In 2023, Sudheer Babu's Hunt became a colossal disaster. The neo-noir psychological thriller film was a remake of Mumbai Police (2013).
Yesterday, the Malayalam film's Hindi remake was released. Titled Deva, this one has Shahid Kapoor playing the role originally played by Prithviraj Sukumaran and later essayed by Sudheer Babu. While the Telugu remake received mostly negative reviews, the Hindi remake has been feted with encouraging reviews (barring a few).
Director Rosshan Andrrews is understood to have tweaked the climax, besides altering the treatment. Shahid looks rawer than Prithviraj and Sudheer in the southern counterparts of Deva.
Deva, also featuring Pooja Hegde (as a journalist), Pavail Gulati (as a cop), Pravesh Rana (as another cop), and others, has music by Jakes Bejoy. Whether Deva will become a box office hit is a moot question. As is known, the Bollywood cinema market has been depressed.
