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Who will play God, SRK or Sallu?

Updated on: 05 March,2012 03:28 PM IST  | 
Divya Unny and Hiren Kotwani |

Buzz is that either Salman Khan or Shah Rukh Khan will portray the lead role in Akshay Kumar's home production 'Oh My God'

Who will play God, SRK or Sallu?

Gods on screen


Vikram Gokhale - Yeh Hai Zindagi: Sanjeev Kumar's Anand Narayan at first mistakes Vikram Gokhale's God as a theatre artiste in the garb of Lord Krishna. Later, when he unwillingly accepts the truth, he starts asking big things from God just to test him and Lord Krishna goes on fulfilling his every single wish at an appropriate time till the story becomes a life-teaching lesson for Anand.

Amitabh Bachchan - God Tussi Great Ho: When inspired by Bruce Almighty, who better than Amitabh Bachchan to play God, portrayed by Morgan Freeman in the original. However, Rumi Jafri's God Tussi Great Ho was as far removed from the Hollywood hit as his hero Salman Khan was from Jim Carrey.

Morgan Freeman - Bruce Almighty and Evan Almighty: Tired of television reporter Bruce Nolan's (Jim Carrey) incessant complaints, Moregan Freeman's God gives the former his powers for a month to teach him how difficult it is to run the world. In the sequel, God contacts Congressman Evan Baxter (Steve Carell) to build an ark in preparation for a flood (a la Noah) and also helps expose corruption in office.

George Burns - Oh, God!, Oh, God! Book II, Oh, God! You Devil: Starting off by selecting an assistant grocery manager as his messenger for the modern world in the first movie to asking a young girl to spread his influence and word, George Burns played God thrice. In Oh, God! You Devil, his last as the Almighty, he also double up as Satan.

Rodney Dangerfield - Angeles With Angels: In his last movie, veteran actor, producer, writer Rodney Dangerfield plays God. Feeling sad for Frank Gorshin's George Burns, God sends him back to Earth to help a musician smuggle Cuban cigars before reuniting him (Gorshin) with his love.

Also...
In 2009 a documentary called Oh My God was released in America where people from all walks of life, from celebrities, to the religious, to atheists ask the question "What is God?" Many popular names including Hugh Jackman and Ringo Starr played themselves in the film.

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