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'In 2002, Farah Khan worked as a choreographer for the musical Bombay Dreams in London, which she felt presented a \"clichéd and outdated version\" of the Indian film industry.[8] She thought that the musical would not be successful if released in India.[8] She instead thought of a new story, writing her initial thoughts about the subject on Andrew Lloyd Webber\'s letterhead while staying in his house.[9] Later in 2006, Farah began to work on her next project, which was tentatively titled Happy New Year. Amid speculations that Shah Rukh Khan would star in Happy New Year, the actor rejected the first draft of the film, upon which Farah\'s husband and editor Shirish Kunder reminded her of the story she had conceived while in London.[10] Happy New Year, which was to mark Deepika Padukone\'s Hindi debut, was put on hiatus and revived more than 8 years later under the same title.[11] Farah completed writing the first script of Om Shanti Om within two weeks.[10] She set the first half in the 1970s as she felt the Hindi films made during that period were much more influential than those made in other periods, particularly the 1980s, which she felt was a period when \"the worst movies were made\". She also included many references to the 1970s, which were also prevalent in films of that time. She said, \"Everything in the first half is about the 70s—such as the mother who overacts, mouthing clichéd dialogues. Then there are cabarets, badminton and other stuff popular during that era.\"[8] Shah Rukh\'s costumes were designed by Karan Johar, while Manish Malhotra designed Padukone\'s costumes. The rest of the cast had their costumes designed by Sanjeev Mulchadni.[12] In addition to directing the film, Farah co-wrote the story with Mayur Puri and Mushtaq Shiekh. She was also the film\'s choreographer. Puri wrote the screenplay and dialogues.[13] He completed the writing process in two months and rewrote the film\'s second half.[14] Puri created the screenplay by writing his natural reaction to the characters as scenarios. He knew that despite being part of a crowd, junior artists do not want to be recognized as such, ruins their chances of landing a leading role in future. This was used in a sequence involving Shah Rukh and Talpade, who play junior artists. Puri blended different genres together in Om Shanti Om, which he felt was challenging. He used his personal memories from childhood for creating the 1970s.[15] Shirish Kunder was the editor, while V. Manikandan was the cinematographer.[13] Sabu Cyril was the film\'s production designer. Sabu was first offered the Mani Ratnam-directed Guru (2007) at a time when Om Shanti Om was being planned, but ultimately chosen the latter due to his earlier commitment to Farah for her future project.[16] Farah used two particular dialogues in the film: \"When you want something badly, the whole universe conspires to give to you\" and \"In the end everything will be ok and if its not ok its not the end\". These were used as Khan felt that it reflected her philosophy in her life.[17] Farah stated that the film\'s opening scene was her most favorite in it.[18] In 2008, Puri felt his most favourite dialogue from the ones he wrote would be the Filmfare Awards speech.[15] The film\'s title derives from the eponymous song from the film Karz (1980).[19] Om is a Hindu mantra; Om Shanti Om roughly translates to \"Peace Be With You\".[20][21] The film opens with the grandeur shot of the most famous songs of Karz that is Om Shanti Om featuring Rishi Kapoor and SRK as junior artist standing in the crowd.'See also:
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