Hindi Movie Review Om Shanti Om - Cast & Crew

Farah Khan is an Indian film actress, producer, director and a choreographer. She was born on January 9, 1965 in Mumbai, India. She is the daughter of Menaka, sister of screenwriter and actress, Honey Irani and Daisy Irani. She is also the sister of film actor and comedian Sajid Khan and the cousin of film personalities Zoya Akhtar and Farhan Akhtar. Farah was married to Shirish Kunder, a film writer, producer, director, composer and the editor of her directorial film Main Hoon Na in 2004. The two have worked together in films like Jaan-E-Mann, Tees Maar Khan and Om Shanti Om. She gave birth to triplets, composing of one boy and two girls in year 2008. 

She studied Sociology in Mumbai’s St. Xavier College. During this time, Michael Jackson’s Thriller was being telecasted. Farah, though she had not tried dancing before, got inspired and became her vocation. Basically, she just learned how to dance by herself and started her own dance group. She took over to choreographer Saroj Khan, when he walked out of the sports drama film, Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar in 1992. After this, she started to choreographed dance routines for more than 100 songs in several Hindi films. Farah has worked in international projects like the 2007 romantic musical comedy film, Marigold: An Adventure in India, the 2001 film Monsoon Wedding and the 2005 Chinese film, Perhaps Love. Her choreography in Monsoon Wedding, Vanity Fair and Bombay Dreams gained her nominations at the Tony Awards as Best Choreographer in 2004. She already won five times at the Filmfare Awards for the same category. In year 2012, Farah has choreographed the songs Radha and Ishq Wala Love for the film Student of the Year and Jumping Jhapak in 2013. 

Farah is a good friend of Shah Rukh Khan, whom she met during the set of the 1994 Bollywood film Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa and since then, they started to work together in several projects. Farah, soon became a director as well and her first film Main Hoon Na stars Shah Rukh Khan, produced under the banner of Red Chillies Entertainment. She was the first female director to be nominated at the Filmfare for Best Director. Her second film, Om Shanti Om also stars Shah Rukh Khan and the debutant actress, Deepika Padukone. This film became a top grosser of all time after it was released. In 2010, her third directorial venture Tees Maar Khan stars Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif. She made her acting debut inn year 2012 after doing the lead role in Bela Bhansali Sehgal’s Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi. 

She also trained the famous Columbian pop star Shakira for her song Hips Don’t Lie, Bollywood version, for MTV Music Video Awards in 2006 and Kylie Minogue in Chiggy Wiggy for Anthony D’Souza’s Blue in 2009. In the same year, she hosted the celebrity chat show entitled Tere Mere Beach Mein, which was aired on Star Plus. She also judged reality television shows like the first and second seasons of Indian Idol, Jo Jeeta Wohi Super Star, Dance India Dance Li’l Masters and Entertainment Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega. In 2011, Farah, along with Hrithik Roshan and Vaibhavi Merchant judged the dance reality series Just Dance on Star Plus. She also hosted the special series of the reality show Bigg Boss Halla Bol in 2013. 

In honor of Farah’s triplets, she and her husband started the Three’s Company, a production house in India.

Born on Ocotber 8 1970, Gauri Khan (originally known as Gauri Chibber) is an interior designer, costume designer and a movie producer. She is happily married to Bollywood Superstar Shahrukh Khan. This couple are blessed with three children.

Gauri Khan collaborated with her husband in founding Red Chillies Entertainment. Main Hoon Na, directed by Farah Khan, is her first film as a producer and the film turned out to be the second biggest grossing film of that year. If one remembers, Gauri Khan had anchored a music show for MTV during the 90s, she has also the credit of being in the front page of the acclaimed Vogue magazine. She is even called by Vogue magazine as “First Lady of Bollywood”. Gauri Khan made a brief appearance in her home production “Om Shanti Om”.

Though Gauri Khan maintains a low profile and is reticent towards the media she is considered as a stylish lady of Bollywood. There is no doubt that she carries herself well. She even once earned the title of “Most Stylish Woman of Bollywood”. Though Gauri Khan is not a Bollywood actress, she is famous for her style.

Gauri Khan has an eye for art and her hobby is undoubtedly interior designing. She took this passion seriously and later ventured into a partnership with Susanne, wife of Hrithik Roshan. Gauri Khan is actively producing movies alongside her husband. Her friendship with Bollywood biggies Karan Johar and Susanne Khan is noteworthy. Gauri Khan produced around 12 films and most of them starred her husband Shahrukh Khan.

