 By the end of 2006, Farah Khan's "Happy New Year" was shelved, and Khan had instead cast Padukone for the melodrama "Om Shanti Om" (2007).Set against the backdrop of the Hindi film industry, the film tells the story of a struggling actor in the 1970s who dies soon after witnessing the murder of the woman he loved and is reincarnated to avenge her death.Shah Rukh Khan starred as the protagonist, and Padukone featured in dual roles of a leading actress of the 1970s, and later, an aspiring actress.