Was reading some reviews of the movie "om Shanthi Om" and thought that I
would post my own.
First of all, reviews are written by people who actually enjoy movies and
can more or less figure out what is happening in the movie to a very great
degree of accuracy. The unique thing about this review would be that the
author neither enjoys movies - unless they are really good- nor is very
talented in understanding even very simple situations in motion pictures.
The review would be my very own observation of trivialities and wise cracks
at certain situations which deserve them.
The most discernable thing about the movie would be Deepika Padukone and
for me it ends at that. See, the one reason because of which i can actually
get myself to sit down and watch movies is the girls - not the acting or
the special-effects or the direction because if these things are really
good there would be nothing left to make fun of and it would be a boring movie. Anyway the story-line in the movie didn't deserve acting.
I think the story is about an actress who has a falling out with her
boyfriend or a fiancee or whatever he is(who cares ?). He is a very famous
director in Bollywood (in the movie). Supposedly, she is an obstacle to his
career for the reason that she is pregnant with his kid.
He perceives it as a bad thing if this info leaks out??? Yeah, you read it
right - 3 question marks becos i didn't understand why. Anyway, he takes
her to a place which was to be the set for his new movie. He burns her off
there - the usual cigarette and fuel trick(nothing original). And then
there was this other guy (SRK) who was in love with this aforementioned
actress and in the process of saving her from the fire gets burnt to death
too. All scientifically inclined people would have considered this the end
of the story and would have gone back home, crying as this obviously would
be a tragedy. But I did not leave my site because i had additional
information up my sleeve - This is a Hindi movie for my money's sake!!! It
cant end in 1 hour. ..and so it didn't.
Then a load of crap happens. and then SRK is reborn as a guy who looks
exactly like his previous incarnation. There is one more Deepika Padukone but this one is dumb. Now SRK's idea is to teach that evil director guy(EDG) a lesson using this new Deepika Padukone look-alike and he plans it all at
all the same place where the murder took place. (He remembers it from his
previous life). And so they plan to scare the EDG by trying to make him
believe that the ghost of Deepika Padukone is in that place but things
start going terribly wrong - actually terribly right. The real ghost of
Deepika Padukone surfaces and kills the EDG. The ghost has apparently
discounted the fact that the EDG can be born again too. Just like SRK.
Well, back in the burnt sets, where srk planned his revenge the director
has tried to create a very eerie atmosphere by using the usual cliches-the
huge spiderwebs which could trap elephants (I, in my personal experience
have known no such spiders with these skills), the portraits of long reborn
ancestors, etc.
At this point let me make a mention that it is not that the director of the
movie, Farah Khan does not know that the story is entirely stupid. She
makes fun of a movie with a similar story in the movie itself. This is
actually to show wise people like me that she knows that the movie is
stupid and her only purpose of making it is entertainment.
So, finally the rating -
If u're a person like me then - 7 out of 10 because there are a lot of situations you can make fun of.
If u're a hindi movie watcher then - 7 out of 10 again.
If u're brain is swiched off, u could add another 1 to the rating. If u have had copious quantities of beer before the movie, add another 2 points.
Summary :
Overall Rating:7 out of 10 (a one time watch) for people of all tastes.