On her personal front, Gauri married her long time beau Sharukh during 1991 after facing many hurdles. Her relationship with her husband Shahrukh Khan is indeed commendable and they are very much together, even after facing several tests of time. The couple is married for more than two decades and still they are very much in love. Their love story is indeed an inspiration for many..

Deepika Padukone is an Indian actress and model. She was born on 5th January 1986. Deepika is one of the most famous celebrities. She is working in Bollywood films and won two film fare awards. She is the daughter of the badminton trouper Prakash Padukone. Copenhagen was the birth place of Deepika. She was raised in Bangalore. She frolicked badminton in national level championship in her teenage but later on she switched her career from spots and became a model. In 2006 she did receive some offers for Indian films and did her film debut. In 2007 she did double role in her first Indian bestseller film Om Shanti Om. In the same year she won the film fare award for best female debut. In 2009 she performed in an Indian film Love Aaj Kal and in 2010 she acted in a drama Lafangey Parindey. Her performance in Bachna Ae Haseeno in 2008 and Housefull in 2010 got negative reviews.

In 2012 her performance in the super hit movie Cocktail was turning point of her career and she won many awards in different ceremonies and she was nominated as the best actress. After that she acted in many super hit films of Bollywood such as Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani in 2013, Chennai Express which is also released in 2013 and Happy New Year in 2014. She won film fare in 2013 for the performance and lovely acting in Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela. Deepika Padukone also did many stage shows as well. She has also inscribed posts for Indian newspapers. She is a prominent celebrity and brand ambassador for many brands and products.

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Glam Queen of 70's, Bindu was born to Gujarati parents on 17 Jan 1951 in Valsad district of Gujarat. When she was only 13 years of age, she underwent a tragedy as her father passed away. Being eldest, she took up the responsibility of the family and started to earn for the family. She started her career in films from a young age of 11 appearing in the blockbuster film “Anpadh”. She has acted in almost 160 films in her career span of 4 decades. In 1969, she did two blockbuster films with Rajesh Khanna “Ittefaq” and “Do Raaste” that made her one of the best actress of 70s.

Kirron Kher or Kirron Anupam Kher was Kiran Thakar Singh in real life. She was born on June 14, 1955 in Punjab, India and she was raised in Chandigarh. Because of her belief in numerology, she decided to alter her name from Kiron or Kiran to Kirron. She is a veteran Indian film and television actress. She is also a theatre artist and a television host who belongs to the Bhartiya Janata Party. She was voted in Lok Sabha, the lower house of India’s Parliament. Kiran is the sister of Kanwal Thakar Kaur, a popular badminton player. She has a brother who died last 2003 and another sister who was married to a retired Naval Officer.

She studied in Chandigarh and graduated in the Department of Indian Theatre of Punjab University. She got married to Gautam Berry, a wealthy businessman from Mumbai. They had a son name Sikandar Kher who is also an actor. Later, the two had a divorce and she remarries the Bollywood actor, Anupam Kher in 1985.

During the 80’s, Kiran tried her luck in the film industry to no success. She visits different producers and search for any role in films. Before she got married to Anupam, they have become friends since he is also a struggling actor and they have known each other in the University of Chandigarh. They worked in the same theatre industry and worked together in Chandpuri Ki Champabai. Anupam got his break in the film, Saaransh and later he divorced his wife. Kiran gets divorced as well and she got married to Anupam. The two are now running a production house.

She was debuted as a film actress in the Punjabi film, Aasra Pyar Da in 1983. Later, she had her break in films. From 1983 to 1996, she did only one Hindi film, Pestonjee with Anupam Kher. She came back into theatre and performed in the play, Saalgirah under the direction of Feroz Abbas Khan. Then she became a host of television shows like Zee TV’s Purushkshetra, Kiron Kher Today and Jagte Raho before she started doing Bollywood films. On her comeback to the big screen, she was awarded the Special Jury Award in the National Film Awards for bagging the role of Sardari Begum in the Hindi film, Sardari Begum in 1996. Then, she did the critically acclaimed Bengali film, Bariwali where she played the lead role as Banalata in year 2000.She won the Best Actress Award in the National Film Award but there are rumors that the Bangla actress, Rita Koirla dubbed for her character in the film. Rita wanted to share the award with her but Kiran claims that she spent many hours on practicing her dialogues, and so the award should not be shared by anyone.

