God Tussi Great Ho

This film is a Bollywood version of the American film "Bruce Almighty" with Jim Carey. In my opinion, this version is better because it does not have Jim Carey's antics in it.Salman Khan plays the character Arun, who blames God for all the problems in his life. God decides to give Arun his powers for 10 days. Arun uses his power to save kids, improve his sister's situation, win the heart of the woman he loves and do better at his work. However, his focus was only on his own life and he forgets the rest of the world. God is for all the God. Arun realizes in the end that God has a different view of the world and peoples lives because He created them.This is a nice inspirational film about how people should think about God. Too many people think God should be a magic genie who grants wishes/prayers. But sometimes the things we pray for are not good for us. For example, praying for some one to like us and then later learning they are not the nice person we thought they were. Then we say "Thank God, that person did not like us".At the beginning of the film there is a lovely thank you tribute by the director, Afzal Khan, toward Salman Khan. I think after reading this beautiful tribute, it is everything you need to know about the kind of person Salman Khan is and how a truly successful person in this world behaves and treats others.In my opinion, the message of the film was expressed better in the Bollywood version than the American film.Overall, with the current world events, this film was a pleasant and delightful surprise.😄

Salmon Khan plays an aspiring TV anchor whose luck never seems to go right. His response to this is to yell at God incessantly for giving him a bad deal. Finally God (Amitabh Bachchan) gives him His powers for 10 days to see if he can do better running the world.This is inspired by Jim Carrey's 'Bruce Almighty'.I'm not sure why I found it a bit unengaging but I did sit there without much of an emotional response throughout. It lacked sparkle for me.They kept the comedy nicely restrained and didn't veer off into slapstick. The musical numbers were active and colourful (although many of the Indian reviewers though it was looked old in its numbers and staging).I recall one song bordered on catchy but faded from memory with the others after it finished.Salmon Khan threw himself into it. Amitabh was good (who else in India could play God!) Priyanka was fine and had the beautiful wardrobe.Now the overall message had its heart in the right place but could have gone a lot deeper into the possibilities in its attempt at a social message. I give it marks for an effort in that direction though.It was a movie with potential. I wondered how it would have been with more attention paid to the script (perhaps with a writer like the US one that produced 'Ground Hog Day' who can explore deeper and broader possibilities), and with another actor such as SRK who can milk more of an emotional and sympathetic response. However they didn't and, in the end, it is what it is: light fare with an attempt at a thoughtful message.It is harmless family entertainment(unless you are resolutely atheistic or alternatively, believe that portraying God in movies is religious sacrilege - though in the latter case you may keep an open mind to see the message they push that is essentialist spiritual and humanitarian).It's OK for anyone exploring light Bollywood fare but not one I'll bother re-watching I think.

Great Movie, Great Message, Great Actors

Nice very good

This movie is such a waste of time! While there were some funny moments in the moviewith Salman and Sohail Khan, it wasn't enough to salvage this mega flop. All the songs were terrible and sooooo...cheesy! Normally I love any movies with Salman Khan but this one is a real disappointment.

While the acting was good. How could it not be considering the cast? However, there just seemed to be a bit of a disconnect. Some of the music was to my liking, but not all. It just seemed that some of the scenes could have been cut, since they seemed either too long or just unnecessary.

Boring!

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Wer "Bruce Allmächtig" mit Jim Carry kennt braucht eigentlich keine Inhaltsangabe da es sich um ein Remake handelt.Der Protagonist Arun Prajapati (Salman Khan) ist mit seinem Leben nicht sonderlich glücklich. Privat ist sein Vater (Anupam Kher) dauernd schlecht gelaunt, seine Schwester möchte heiraten aber keiner will sich ihrer annehmen. Als TV-Moderator floppt seine Show gleich beim ersten Mal. Seine Arbeitskollegin Alia Kapoor (Priyanka Chopra) sieht ihn nur als guten Freund wenngleich Arun unsterblich in sie verliebt ist. Obendrauf ist da noch sein Kollege Rakesh "Rocky" Sharma (Sohail Khan) der ihn schlecht macht wo er kann. Als er Arun auch noch seine Idee für eine neue Show klaut, platzt ihm der Kragen und er beschwert sich so lauthals bei Gott (Amitabh Bachchan), dass dieser ihn kurzerhand zu sich bestellt. Da Arun angeblich den Job als Gott besser drauf haben will überlässt Gott ihn für 10 Tage seine Macht.Die Story ist klar und vorhersehbar. Die Schauspieler agieren außer Anupam Kher und Amitabh Bachchan allerdings sehr hölzern. So recht will da keiner mit keinen harmonieren. Über die "Special Effekts" sollte ich einen Mantel des Schweigens hüllen. Hier darf man Hollywoodstandart auch aus dem Jahr 2008 einfach nicht erwarten. Es ist aber ok. Ungewohnt für die Zeit aber für Bollywood eben ok. Das Bugget dürfte nicht sonderlich groß gewesen sein. Er hat doch einige Schwachstellen in fast allen Bereichen aber ich kann als hartgesottener Bollywoodliebhaber spielend drüber hinweg sehen.Ich bin kein großer Salman Khan Anhänger aber ich mag ihn in diesem kleinen Film, irgendwie. Man möchte ihn in den Arm nehmen wenn er so ganz verzweifelt über sein Leben klagt und alles aber auch alles ungerecht erscheint. Dafür schüttelt man auch direkt den Kopf über die Folgen seiner unüberlegten (wenn teilweise auch gut gemeinten) Handlungen. Wie auch im Orginal bekommt der als Gott agierende Arun seinen Denkzettel verpasst. In dem Fall geht es übergeordnet darum, dass nicht Gott all die furchtbaren Dinge dieser Welt geschehen lässt sondern der Mensch. Und der Mensch ist es letztenendes auch, der die Macht hat es besser zu machen. Hier nimmt sich Bachchan auch nichts zu Morgan Freeman. Beide könnten tatsächlich "Gott" sein, ich würde es ihnen auf der Stelle glauben.Meine DVD ist in Hindi mit englischen Untertiteln. Ich glaube den Film gibt es auch gar nicht auf deutsch synchronisiert. Schulenglisch ist aber ausreichend da der Film sich beinahe selbst erklärt. Klare Kaufempfehlung für die leichtere Unterhaltung.