I went to go see Saawariya first (Friday), due to the fact I despise Shah Rukh. I must say I enjoyed the towel drop in Saawariya. Yeah I know what you are thinking..who didn't? The movie was visually and musically excellent. It was like a Broadway play, but the story was on the simple side, making the movie about a little less than two and half hours. After watching OSO, I appreciated Saawariya's length. Rani's role and acting were one of the best things in the movie. She made the movie better.
The next day I went to go see Om Shanti Om to a packed and lively audience. The audience as a whole made my movie-going experience awesome. I enjoyed the cheering, screaming and whistling. The cameos by 30 something stars made everyone excited and it was fun seeing who got the most cheers. Kajol with the most, then followed by Juhi. OSO was a good experience watching in the theater but wouldn't say the same if you watch the DVD at home. Also wouldn't say the same if you don't understand the ongoings of the Hindi film industry, the jokes just won't make sense. I watched the bits that made me crack up just go over my dad's head.
The whole Manoj Kumar episode in OSO has been heavily talked about with Manoj Kumar protesting his look alike getting beat up by the police. Could that be offensive? Hmmmm. Is OSO just full of offensive jokes? Most of them are. There's a whole bit where Om pretends to be a famous South Indian movie start shooting for the fictional film, "Mind It". I recently read a blog about how offensive it was to South Indians. "Rascalah"
What I found to be offensive was the 'Apahij Pyaar' bit. Though it had me cracking up. My humor is on the offensive side though. It has Om playing this handless, legless, deaf-mute who is in love with a girl who is getting married to another guy. I loved the scene where Om is at her wedding showering flowers at her with his mouth (since he is handless). LMAO!!! I understand that 'Apahij Pyaar' was to show that even if limitations are placed because of the storyline, anything can happen in an Indian film in a dream sequence, but did it need to make fun of the handicapped. The dream sequence has the 'Apahij' dancing to the song 'Dard-E-Disco' with a six-pack. The term 'Dard-E-Disco' coined by Farah Khan the director of the film was one of the most innovative terms I've heard in a long time. The best part of the movie was that, the cameos and Deepika Padukone. The worst part of the movie was as Variety magazine said in it's review of OSO, "the movie also requires considerable tolerance of the King's limited range." I kinda got tired of him after a while.
So after so many chapters about Om Shanti Om, which do I think is the better film Saawariya or Om Shanti Om?
Neither. I found neither lived up to expectation.
