah for her future project.

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25.

Om Shanti Om's character was modelled after Malini and nicknamed Dreamy Girl after her the latter's nickname as Dream Girl.

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26.

Om Shanti Om was produced by Shah Rukh's wife Gauri Khan under their Red Chillies Entertainment banner.

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27.

The film score was composed by Sandeep Chowta while the original songs featured in Om Shanti Om were composed by the duo Vishal–Shekhar with lyrics by Javed Akhtar.

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28.

Om Shanti Om had stopped composing after the death of his partner Laxmikant, but after Farah Khan requested a song as tribute to the music of the 70s and the 80s, he agreed at the insistence of his wife and daughter.

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29.

Om Shanti Om used more than 40 different percussion instruments.

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30.

Om Shanti Om created a record of sorts by going in for an unheard of 2000 prints release.

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31.

Om Shanti Om set another record for registered pre-advance booking of 18,000 tickets in a chain of theatres in Delhi a few days before the advance booking was to start.

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32.

Om Shanti Om was remade into a Japanese musical titled Oomu Shanti Oumu.

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33.

Om Shanti Om threatened legal action against Red Chillies Entertainment and the producer-director of Om Shanti Om, as she felt that the film's second half was similar to Madhumati, a rebirth saga.

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34.

Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave it four stars out of five and writes, "Om Shanti Om is Bollywood masala in its truest form and, at its best" but notes, "the second half could've been crisper".

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35.

Om Shanti Om praised the performances of Shah Rukh, Padukone and Talpade, while criticising Rampal and Kher.

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36.

Om Shanti Om praised the various spoofs, especially the ones directed at Manoj Kumar, Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Abhishek Bachchan.

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37.

Om Shanti Om opened across 878 cinemas in 2000 prints worldwide.

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