Bollywood filmmaker Farah Khan shares her experience of directing 'Om Shaanti Om' when she was expecting her triplets and how Shah Rukh Khan helped her with it
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Recently, the Shah Rukh Khan- Deepika Padukone starrer 'Om Shanti Om' completed 10 years of its release. The film marked the debut of Deepika Padukone in Bollywood. The film saw Shah Rukh Khan play a double role and also he flaunted his 'six-pack abs' which later became a trend in the country. Deepika was applauded for her debut, who also played a double role in the film. Director, Farah Khan spoke to Pinkvilla, about how she managed to shoot the film despite being pregnant and battling heavy bouts of morning sickness.
Declaring that she was pregnant while directing the last two schedules of Om Shanti Om, Farah said that though it was difficult, her dear friend Shah Rukh made sure to make her feel better.
"It was difficult but Shah Rukh Khan had bought a big lazy boy couch for me and was insistent that I sit on it. I used to be lying on that and shouting on the mike," she said. She then went on to narrate a funny incident when she couldn't stop puking while Shah Rukh Khan showed off his body in Dard-e-Disco."During Dard-e-Disco I had morning sickness so it was very funny because every time Shah Rukh would remove his shirt, I would throw up and he was like 'what is this' and I was like 'No No your body looks fab but it is just that I have three bodies inside me so I was just non-stop puking'."
When asked on how was it directing the duo especially Deepika Padukone since it was her first movie, Farah said, "Deepika was absolutely raw and you don't really have to do much when Shah Rukh is the hero. He just took her, I mean I would, of course, sit with her and tell her what to do but he would sit in the lunch break and motivate her. I would say Shah Rukh, I just have to say look down, look up, look left or right. He [Shah Rukh] was lovely actually and very patient and a very generous actor. I mean even if his take was good, he would do it hundred more times till her take is fine."
Was there any particular scene where Deepika took a lot of takes to get it right? To this, Farah said, "There is one scene after Main Agar Kahoon song where they are walking on the empty set. I got a very special scene between the two, probably the only romantic scene between them. In that scene, he really helped Deepika out a lot. He was telling her that how you should pretend you are in love and all and she just broke down and told him that I was just 12 years old when Dilwale [DDLJ] released and I was like, 'did you have to tell him that right now when you were doing a romantic scene?'."
'Om Shanti Om' is one of the movies where we find more stars making an appearance than an award show. When asked Farah how difficult was it to coordinate and get all of them together, she said, "We had too many cameos in the movie. You know actually, half the film industry is in this, not only half I think 3/4th is in the movie. Either, they are in the song or doing a cameo like Akshay Kumar, Abhishek Bachchan. It was lovely to make a movie about the film industry and have the film industry in it."
"I think that was the last of the films where we were like a big happy family and also let me tell you that they did not have managers or PRs then to make our lives difficult. I would just make one call and meet them and they would come on board. Of course, Shah Rukh Khan also had tremendous goodwill but I think it will be really difficult for someone to do it today. Then I just met people and they sweetly agreed. Salman toh I did not have to meet, he was like 'tu mereko time bol main aa jaounga'."
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