I will now tell you what this film is about in a short summary. This musical thriller saga is about 1977 30 years ago, OM PRAKASH MAKHIJA is shown as a poor young boy who is a junior film artist in Bollywood and lives with his widowed mother BELA MAKHIJA and close friend PAPPU MASTER in a small chawl in Bombay. He is in love with SHANTI PRIYA, a beautiful young girl who is a popular film actress in Bollywood. OM often expresses his feelings before SHANTI's film poster and desires to meet her. One night, he sneaks into the premiere of one of her films "Dreamy Girl" along with PAPPU in disguise. Later that night, a drunk OM gives an emotional speech to PAPPU as he dreams of becoming a great actor. OM and PAPPU take small acting roles in films which are filmed at R.C. Studios, a major filming compound owned by MUKESH MEHRA, a charming but egotistical person who is a popular film producer. SHANTI subsequently gets trapped in a fire that grows out of control during the filming of a film. Risking his life, OM jumps into the fire and rescues her. SHANTI is grateful to him and the two become friends. OM lies to SHANTI that he is a famous South-Indian actor to impress her. He even puts an act of the filming of his South-Indian film but ultimately tells SHANTI the truth upon seeing her true love for him. SHANTI forgives OM and spends a night with him, gifting him a snow globe. However, things take a turn when OM accidentally ends up overhearing a heated conversation between SHANTI and MUKESH. He is shocked to discover that they are married for two years but have not revealed it in public as that will ruin both their careers. SHANTI reveals to MUKESH that she is also pregnant with his child, leaving OM heartbroken. The next night, MUKESH takes SHANTI to the set of her upcoming film titled Om Shanti Om and tells her that they will cancel its production and have a grand marriage ceremony over there. OM reaches there to meet SHANTI for the last time and return her snow globe but is dejected upon seeing her with MUKESH. He leaves from there and throws the snow globe away. Meanwhile, MUKESH reveals to SHANTI that he has brought her to burn her in the set as his marriage and unborn child will destroy his successful career. Saying so, he lights up the set with fire and locks a horrified SHANTI in it. As he exits the set, OM spots SHANTI in the flames and attempts to go and rescue her but is stopped by MUKESH's guards, leaving him injured. After they leave, he manages to enter the set but is thrown out of the building by a big explosion. OM staggers on the road as the set burns down with SHANTI in it. OM is left devastated upon witnessing this and suddenly gets hit by the car of renowned actor RAJESH KAPOOR. He takes him to a hospital with his pregnant wife LOVELY KAPOOR who is under labor. The serious injuries of OM result in his death while still reminiscing about SHANTI. RAJESH's assistant NASEER asks his surgeon to keep this a secret from BELA and PAPPU. Moments later, RAJESH and LOVELY are blessed with a baby boy named OM KAPOOR.
2007 30 years later, OM KAPOOR a.k.a OK is shown as a rich young boy who is a superstar in Bollywood and is revealed to be the rebirth of OM PRAKASH MAKHIJA. He experiences Pyrophobia and often comes across BELA who believes him to be her son and tries to take him to her house. An aged PAPPU tries to make her understand that he is someone else but she pays no heed to him. OM also ignores her and leaves upon thinking that she has gone crazy. He and his assistant ANWAR SHEIKH subsequently drive to the abandoned R.C. Studios for the filming of one of OM's films. OM recognizes the place and experiences some flashbacks of his previous life. He even finds SHANTI's broken snow globe and is confused. That night, OM remembers the emotional speech he had given to PAPPU in a drunken state when he wins the Filmfare Award for Best Actor. As he gives the same speech to the audience, PAPPU watches his award function on TV and realizes that his friend is reborn as OM KAPOOR. Meanwhile, a grand party is thrown for OM's success where he remembers his whole previous life upon being visited by MUKESH who has been living in the US for the last 25 years and has become MIKE who wishes to make a film with him. Later that night, he traces BELA and PAPPU to the crawl and has an emotional reunion with them. The three plan to avenge SHANTI's death by making MUKESH confess his crime. The next day, OM manages to convince MUKESH to resume the filming of Om Shanti Om at the same ruined R.C. Studios. He then auditions several actresses to find SHANTI's look-alike but in vain. However, OM ends up coming across SANDY BANSAL, a ditzy but kind-hearted girl who is an exact doppelganger of SHANTI. He hires her without revealing his plan and ends up firing her as she is unable to act proudly. On PAPPU's advice, OM reveals his plan to SANDY who promises him that she will help him according to his plan. At the inaugural ceremony of the Om Shanti Om set, BELA scares MUKESH in the disguise of a ghost, and OM and PAPPU try to light the fire on SHANTI's photograph to remind him of his crime but in vain. However, the photograph is supernaturally lit by fire which disturbs MUKESH and confuses OM and PAPPU. MUKESH is more horrified when SANDY appears in front of him dressed as SHANTI in a make-up room. Eventually, he decides to leave for America after seeing SHANTI in the footage of Om Shanti Om but OM asks him to wait for some days. He eventually performs the story of SHANTI's life through a song in front of MUKESH during the music launch of Om Shanti Om. However, MUKESH discovers SANDY's real identity as her body bleeds due to an injury. MUKESH attempts to chase her but is knocked unconscious by a falling chandelier. After he regains consciousness, OM confronts him over his crime but MUKESH taunts him that he or his "duplicate SHANTI" cannot convict him for the murder as there is no proof for it. Just then, the real ghost SHANTI reaches the scene and reveals that after the fire had doused in the set, MUKESH returned to SHANTI who was still alive and breathing but he buried her alive below the chandelier. She concludes that SHANTI's corpse will be found under the chandelier which will be proof of her murder for the court. MUKESH denies her revelation and attempts to shoot her but OM attacks him and a fire breaks out on the set OM overpowers and beats MUKESH. He shoots him in his leg and is about to murder him but SHANTI stops him, saying that MUKESH is destined to die but not in his hands. She looks at the chandelier which falls and strikes MUKESH dead. The next moment, OM is shocked when PAPPU and ANWAR reach the scene along with "SANDY". As he glances back at the one in front of him, he realizes that the one who had revealed the proof of SHANTI's murder and killed MUKESH was the ghost of SHANTI. She was responsible for lighting the photograph with fire and knocking MUKESH unconscious too, helping him in his plan. OM reunites with SANDY and waves at SHANTI who tearfully smiles at him and disappears, having attained peace.
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