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E25: Your plot is predictable! Om Shanti Om shows you why that works | Screenwriting Masterclass
Om Shanti Om Screenwriting Breakdown | Hero’s Journey, Character, Dialogue & Scene Craft
Written by Farah Khan, Mayur Puri, & Mushtaq Sheikh
What makes Om Shanti Om work as a screenplay?
In Episode 25 of Breakdown Besties, Ananya and Akshay break down Farah Khan's Om Shanti Om from a screenwriter's perspective, looking at the structural choices, character design, genre conventions, scene construction and dialogue techniques that make the film so tightly plotted.
The film is especially interesting because it effectively contains two Hero’s Journeys. Shah Rukh Khan's character dies and is…
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