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My Take on Oh My GOD!!

Oh My GOD! -- Akshay Kumar's home-production that tried to highlight the so-called evils that exist in our religious life (especially HINDUISM). The entire movie revolves around one Kanji Lal (Trader) who runs a business of selling IDOLS to devotees. I did not like the movie due to the following reasons: While Kanji Lal created false stories on Idols to increase his sales and rip the pocket of innocent devotees; He had no qualms about disbelieving and openly challenging GOD.  The irony is that Kanji uses GOD to make money but does not believe in him because he cannot see it. If he doesn't believe in GOD, it is fine but he has no right to claim that devotees worship a stone which has no power. The movie portrays that doing good for the needy is most important but why does it need to connect with the religious beliefs of a particular community. We can obviously focus on SOCIAL SERVICE. Kanji Lal kept a record of each and every donation that he made to GOD and then asked for retur