Deva

Many have pointed at the jinxed title of "Deva" being the reason why the film failed. Years ago Randhir Kapoor was to star in a film titled Karishmaa but it was shelved. Then Amitabh Bachchan and Shashi Kapoor were to do a film by the name " Karishmaa" . That film was shelved due to the similarity with Karz. Finally a film titled Karishmaa was made with Kamal Haasan.. The film flopped badly. Then years later the title Deva was given to the Subhash Ghai Amitabh Bachchan film. That was shelved due to problems. Mithun and Sanjay Dutt were due to do a film titled "Jai Devaa" and that too got shelved. Sunny Deol was making a film with Amisha Patel titled "Devaa" but that saw endless delays and was finally made as Big Brother. Finally Deva was made with Shahid Kapoor but the film failed at the box office.

The film received a UA16+ certificate after the censors modified a lip-lock scene, foul gestures and profane words. These edits were undone in the overseas version.

References Deewaar (1975)