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’).

To celebrate the blockbuster success of their latest release, CHAK DE! INDIA, the father-son duo of Yash and Aditya Chopra recently sat down with their lucky mascot, Shah Rukh Khan. As per the grapevine, the informal meeting was not just about exchanging pleasantries or congratulating each other. Reportedly, they discussed (amongst other things) their next (secret) project together, to be directed by either Yash or Aditya (a mystery that the media is trying to solve for a while!).

While we await an official communique from Yash Raj about their next project, obviously featuring Shah Rukh Khan, their last venture, CHAK DE! INDIA, has netted an amazing 51 crores (in just 4 weeks) from India and grossed nearly 2 million dollars from UK and US.

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 »

Indo-Asian News Service

New Delhi, (IANS) Indian missions in the Middle East may organise special screenings of the Shah Rukh Khan-starrer “Chak De! India” about a gritty women’s hockey team winning the world championships.

According to sources in the ministry of overseas Indian affairs, a proposal to send DVDs of the hit Bollywood movie to Indian missions in the Gulf region for special screenings to be watched by the diaspora was mooted at an informal discussion during the two-day conference of Indian ambassadors to 10 countries held in the national capital this week.

The envoys, who were excited at the proposal, encouraged the ministry to make the necessary arrangements immediately.

The conference was attended by Indian envoys to the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries as well as Malaysia, Jordan, Libya and Yemen.

Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) Minister Prithviraj Chavan’s efforts to get Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to watch the super hit movie appears to have found result too.

According to sources, Manmohan Singh has agreed to watch the movie, which has been playing to packed houses with its message of gender empowerment, unity and patriotism.

Producers Yash Raj Films and Shah Rukh Khan, who plays the role of coach Kabir Khan in the film, might come to capital to organise a special screening for the prime minister.

“The prime minister, who was tense about the crisis over the (India-US) nuclear deal, is in a better mood after opinion polls suggested good prospects for his government and coalition. He has agreed to watch the movie as so much has been talked about it now,” said the source.

Women are taking the field with renewed zeal, thanks to ‘Chak De’

“Yeh chakki-belan chalane wali Bharatiya nari hai. Yeh kabhi knicker wicker pahan ke hockey ke maidan par utar sakti hai kya?”
The ’sports administrator’, who spoke these infamous words on screen, had to eat his words in the end when the ‘Chak De’ girls came home triumphant with the hockey world cup. The movie, it seems, didn’t just end up with the usual feel good factor and a tax-free tag. The SRK reel effect in ‘Chak De’ seems to have rubbed off on the real as more and more girls seem to be taking up active sports.

Shah Rukh Khan’s ‘Chak De India’ has got the goody girls hooked on to sports. “It’s a revolution,” says Anjali Shah of Premier Indian Football Academy (PIFA), adding, “The number of inquiries and enrolment of girls in the game has gone up by 50 per cent this year. In fact for the very first time, women above 20 years also want to learn the game and play for the country.” PIFA is all set to form a woman’s football team after four women insisted on learning the game and forming a woman’s team. PIFAis on the lookout for 15 women to complete their women’s football team. And as far as hockey is concerned, the sport has suddenly received a huge momentum. Ignatius D’Souza, sub coach of the Bombay Hockey Women’s Association informs that four Mumbai schools namely St Paul Convent High School at Dadar, Pawar Public School in Bhandup, Canossa Convent in Andheri and St Teresa’s Convent in Santacruz have introduced hockey in their sports curriculum.

Even colleges are fast catching up with the game. Nisha Nair, the girl who plays Soi Moi in ‘Chak De India’ is an ace hockey player in real life as well. She along with Ranjan Negi, the one who taught Chak De girls to play hockey, encouraged the Poddar College girls to form their own team. Nisha says, “I felt great when Poddar College actually formed a girls’ hockey team. Things are changing. Everybody around me seem to have suddenly grown fond of sports. It feels great.”
Source: DnaINDIA