A look at some of the lesser-known and interesting facts of Om Shanti Om as the movie completes 13 years today.
Facts about Om Shanti Om with Deepika Padukone
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Deepika Padukone has managed to strike a chord with her characters on screen, and with it, she has also done so with the audiences. With a film career that spans over 12 years and has been one of the finest, Deepika is climbing the staircase of success, and we can bet that there is no one and nothing that can stop her, and she won’t let anyone either. Today her debut movie Om Shanti Om completes 13 years, the actress Deepika Padukone changed her name on social media to her character’s name Shanti Priya which was the name of the actress she played on screen. The film was all about the romance between SRK who played the role of ‘Om’ in the movie being in love with an actress called Shanti Priya. For a newcomer, it’s a dream come true to be launched with none other than one of the world’s biggest superstars Shah Rukh Khan. Deepika was a model before becoming an actress and had featured in a song called Naam Hain Tera. You will in fact be surprised to know that it was actress Malaika Arora who suggested Farah consider Deepika Padukone for the leading role. Today check out these other lesser-known facts about the superhit movie.
The original villain with Deepika Padukone
Mukesh Mehra’s role was initially offered to Vivek Oberoi but later Arjun Rampal finally played it.
Only Bollywood song to do this
Farah Khan gave the audience a visual feast by featuring 31 megastars of the film industry in the song, “Deewangi Deewangi,”.
Hema Malini connection
The vintage cars shown in the film were those of Rajesh Khanna and Hema Malini.
All about the abs
To get into a fit frame it took SRK 3 months especially for the song Dard E Disco.
Aamir Khan refused to do a cameo in a song
Farah Khan had also approached Dev Anand and Aamir Khan to feature in the song “Deewangi Deewangi”. But they both refused.
Farah Khan was sick due to one thing
The filmmaker who is one of SRK’s closest friends threw up every time the superstar took off his shirt for a few scenes in the movie.
This filmmaker stepped in as a costume designer for the film
Manish Malhotra, Karan Johar, and Sanjeev Mulchandani were responsible for the iconic style of all the characters in the movie.
Malaika’s suggestion of Deepika Padukone
Late designer Wendell Rodricks shared how Farah asked Malaika a new model to cast opposite SRK in her upcoming movie and Malaika Arora suggested Deepika Padukone name which was a game-changer.
