Farah Khan Interview

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Farah Khan Interview
Check out the interview with Farah Khan, director of Om Shanti Om and famous for her superhit association with Shah Rukh Khan. Farah Khan talks about her personal life as a Mother of triplets.

Om Shanti Om-Farah Khan-Shahrukh Khan

Om Shanti Om-Farah Khan-Shahrukh Khan

ON WHAT SHE LOVES ABOUT BEING A FILMMAKER
I enjoy being a director the most because as a filmmaker, I get to decide each and everything connected with the film, including recording only the songs which I want. I feel that direction is the most fulfilling job. The worst job is writing for the simple reason that it does not come easy to me.

ON HOW ACTIVE SHE WAS DURING THE DAYS OF HER PREGNANCY
All through the making of Om Shanti Om, I had a great time. If you remember I was present even during the music launch of the film and Shah Rukh Khan even had fetched a chair for me to sit on the dais. I was very active during my pregnancy. In fact, in the first few months, I was very buy finishing several portions of my film. I remember I used to have morning sickness when I was filming the song Dard E Disco on Shah Rukh. I used to throw up and Shah Rukh had to keep on removing his shirt. Though the doctors had advised me not to go out, I was all over the sets because I had to complete the film.

ON WHAT SHE FEELS BEING THE MOTHER OF TRIPLETS
It feels fantastic being the mother of triplets. You would not believe it but sometimes I check at night whether three babies are there. In the first month after my delivery, it was actually going above our heads Ever since I delivered my three babies, I am taking it easy and not taking up any assignment and now the only assignment I have is being the judge of Entertainment Ke Liye kuch Bhi Karehga with Anu Malik. I am not doing too much. I feel that there is no point in having your babies with great difficulty and then leaving them behind at home with their ayahs.

ON WHEN IT SUNK IN THAT SHE IS THE MOTHER OF NOT ONE OR TWO BUT THREE KIDS
To tell you the truth, though we knew in advance that I was going to deliver triplets, we were both numb for a week after they were born. It did not sink in at all that they were our babies. It was only after the first two weeks that Shirish and I started bonding with our babies. Now I just cannot imagine life without my babies.

ON WHAT SHE HAS NAMED HER THREE BABIES AND WHY
I have two daughters and one son. I have named my son Czar. Czar means an emperor. I have named my two daughters Diva and Anya. Diva is an Italian word for prima Donna, the main singer in the opera. Anya means inexhaustible in Sanskrit and graceful in Russian. Diva and Czar are similar looking but not identical. Its is said that one in two million triples are identical

ON HOW MOTHERHOOD HAS CHANGED HER AS A PERSON
I am no longer the baby that I was any more, with the arrival of my three babies.Nowadays Shirish is besotted with his daughters and our conversation revolves around what the babies do. Of course twice a week, Shirish and I go out for cozy lunches when the babies are sleeping. I think the babies have strengthened our marriage because now we both have a common goal.

ON HER FUTURE PLANS AS FAR AS HER BABIES ARE CONCERNED
I think it is too early to think of the future of our babies. We do not want to plan at this stage what they will do when they become big. I think it will be silly for Shirish or me to say that Czar will be a doctor or Diva will be a director. Let them grow up and decide what they want to do in life.

ON HER PLANS FOR UPBRINGING HER BABIES
Mine and Sajid’s upbringing as children was quite liberal by our parents. We were not forced to follow any religion or do anything that we did not want to do. We were encouraged to read good books, watch good films and discuss about them with each other. I should say that sense of humor runs in the family. Even Shirish’s sense of humor is cutting and black.

ON WHEN AND HOW SHE PLANS TO RESUME HER WORK
Even though as far as the babies are concerned, I make it a point to take a decision only in consultation with Shirish, I take personal decision when it comes to my career. Shirish will launch his next film very shortly but I cannot afford to launch my next film soon. Men are happy if they spend even half an hour with their babies but as the mother I have to devote all my time and attention to my babies. After they turn one year old, I may start working on my next film Happy New Year but I won’t work for seven days a week like I used to earlier before I delivered the babies.

It’s a tragedy that despite a good budget, makers fail to come out with something innovative especially for children. FARAH KHAN tells Jyothi Venkatesh/Sampurn

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A Bollywood Bonanza
 
Review Date: March 30, 2008
Reviewer: Barbara Burkowsky, Manly, NSW Australia
This spectacle of colours and sounds is like a celebration of Bollywood with its crème de la crème cast and crew, and a story set in the Indian film industry spanning 30 years of classic and cult movies. As such, this film cannot fail to stir the hearts of most Indians and lovers of Bollywood, but its appeal can reach much further beyond its domestic arena because of its high production standards and personnel of international acclaim. The two most famous names in "Om Shanti Om" are Shahrukh Khan, one of India's most talented and versatile actors, and the film's scriptwriter, choreographer and director, Farah Khan, who has also earned many local and international awards for her outstanding productions. The two Khans (not related) have already worked together successfully on several big hit movies, and "Om Shanti Om" is yet another step along this fantastic journey into semi-fantasy, escapism and sheer delight for the senses. Although technically a Bollywood standard production of nearly three hours in length with about eight song and dance scenes throughout, "Om Shanti Om" is in fact many films in one as it embraces three decades of Indian films. A basically simple story is very effectively woven through this film industry history, mixing a tragic drama with the unreal world of show business while making fun of its own industry by overplaying the sentimental tones of many classic Indian films. For this reason alone, a general knowledge and feel for Bollywood would help the viewer to appreciate and understand these playful yet respectful tributes to Indian cinema. Yet the story itself already makes for general entertaining viewing, and the high-profile stars, brilliant music and choreography, as well as lavish sets make this film stand out from the rest.

The first half of the film is set in the 1970s, complete with garish fashions and cars, big hair and sideburns, and even nauseating Seventies wallpaper, as we watch a young studio extra trying to get closer to the beautiful, famous actress he is in love with, when suddenly tragedy strikes. But true to Hindu traditional belief, his soul is reincarnated that very instant into a newborn baby so that 30 years later - in our present day - when he finally remembers his past life, he can mete out justice and revenge on the evil perpetrator who took the life of his beloved three decades ago, but not without a nice little twist at the end. A lot of work went into making the sets, especially those with an authentic 1970s look and feel, and even the songs and music in the first part of the film are in the style of Bollywood's Seventies films. Some Bollywood cult figures are also comically represented, but many are also internationally recognizable or are very similar to Western and Hollywood characters and movies, such as a parody of India's Filmfare Awards: Bollywood's Academy Awards, at which everyone who is anyone in Bollywood makes at least a two second appearance in their most typical and best recognized role or personality. For viewers not up on Bollywood's Who's Who, the second disc in this set might be helpful with nearly three hours of "the Making of..." complete with interviews, bloopers, deleted scenes, audience comments, interactive trivia quiz and much more, all with English subtitles. A nice, colourful booklet also has a brief summary of cast and crew which serves as a nice introduction to get acquainted with Bollywood, and the medium-sized, autographed poster of a bare-chested Shahrukh Khan in a sexy pose is also an added bonus in this set. In fact, in recent times the EROS label s been producing ever bigger and more lavish box sets with more bonus material, and "Om Shanti Om" is the biggest one so far, and therefore worth a little extra money. Watching this top-notch Bollywood production is like taking a fun ride at an amusement park with all its sounds and colours to create the perfect escape from the real world for a few hours, and then makes you want to come back for more.

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