''God Tussi Great Ho'' () is a 2008 Indian

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film, written and directed by

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and starring

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and

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. According to director Rohit Dhawan, the film is a

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of the 2003 Hollywood comedy ''

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'', starring

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and

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Plot

Arun Prajapati (

) has been trying to be a successful

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, but success has always eluded him. He blames

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(

) for this lack of success. Arun is head over heels in love with Alia Kapoor (

), who is a TV anchor and a well-known star working in the same

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, but he has never been able to express his love for her. When Rocky (

) is appointed as an anchor for the channel, Arun starts believing that Rocky will win Alia. Later, Arun is sacked from the channel after the launch of his new show was sabotaged by Rocky. He has nobody to blame but God Himself, whom he later meets in person. An argument ensues between the two, at the end of which God then decides to give Arun the power over all things for ten days, wherein Arun may prove that he is a better operator of the universe. Arun uses this power to get his job back and put Rocky into an uneasy spot and win Alia's heart. After God scolds him for only making things better for himself, Arun starts listening to people's prayers. He later realizes that considering each person's wishes individually would be too time-consuming, so to save time and effort he grants EVERYBODY’S wishes, including the wish of criminals to be free and Rocky's wish that Alia marries him. The criminals crash Rocky and Alia's wedding and Alia is shot by one of the criminals. Arun later asks God why is everything happening to him. God explains it is his own fault and that everyone cannot blame Him for this. Arun feels bad, but God forgives him and starts his life over again. During the game show, he tricks Rocky into lying about loving Alia Kapoor (who was present on the show, as it was the channel "Zoop"'s first game show), and Alia turns on him. Arun wins the heart of Alia.

Cast

as Arun Prajapati *

as Alia Kapoor *

as Rakesh "Rocky" Sharma * Anupam Kher as Jagmohan Prajapati *

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as Jagdish Kewalchandani * Beena Kak as Rashmi Prajapati *

Upasana Singh Upasana Singh (born 29 June 1975) is an Indian actress and stand-up comedian. Singh is known for her role as a deaf-mute in the 1997 film ''Judaai (1997 film), Judaai''. Later on, she got famous for her negative portrayal in ''Son Pari'' as C ...

as Divya Singh *

Rukhsar Rehman Rukhsar Rehman (born 29 October 1975) is an Indian film & television actress and model in Bollywood. Rehman made her film debut in 1992 at the age of 17 with a lead role in Deepak Anand's ''Yaad Rakhegi Duniya'' opposite Aditya Pancholi and als ...

as Madhu Prajapati * Sanjay Mishra as Murari Sadhu *

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as Rangeela Prakash *

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Dhirendra "Netaji" Mittal

Box office

''God Tussi Great Ho'' was not considered commercially successful. However the movie has emerged as a moderate success on the home video circuit. The film's satellite rights had a long court battle between the producer and Shemaroo Entertainment.The verdict was in favor with the producer who sold the satellite rights to

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Soundtrack

The music of the film is composed by

Sajid–Wajid Sajid–Wajid was an Indian Bollywood Hindi film music director duo consisting of brothers Sajid Khan and Wajid Khan, the sons of Sharafat Ali Khan, a tabla player. Wajid Khan, the younger of the two brothers, died on June 1, 2020. Since th ...

, and the lyrics are penned by Jalees Sherwani, Shabbir Ahmed and Deven Shukla.

Track listing

References

External links

* *
''God Tussi Great Ho'' at Indiafm.com
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