'Oh My God!'
U/A; Drama
Director: Umesh Shukla
Cast: Akshay Kumar, Paresh Rawal, Mithun Chakraborty

It’s ironical that Oh My God releases just at a time when our city’s Ganpati Bappa celebrations are at a jumpingum pumpingum peak. As we keep getting bombarded with Jai Ganeshaay and Omkar Swarupa aartis and traffic jams at every corner, it’s pretty easy to warm to OMG’s theme – its strong debate against idol worship, blind superstition, divine bribes and glam spirituality. Oh, but it really turns out to be a pretty long statement. For a film with a straight single track linear story that is.

Akshay Kumar and Paresh Rawal in 'Oh My God'. Pic/Santa Banta