Another Review

In the past, it has happened many times with me that whenever I keep high expectations from a movie, the movie fails to satisfy me. The recent and the classic examples are Laaga Chunari Mein Daag and No Smoking. So when I booked the tickets for Om Shanti Om (OSO), I kept minimal expectations from it.

The advance booking of OSO had started in Mumbai on Sunday. I decided to watch it at Apsara Multiplex and booked the first day first show of it! Though there were hardly any expectations from my side, I waited for Nov 9, the day of release of OSO!

At last the D-Day arrived! Though the show was at 10:30, I reached the venue at 9:40, as I love to see the chaos at the ticket counter at Apsara. And to my shock, the tickets of the first day first show of both the movies-OSO and Saawariya were available! But by 9:50, both the shows got full.

Saawariya’s show was earlier than OSO and I could see that mostly young girls were there for Saawariya’s show. The entrance of the multiplex was through the elevator (the ticket counter is on the Ground Floor and the multiplex on 4th floor) and a big hoarding of Ranbir Kapoor was kept next to the elevator. All the preety young girls gave Ranbir ‘you-look-sooo-sexy’ look and entered the lift.

Finally, all OSO-watchers were allowed inside the multiplex. We seated on our respective seats. The lights dimmed. The trailer of ‘Sunday’ and ‘My Name is Anthony’ was shown; both the trailers impressed me! And then the lights were shut off and the most awaited movie of the year was about to start.

The opening scene itself was enjoyable and sets the mood of the movie. I thoroughly enjoyed each and every scene and it was truly the ‘BIGGEST ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR’!!

But what was surprising that Apsara is a multiplex, and though, people were hooting, clapping and whistling in the song ‘Dard-E-Disco’ and ‘Deewangi Deewangi’ (featuring 31 stars)! I, too, couldn’t stop myself and I also started making noises!! I, then, thought “If I would have seen OSO in a mass-dominated theatre, how much would I have enjoyed?”

The movie finally ended, giving almost everyone, a great, memorable experience! The Saawariya show in the nearby screen had also ended. I could see people from that screen, looking disappointed, with no smile in their face. I couldn’t, at that time, understand that they were very angry with the movie!

On the whole, 2007’s Diwali will truly be a memorable one for me, because of the wonderful entertainer which I saw on that day, OSO! Just forget Saawariya and all those critics who have given thumbs down to OSO-just go and enjoy OSO!