Farah Khan gets Mayor of Toronto Olivia Chow to groove on Shah Rukh Khan’s song; video goes viral; WATCH

As winter sets in Canada, choreographer-filmmaker Farah Khan brought the cultural warmth of Bollywood and Diwali to one of its metropolises.

She shook a leg with Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow during a recent event. The duo danced to the song of Shah Rukh Khan starrer ‘Om Shanti Om’.

A video from the Diwali celebration event in Toronto has resurfaced and shows Farah performing the moves she had choreographed for the director in her own style.

Olivia Chow enjoyed her time on stage dancing to the song. Shah Rukh Khan appeared in the movie along with Deepika Padukone. The film is set in the backdrop of the Bollywood film industry; The story blends themes of love, betrayal and reincarnation.

Om Prakash Makhija (played by SRK), a young artist in 1970s Mumbai, falls in love with superstar Shantipriya (played by Deepika), unaware that she is secretly married to producer Mukesh Mehra.

Om dies trying to save her when Mukesh kills her in a deliberate fire. He is then gradually reborn as Om Kapoor, a successful actor who remembers his past life and seeks justice for Shantipriya’s murder. The film celebrates the excesses and nostalgia of Indian cinema by combining melodrama, humor and self-referential satire.

Featuring Vishal and Shekhar’s chart-topping music with detailed visuals, the film was a huge box office hit and became one of the defining films of Bollywood in the 2000s.

It clashed with Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Saawariya’ at the box office and marked the debut of Bollywood superstar Ranbir Kapoor. ‘Om Shanti Om’ completely wiped out ‘Saawariya’ at the box office during Diwali. The choreographer-director poetically celebrated Diwali once again on Canadian soil after 18 years.

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