Mumbai: Choreographer-turned-director Farah Khan recently looked back on some of the funniest behind-the-scenes moments from her 2007 blockbuster Om Shanti Om, revealing how spontaneous improvisation between her and Shah Rukh Khan led to some of the film’s most iconic lines.
Appearing on her YouTube channel alongside MasterChef Celebrity winner Gaurav Khanna, who cooked paneer biryani and Punjabi chhole for her, Farah dived into the viral legacy of the line “Waah, kya acting kar raha hai.” Gaurav guessed the line was likely hers, to which Farah smiled and confirmed, “Yes, it was an improv. He was standing there, and I told him to just say it a few times. It became a meme later!”
She went on to recall another unexpected moment from the film’s famous tiger fight sequence. “Shah Rukh and I improvised so much in that movie,” she laughed. “I totally lost it when he said, ‘naughty pussy, naughty pussy.’ I didn’t even know he was going to say that—it was all spontaneous!”
The film, which marked Deepika Padukone’s debut, starred Shah Rukh in dual roles as 1970s junior artist Om Prakash Makhija and reincarnated superstar Om Kapoor. The story mixes drama, romance, reincarnation, and revenge, with Deepika as the tragic actress Shanti Priya and Arjun Rampal as the villainous producer Mukesh Mehra.
Om Shanti Om not only became a box office smash but also bagged the Best Production Design award at the 55th National Film Awards.
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