Back in 2007, Shah Rukh Khan’s Deewangi Deewangi song from Om Shanti Om was a massive hit. The song featured a bundle of biggest stars in Bollywood precisely 31 as cameo appearances, making it an evergreen number. Farah Khan who directed the film and choreographed the somg recollected how she got the actors on board and revealed how Aamir ditched her for the same. Farah revealed that she also wanted Amitabh to be a part of the same.
While speaking to Maniesh Paul in his podcast, Farah khan shared, “We called a lot of stars who eventually did not come. Amit ji could not come. Abhishek and Aishwarya were getting married that week, so he couldn’t come. Aamir’s was the funniest, he kept me hanging and in the end, he gave me the reason that he was editing Taare Zameen Par. I said, ‘Just come, I will get it done in two hours.”
Farah then added that Aamir again called her and said that he’s editing and if he doesn’t sit with the film, it will be delayed for 6 months. ‘Farah I am editing, if I leave the editing for two hours and come for the shoot, my film will be delayed for six months.’ Then I said, ‘You please don’t come.’ Later when I asked him about this reason, he said, ‘I did not want to come,'" Farah revealed.
Farah had earlier shared that Shah Rukh Khan even promised to get Dilip Kumar and Saira Banu on board. Speaking to PTI, she shared, “The whole industry featured in the title song of the film. Salman Khan and Saif Ali Khan wanted to see Dharmendraji dance. We captured that impromptu moment when all of them were dancing.”
Deewangi Deewangi featured Tusshar Kapoor, Jeetendra, Dharmendra, Juhi Chawla, Amrita Arora, Vidya Balan, Lara Dutta, Shilpa Shetty, Priyanka Chopra, Kajol, Rekha, Preity Zinta, Rani Mukherjee, Shahrukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Shreyas Talpade, Aftab Shivdasani and Saif Ali Khan.
Om Shanti Om marked Deepika Padukone’s debut in Bollywood.
