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Om Shanti Om

(Farah Khan, 2007, India)

35MM Print

A man and woman stand facing eachother surrounded by a crowd. She wears a hot pink sari and he wears a plaid suit.

One of the most iconic Indian masala films of the 21st century, Om Shanti Om is a crowd-pleasing tour through Bollywood past and present!

Upon its release, Om Shanti Om was the greatest box office triumph in Indian cinema history—and it’s easy to see why! Beginning in the burgeoning Mumbai film scene of the 1970s, the film follows a buffoonish extra played by Shah Rukh Khan (one of India’s biggest movie stars at the height of his fame) as he tries to make his way up in the industry and catch the eye of his superstar actress crush (Deepika Padukone in the role that launched her into megastardom). Through a convoluted reincarnation plot that has to be seen to be believed, Om Shanti Om makes its way to the present and features no less than 42 celebrities in its largest musical number. The film hilariously skewers the conventions of Bollywood spectacle and sentimentality while serving them up skillfully. Directed by acclaimed choreographer Farah Kahn, Om Shanti Om also features one of the most delightful credit sequences in cinema history. This rare 35mm print was loaned from the Chicago Film Society. In Hindi with English subtitles. (162 mins. + intermission, 35mm)

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Om Shanti Om, courtesy of the filmmaker.

"It’s true genius has to lie in the way it rejects all attempts to define it."
Aamatullah Rajkotwala, Medium

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Om Shanti Om