OMG Oh My God!
Synopsis:
Kanji
Mehta is an atheist, who runs an antique shop. For him, God and
religion are nothing more than a business proposition. He buys old
looking god and other religious idols, which he usually sells as
'antique' idols at double or triple, and sometimes even 10 times its
original price. Well, it's not his fault really, is it now?
The average and gullible
believer truly wants to believe that these are actually centuries old
and rare finds. God is the biggest money spinner for him. His wife, on
the other hand, is a completely different story. She is as devout as one
comes, infact so much so, that she goes the extra mile to atone for her
husband's sacrilegious babblings. The life has gone on for kanji and
his family like this, and would have sailed smoothly for him in the
future as well, but for that one fine day, when a slight tremor of an
earthquake shakes the city. The earthquake itself doesn't cause any
concern to anyone, and would have hardly been of any consequence, but
for one small problem... it causes the destruction of only one shop in
the entire city... Kanji's shop!!! But Kanji, is a wily fox, he always
thinks two steps ahead. For just such a situation, he has taken out more
than adequate insurance... nothing, not even a freak earthquake can
upset his life...
But as they say, man proposes, god disposes,
or in this case, Insurance company disposes... for, the insurance
companies possess a holistic shield against all such claims... 'ACT OF
GOD'... Now, this 'act of god' is that fine print which is hardly ever
read by the policy taker, but can be used by the insurance agency to
deny any unwarranted claim. The Insurance Company invokes this act of
god and promptly rejects the claim saying that 'earth-quake' is not a
man-made phenomenon, it can only be brought on by an 'act of god'.
Frustrated,
and left with no option, Kanji decides to file a case against God on
the premise that if God is responsible for his loss, as has been made
amply clear by the Insurance Company, then it is God's responsibility to
compensate him for his losses. SO THAT'S HOW GOD GETS SUED!
Frustrated,
and left with no option, Kanji decides to file a case against God on
the premise that if God is responsible for his loss, as has been made
amply clear by the Insurance Company, then it is God's responsibility to
compensate him for his losses. SO THAT'S HOW GOD GETS SUED!
Kanji sends legal notices to
the various high priests and heads of various religious sects. The news
spreads like wild fire that a mad man has made a mockery of religion
and law alike. Everyone, including the lawyers and the priests are
certain, that such an outlandish and preposterous case will never get
the dignity of a court hearing; it will be thrown out in a minute, if
not sooner.
In the court, Kanji argues his own case, not because
he didn't trust any lawyer... it was just that it's difficult to find a
lawyer in this country, who was willing to put God on trial. The
proceedings begin, the lawyers are contemptuous, Priests are dismissive,
kanji is earnest and persuasive. To everyone's disbelief, the judge
leans towards Kanji, after all it is the question of survival for an
individual... he admits the case. This news too spreads like wildfire,
and not everyone will take it lying low... an agitated crowd gathers
outside the court premises, and upon sighting kanji emerging from the
court, run to attack him... Kanji runs, with a mob following close on
his heels.
Just as Kanji begins to lose
ground, a man enters... riding majestic on his flaming bike, he swoops
kanji off the road straight on his bike, and speeds off... the crowd is
in no mood to admit defeat, they follow on cars and bikes of their
own... a crazy chase follows... but kanji and the mysterious man emerge
unscathed, much to Kanji's astonishment. The man introduces himself...
his name is Krishna Vasudev Yadav... the god?? No NO, it can't be!!!
What
follows is a journey of epic proportions, of self-realization and legal
masterstrokes. The second hearing comes up and kanji is at his
argumentative best. The lawyers and the priests alike are stumped and
sometimes even embarrassed. They can only hide behind thin wall of
religious edicts and god's benevolence. But kanji is unstoppable. But as
it had to, it finally comes down to proof... something, which kanji
finds hard to supply. After all, how can anyone ever prove, that there
exists a god. And if there does exist a god, that god is actively
interested in the activities of this world and every living and
non-living entity in this world. Even if this supposed god is interested
at all in what the people do, how does one prove that this god, took
time out to single kanji out and destroy his shop...the proof is almost
impossible to find.
For all it was worth, kanji had lost...or
The movie is adapted from a highly acclaimed Gujarati Play 'Kanji Virrudh Kanji', which was later made in Hindi 'Krishan vs Kanhaiya' and starred Paresh Rawal in it. 
OMG Oh My God