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19 Years of Om Shanti Om: Facts

Radiocity
By Radiocity Team
Published Nov 10, 2026

Script was drafted in 2 weeks

Farah Khan wrote the first draft of "Om Shanti Om" script in just two weeks, inspired by a random thought in her diary.

Deepika’s voice was dubbed

DP`s voice was dubbed by voice actor Mona Ghosh Shetty because Farah felt Deepika`s speaking voice sounded a bit too modern for a 1970s "Dream Girl".

Vivek was the 1st choice for the villain

Vivek had turned the role of Mukesh down due to scheduling conflicts. It then went to Arjun, who initially rejected thinking the character was "too evil".

SK waited 3 hrs to dance with Dharmendra

Salman had already finished shooting for "Deewangi Deewangi," but when he found out Dharmendra was arriving later, he waited 3 hours just to dance with him.

Aamir Khan & Big B missed out

Farah wanted Aamir & Big B to make cameo appearances in "Deewangi Deewangi". Aamir was busy with Taare Zameen Par, while Amitabh was attending a family wedding.

Rumours about Sridevi

As per rumors, Sridevi declined appearance in the song as she insisted on dancing with Boney ji. Farah rejected since Sridevi had to be paired with Jeetendra.

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Improvised line

Shah Rukh Khan`s funny dialogue yelling "Naughty pussy" at the toy tiger was completely improvised on set.

The fire rescue homage

Scene where Om rescues Shanti from a studio fire was a spoof of a real-life incident where Sunil Dutt rescued Nargis from a fire on the sets of Mother India.

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