SRKs Double Trouble in Om Shanti Om

Om Shanti Om features Shah Rukh in double role spoofing Bollywood stalwarts
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If the buzz doing the rounds in the industry is to be believed, Farah Khan’s eagerly awaited Om Shanti Om features Shah Rukh Khan in double role as Om and Om. Unlike his other double role in Duplicate he won’t be seen simultaneously on the screen in both the roles.

SRK first plays a junior artiste from the 1970s who’s bumped off by a jealous hero (Arjun Rampal). He’s then re-born as Om…While the theme of reincarnation and revenge is a direct tribute to Subhash Ghai’s Karz, there are several other passages in

Farah’s feisty homage/spoof that pay tribute to or are take-offs on Bollywood stalwarts especially at those who mattered in the ‘golden era’ of 1970s.

Apparently, none of the stalwarts has been spared from the stinging potshots.

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.

Though potshots are taken at several other stalwarts, a source close to the film says. “It’s all in good faith! There’s no malice intended in the satire. And Shah Rukh and Farah are counting on the belief that people in the film industry have a sense of humour.”

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