Comments on: Sandy reviews Om Shanti Om

By: Sambaba

Sambaba — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 02:06:11 +0000

Sandy’s real name turning out to be Sandhya is real suprise!

By: Sambaba

Sambaba — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 01:58:43 +0000

Excellent review Sandy! Glad that you liked the film.

By: sandy

sandy — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 05:14:21 +0000

Akshay: I can see where you are coming from.
But maybe these paras from Gahlot’s review could help a bit in the understanding of the film.
“OSO is the sort of film which requires that same suspension of disbelief, the same acceptance of luridness and the same sense of wonder that we had as kids at the weekly movie treat”

“It goes without saying that only SRK could have fulfilled the myraid demands of a film like this —The sweetness of the ’70s Om, the media-fuelled arrogance of the present day Om, the poitless Dard-e-Disco item number and the complete OTT-ness of the corny scenes we so loved in the old movies, that we never stopped to question now and why”

I’m not a fan of Deepa Gahlot but I’m struck by her ability to identify the film’s strengths so accurately here. She’s given it a whopping four stars! And to think she gave RDB and CDI two and half stars each!

By: devesh

devesh — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 23:55:22 +0000

exactly my thoughts SAndhya… great review!
Akki shud be given some award for his amazing scene!

By: akshay shah

akshay shah — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 22:58:09 +0000

“And oh, there’s a scene with Akshay Kumar, which is an absolute laugh riot”–That entire sequence was a riot. BTW I thought Rampal was pretty good in MOKSHA, AANKHEn and EK AJNABEE too!

A.Shah

By: akshay shah

akshay shah — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 22:38:44 +0000

Well written review Sandy, though I didn’t care much for this one at all.

A.Shah

By: Elvis

Elvis — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 18:45:27 +0000

Sandy,
Obviosuly I was wrong and you liked it.Damn.
Anyway a great review and agree with your reading of BO potential of the movie.I might actually like this one.

By: Ravi

Ravi — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 18:17:55 +0000

Nice well written review Sandhya as always.

By: beldevere

beldevere — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 18:00:45 +0000

Sandy
Nice review. I agree on the blockbuster bit as the jokes are lost on many. This needs a couple of viewings to get the tongue in cheek humor. Credit srk and farah to make a movie like this. I think its a very difficult to pull off. Srk was great, deepika was ravishing, arjun was a revealation. Its definitely worth a watch. To satyam’s point on the other thread, I think pretty much everyone found it time pass. Akshay, Shetty not sure what you didn’t like. Texas, 2nd half does get dragged a little but agree with rediff which said that songs moved it along.

By: sheeru

sheeru — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 17:54:57 +0000

good review Sandy

By: Tango

Tango — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 17:34:21 +0000

Thanks Sandy ji.

I personally loved the first half, as I am an addictive movie watcher post-80’s( whatever be my age)

I also like the way she connected the two halves.

I expect anything over 33 crores in week 1 ( net) from OSO ( obviously not on IBOS, but they will find it impossible to keep even its gross below Guru as tax-exemption will not come in) and a nearly 50-crores in two weeks.

The tax-exhemption factor never came in for Guru (gross) though.

By: rks

rks — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 17:24:00 +0000

Nice review Sandy. Will give more comments after watching the movie.

By: sandy

sandy — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 17:22:06 +0000

Thanks Som, Jay, Satyam. I mentioned this earlier but I’d like to reiterate that I actually don’t see OSO becomminhg a giant blockbuster at all. Precisely because this is a damn smart film and like JBJ, some of its inside filmy jokes could be lost on regular film goers.

But still, this will be a hit and more importantly, will be counted as one of SRK’s more important films.

By: satyam

satyam — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:37:49 +0000

Great piece here Sandy!

By: som

som — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:36:56 +0000

thanks for the review sandy.i hate saying this, but yes Farah has again pulled it off just the way she did with MHN.first half was really very good.the pace slacknes in the 2nd half but still there are ample moments to laugh expecially the Filmfare award sequence(akki was hilarious with his act and so was Abhishek).climax again throws a surprise.overall it was fun ride and a paisawasool.

By: jayshah

jayshah — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:32:51 +0000

Sandy a wonderful review and looking forward to catching this one !