Director Rumi Jaffery denied his movie was a remake of Bruce Almighty (2003) before the film released; and claimed this was inspired by an Indian folktale about a Brahmin.
Originally the movie was titled 'God is Great'; 'Salman Khan' suggested it needed a Indian touch and suggested 'God Tussi Great Ho'. The word Tussi simply means 'you' in Punjabi.
Writer 'Rumi Jaffery''s directional debut.
Rumi Jaffery only stepped into direction due to encouragement from Amitabh Bachchan and 'Salman Khan' who signed on to play key roles too.
The film took over 3 years to release due to various reasons/rumors from 'Salman Khan' being arrested, Khan and Priyanka Chopra Jonas not getting along with each other and Amitabh Bachchan falling ill, amongst other unconfirmed reasons.