Oh My God! movie is a 2012 Bollywood satirical comedy-drama film The storyline is based on a Gujarati stage-play named Kanji Virudh Kanji and on the 2001 Australian Movie The Man Who Sued God. It is directer Umesh Shukla while Producer are Viacom 18 Motion Pictures, S Spice Studios, Grazing Goat Pictures and Playtime Creations.
The Movie Starring Akshay Kumar and Paresh Rawal in the Main roles, with Mithun ChakrabortyOm Puri, Govind Namdeo, Poonam Jhawer, Puja Gupta and Mahesh Manjrekar are in Supporting roles.
Oh My God! movie is releasing with 28th September, 2012 with High Critical acclaim and also from audience and Become Superhit at the Box-office and with Movie Budget of 20 Crore, earning 122 Crore and One of The Best role of Paresh Rawal as a lead actor after Sardar movie 1993.
The film was remade in Telugu as Gopala Gopala in 2015 with Venkatesh and Pawan Kalyan in the lead roles and in Kannada with Upendra and Sudeep titled as Mukunda Murari in 2016.
- Directer : Umesh Shukla
- Producer : Akshay Kumar,Paresh Rawal,Ashvini Yardi
- Writer : Akshay Kumar,Umesh Shukla, Bhavesh Mandalia (screenplay and dialogue)
- Starring : Akshay Kumar,Paresh Rawal,Mithun Chakraborty
- Music : Himesh Reshammiya,Sachin – Jigar,Meet Bros Anjjan
- Background Score : Amar Mohile
- Cinematography : Sethu Sriram
- Editor : Tushar Shivan,Rajesh Panchal
- Costume Design : Rahul Agasti ,Khatri Irfan, Moiz Kapadia, Dipti Mhatre
- Special Effects : Mahipal Tyagi
- Action Director : Parvez Shaikh
- Production company : Grazing Goat Pictures,Wave Cinemas,Spice Studios
- Distributor : Viacom 18 Motion Pictures
- Genres : Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
- Release date : 28 September 2012
- Running time : 130 minutes
- Country : India
- Language : Hindi
- Budget : 20 Crore
- Box office Collection : 122 Crore
Oh My God! movie Star Cast :
- Paresh Rawal as a Kanji Lalji Mehta
- Akshay Kumar as a Krishna Vasudev Yadav
- Mithun Chakraborty as a Leeladhar Maharaj
- Mahesh Manjrekar as a Sardesai
- Govind Namdeo as a Siddeshwar Maharaj (as Govind Namdev)
- Om Puri as a Hanif Bhai
- Sonakshi Sinha as a Dancer (Guest Appear in the Dance Song)
- Lubna Salim as a Sushila
- Nikhil Ratnaparkhi as a Mahadev
- Murli Sharma as a Laxman Mishra
- Poonam Jhawer as a Gopi Maiyya
- Yusuf Hussain as a Judge
- Jaineeraj Rajpurohit as a Dinesh Gandhi
- Nidhi Subbaiah as a Shweta Tiwari
- Apoorva Arora as a Jigna
- Azaan Shah as a Chintu (as Azaan Rustam Shah)
- Honey Chaaya as a Jagdeesh Bhai
- Krunal Pandit as a Praveen
- Bhakti Ratnaparkhi as a Mangala (as Nikhil Ratnaparkhy)
- Arun Bali as a Accha Sadhu
- Pradeep Vengurlekar as a Pujari
- Kukul Taramaster as a Laxman Mishra’s Right Hand
- Nilesh Pandya as a Bhajan Singer
- Pravin Naik as a Besaniya
- Puja Gupta as a Hanif’s Daughter
- Suneel Chouhan as a Aslam
- Shashi Omprakash Sati as a Aslam’s Sister
- Vidya Patwardhan as a Old Lady
- Vinad Khanna as a Old Lady’s Grand Son
- Karandeep Singh as a Corporator
- Chirag Vora as a Ravindra
- Dimple Danda as a Sulakshna
- Abdul Majid Shiakha as a Panwari
- Ishita Vyas as a Sardesai Assistant (as Manju Vyas)
- Anil Badola as a Handsome Man
- Jayesh More as a Male Nurse
- Ajay Upadhyay as a Pandit
- Pathik Desai as a Football Guy
- Prabhu Deva as a Dancer (as a Guest appear in the Dance Song)
- Bhavesh Mandalia as a Reporter
- Umesh Shukla as a Man in Crowd
- Chirag Vohra as a Kanji’s Neighbour travelling with father’s ashes
Pre-Post -Production :
Producer Akshay Kumar announced the film in 2012. Paresh Rawal who appeared in the original play Kishen vs Kanhaiya was cast in the lead role with Akshay Kumar playing the role of Krishna in the movie.