She appeared in the romantic drama film, Devdas in 2002 and played the role of Sumitra Chakraborty. She gained a nomination in the Filmfare’s Best Supporting Actress award. She also did the French/German film, Khamosh Pani in 2003. This is the story that depicts the predicaments of a woman who was abducted while the partition of Bristish Indian Empire is happening. She got the Best Actress Award in the Locano International Film Festival in Switzerland, Karachi’s International Film Festival in Argentina’s International Festivals in Ciepie, South Africa’s Cape Town. The film received few awards as well.

In 2004, the IFFLA or Indian film Festival of Los Angeles, paid tribute to her during their yearly festival. In 2010, she did the episode, Damaged in the television series, ER together with her husband. In 2005, she appeared as Sunanda in TV serial, Prratima which was aired on Sahara One. Prior to this, she also made an appearance in television series like Isi Bahane, Dil Na Jaane Kyon and Chausath Panne.

She earned positive responses from her films Main Hoon Na, Veer Zaara, Hum Tum and Mangal Pandey: The rising. Her role as Mitro, the mother of DJ (played by Aamir Khan) in the Indian drama film, Rang De Basanti became a box office and gained her nomination to the Filmfare’s Best Supporting Actress Award. She was also appreciated in her characters in Fanaa and Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna. Kiran also did some comedic roles in Singh is Kinng, Dostana and more. She was also one of the juries in India’s Got Talent in 2009.

Kiran was nominated and won many awards. She was also part of different non-profit movements such as Laadi and Roko Cancer. Recently, she won the Lok Sabha seats which defeats Pawan Bansal and Gul Punag in the General Elections.

Those who follow Bollywood movies are accustomed to the character ‘Iqbal,’ which follows the story of a mute and deaf, rookie Indian bowler’s attempt to achieve recognition, and be one of the prestigious XI, that represent the country in cricket. The character, which goes by the same name of Iqbal, was portrayed by none other than Shreyas Talpade, who is an Indian actor. Shreyas is a Mumbaikar, who pursued his schooling from Shree Ram Welfare Society. The inception of his career began with Marathi television serials, and numerous stage plays across the state. Shreyas was famous for his role in the Marathi soap opera, Aabhal Maaya. In the year 1997, he pocketed a crucial role as a child actor in the Zee TV produced television serial “Woh.” Talpade played the role of a young Ashutosh Gowarikar. He is also ostentatious for his roles in the mini soap operas produced by Adhikari Brothers, and his role as “Tejas,” in the Damini. The character of Tejas, transformed Talpade, into a well-known Marathi household name. Shreyas began his movie venture with cameos in Nidaan, Raghu More, and Aankhen. He pocketed a major role in the Marathi horror-comedy, “Pachadlela.” The movie catapulted Talpade’s career, and he managed to attract the attention of various directors in the Marathi film industry. In 2005, he auditioned for the role of a deaf and mute, young cricket aspirant in Nagesh Kukunoor’s film titled “Iqbal.” Talpade reportedly stated that he honestly didn’t expect to grab the lead role in Kukunoor’s venture. The movie was a huge hit at the box office, and Shreyas was also nominated for a Filmfare Award in the Debut category.

Amit Rampal is an Indian Actor, Host, Producer and a model who played his role in various Cinema movies and Television shows. He was born on 26th November 1972 in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India in the family of Amarjit Rampal and Gwen Rampal. Amit did his schooling from St. Patrick School in Maharashtra where his mother was also a Teacher. He is very intelligent and talented boy from his childhood and he is very naughty guy. He is very hard worker, spiritual, self-confident, smart, team spirit, patient, serious, self-motivated guy. And these are the life skill reasons behind his success in his career as an Actor. He started dreaming as his career as Cinema Actor when he was just 10 years old. He was also a good anchor and stager performer in his school time. He did his graduation from Amity School of Drama, India. He is married to Mehr Jesia in the year of 1998. She is also Television Actress and Model. They have two daughters Mahika and Myra. Amit Rampal is very popular for his Television serials like Pyar Ishqq Aur Mohabatien, Dil Ka Rishta, Asaabhav, Yakin and other Bollywood movies like Om Shanti Om, Rock on, Houseful, Ra-one. He is known for his role as Suraj Saxena in the movie Dewanapan, Jai Mehra in the movie Dil Kaa Rishta, Rohit Babbu in the movie Humko Tumse Pyar Hai, Jasjeet in the superhit movie Don, Arjun Singh Chauhan in the movie Ajaab Gajaab Love. He also played his role in Television serials like he participated in the shows of Nach Baliye 4, Love to Hate you, Apsra Awards. He also nominated for 18 awards in his career as Actor and out of which he was awarded by 12 awards.
 

