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'''''Om Shanti Om''''' ({{translation|Peace Be With You}} {{Efn|The phrase, an Indian greeting meaning "Peace Be With You", is also a reference to the film's lead characters.}}) is a 2007 Indian [[Hindi]]-language fantasy romance film written and directed by [[Farah Khan]], co-written by Mayur Puri and [[Mushtaq Shiekh]], and produced by [[Gauri Khan]] under the banner of [[Red Chillies Entertainment]]. The film stars [[Shah Rukh Khan]] as Om Prakash, a poor junior film artist in 1977 who falls in love with secretly married film actress Shantipriya, portrayed by [[Deepika Padukone]]. Her secret husband and film producer Mukesh Mehra, portrayed by [[Arjun Rampal]], betrays her and murders her in a suspicious on-set fire. Om witnesses this and dies from his injuries sustained while trying to rescue her. Reincarnated as popular film actor Om Kapoor in 2007, he eventually remembers his past life and is determined to punish Mukesh for his crimes with the help of Sandy who is an exact lookalike of Shanti. [[Shreyas Talpade]], [[Kirron Kher]], Nitesh Pandey, Javed Sheikh, [[Asawari Joshi|Asavari Joshi]] and [[Bindu (actress)|Bindu]] appear in the film as well, and cameos from many [[Bollywood]] celebrities are seen in several sequences and songs. | '''''Om Shanti Om''''' ({{translation|Peace Be With You}} {{Efn|The phrase, an Indian greeting meaning "Peace Be With You", is also a reference to the film's lead characters.}}) is a 2007 Indian [[Hindi]]-language fantasy romance film written and directed by [[Farah Khan]], co-written by Mayur Puri and [[Mushtaq Shiekh]], and produced by [[Gauri Khan]] under the banner of [[Red Chillies Entertainment]]. The film stars [[Shah Rukh Khan]] as Om Prakash Makhija, a poor junior film artist in 1977 who falls in love with secretly married film actress Shantipriya, portrayed by [[Deepika Padukone]]. Her secret husband and film producer Mukesh Mehra, portrayed by [[Arjun Rampal]], betrays her and murders her in a suspicious on-set fire. Om witnesses this and dies from his injuries sustained while trying to rescue her. Reincarnated as popular film actor Om Kapoor in 2007, he eventually remembers his past life and is determined to punish Mukesh for his crimes with the help of Sandy who is an exact lookalike of Shanti. [[Shreyas Talpade]], [[Kirron Kher]], Nitesh Pandey, Javed Sheikh, [[Asawari Joshi|Asavari Joshi]] and [[Bindu (actress)|Bindu]] appear in the film as well, and cameos from many [[Bollywood]] celebrities are seen in several sequences and songs. | ||
''Om Shanti Om'' was produced on a budget of {{INR|35 [[crore]]|link=yes}}. Farah conceived the film while directing the musical ''[[Bombay Dreams]]'' (2002), which was based on the Indian film industry. After Shah Rukh rejected the first version of her next film ''Happy New Year'', she was reminded of ''Om Shanti Om''; the film's title derives from a similar titled popular song from [[Subhash Ghai]]'s popular film ''[[Karz (film)|Karz]]'' (1980) which starred [[Rishi Kapoor]] as the main protagonist. The soundtrack album was composed by [[Vishal–Shekhar]], with lyrics written by [[Javed Akhtar]]. The background score was performed by [[Sandeep Chowta]]. The album was a critical and commercial success, becoming the highest-selling album of the year in [[India]]. | ''Om Shanti Om'' was produced on a budget of {{INR|35 [[crore]]|link=yes}}. Farah conceived the film while directing the musical ''[[Bombay Dreams]]'' (2002), which was based on the Indian film industry. After Shah Rukh rejected the first version of her next film ''Happy New Year'', she was reminded of ''Om Shanti Om''; the film's title derives from a similar titled popular song from [[Subhash Ghai]]'s popular film ''[[Karz (film)|Karz]]'' (1980) which starred [[Rishi Kapoor]] as the main protagonist. The soundtrack album was composed by [[Vishal–Shekhar]], with lyrics written by [[Javed Akhtar]]. The background score was performed by [[Sandeep Chowta]]. The album was a critical and commercial success, becoming the highest-selling album of the year in [[India]]. | ||