There is more to Om Shanti Om than the six-pack abs of superstar Shah Rukh Khan .

Eros International announced the forthcoming worldwide release of one of the biggest anticipated blockbusters this year, ‘Om Shanti Om’, produced by SRK’s Red Chillies Entertainment and directed by Farah Khan on 9th November 2007. Eros is expected to release the film across an unprecedented 2000 plus screens worldwide.

‘Om Shanti Om’ stars SRK and Deepika Padukone in pivotal roles. The magic combination of SRK - Farah Khan comes together again after the huge success of Main Hoon Na . The film’s score and soundtrack has been composed by the musical duo, Vishal-Shekhar with lyrics by Javed Akhtar .

Cinematography for the movie is by V. Manikandan whilst editing is handled by Farah’s husband Shirish Kunder .

‘Om Shanti Om’ is a story of love, dreams, betrayal and destiny revolving around a film actor ‘Om’ (SRK) and his love interest ‘Shanti’ (Deepika). Om was a junior artist and Shanti a superstar in the 1970’s. He was her biggest fan. She was his biggest inspiration.

The film has over 30 of Bollywood’s hottest stars including Salman Khan , Rani Mukherjee , Kajol , Sanjay Dutt , Priyanka Chopra , Preity Zinta , Saif Ali Khan and many more putting in a guest appearance.

Commenting on the deal, Kishore Lulla, Chairman and CEO, Eros International said, “Eros has always enjoyed a fantastic relationship with Shah Rukh Khan and we are looking forward to releasing ‘Om Shanti Om’ during the festive season of Diwali. It is one of the most awaited films of the year and we are excited to be leveraging Eros’ global distribution in promoting the film.”

Eros had distributed ‘Main Hoon Na’ as well as Paheli , which are both Red Chillies Productions.

(The picture shows SRK in a still from ‘Om Shanti Om’).

By Joginder Tuteja, September 13, 2007 - 13:13 IST

The much awaited music of Om Shanti Om finally arrives on stands this weekend. IndiaFM was invited for an exclusive preview for the film’s soundtrack. Read on to know more about what the album has to offer. Also, tune in on Saturday to hear the songs - yet again, EXCLUSIVELY on IndiaFM.

Expectations. Expectations. And some more expectations. This is how one looks forward to the music of Om Shanti Om from which one expects nothing but the best. And why not? After all:

a) This is the biggest ever film starring Shahrukh Khan
b) This is the second directorial venture for Farah Khan who made a smashing debut with Main Hoon Naa
c) The film has created huge buzz accompanied by immense hype ever since it was launched
d) Vishal-Shekhar and Javed Akhtar saab are expected to bring on table a massy popular score
e) Last but not the least, the film travels decades which makes one look forward to variety in the soundtrack. Read the rest of this entry »

Eros International, the leading integrated company within the Indian media and entertainment sector, announced the forthcoming worldwide release of one of the biggest anticipated blockbusters this year, Shah Rukh Khan’s OM SHANTI OM, produced by Red Chillies Entertainment and directed by Farah Khan on 9th November 2007. Eros is expected to release the film across an unprecedented 2000 plus screens worldwide.

OM SHANTI OM stars Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone in pivotal roles. The magic combination of Shah Rukh Khan - Farah Khan comes together again after the huge success of MAIN HOON NAA. The film’s score and soundtrack has been composed by the musical duo, Vishal-Shekhar with lyrics by Javed Akhtar. Cinematography for the movie is by V. Manikandan whilst editing is handled by Shirish Kunder. Read the rest of this entry »

If you thought that all was hunky dory during the shooting of ‘Om Shanti Om’, then there is a bad news and good news.

The bad news is that Farah Khan and Shahrukh Khan got into a terrible fight during the shooting on the film’s sets. The good news is that this was strictly for the camera!

This was for a scene which required Farah Khan to be making an appearance in her second directorial venture which releases all over on 9th November. Read the rest of this entry »