Advance booking of Om Shanti Om is breaking records

At present Om Shanti Om is releasing in single screen theatres only, and except for Inox, all the other multiplexes have decided not to budge on the demand of Eros demand for more moolah.

The advance bookings of Om Shanti Om open up at a few multiplexes in Delhi like Satyam Cineplexes, MMX Galaxy, Silver City, Movie World, Movie Palace, SM World and M4U.
While bookings at the ticket windows opened only this morning, there have already been bulk bookings for the film prior to this. “Across three properties of Satyam Cineplexes there has already been a booking of 18,000 tickets till Saturday. As of today, the bookings have amounted to Rs 27.30 lakhs,” According to Eros International regional head North India Rajneesh Budhraja.

In Delhi’s single screens like Golcha, Sheila and Vishal, the advance bookings have amounted to Rs 1.64 lakh, Rs 1.52 lakhs and Rs 1.35 respectively. According to Budhraja,It is the highest ever in Delhi.

Sources : http://www.businessofcinema.com/ | http://www.omshantiom.org/

Dont smoke in public Shahrukh !

A legal notice was issued by an NGO - National Organisation for Tobacco Eradication for smoking in public against Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan during two recent events.

Shahrukh Khan has been found smoking at two public places i.e., the Twenty20 cricket match in Mumbai and Hindustan Times Summit in Delhi.

"Images of Shahrukh Khan inhaling smoke were shown on Doordarshan channel during the telecast of the Twenty20 cricket match in Mumbai on October 20. The national television channel's telecast of such outrageous images is another act worth condemnation," general secretary Dr. Shekhar Salkar said.

Priof to this incident, Shahrukh was shown with a lighted cigartte in his hand while sitting on the dias during the Hindustan Times summit in Delhi on October 12 and 13.

"A superstar, imitated and adored by millions cannot lend a helping hand to promote smoking," Salkar added.

- Bollywood Gossips

Om Shanti Om Wallpapers

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Om Shanti Om Crew Members on Catwalk

Om Shanti Om crew members walk on the Ramp

From silver screen to ramp: Shoppers’ Stop unveils the 'Om Shanti Om' collection in true Bollywood style.

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Shah Rukh plays double role in 'Om Shanti Om'

Shah Rukh Khan plays a double role in Farah Khan's eagerly awaited Om Shanti Om and takes pot shots at many Bollywood stalwarts of the past, including Manoj Kumar, a source closely involved with film said.

King Khan plays Om, a struggling junior artiste in the 1970s, who is bumped off by a jealous hero played by Arjun Rampal.

While the theme of reincarnation and revenge is a direct tribute to Subhash Ghai's Karz, there are several passages in the film where the biggies of the 1970s are targeted.

Apparently one of the primary targets of satire is Manoj Kumar, the man who wrote and re-wrote a considerable amount of the grammar and glamour of commercial Hindi cinema.

'But all in good faith. There's no malice intended in the satire. Shah Rukh and Farah are counting on the belief that people in the film industry have a sense of humour,' the source said.

- AOL India

Saawariya Vs Om Shanti Om

Two big ambitious projects are ready to hit box-office this festive season. SRK and Farah Khan’s ‘Om Shanti Om’ and Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Saawariya’. Taking a close look at them, one realizes that both are following the same marketing target via different routes.




For ‘Om Shanti Om’, everyone is quite aware of SRK’s shirtless ‘Dard-e-disco’ and flaunting six-pack abs. And For ‘Saawariya’, there is a rumour going round that RK Banner’s next big hope, Ranbir Kapoor, will be seen prancing around in a see-through white towel (how RK-ish, remember all those RK heroines wet and white?).




Both the movies have a new female face and where Sonam Kapoor was forbidden to show her face before SLB gave the green signal, Shah Rukh’s co-star Deepika Padukone’s celebrity face was too well-known to be kept in ‘Purdah’.




both the directors have kept mum about their basic storyline. Only producer SRK and director Farah Khan are so friendly and fun-loving and Bhansali is so brusque and bristly that one tends to put them both in different categories.




