OMG – Oh My God!

Oh My God! is a 2012 Indian Hindi language satirical comedy-drama film written and directed by Umesh Shukla, and produced by Viacom 18 Motion Pictures, S Spice Studios, Grazing Goat Pictures and Playtime Creations. The storyline is based on the Gujarati stage-play Kanji Virudh Kanji which itself was inspired from the Australian film The Man Who Sued God. Producers of this movie purchased remake rights from Australian Producers. The film is originally written by co-writer Saumya Joshi, with Bhavesh Mandalia as an additional co-writer. The film stars Akshay Kumar and Paresh Rawal, along with Mithun Chakraborty, Om Puri, Govind Namdeo, Poonam Jhawer, Puja Gupta and Mahesh Manjrekar in pivotal roles.[7]

Made on a budget of ₹ 20 crore (US$2.5 million), the film released on 28 September 2012 was praised for its themes and for Rawal's and Kumar's performance.[8][9]

The film was remade in Telugu as Gopala Gopala in 2015 with Venkatesh, Pawan Kalyan and Shriya Saran. It was also remade in Kannada as Mukunda Murari in 2016 with Upendra and Sudeep. A second instalment is in development with Akshay Kumar, Pankaj Tripathi, and Yami Gautam.[10]