Oh My God (2012 film)

OMG – Oh My God!
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Umesh Shukla
Produced by	Akshay Kumar Paresh Rawal Ashvini Yardi
Written by	Akshay Kumar Umesh Shukla
Based on	"Kanji Virrudh Kanji" and "The Man Who Sued God"
Starring	Akshay Kumar Paresh Rawal Mithun Chakraborty
Music by	Himesh Reshammiya Sachin - Jigar Meet Bros Anjjan Background Score: Amar Mohile
Cinematography	Sethu Sriram
Edited by	Tushar Shivan Rajesh Panchal
Production company	Grazing Goat Pictures Wave Cinemas Spice Studios
Distributed by	Viacom 18 Motion Pictures
Release date	28 September 2012 (2012-09-28)
Running time	130 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹20 crore (US$3.0 million)
Box office	₹181 crore (US$27 million)

OMG – Oh My God! is a 2012 Indian satirical comedy-drama film. The storyline is based on a Gujarati stage-play entitled Kanji Virudh Kanji and on the 2001 Australian film The Man Who Sued God. It is directed by Umesh Shukla. The film features Akshay Kumar and Paresh Rawal in the lead roles, along with Mithun Chakraborty. Made on a budget of ₹20 crore (US$3.0 million), the film released on 28 September 2012 to widespread critical acclaim and was declared a blockbuster. The film was remade in Telugu as Gopala Gopala in 2014 with Venkatesh and Pawan Kalyan in the lead roles and in Kannada with Upendra and Sudeep titled as Mukunda Murari in 2016.

Kanji Lalji Mehta (Paresh Rawal), a middle-class atheist Hindu owns a shop of Hindu idols and antiques in Mumbai. He is cursed by Siddheshwar Maharaj when he stopped his son from playing dahi handi. A low-intensity earthquake hits the city, and Kanji's shop is the only shop that is destroyed.

Next day at the insurance office, Kanji and his neighbour-assistant Mahadev learn that the disaster claim does not cover any damage caused by natural calamities classified under "Act of God". Running out of options, Kanji decides to file a lawsuit against God but fails to find a lawyer for such a lawsuit. Finally, he meets Hanif Qureshi (Om Puri) and his daughter (Puja Gupta), a poor Muslim lawyer family. Qureshi, a disabled man, helps him file the case as Kanji decides to fight on his own. Legal notices are sent to the insurance company as well as to religious priests, Siddheshwar Maharaj (Govind Namdeo), Gopi Maiyya (Poonam Jhawer) and their group's founder, Leeladhar Swamy (Mithun Chakraborty) summoning them to the court as representatives of God on earth.