Hmmm.. whatever marketing strategies maye be, with Ranbir Kapoor’s butt versus SRK’s shirtless abs, Bollywood Box Office is all ready this festive season for some good fireworks

- BollywoodGossips.Net

Om Shanti Om - Movie Review

Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Shreyas Talpade, Deepika Padukone, Arjun Rampal, and Malaika Arora Khan Director: Farah Khan This film focuses on Om (Shah Rukh Khan) who grows up in the seventies. This is the time when he meets Shanti (Dipika Padukone ), the love of his life but shortly thereafter suffers an untimely demise. Om is immediately reincarnated and the story flash forwards to the present day. Haunted by memories of his past life and his true love, Om attempts to solve the mystery of his death, and also reunite with Shanti, the love of his past life. Om Shanti Om is said to be inspired by the Hollywood movie, Chances Are, where a man is reincarnated and instantaneously attempts to find the wife from his previous life. Om Shanti Om has over 30 well known Bollywood stars including Salman Khan, Rani Mukherjee, Kajol, Sanjay Dutt, Priyanka Chopra, Preity Zinta and Saif Ali Khan putting in a guest appearance for a special song and dance sequence in the film, a concept recently used by Farah's brother, Sajid Khan in the opening number of his film, Heyy Babyy. Farah Khan's husband, Shirish Kunder (director of Jaan E Mann) is in charge of Om Shanti om's editing. He was previously involved in the same department for Farah's debut movie, Main Hoon Na. Om Shanti Om features Shah Rukh Khan in the lead role and introduces Deepika Padukone as his love interest. The supporting cast includes Arjun Rampal (recently seen in the film Don) and Shreyas Talpade. - SantaBanta . Com

'Dard-e-Disco is a dumb song'

If you see Dhol and the other all-boys' comedies, you would agree dumbing -down is the order of the Friday.

Nevertheless Javed Akhtar's rhyming scheme in the track Dard-e-disco in Om Shanti Om comes as a bit of a shocker.

The lyric goes, " Dil mein mere hai dard-e-disco…. Phirta hoon main New York, Paris, LA, San Francisco…Dil mein mere hai dard-e-disco…Wohchhod gaya mujhe peechle mahiney ke 26 taarikh ko…Dil Mein mere hai dard-e-disco …

Er…. . It's the time to disco for Javed Saab. After Gulzar's dime-store prattle in Jhoom Baraabar Jhoom it's the the other bard's turn to get verse.

Laughs Javed Saab, "You must understand every song in a film has to go with the given situation and character. The dumbing-down, as you call it, in Dard-e-disco comes from the fact that the guy who sings it, a is a bit of silly goose, not exactly intellectually equipped to sprout poetry.

In the film-within-a-film in Om Shanti Om it's shown that the hero (played by Shah Rukh) insists that an absurd song be composed for him to sing and dance on stage.

While writing lines I had to constantly keep reminding myself that the song wasn't for Shah Rukh but the character that the Star plays in a film within the film. We had to constantly keep checking my poetry to make sure it didn't sound intelligent. Every time I'd come up with a poetic image I'd be shouted down. "

We've had instances of lyricists trying to sound more poetic than they are capable of being. This is the first occasion when a poet actually had to scale down his skills to accommodate the character's intellect.

- SantaBanta . Com

Gauri Khan in Om Shanti Om

Hot gossips is going on that we will see soon gauri khan soon acting in "Om shanti Om" .For the first time ever , Gauri will play a little walk-in role in this film produced by her self.

The scene depicts Gauri to walk a red carpet for a song at the end of the movie as the credits come on. Typically Farah, the technicians and crew members of the movie take a bow too in this number. Farah had tried earlier in vain to convince the elusive Mrs Khan to make a guest appearance in her first movie, Main Hoon Na . “But she ditched me. I think, Shah Rukh convinced her to do it this time,” said Farah.
Gauri is said to get bored very easily of the takes and several retakes while shooting.

“She has no patience, that’s why we don’t try to get her in front of the camera,” explained Farah. “However, for this shot, she just had to step out of a car and walk the red carpet waving to the crowd like a star.” According to the director, Gauri did not require to put in much effort for this scene. “She is very natural before the camera and is poised and stylish even otherwise,” said Farah. “Next time, I’ll try and get her to do an entire song!”


