Bolo "OM Shanti OM"

I don’t consider Farha Khan a superb director. But, I reconsider my stand now. The lady has created a marvelous work (though not perfect, but largely satisfying in terms of entertainment). My ratings for OSO: (4 – 0.31 =) 3.69 / 5 (-0.31 for the SRK’s overacting)

OSO is a complete film - a film about films (1970s-2007). It has all stuff in it, every type of cinema you can think of…comedy, horror, drama, tragedies, love-filled-dreams, etc. Infact, if you do a rigorous analysis of the script and the way it has been portrayed, you will come to an ‘award-winning’ conclusion for the movie.

Story:

Story of OSO is one of its major USPs. Though most parts of the script have been taken from numerous blockbusters (Karz, etc), OSO when seen as a whole package is anytime entertaining. The makers have assured that the movie is accepted by all types and also turns out to be a highly successful commercial venture. OSO major characters include a junior artist (aapna-chotu), an INDIAN beauty (Ms. Waah-waah) and ‘bigname’ film-maker (the-ganda-bacha). The minor characters include junior’s mother (chotu-ki-ma) and junior’s bro (chotu-ka-bada-bhai). It also contains numerous other genuine authentic moviestars and uncountable look-alikes. Please take my apologies as I can’t elaborate on those look-likes (they were just everywhere in the movie). Here’s a brief summary –

1970s: aapna-chotu falls in love with Ms. Waah-waah. But she is having some major panga with the-ganda-bacha. Conclusively, the-ganda-bacha takes the lead in the first half by Ctrl+Alt+Del Ms. Waah-waah & aapna-chotu. But post interval is magic. with

2007: Thanks to ‘bhagwan ka karishma’ aapna-chotu reincarnates himself onto an overactor (who else, Mr. SRK). Now, he along with chotu-ki-ma, chotu-ka-bada-bhai, etc takes revenge with the-ganda-bacha. Ms. Waah-waah too has a role to play! Watch out

Actors and Overactors:

On technical lines, OSO must have 30+ actors in it (you name it and all are present in the OSO family…Big B, Chotu B, Aks Baby, Dharam Chacha, Mithun Da, Munnabhai, Dinosaur Morea, Saif Baba, Sallu Bhai, Chi-chi uncle, Shetty Bhaiya, etc etc…). Same is the case with actresses (Ms. World, Ms. Universe, Ms. Asia Pacific, Shridevi aunty, Oye-kuch-mila Matolkar, Vidya Belan, Piya Mirza, Kaju-roll, D®ekha didi, Pretty Sinta, etc etc….even memory + can’t get me more names).

Official Actors and official Overactors:

KKKK….Khan (plays aapna-chotu) – Won’t be criticizing him much, because he actually acted in some scenes. His funny scenes in first half were really well appreciative. Esp. the scene in which he fights the Archies’ Lion and then slaps him saying, “Pussy Cat Pussy Cat, where have you been? I have been to London to see the Queen...Bad CAT…Naughty Pussy.” Must say, he played his 1970 part very wisely. But coming into 2007, his overacting returns. Same overacting senti scenes…..And about those 6 packs, as Salaman Khan said and I quote “Shahrukh’s six pack must have turned into four by now”..YES they have :P

ShriYA Tadpale (plays chotu-ka-bada-bhai) – full justice to his role.

Kiran Kheer (plays chotu-ki-ma) – Awesome acting skills shown esp. in her 1970s part.

Armstrong Rampal (the-ganda-bacha) – This is easily his best performance. He plays the villain of OSO and bang!! plays the role with style.

My (oops Ms.) Deepika Padukone (Ms. Waah-waah) – This gorgeous beautiful debutant will surely do well (no second thoughts). The charm and the elegance she carries with her is miraculously mind-boggling. The best part in her is her face – simply angelic and adorable. And what to say about the dimpled smile, her one smile can erase away all the tensions of the world. The dresses she wore in the movie make her more alluring (esp. the 1970s ones). Summing up, I won’t call her ‘sexy’; rather I would call her ‘sunder’…a simple sunder INDIAN beauty :). Note: She should not be compared with any other actresses (of which most of them have headline as: Love me, love my dog :P). And as far as acting is concerned, her 1970’s version role wasn’t that tough, but still it was justified to perfection. Flaws did came in the second half (2007’s version), but they were minor.

The (+)es

OSO gives you that retro feel, an uncommon trait. Also, the first half is a cool breezier and has all types of cinema in it – drama, love, romance, tragedy, etc. First half is flawless. Presence of so0O many stars is an addition fascinating reason.

The (-)es

Second half will surely give you some disappointments. That 10 min 31 stars enabled song is a waste and breaks down the pace of the picture a bit. Another song, dedicated to SRK’s 6 pack is an unnecessary entry. Infact, Akshay Kumar overshadowed him in the first 30 min of the second half with his 2 min gag. Ending too could have been better.

But do watch it…nice entertainer…poora paisa vasool :)