Gopala Gopala (2015 film)
Gopala Gopala is a 2015 Indian Telugu-language satirical comedy drama film directed by Kishore Kumar Pardasani. The  is produced by D. Suresh Babu and Sharrath Marar under the Suresh Productions and North Star Entertainment banners. It stars  Venkatesh, Pawan Kalyan, Shriya Saran, and Mithun Chakraborty while Ashish Vidyarthi and Posani Krishna Murali play supporting roles. The film is a remake of the 2012 Hindi film OMG – Oh My God! which was itself based on the Gujarati stage play Kanji Viruddh Kanji which is in turn inspired from 2001 film The Man Who Sued God. It follows the story of an atheist, Gopala Rao (Venkatesh), who sues God after losing his shop in an earthquake. Religious organisations revolt against him and Lord Vishnu visits him as his human guide, under his incarnation Krishna (Kalyan). Gopala Gopala was made with a budget of 12 crore. Production began on 9 June 2014. It was predominantly shot in and around Vishakhapatnam, with a few sections filmed in Hyderabad and Varanasi. Anup Rubens composed the music while Jayanan Vincent was the film's cinematographer. The film was released worldwide on 10 January 2015 as a Sankranthi release. It received positive reviews from critics and was a blockbuster, grossing 70 crore, with a distributor share of 44 crore. Plot 
Kanneganti Gopala Rao, an atheist resides with his extremely religious and God-fearing wife Meenakshi and school-going son Moksha. He owns a store that sells the idols of Hindu Gods and has prospered in his business. When his family participates in a ritual organized by a fake Godman Siddheshwar Maharaj, which involves his family walking on burning coal, Gopala Rao obstructs and diverts the people away from the place, claiming that Lord Krishna has arrived. Furious, Siddheshwar Maharaj warns him that he would face dire consequences for what he has done. An apparent earthquake destroys Gopala Rao's shop leaving him perplexed on how to make the ends meet as the house was mortgaged and Gopala Rao took loans to renovate his shop. To claim his insurance, Gopala Rao and his assistant Ottu visit the insurance company, which repulses to give him insurance as the destruction of shop was an Act of God and the company would not be responsible for it according to the documents, Gopala Rao had signed unaware of it. Gopala Rao arranges for the land, on which shop was located to be sold but none comes forward to buy it as they consider it "impure" as the idols of Gods were shattered on the same land due to earthquake. Gopala Rao decides to sue God in court, demanding compensation despite receiving opposition from Meenakshi. Gopala Rao and Ottu fail to find any lawyer to advocate them in court and finally approach a disabled lawyer Akbar Khan, who claims that Gopala Rao can advocate for himself in the court if none comes forward according to a provision of Indian Constitution. Akbar promises to help him in legal procedures while Gopala Rao petitions for his case to be accepted in the court. He sends legal notices to the insurance company, which denied him insurance and proclaimed Godmen: Leelaladhara Swamy, Siddheshwar Maharaj and Gopika Matha as representatives of God in the court. The court accepts his case, which in further sessions would declare who is responsible for the destruction of Gopala Rao's shop and who would compensate him. Leeladhara Swamy's henchmen attempt to ambush Gopala Rao when the latter alone returns from Akbar's residence. Lord Krishna, an incarnation of Vishnu arrives, disguised as a common man of name Govinda Gopala Hari to help him. Hari rescues Gopala Rao and drops him home but Gopala Rao learns that a few fundamentalists threw stones at his residence which caused his father-in-law to take Meenakshi and Moksha with him. Hari, who claims himself to be a consultant, buys Gopala Rao's mortgaged house and allows him to stay at the house until he wins the case and claims his money. As the lawsuit caused public outrary, a TV channel requests him to give an interview to which he denies but upon being advised by Hari to express his views and clear his name, Gopala Rao accepts. He appears on a TV show and voicing his views against fake Godmen and the superstitions people believe, which is popularized and public opinion swings in his favour. Hundreds of people, whose insurance was denied because of Act of God provision by the insurance companies approach Gopala Rao and join him causing Gopala Rao to fight on behalf of them and further sends legal notices of Muslim Mullahs and Catholic priests who appear at court along with Leeladhara Swamy and others. The compensation amount to be paid by the responsible sums up to 500 crores INR leaving the insurance company at stress. In the next court session, Defense lawyer Shankar Narayana demands for documented proof claiming that destruction of shop and the miseries of the people, who joined Gopala Rao were caused by the God. The judge orders Gopala Rao to present documented proof in the next session and gives him seven days. Hari advises Gopala Rao to read Bhagavad Gita, Bible and Quran for his answers. From those holy books, Gopala Rao finds points remarking that "God has power to create and destroy the world for a reason". As he closes his argument, a staunch follower of Leeladhara Swamy stabs Gopala Rao causing him to be admitted in the hospital. His family, who now understands his cause arrives to see him and pray for his recovery while doctors declare that Gopala Rao has slipped into coma. Leeladhara Swamy claims Gopala Rao to be a messenger of the God born for a reason, to protect his and other godmen's face amongst the public. After staying in coma for a month, Leeladhara Swamy arranges for him to die with the help of doctors but Hari saves him and presents himself to Gopala Rao as Vishnu in his Vishwaroopam causing him to believe in the existence of God. Hari tells Gopala Rao that he has created the world, humans and gave the power of thinking and freedom to them but it is themselves, who had created differences between each other. Hari reveals to Gopala Rao that he had destroyed the shop to introduce his views to the public. Gopala Rao learns that he won the case and all the victims were given the compensation but people believe him to be the messenger of God and Leeladhara Swamy had claimed that Gopala Rao, in his dreams claimed that he would die on Vijayadashami like Shirdi Sai Baba. Gopala Rao and Hari leave the hospital to confront the public, who are influenced by Leeladhara Swamy and others to build a temple for Gopala Rao. Gopala Rao breaks his own idol, which the people were praying to and commands them to not to believe in the fraudulent Godmen as their aim is to earn through people's beliefs and asks people to trust in God who is hidden in people and asks them to help each other for satisfying the God. Outraged public turn against godmen and try to attack them but Gopala Rao stops them. Hari departs to sky while Gopala Rao finds a keychain of his and tries to keep it with him but from sky, Hari's voice asks him to throw that as it would turn Gopala Rao into a person, who believes that things are Gods rather than people. Gopala Rao throws the keychain towards the sky and it vanishes and he reconciles with his wife, son and family. 