That Gauri is a style diva in Bollywood, is known. Men are also reported to find her hot! And she has constantly attracted the attention of ad filmmakers and movie producers who have all tried unsuccessfully to lure her onto the screen. Mira Nair was one of them.

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Chak De India enters Curriculum of business schools

Chak De India team gets another reason to smile. The word Chak De India not only drove them to win the world Cup in the film but now, has created its magic on MBA students as well. Chak De India will make its entry in textbooks of Business schools as a case study. The subject dealt in Chak De India and Curriculum of business schools might be poles apart. However, Chak De India boasts about a magnificent inspiration taken by management schools from various places in India, says YRF spokesperson, Monika Bhattacharya, “We have been getting mails from institutes in Chandigarh and Bhopal saying that they are including the film into their curriculum.” Chak De team, especially SRK and the director Shimit Amin have felt extremely proud to make such an inspirational film, says Monika,” It’s feels great as it is a matter of honour. We didn’t probably expect that the film would have such kind of effect on the youth and inspire people in such a way. I think it’s very heartening.” Before Chak De India, Lagaan and Corporate were included in management syllabus.

Chak De India: Character Briefs

The Coach: Kabir Khan (Shahrukh Khan): Once the hero of Indian Hockey, the best Centre forward in the world, the man a nation found a hero in.And the man it sentenced to hell.Now he has decided to make a last comeback to the game heonce loved, to reclaimhis lost honour and prove his point to thenation he still loves.By doing the impossible.Making a rag-tag bunch of loser girls a team.And the World Champions.

Chak De India: Character Briefs

Preeti Sabarwal: Preeti went to the best public schools, but on her way to Harvard from there, took a sharp left towards the Punjab University and its hockey team for reasons best known to her. Chandigarh captain, she looks like Princess Leia and plays like the terminator, the only one she's close to is her iPod. Would you then blame the rest of her mostly rural team-mates for calling her mem? She has a secret, but then, that's a secret.

Chak De India: Character Briefs

Komal Chautala: The Rohtak Express, also known as chhokra in her village for her tomboyishness,and as chhipkali in her team for her devious dribbling. Born to tough Jats, she has just one regret - that she wasn't born a boy. But she's doing all she can to make up, including not using make-up. Ever.

Chak De India: Character Briefs

Bindia Naik: Experience corrupts, and too much experience corrupts completely. A veteran of field positions, federation politics and award manipulations, she could make any team's dirty tricks department proud, if she wasn't the department herself in real life.

Chak De India: Character Briefs

Vidya Sharma: Just married. And it already looks like she will have to divorce hockey. She knows this is probably her last tournament but can she give up hockey for marriage?

Chak De India: Character Briefs

Aliyah Bose: Sexy Aliya should have been born in the swinging 70's. The world is a winery of boys and she's the taster-in-chief. And she takes her job very seriously. In spare time she also plays hockey, unfortunately she's good at it, and so year after year, team managers and coaches have tolerated her.

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Gunjan Lakhani: This Hyderabadi potti has seen it all, because she knows when to shut her eyes.Playing with seniors Bindia and Aliya has taught her only one thing - there are more games off the field than on it. And a smart player knows how to stay out to stay in.

Chak De India: Character Briefs

Soimoi Kerketa: From Jharkhand Grameen Adivasi Balika Kalyan Kendra Vidyalaya on the edge of Ghamaorni jungle, straight New Delhi. Dicey Hindi and devious English confound her as much as hair-raising roads, blood-curdling cars and monstrous skyscrapers. Not to mention the other creatures around her who call themselves girls. But she knows what to do with a stick and a ball. That she knows.

Chak De India: Character Briefs

Nethra Reddy: The grounds-man's little daughter who grew up in stadiums among players, and dreamt of being one herself. All she ever wanted to do was to make her dad proud,and finally, she's an inch away from her dream...

Chak De India: Character Briefs

Morry Zimik & Mary Ralte: They are clubbed as one because that's how they eat, live and behave. Their school books taught them that they are Indians but Indians taught them otherwise.The only reason they play for the national team is that it is the only national team they can play for. They'd love to belong, but not to the team that calls them 'foreign',and definitely not to the people that call them 'loose'. So they stick together and play.For the love of the game, and the honour of their people.