Mukunda Murari

Mukunda Murari
Theatrical release poster
Kannada	ಮುಕುಂದ ಮುರಾರಿ
Directed by	Nanda Kishore
Produced by	M.N. Kumar B. Jayashree Devi
Story by	Umesh Shukla
Based on	OMG – Oh My God! "Kanji Virrudh Kanji"
Starring	Upendra Sudeep Ishita Vyas Nikita Thukral P. Ravi Shankar
Music by	Arjun Janya
Cinematography	Sudhakar S. Raj
Edited by	K. M. Prakash
Production company	MNK Movies Kichcha Creations Jayashreedevi Productions
Release date	28 October 2016 (2016-10-28)
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Mukunda Murari is a 2016 Indian Kannada-language comedy drama film directed by Nanda Kishore. The film features Upendra in an atheist role and Sudeep playing the role of Lord Krishna, teaming up for the first time in the lead roles. The film, a remake of Hindi film OMG - Oh My God! (2012), which in turn was based on a Gujarati stage play "Kanji Virrudh Kanji", is produced by M.N. Kumar along with B. Jayashree Devi. The rest of the cast includes Nikita Thukral, Ishita Vyas, Kaavya Shah, P. Ravishankar, Avinash among others. The film has cinematography by Sudhakar S. Raj. The soundtrack and film score are composed by Arjun Janya.

The film released in over 250 screens on 28 October 2016 and ran for 50 days in theatres.

The film follows the story of an atheist, Mukunda, who sues God after losing his shop in an earthquake. Religious organizations revolt against him and Murari visits him as his human guide.

In January 2016, it was reported that director Nanda Kishore was under the preparation to remake the hit Bollywood film OMG - Oh My God! retaining the basic plot and giving it a native touch. Initially the film was titled 'Kiccha!! Nee Begane Baaro', 'Brahma Vishnu', 'Sri Krishanrjuna Vijaya', 'Super Star Mattu Bigg Boss' and the makers roped in two of the biggest stars Upendra and Sudeep to reprise the roles played by Paresh Rawal and Akshay Kumar respectively in the original version. Later the title was altered as the makers sound the earlier one was quite a common name. To bring the uniqueness to the title, it was christened as Mukunda Murari.