India, July 18 -- Whose story was it anyway? Oh My God 2 (2023) finds itself creating headlines as the chatter grows. It all started with actor Paresh Rawal, who claimed on a podcast that OMG 2's story was his idea, but he was not duly credited. And then, the film's co producer Ashwin Varde and director Amit Rai, both refuted it. In fact, Ashwin alleged that Paresh tried making a film similar to the OMG universe under a different name, claiming the film's IP rights lie with him, and tried to sideline Akshay Kumar, the film's lead actor.

When HT City reaches out to Paresh, he straightaway denies having any issues with Akshay. "Arre bhaiya, Akshay and I are doing Bhagam Bhag 2 next, which is Ashwin's film. Bhooth Bangla bhi ki abhi. Meri A...