Film

God Tussi Great Ho

Name: God Tussi Great Ho
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Released: 2008
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Anupam Kher, Sohail Khan

A Bollywood fantasy-comedy where an everyman's crisis of faith becomes literal when God shows up to prove a point. Amitabh Bachchan's divine presence anchors this oddly earnest mix of slapstick, workplace drama, and spiritual questioning. It's silly and sincere in equal measure—the kind of film that swings for both laughs and meaning without quite connecting, but commits fully to the attempt.

TMDb rating

2.1

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