Movie review – “Om Shanti Om” (2007) ***

A Bollywood film to out-Bollywood Bollywood films, complete with a plot that revolves around filmmaking and a cast that features several Indian stars in cameos. It’s bright and cheerful with some terrific production numbers (often very poorly motivated plot wise), a good heart and a good knack for emotion. It goes on for almost three hours and the last bit – the Hamlet-esque “let’s send them mad” section – goes on far too long. Also some of the songs could have been better placed eg the title track really belongs at the end.