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| Movie Review :- Oh My God |
Straight on, OMG is Paresh Rawal's movie - and one of his best. Akshay Kumar
plays a small and sacred role but OMG is largely powered by Rawal's
performance as Kanjilal Mehta, a cynical Gujarati shopkeeper in Mumbai's
Chor Bazaar, hardcore atheist who merrily dupes the believing into buying Krishna statues before whom Kanji trills, "Kootchie kootchie, natkhat!" The atheist even disrupts a matki phoro ceremony for Krishna where, despite a cracking guest performance by Sonakshi Sinha and Prabhudeva to 'Go-Go-Go-Govinda' - watch the latter's buttery moves and the former's rock-chick hair - Kanjilal rains on the party.
An earthquake follows,
reducing just one shop to rubble - Kanjilal's. His insurance company
refuses to pay, citing an act of God. Facing ruin, Kanji takes God - as
represented by 'collection officers', religious leaders Swami Leeladhar
(Chakrabarty, super), Siddheshwar (Namdeo, hamming it up to Italian
deli-level) and sexy sanyasin Mata Gopi (Poonam Jhawar) - to court
demanding compensation. Goons try to kill Kanji - but 'consultant'
Krishna Vasudev Yadav saves him via a thrilling motorbike ride - then
moves into his house. The trial circles deep philosophy, yet tongues
stay firmly in cheek as Kanji tells the outraged swamis, "Ye mujhe kya Gita sikhayenge - inka IQ room temperature se bhi low hai."
