Oh My God: Movie Review
Director: Sourabh SrivastavaCast: Vinay Pathak, Saurabh Shukla, Divya Dutta
Having a BEST bus or a rickshaw picture pasted on the movie poster (despite having no relevance to the plot) shouldn't really give it the guise of a good offbeat film on a common man's life. Films like Hulla have attempted similar deceiving deeds in the recent past and disappointed miserably. Vinay Pathak attempts to repeat his common man act in the role of Rajendra Dubey but this time not to the desired effect. Dubey is a middle-class man who aspires to be Ambani through his multi-level marketing schemes which nobody is interested in. He still remains optimistic that his scheme of things would make him a millionaire soon and keeps distributing his proposal pamphlets across the city. Dubey keeps praying to God to be there for him, though he never asks for monetary help since he is confident of making it big on his own. Nevertheless God (Saurabh Shukla) comes down to earth and insists on offering him financial aid through his different avatars. Did you ask why? God only knows!
God stumbles upon Dubey in the getup of a lottery-ticket vendor, gambler, investor, policeman, et al and bestows him with big money each time, but Dubey fails to recognize the opportunities. It's a case of god proposes man disposes. Finally a frustrated God imposes crores of cash on Dubey which he is unable to evade. And this wealth makes him paranoid to the extent of and mental instability. The message that this parable intends to give is the age-old movie-moral that money is not everything and there's more to life than moolah. Blah blah blah! In fact the movie literally ends with Saurabh Shukla's sermon of the Aastha channel and Miraclenet variety. But the question to be asked is - did Dubey ever ask for money at the first place? No! So why is God hell-bent on helping him? The scripting by as many as five writers is a clear case of too many cooks spoil the broth. The idea of god trying to help and humans oblivious of his presence is interesting but the execution is bad, boring and bland. The pace is slow, the screenplay is stretched and the proceedings never gain momentum at any point. Monotony sets in the second half with Dubey's repetitive attempts to get rid of the money. The climax is as delusional as the outrageous optical illusion that it opts for.
Vinay Pathak never rises above the spineless script and tends to overdo it towards the end. Divya Dutta has pretty less to do and Harsh Chhaya is wasted. Saurabh Shukla hams it up as the gluttony God and irritates occasionally. The only element analogous to Bruce Almighty is his white suit attire. Otherwise this film doesn't even come close to God Tussi Great Ho. Watch the film and you will know that the title Oh My God symbolizes more of a sigh of revulsion than an exclamation remark. Skip this film and you would be a happier human.
God stumbles upon Dubey in the getup of a lottery-ticket vendor, gambler, investor, policeman, et al and bestows him with big money each time, but Dubey fails to recognize the opportunities. It's a case of god proposes man disposes. Finally a frustrated God imposes crores of cash on Dubey which he is unable to evade. And this wealth makes him paranoid to the extent of and mental instability. The message that this parable intends to give is the age-old movie-moral that money is not everything and there's more to life than moolah. Blah blah blah! In fact the movie literally ends with Saurabh Shukla's sermon of the Aastha channel and Miraclenet variety. But the question to be asked is - did Dubey ever ask for money at the first place? No! So why is God hell-bent on helping him? The scripting by as many as five writers is a clear case of too many cooks spoil the broth. The idea of god trying to help and humans oblivious of his presence is interesting but the execution is bad, boring and bland. The pace is slow, the screenplay is stretched and the proceedings never gain momentum at any point. Monotony sets in the second half with Dubey's repetitive attempts to get rid of the money. The climax is as delusional as the outrageous optical illusion that it opts for.
Vinay Pathak never rises above the spineless script and tends to overdo it towards the end. Divya Dutta has pretty less to do and Harsh Chhaya is wasted. Saurabh Shukla hams it up as the gluttony God and irritates occasionally. The only element analogous to Bruce Almighty is his white suit attire. Otherwise this film doesn't even come close to God Tussi Great Ho. Watch the film and you will know that the title Oh My God symbolizes more of a sigh of revulsion than an exclamation remark. Skip this film and you would be a happier human.
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