I was looking to watch a movie last night and I saw one of my friends Facebook’s status: “OMG (Oh My God) is a great movie.”
So I googled and found out that it is a Bollywood movie and it looked interesting so I convinced my husband to get this movie from our local Asian grocery shop and we watched it together.
It is a film about our relationship with God, how instead of being God-loving, we have become God-fearing. How religion has become a business run by god-men ( referred to as ‘salesmen’) who aren’t in fact very spiritual at all. While I was watching this movie, it came to me that I have watched a very similar movie before and then I remembered that it was “The man who sued God.”
The Man who sued the god (2001) is an Australian movie that I watched a long time ago and I really liked it. But over time I had completely forgotten about it.
The story was very similar in both movies but one aimed at the Hindu religion and other at the Christian religion but both conveyed the same message. My husband loved OMG and I did as well expect a few instances where it was hard for me to understand Bollywood humour and the subtitle didn’t help at those times.
So if you are into Bollywood movies then do watch OMG (Oh My God) but I am sure you will also love The Man who sued the god.
The story in a nutshell is:
Billy Connolly plays Steve Myers, a lawyer who became a fisherman from frustration. When his one piece of property, his boat, is struck by lightning and destroyed he is denied insurance money because it was ‘an act of God’. He re-registers as a lawyer and sues the insurance company and the church under the guise of God, defending himself.
Billy Connolly is excellent, his wit and charm is on display throughout the film and it is very, very, funny, most of the time. The story itself is very intriguing; it successfully provokes your thoughts and captures your imagination with interesting questions.
I don’t want to spoil your fun so please watch either or even both of the movies and tell me what you think.
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I watched this and loved it.It actually in synch with many of my views and hence I liked it a lot.
Mine too. I really think everyone should watch this movie.
Oh I loved OMG too. Especially his defence in court was excellently written! (if u know what I mean). I thought it was really good myself. It was banned here in Dubai (as all other movies which have a person roleplaying God) but I watched it online 🙂
I think court part is the best in the movie. I think all the religious people who blindly do what the priests say should watch this movie and think what they are doing wrong.
Agreed!
I have been wanting to watch both the movies…. will get around to it this weekend!
Do let me know if you like any of them 🙂
Thanks for the heads up on these – I’m going to look them up!
Let me know if you like them 🙂
I have not watched it yet, but I think it might be really promising movie even though it might have been copied from the movie you have mentioned. 😉 Did you like it? What’s your review about this movie?
I liked both the movies. I think you should watch it and let me know how you go 🙂 Happy Dashain !!!
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Thanks lava 🙂
I’ve not heard of it, but it sounds interesting.
Let me know if you like it 🙂