Some great moments and good comic scenes can have a weak story converted into a big blockbuster and here's how by Farah Khan, the directory of OSO.
1. Cast SRK and a newbie hottie: Deepika Padukone.
2. Generate enough hype and arouse good amount of interest in media, public.
3. Throw in some good music.
4. Project it as remake of one movie and make it a remake of another one.
As far as the last point is concerned, I am talking about obvious comparisons being made to Karz and the movie turning out to be a remake of Madhumati. What saddens me the most is not a single review out there gives credit to Madhumati. Leave alone the makers.
Well, now with these 4 stellars, the pot-pourri is ready to be presented. :)
Here's the story for those who have not yet seen the movie or read about it elsewhere.
Story: Om Prakash Makhija (SRK) is a 70s junior artist smitten by the then popular actress Shanti (Deepika Padukone). He saves Shanti's life from a fire mishap that happens during one of the movie shoots giving him a chance to get close to Shanti. The latter however is already in love with her secret husband Mukesh Mehra (Arjun Rampal). Mukesh is an evil man and is tired of Shanti not helping him get a certain producer's wealth and daughter. He kills her and in the process kills an already heart broken Om.
Here is when the Karz like part starts. Om is reborn as Om Kapoor, son of a famous actor, who gets stardom spoon fed to him. Certain incidents help OK (Om Kapoor) remember his previous birth and that's when he decides to take revenge from Mukesh. He finds Sandhya/Sandy (Deepika Padukone) and convinces her to fake as Shanti's ghost to force Mukesh to confess his crime.
The climax is a ctrl-C, ctrl-V version from Madhumati. I would highly recommend my readers to watch the classic.
Do you wonder where's Shreyas Talpade and Kiron Kher? They are Om's best friend and mom in his previous birth. Trying to set up the Karz link.
Going back to the review...
Everyone acted well and the movie did have its moments. I liked the 'Bhaago' scene. The spoof on Filmfare awards was well executed too. However, Akhsay Kumar registering the title of 'Return of Khiladi' is going a bit too far.
Deepika is a delight to watch and does well for a newcomer. She already has bagged quite a few roles, thanks to the success of OSO.
However, Arjun Rampal disappoints. He had my hopes high... Vaada and Elaan justify this.
Shreyas Talpade is wasted in a miniscule role. He deserves much more. Watch Dor, Iqbal to know what I am talking about.
And what to say about SRK. He's after all SRK and enough has already been written about him over so many years. He's managed to get Star Screen Best Actor award for Chak De! India this year already, much to my surprise, as I would have handed over the trophy to Abhishek Bachchan for Guru. On a side note, did you know that 'Chak De! India' was first offered to Salman Khan? Read more here. And that Salman Khan had even turned down Baazigar, before it proved to be a major milestone in SRK's career.
OSO's music is good and Vishal Shekhar are impressive. Well, not as impressive as they were last year. If you remember, I had already handed them a trophy for best music last year.
Farha Khan is good but she needs to improvize in the script and story department. Atleast, the good part is that it's not like Welcome, where all the good comic scenes are out in trailers.
think M Rating: 3.0/5.0
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