Oh My God, the latest comedy drama starring Paresh Rawal and Mithun Chakraborty in lead roles, will have Akhay Kumar in a cameo playing God.
We've had several other actors in Bollywood who played God onscreen with varying success.
Vote for your favourite onscreen God at the end of the slideshow!
Amitabh Bachchan
Image: Movie poster of God Tussi Great HoThis Salman Khan and Priyanka Chopra starrer was a story of an aspiring TV anchor (Khan) who's down on luck and blames God for al the mishaps in his life.
God (Bachchan in a cameo) presents himself in front of Arun to clear all the charges levelled against him, much like Jim Carrey's Bruce Almighty.
Bachchan has also played God in Agnivarsha and Delhi 6.
Sanjay Dutt
Image: Shahid Kapoor and Sanjay Dutt in Life Ho Toh AisiSanjay Dutt plays an emotional and designer labels-loving Yumraj, the Hindu God of death in this Mahesh Manjrekar directed 2005 film.
When a young Adi (Shahid Kapoor) dies after a freak accident, the death god helps him return to earth and save his family mansion from evil relatives.
Saurabh Shukla
Image: Saurabh Shukla and Vinay Pathak in Oh My GodSaurabh Shukla, who plays God in this film, comes to the rescue of a bumbling office-goer Rajendra Dubey (Vinay Pathak) who dreams of becoming a millionaire but none of his money-spinning schemes work.
Only this is no ordinary God -- he loves to gorge on pizzas and wafers!
Kadar Khan
Image: Kadar Khan in TakdeerwalaThis 1995 Venkatesh and Raveen Tandon-starrer has Kadar Khan in the role of Yamraj who descends on earth with his sidekick to reclaim a book that he'd misplaced.
The book lands in the hands of a conman who makes a fortune by using it to his advantage.
Rishi Kapoor
Image: Rishi Kapoor in Thoda Pyar Thoda MagicRishi Kapoor's God in Thoda Pyar Thoda Magic dispatches one of his most quirky angels to earth to take care of a family of four kids and their caretaker.
After the angel's job is done, nobody wants her to leave and God transforms her into a human so that she can live on earth with her new family.
Anita Guha
Image: anita Guha in Jai Santoshi MaaAnita Guha plays Santoshi Maa, the goddess of bliss and satisfaction in this low budget 1975 film which went on to be come the highest grosser of the year.
The plot revolves around Santoshi Mata's most devoted follower Kanan and her trials.
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