Writing
blog after so many days feels really goodJ.
Frankly speaking I did not simply have a topic to write on. So well today I really
got a topic. And the topic is ACT OF GOD, err actually it is the movie “OH MY
GOD”. Holy shit!! What a movie…!! Really I have hardly seen such a great movie recently
(except “kahani” and a few like that).
I watched
it today for the 1st time and I have already seen it twice. Though the
concept is a copy paste of an Aussie movie “The man who sued God”, in my
opinion it’s way better than the original version. Actually I think in no other
country except India one can find so many bullshitting around God every day. May
be that’s why it is much more relevant in India.
The
movie is starring Paresh Rawal and Akshay Kumar in main role and directed by Umesh Shukla. Direction was really good
and both the actors were superb, especially Paresh Rawal deserves lots of applauds.
In
this movie Paresh Rawal named as Kanji Bhai, a Guajarati Businessman (whose
business is with God actually), is a hard core atheist and does not give a damn
to all the rituals, the eternal PAAP-PUNYA and all. He drinks wine while on a pilgrimage,
does not believe in fasting for God and on and on.
And finally
he was stuck by “An act of God” (you will see when you watch the movie; I will
not reveal it right now) and the poor Kanji Bhai was not paid by the Insurance company
though he deposited the premium money timely. And so finally it made him sue
God cause the situation he was going through was created by God (as per the
Insurance company). Of course in India, where Godhra, Mumbai and recent Assam
Riots are very common, this case was a very brave and difficult step to take. Only
a hard core NAASTIK could take it. And so did Kanji Bhai. Of course this step
was very soon followed by all the religious, social and political monarchy
started by the hypocrites of society. All the religious gurus (if only they can
be called as GURU) came together with all their powers- political power, show
off power, hunger strike power and all. But none showed the power of BHAKTI.
Well
soon Kanji Bhai was getting crashed and doomed by the social goons. His house
was looted. Even a murder attempt was made. But who can kill a man who is saved
by the lord himself? Lord Vishnu, the lord of the lords. came to Kanji Bhai’s
rescue finally. He changed the poor man’s view, awaken him, showed him right path.
Made him read all the religious books, made him know the reality of religions,
made him believe that the religions are for good and what we do is actually “Bullshitting
with it”. And finally the court accepted the case and not only accepted it gave
judgment for Kanji Bhai and made “God” pay for Kanji Bhai’s loss. Not only
kanji Bhai, God paid to all the people who was with Kanji Bhai a huge amount of
money to recover from their loss.
But soon
Kanji realized that the society started business with Kanji Bhai himself. They “sold”
him, worshiped him and tried to make him pay with his life for the “loss of the
God”. And again he was saved by the lord “Krishna Vasudev Yadav from Gokul”.
The
character of lord Vishnu is very nicely played by our very own Akki. His voice
added to the character. His get up was very simple, to indicate the modernized look
of Lord Krishna (yeah, even God is needed to be modernized these days, may be
otherwise public won’t go for it). Really the pair of Akki and Paresh Rawal is
a real treat to the audience. The songs were also quite good; especially the
song “Mera Nishaan” was too good (I got to download it). And special thanks to Kailash
Kher for superbly singing the song.
Well
finally what more can I really say about a movie like this? I’m not a movie
critic, but what I felt from heart I told. And truly I appreciate this move by
the director and producer. It was really a hard step in Bollywood, as hard as
it was for Kanji Bhai to sue God. And am
glad that religious fanatics dint ban this movie. Thank you! Oh My God. J
