OMG Oh My God review: Overdose of message, average dose of entertainment

DeshGujarat correspondent, Ahmedabad, 28 September 2012

Akshay Kumar and Paresh Rawal starer film OMG Oh My God has upto average dose of entertainment, and overdose of message. Is it bearable to see Paresh Rawal for two hours continuously? From start to end his character Kanjibhai continuously remains on the screen and wants to convince you that the present system of dharma(dharma tantra) is absurd.

You watch Mithun Chakrawarthy dressed like Art Of Living chief Sri Sri Ravishankar and behaving like a half man(half woman), you watch a sadhu called Siddheshwar as a funny man and villain, you watch a small time political leader who encash Siddheshwar for his political gain …. and more stuff like this.

Himmesh Reshammiya’s music is very token. Barring two-three dialogues the lol moments are absent. There’s no heroin in this film and Sonakshi Sinha’s dance appearance looks like fixture, but still OK.

Film’s story doesn’t allow you to predict what happens next, just for this reason you continue to hold your seat, and then comes an unconvincing end.

The message throughout the movie is that there’s no God, those believing in God are foolish and sadhus maulanas etc are fake.

The message at the end of the movie is – the God is there, Geeta, Quran and Bible are true, but their message is being misinterpreted and the religious system is humbug and nonsense. Becoming God loving is more important than God fearing.

Now have a look at some of the scenes:

-Atheist murty seller Paresh Rawal(Kanjibhai) refuses his son to play a role of Govinda in matki fod event of Janmashtami and says, my son would neither become Govinda nor Chanki Pande.

-Paresh Rawal visits murty shop and orders, ‘mote pet vaale ganeshji, tiger vaali(goddess Amba’s) and body builder Hanumanji, and seeks Sai Baba for free.

-Paresh Rawal drinks wine in Achmani(a kind of vessel used for pooja) and distributes it in a bus returning from religious tour.
-Paresh Rawal describes God’s idols as toys.

-A Muslim tells Kanjibhai he is going to Hajj. Paresh Rawal says it’s better if he could cancel hajj and repair his shop.
-Dharma is described as business.

-Sadhus are described as salesmen and agents.

-Donations to mandirs and ganesh mandaps are described as insurance premium.

-In one scene Paresh Rawal is shown throwing stone at murti of Krishna through gillol. However the stone touches the bell of the mandir.

-In one dialogue Paresh Rawal says ‘God would be free between 12.00 to 4.00 to come to the court.

-Shiva Linga is described as merely a stone.

Akshay Kumar comes just before the interval and plays minimum role in the film, mostly limited to few scenes, or token presence in the second half. Akki looks super. As he plays a role of God, the production unit has show extra shine on his face, which looks nice. There are very few males who look good while smiling. Akshay is one of them. And in this film he has to smile for most of time, rather than speak.

A scene in which Akshay Kumar rides on a bike with Paresh Rawal is entertaining. The bike runs on the side wall of an over bridge. Akshay Kumar who plays a God in suit pant does so to save Paresh Rawal from the people who want to attack him because he has filed plea in court against God. Paresh Rawal files this case because his shop is destroyed in earth quake and the insurance company refuses to pay for it because this is ‘an act of God’ as per the insurance document.

The film tries to bring Lage raho Munnabhai type effect, but there’s just overdose of anger against the existing religious system or say existing way of practicing religion in this film. Plus the message has been delivered merely through dialogues of one person and not through the interesting sequences and multiple characters(this is because the film is made out of a theater play, the movie theater is not the drama theater however). The end – where Paresh Rawal is admitted in the hospital due to paralysis attack and people make him God is not convincing and brings some boredom.

So should you watch this movie? NO if you want purely entertainment. YES if you can bear Paresh Rawal continuously on the screen speaking against the existence of God and religious system for over two hours.

Tags for this movie: Bold, one time watch, not boring, it grips, unconvincing end, Paresh Rawal’s one-man show, Akshay looks nice, no heroine, where’s the music?