OMG Oh My God! (2012)

 ●  Hindi ● 2 hrs 12 mins

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Fresh and incisive, this contemporary drama provides a humorous and insightful look into closely held beliefs about faith, God, religion and justice. This thought-provoking tale primarily revolves around the experiences of Kanji Lalji Mehta (Paresh Rawal), a middle-class atheist Hindu. Ironically, he happens to own a shop of Hindu idols and antiques in Chor Bazaar, Mumbai. Inexplicably, when a low-intensity earthquake hits the city and Kanji's shop is the only shop that is destroyed. When he seeks compensation from the insurance company for his losses, he learns that the disaster claim does not cover damage is caused by natural calamities classified under "Act of God". In an act of defiance, Kanji files a lawsuit against God to compensate him for the losses, finding an extraordinary lawyer to fight his case. This lawsuit sparks a complex sequence of events, that is much bigger than his individual concerns. How will the lawsuit turn out? Will Kanji find a satisfactory solution to this problem?
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Cast: Akshay Kumar, Paresh Rawal

Crew: Umesh Shukla (Director), Sethu Sriram (Director of Photography), Himesh Reshammiya (Music Director)

Rating: U (India)

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Family

Release Dates: 28 Sep 2012 (India)

Tagline: Kanjibhai vs god

Hindi Name: OMG - हे भगवान!

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Did you know? This movie created a lot of controversy over the depictions of prominent Hindu gods and Indian spiritual traditions. Jalandhar State Mahila Congress Vice President Nimisha Mehta lodged a complaint against the lead actors, Paresh Rawal and Akshay Kumar, and the producers of the film, for hurting religious sentiments of Hindus. The notice asked them to delete objectionable scenes and dialogues. Akshay Kumar was given police protection, after this incident. Read More
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as Krishna Vasudev Yadav
as Kanji Lalji Mehta
Special Appearance
as Jigna
as Chintu
as Reporter
as Siddeshwar Maharaj
as The Sardesai's assistant
as Susheela
as Lawyer Sardesai
as Leeladhar Maharaj
as Laxman Mishra
as Shweta Tiwari
as Mahadev
as Hanif Bhai
as Gopi Maiyya
as Dancer
as Hanif's daughter
as The interview host
as Judge

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Film Type:
Feature
Language:
Hindi
Colour Info:
Color
Frame Rate:
24 fps
Aspect Ratio:
2.35:1, 2.39:1 (Scope)
Stereoscopy:
No
Tracklist
Music Label: T-Series
05:04

Music Director: Himesh Reshammiya
Lyricist: Subrat Sinha
05:00

Music Director: Samiksha Bhatt
Lyricist: Rakesh Kumar
Playback Singer: Kailash Kher, Samiksha Bhatt
04:07

Music Director: Himesh Reshammiya
Lyricist: Sameer Anjaan
Playback Singer: John Houseman
05:05

Music Director: Himesh Reshammiya
Lyricist: Shabbir Ahmed
Playback Singer: Shreya Ghoshal, Mika Singh
04:37

Lyricist: Swanand Kirkire
Playback Singer: Kirti Sagathia
04:07

Music Director: Himesh Reshammiya
Playback Singer: Suraj Jagan
01:28

Music Director: Himesh Reshammiya
Playback Singer: Zubeen Garg
03:09

Music Director: Himesh Reshammiya
Playback Singer: Ash King
04:17

Music Director: Himesh Reshammiya
Lyricist: Sameer Anjaan
Playback Singer: John Houseman
02:07

Music Director: Samiksha Bhatt
Playback Singer: Parash Nath
Taglines:
Kanjibhai vs god
Kanjibhai is taking God to court!
Movie Connection(s):
Remade as: Nehle Pe Dehla Gopala Gopala (Hindi)
Remade as: Gopala Gopala (Telugu)
Referenced in: Main Tera Hero (Hindi)
Goofs:
Continuity
At the last scene where Paresh Rawal meets Akshay Kumar for the last time, Akshay Kumar disappears as soon as Paresh Rawal looks back. But at that scene, there is a change in back-ground before and after his disappearance.

Continuity
During the court scene where he's almost strangled by the enraged priest, Kanji's beard stubble magically disappears and reappears in various parts of the same scene. And even when it is seen, its length varies constantly.
Trivia:
OMG Oh My God! was banned in the United Arab Emirates.

This movie created a lot of controversy over the depictions of prominent Hindu gods and Indian spiritual traditions. Jalandhar State Mahila Congress Vice President Nimisha Mehta lodged a complaint against the lead actors, Paresh Rawal and Akshay Kumar, and the producers of the film, for hurting religious sentiments of Hindus. The notice asked them to delete objectionable scenes and dialogues. Akshay Kumar was given police protection, after this incident.

Many notable stars of Hindi film industry played cameos in this movie, Prabhu Deva, and Sonakshi Sinha appeared in a special appearance in the song "Go Govinda", whereas Salman Khan as the narrator in a teaser trailer, and Dhushenraj as a taxi driver.

The story of this movie has similarities to an Australian film 'The Man Who Sued God'. Yet the screenplay is based on a Gujarati stage-play entitled Kanji Virudh Kanji in original.