Mithun Chakraborty played a supporting role in the film. The film shooting was reported to have started in January 2012. Director Prabhu Deva appeared in an item-song along with Sonakshi Sinha.
Oh My God! movie Songs / Music :
The Music album of OMG – Oh My God! was composer is Himesh Reshammiya, Sachin – Jigar and Meet Bros Anjjan, whilst the lyricist are Shabbir Ahmed, Kumaar, Swanand Kirkire and Subrat Sinha.
The album Playback Singer are Reshammiya, Shreya Ghoshal, Kailash Kher, Benny Dayal, Ash King, Suraj Jagan, Keerthi Sagathia, Zubeen Garg, Meet Bros Anjjan, Arya Acharya, Mohammed Irfan, Aman Trikha and Parash Nath. The full audio album was launched on 12 September 2012 by T-Series.
- “Don’t Worry” (Hey Ram)…..Himesh Reshammiya, Benny Dayal, Arya Acharya
- “Mere Nishaan”……………………..Kailash Kher, Meet Bros Anjjan
- “Tu Hi Tu”………………………………Mohammad Irfan
- “Go Go Go Govinda”……………..Mika Singh, Shreya Ghoshal
- “Hari Bol”……………………………….Keerthi Sagathia
- “Tu Hi Tu” (Reprise)……………….Suraj Jagan
- “Oh My God” (Title Track)………Zubeen Garg
- “Tu Hi Tu” (Unplugged)…………..Ash King
- “Go Go Govinda” (Reprise)……..Aman Trikha, Shreya Ghoshal
- “Don’t Worry” (Remix)…Himesh Reshammiya, Benny Dayal, Arya Acharya
- “Tu Hi Tu” (Remix)………………Mohammad Irfan
- “Krishna Theme” (Flute)………Parash Nath and Sunit Kumar
“Go Go Go Govinda” full video song :
- Singer : Shreya Ghoshal, Aman Trikha
- Lyricist : Swanand Kirkire
- Music Director : Himesh Reshammiya
- Music label : T-Series
“Hari Bol” full video song :
- Singer : Keerthi Sagathia
- Lyricist : Subrat Sinha
- Music Director : Himesh Reshammiya
- Music label : T-Series
Review of the film :
This film reviews are Highly Positive from Critics, also Box office Superhit film.
Critics Review :
- Sukanya Verma of Rediff rated it 4 star out of 5 star reviewing “A brave and absorbing blend of satire, fable and fantasy that brings our attention to the misuse and commercialisation of religion”.
- Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave the film 3.5 out of 5 stars by appreciate the film and Stated that “On the whole, OMG – OH MY GOD! is a thought-provoking adaptation of a massively successful play. A movie tackling a sensitive and an untouched subject matter, it will find its share of advocates and adversaries, but the social message the movie conveys comes across loud and clear and that’s one of the prime reasons why OMG becomes a deserving watch”.
- Faisal Saif of Independent Bollywood rated it 4 out of 5 and said “Strongly Recommended. Fearless concept with some Fearless performances”.
Komal Nahta Reviews the film on ETC Channel :
Public Review : First Day – First Show :
Box office Collection :
This film is release with Positive Reviews and Opening are slow , But Strong Mouth Publicity Helps Long run of the film and With Low Budget 20 Crore movies Collected Worldwide 122 Core rs, Become Blockbuster at the Box office.
Day – Week wise Collection Details :
- Day 1-Friday……………4.25 Cr
- Day 2-Saturday………..6.30 Cr
- Day 3-Sunday………….8.10 Cr
- Day 4-Monday…………5.55 Cr
- Day 5-Tuesday………..4.70 Cr
- Day 6-Wednesday…….4.27 Cr
- Day 7-Thursday………..3.78 Cr
- Week 1 Collection……. 36.95 Cr
- Week 2 Collection………. 21.15 Cr
- Week 3 Collection………12.10 Cr
- Week 4 Collection………5.38 Cr
- Week 5 Collection……. 3.42 Cr
- Week 6 Collection……..1.40 Cr
- Week 7 Collection………0.75 Cr
- Week 8 Collection………0.27 Cr
- Week 9 Collection………0.05 Cr
- Total Net Collection……….81.47 Cr
- Worldwide Collection Gross……….149.90 Cr
- Overseas Collection………….40.00 Cr (est.)
- India Gross Collection………..109.90 Cr
- Oh My God! movie Budget :.-. 20 Cr
- Oh My God! Verdict : BLOCKBUSTER
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Wow ! Very Good Film. Paresh Rawal is Too Good. Mithunda is also Very Good.
My Favourite Film.