Paresh Rawal claims Akshay Kumar`s OMG 2 was his concept, wasn`t given credit

‘I was not given credit’: Paresh Rawal says Akshay Kumar’s OMG 2 was his concept, approached Ajay Devgn, Salman Khan

16 July,2026 10:36 PM IST |  Mumbai  |  mid-day online correspondent

Paresh Rawal recently claimed that the story of OMG 2 was actually his concept, but he did not want a godly figure in it. He added that the project changed considerably after Akshay Kumar got involved, prompting him to distance himself

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Paresh Rawal has recently claimed that the story of Akshay Kumar-starrer OMG 2was originally an idea he developed alongside director Amit Rai. The veteran actor further alleged that the project changed after Akshay Kumar got onboard, prompting him to distance himself. He also claimed that he was not given any credit for the story or concept in the finished film.

Paresh Rawal says OMG 2 was his story

Speaking to Vickey Lalwani, Paresh recalled that he approached Amit Rai with the initial concept. “I had approached Amit Rai, the director of Road to Sangam, and asked him if he was planning another film. I admire him a lot. I told him, ‘I have an idea. Let’s sit and write it.’ I told him I wasn’t a writer, but I could contribute ideas and help identify where we were going wrong because I understand screenplay to some extent,” he said.

Talking of his initial idea, he shared, “The story was about a boy who gets caught masturbating, and a video of the incident goes viral, making his life miserable. His father was a tourist guide at the Khajuraho temple. Amit suggested making him a part-time priest at the Mahakal Temple. We developed the script together and even brought sexologist Dr Prakash Kothari on board. We had several meetings because our intention was to make the film educational, entertaining and not vulgar. We were deeply involved in the process.”

He went on to add that the screenplay was narrated to Anurag Kashyap and then to Somen Mishra from Dharma Productions, recalling, “Somen outright said it wouldn’t work.”

Pareshstated that the story was never conceived as a direct sequel to OMG and that he never wanted a godly figure in the story. Instead, he wanted a biker who would guide the father through his legal and emotional battle.

“Our main idea was to have a biker guiding the father, not God. In the first OMG, God appeared because the case was against God. But this film was about a father’s fight to get justice for his son. There was no need for a divine character. We wanted someone like Kader Khan’s character in Muqaddar Ka Sikandar,” he says.

The actor also recalled approaching Ajay Devgn and Salman Khan for the biker’s role while he purposely stayed away from Akshay. He said, “I didn’t approach Akshay because people would have assumed it was OMG 2, whereas that wasn’t the plan.”

Revealing how Akshay eventually came on board, he shared, “I was under the impression that we were still figuring things out. We even had a meeting with Vipul Shah of Optimystix. They also asked about Akshay, and I said if I wanted to make it with him, I would have approached him directly. Akshay and I were partners in OMG. I didn’t need anyone to bridge the gap. A few days later, Amit Rai called and told me Akshay wanted to do the film. The issue was that Amit had tentatively written ‘OMG 2′ on the script because the genre was similar.”

He says that the script reached Akshaythrough producer Ashwin Varde. “In one of our meetings, Ashwin Varde was present. That’s when they decided they wanted to do it with Akshay,” he said.

Akshay later approached Paresh to appear in the film; however, he refused because he no longer saw it as the story he had helped develop. “I spoke to Akshay. He asked me to do the film. I told him, ‘No. This isn’t the film I had envisioned. There is no role of God in this story.’ He tried to convince me, but I had lived with the script from the beginning. I knew exactly what it was supposed to be. That’s why I walked away,” Paresh added.

Paresh Rawal says he was denied credit

Paresh Rawal also claimed that he wasn’t given credit, saying, “The saddest part is that I wasn’t even given credit for the story or the concept. My name wasn’t mentioned anywhere.”

“Amit, Akshay, Ashwin, Ajay Devgn, Karan Johar and Salman Khan… all know it was my idea and my story. Ajay and Salman probably said no because of the subject. They thought it could become controversial. I tried explaining the concept to them,” he added.

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