OMG – Oh My God!
- Director
- Umesh Shukla
- Studio
- Grazing Goat PicturesS Spice Studios
- Release Date
- 27 September 2012
- Running Time
- 130 min
- Language
- Hindi
- Country
- India
- Budget
- ₹20.00 Cr
- Box Office
- ₹149.90 Cr
Review
Rajpal Yadav's film swings wildly between genuine provocation and preachy self-satisfaction, landing somewhere in the middle of a mess that almost works. The premise—a non-believer suing God over an earthquake—has teeth, and for the first half, the film actually bites. Akshay Kumar channels his comedic energy into something purposeful here, playing Kanji with enough cynical bite to make the atheism feel lived-in rather than performative. The courtroom sequences crackle with the kind of theatrical absurdity Bollywood should exploit more often, and the supporting cast (particularly the religious leaders forced to defend their positions) generates real comic friction. But the film can't resist undercutting its own argument—it wants to challenge religious orthodoxy while simultaneously preaching tolerance, which sounds noble until you realize it means nobody actually loses anything. The satire has no spine.
The second half descends into exactly what the first half mocked: mystical nonsense masquerading as wisdom. Enter the "Krishna" character, whose inexplicable powers and cryptic philosophizing derail everything the film built. Yadav, to his credit, directs with visual flair and pacing that keeps things moving, but he doesn't trust his own story enough to let the argument breathe—instead, he reaches for divine intervention like a crutch. Akshay's performance remains committed, but he's fighting a screenplay that's already surrendered. The film wants revolution but settles for g
Storyline
So there's this guy Kanji who runs a shop selling Hindu religious statues and stuff, but here's the thing—he doesn't actually believe in God at all. He's always making fun of people around him for being religious, which seems pretty ironic given what he does for a living. One day, an earthquake shakes Mumbai and completely destroys his shop while everything around it stays standing. Everyone blames his lack of faith for the disaster, which is pretty harsh, but then he discovers the insurance won't pay because earthquakes are classified as "Acts of God."
Desperate and out of luck, Kanji decides to actually sue God, which is absolutely wild. He can't find any lawyer willing to touch such a crazy case until he meets Hanif, a Muslim guy who works as a lawyer and decides to help him out. They file the lawsuit and things blow up from there—legal notices get sent to religious leaders and the insurance company, forcing them all to appear in court as God's representatives. The whole thing becomes this bizarre media sensation that everyone's talking about.
As the case progresses, Kanji faces some pretty serious consequences. Religious extremists start harassing him, his family abandons him, and he's about to lose his house. But then this mysterious guy named Krishna shows up claiming to be a real estate agent from a small town, though he seems to have some seriously strange powers that don't quite add up. The lawsuit keeps growing bigger, attracting more people who join in and more claims pile up, while religious leaders from all different faiths get dragged into the courtroom drama.
