To say I was disappointed with Om Shanti Om is putting it very mildly indeed.
The plot was wafer thin, with a few and I mean A FEW good scenes/sequences here and there such as SRK's take off on Quick Gun Murugan, the title song was fun as the cinema audience enjoyed the appearance of their favourite stars and even Manoj Kumar at the premiere. The best sequence in the movie was probably the Filmfare awards sequence where they showed the nominations for the best actor.........with some interesting cameos especially from the person who I think stands out in all of his recent movies ---- Akshay Kumar..do not miss his nomination video!!!!!
Deepika Padukone is beautiful but I felt that the 70's outfits did not really suit her modern model's figure although she was not bad at all. She was gorgeous in the 2nd half as a modern girl. SRK was 'OK' but I felt he was far better in Chak De plus I always hate him when he tries to be cool and act all hip. Shreyas Talpade was wasted but performed well....Kirron Kher was good and seemed to be the only person who performed in the right spirit for the movie i.e. with her tongue firmly in cheek. Arjun Rampal was also good although I still feel that Bollywood make up people still have a long way to go to make people age properly on celluloid.
Farah Khan's direction was good and innovative and even inspired in places but you have to place the blame on her for the script.... plus her choreography has gone down the drain. Dard E Disco could have been a classic but it was choreographed so poorly but the visualisation was taken to the next level simply because of the SRK 4 pack or was it 5-pack????
At least now we will see evidence of the full box office clout of the King Khan as I feel that this movie is going to make money especially since Sawariya seems to have received poor reviews.
Final Verdict - Masala film with some inspired comic sequences
The plot was wafer thin, with a few and I mean A FEW good scenes/sequences here and there such as SRK's take off on Quick Gun Murugan, the title song was fun as the cinema audience enjoyed the appearance of their favourite stars and even Manoj Kumar at the premiere. The best sequence in the movie was probably the Filmfare awards sequence where they showed the nominations for the best actor.........with some interesting cameos especially from the person who I think stands out in all of his recent movies ---- Akshay Kumar..do not miss his nomination video!!!!!
Deepika Padukone is beautiful but I felt that the 70's outfits did not really suit her modern model's figure although she was not bad at all. She was gorgeous in the 2nd half as a modern girl. SRK was 'OK' but I felt he was far better in Chak De plus I always hate him when he tries to be cool and act all hip. Shreyas Talpade was wasted but performed well....Kirron Kher was good and seemed to be the only person who performed in the right spirit for the movie i.e. with her tongue firmly in cheek. Arjun Rampal was also good although I still feel that Bollywood make up people still have a long way to go to make people age properly on celluloid.
Farah Khan's direction was good and innovative and even inspired in places but you have to place the blame on her for the script.... plus her choreography has gone down the drain. Dard E Disco could have been a classic but it was choreographed so poorly but the visualisation was taken to the next level simply because of the SRK 4 pack or was it 5-pack????
At least now we will see evidence of the full box office clout of the King Khan as I feel that this movie is going to make money especially since Sawariya seems to have received poor reviews.
Final Verdict - Masala film with some inspired comic sequences