Javed Sheikh is one of Pakistan’s actor, producer, and director, who also acts in Bollywood. Javed Sheikh was born in Rawalpindi on 8th October 1954 to a Pakistani family. He started his film career in 1974, with a Lollywood film Dhamaka. Since then, he featured in many Pakistani films, like Kalay Chor, Daku Raaj, Zamana, among others. Javed Sheikh has ventured in many different forms of acting and films, not limiting himself to just Pakistani films and big screen.

Satish Shah is a Hindi and Marathi TV actor. He rose to fame with his role in the 1980’s sitcom show Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi directed by Kundan Shah and Manjul Sinha. He appeared in many Bollywood films through the 1980s, 90’s and 2000’s followed by his appearance in the famous television show Sarabhai vs Sarabhai.

Satish Shah was born on 25th June, 1951 in Bombay, Maharashtra. His first mainstream movie was “Arvind Desai ki Ajeeb Dastaan” followed by “Toofani Takkar” released in 1978. Some of his famous roles include Dilawar in Umrao Jaan (1981), Vidyasagar in Aag aur Shola (1989), Anand Rastogi in Gharwali Baharwali (1989), Ajit Singh in Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995), his most praised performance being as Commissioner D’Mello in Jaane Bhi Do yaaron (1983). Apart from Bollywood he also acted in many television shows such as Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi, Sarabhai vs Sarabhai, All The Best, Nehle Pe Dehla and Filmi Chakkar.

Although Satish Shah appeared in a variety of roles throughout his career he is primarily considered as a comedian. His most recent films include Ramaiya Vastavaiya, Club 60 and the 2014 comedy Humshakals.

Shah Rukh Khan or also known as SRK is a prominent Indian film actor, television personality and producer. He was born on November 2, 1965 in New Delhi, India. He is often called as the ‘Baadshah of Bollywood’, ‘King Khan’ and ‘King of Bollywood’. The actor has done more than 80 films in Bollywood. He was cited as ‘The World’s Biggest Movie Star’ by the Los Angeles Times. Khan is also one of the wealthiest actors in the world, with over $400–600 million net worth. He also won several accolades including the 14 Filmfare Awards.

Khan went to St. Columba’s School in Delhi where he topped in studies and sports like football and hockey, where he got the Sword of Honour Award, a school’s highest award. He acted in several stage plays and gained praises for mimicking Bollywood actors like Amitabh Bachchan and Mumtaz. He studied at Hansraj College from 1985 to 1988 to get a degree in Economics but the actor spent much of his time in attending the Theatre Action Group (TAG) in Delhi. He studies acting through his mentor, Director Barry John. Later, Khan studied at Jamia Millia Islamia and took up a degree in Mass Communications, but he left it to enter the showbiz industry. He attended Delhi’s National School of Drama on his early years in Bollywood.

He started his career during the late 80’s with some appearances in many television series. He was debuted in Bollywood in the blockbuster hit film, Deewana in 1992. He was also recognized for doing villain roles in movies like Darr, Baazigar and Anjaam. He rose to fame after he was starred in various romantic films like Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, Dil To Pagal Hai, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham. In year 2002, Khan gained critical acclaimed for his role as an alcoholic in the romantic drama film, Devdas; as a scientist of NASA in Swades; a coach in Chak De! India and My Name is Khan in 2010 where he played the role of a man with Asperger Disorder. For his outstanding contributions to the film industry, he received the Padma Shri Award by the Government of India and the Legion d’honneur and Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the Government of France.

This year, he became the co-chairman of Red Chillies Entertainment and all its subsidiaries. Khan became one of the owners of the cricket team, Kolkata Knight Riders of the Indian Premier League. He is also a regular host and stage show performer. The media called him as Brand SRK due to his many endorsements and business ventures. He is also a philanthropy who has given health care and reliefs to the disaster victims. He gained the UNESCO’s Pyramide con Marni Award in year 2011 for supporting the education of many children.

Khan got married to Gauri Chibber on October 25, 1991 and they have been blessed with a son named Aryan and a daughter named Suhana. In year 2013, through a surrogate mother, the couple had another baby named Abram.