OMG – Oh My God!
| OMG – Oh My God! | |
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| Directed by | Umesh Shukla |
| Written by | Umesh Shukla Saumya Joshi Bhavesh Mandalia |
| Based on | Kanji Virrudh Kanji The Man Who Sued God |
| Produced by | Akshay Kumar B.K. Modi Vikram Malhotra |
| Starring | Mithun Chakraborty Akshay Kumar Paresh Rawal |
| Cinematography | Sethu Sriram |
| Edited by | Tushar Shivan Rajesh Panchal |
| Music by | Score: Amar Mohile Songs: Himesh Reshammiya Sachin–Jigar Meet Bros. Anjjan |
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| Distributed by | Viacom18 Motion Pictures Wave Cinemas |
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Running time | 130 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹20 crores |
| Box office | ₹149.90 crores |
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, itself inspired by the Australian film The Man Who Sued God. The film stars Mithun Chakraborty, Akshay Kumar and Paresh Rawal in leading roles, with Om Puri, Govind Namdeo, Poonam Jhawer, Puja Gupta, and Mahesh Manjrekar in supporting roles.
Made on a budget of ₹20 crore (US$2.4 million), the film was released on 28 September 2012 and received positive reviews from critics.
It was remade in Telugu as Gopala Gopala (2015) with Venkatesh, Pawan Kalyan, and Shriya Saran. It was also remade in Kannada as Mukunda Murari (2016) with Upendra and Sudeep.
A stand-alone sequel, OMG 2, with Akshay Kumar starring as Lord Shiva's messenger, along with Pankaj Tripathi and Yami Gautam in other lead roles, was theatrically released on 11 August 2023.