Om Shanti Om

Om Prakash Makhija is a junior artist who dreams of becoming a hero overnight; his mother Bela inspires and encourages him to become a success. He gets to meet Shanti Priya one day and finds out that she is very popular, after a few misunderstandings, Om finally falls in love with Shanti, but is unable to express it to her. He gets to attend her first film, Dreamy Girl, by masquerading as actor Manoj Kumar. He also saves her in a filming episode from an uncontrollable fire and both became good friends. Om asks her out on a date and she agrees. Om is ecstatic and plans a wonderful evening for her, using props and a film set and several backgrounds in a studio to woo her, and she finally attends but under the pretext of a friend. The following day, Om tries to talk to Shanti on the sets of a film but she looks very preoccupied. He follows her into a makeup room and overhears her arguing with top producer Mukesh Mehra, and learns that she is married to him and expecting his child. Shocked and heartbroken, Om flees. One night, he notices Mukesh escorting Shanti to the set. He sees it catch fire and realizes that Shanti is trapped inside. Om tries to save Shanti, but is trapped and severely beaten by Mukesh's guard.