Recently watched another fantastic bollywood flick Oh My God and here are my thoughts about the master piece. This movie is certainly sensational on the likes of Munna Bhais, 3 Idiots, Chak De India etc., What particularly I liked about the movie is the theme called GOD.
Firstly, appreciate the creators for having the heart to appreciate the right source for the actual concept. The movie is basically the story of an atheist who wanted to sue the myth called GOD for the loss he encountered due to earth quake. The lead characters also the producers, Akshay and Paresh carried the movie all the way with their own style and succeeded too. The dialogues in the movie carry a special mention. The Go Go Govinda song choreographed and danced by Prabhu Deva is a delight.
The movie specifically addresses the religious atrocities created by people in the name of God. Though the movie is brilliant in terms of screen play, we should still accept the real meaning of those customary procedures followed in religions all over the world. Since I am a Hindu, I did a few research on the traditional Hindu way of worshiping and the rationale behind it.
The temples constructed in ancient India is not mere stones and walls, it’s a genius of construction techniques and lots of thought process have been put for each act made on God’s name (am more specifically referring to the temples and procedures followed 1000s of years ago) The temples are considered as the place of public gathering to exhibit the artistic skills of individuals. Be it Sculptures, paintings, dance, music, you got it there. Its basically an arena for all the gladiators. The temples themselves are built on the basis of vasthu sasthra (like Feng Shui in Chineese) which means scientifically, gives positive energy to people visiting the place in many ways.
The Garpagraha (the God’s room) is not just a stone idol enclosed by four walls. The metal plates buried underneath are the source of energy and distributed to the devotees around during the gathering (pooja). The camphor, the lights, the tulasi water (holy water) all does their part medically a healthy factor to human body. Rationally speaking, the concept of religion itself is to inculcate the self discipline in to people and get automated governance in the country. Morally speaking, the concept called ‘God’ is a brilliant idea and I whole heartedly appreciate it.
Getting back to modern day and the movie, though the story emphasize the existence of God, the factor that I liked very much about the movie is that the clear delivery of message, ‘ God never wanted any one to offer money or prayers for their fortune’. God made just the people and not religion (which is exactly my view about God) and God has no favoritism between Atheists or Theists. I agree with Mithun’s dialogue that there are only ‘God-fearing people and NO God-loving people’ in this world. Which the hypocrites (otherwise #$#$@#) used it to their advantage to make a living out of it.
The key reason for the movie’s success is that there is a hidden Kanji bhai in everybody and when we see this in the screen we have a ‘oh-nice’ factor and eventually that persuades us to agree with the points delivered in the movie. Again I am neither a staunch atheist nor a self proclaimed rational scholar, am just an agnostic dude who really not interested if god exists or not. If exists, so be it, I will still remain living the same life : )
Disclaimer : The post is purely my opinion about movie and GOD, I am sorry if this hurts any one’s sentiments and I always respect all religions and the worshiping ways assuming there will always be some rationale.
