God is great, and so is the film!
Adapted from a gujrati play, OMG! is a simple, subtle
film which makes one think about how today’s world deals with God and religion.
Kanji Bhai
(Paresh Rawal) is a middle class Hindu atheist whose shop is demolished during
a minor earth quake. Being financially helpless, he demands payment from the
insurance company he had been paying premium to. After the company denies the
payment owing to the company’s contract which says no payment against ‘act of God’
(earth quake), he urges to file a case against God!
As
fictional as this sounds, the story develops into real and believable
circumstances making it relatable to today’s world. The story stresses on the
ongoing modern world ‘babaism’, religion
as a business and people’s idea of what God really is!
What
stands out is the scene writing and dialogues. Especially the court scenes which
are crisply written, with apt and hard hitting dialogues. The dialogues own
this film!
Paresh
Rawal in an author backed role justifies why he is one of the greatest actors
India has seen. Akshay Kumar in an extended cameo as the modern day Lord
Krishna plays is part right. Amongst the supporting cast, Mithun Chakraborty as
the witty spiritual guru is hilarious with his feminine body language.
OMG! may not have the best direction,
music and cinematography, yet it steals the show purely on the merit of its
theme and script. Here’s a cake with minimal icing but a very spongy interior
unlike so many others which offer grand icing with hard and minimal interior.
I am going with 3 out of 5 for director’s Umesh Shukla’s OMG! Oh My God! .Watch it for its performances and for what it preaches!
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