Oh My God (2012)

Today I had a choice between watching either “Barfi” or “Oh My God”, as my friend had already seen ‘Barfi’, I settled for OMG and never regretted my decision for a second after the movie was over.

First things first, Paresh Rawal is the hero of this movie not Akshay Kumar, although Akshay has a significant role in the movie, but the screen belongs to Paresh for this one. As you may have seen in the trailers of the movie, the story deals with a case filed by a common man against God, but the core of the movie holds more than that, what looks like a comedy movie has intense thought and a lot of gut behind it. The question about existence and work of God is constantly asked throughout the movie, but more importantly even somewhat answered as well.  

As I said earlier, it is a difficult movie to make, because the faith of people is openly challenged throughout the proceeding of the movie, notwithstanding the fact that people could have seriously objected to it theme of the movie. But here I would like to congratulate the director for coming out with an objective and balanced screenplay, where justice is done to both the sides, people who believe in God and people who don’t.

The movie is multilayered as it not only deals with the questions surrounding God, but also about the business people have made out of, on the name of God.

Even without God (Akshay Kumar) the movie could have been made, but would have missed its depth. As beautifully put in lines by the character, “मैं कृष्ण हूँ इसलिए चमत्कार कर सकता हूँ, चमत्कार कर सकता हूँ इसलिए कृष्ण नहीं हूँ”.

The best part of the movie comes when you think that the movie has ended with the end of court case, but the director still has a point to make and he does that with excellence, viewer is caught surprised with the drama unfolding during climax, brownie points to the director and writer for that.

All in all, a must watch, not for comedy but for the thought provoking idea.

Rating ****