Deva (2025 film)

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Deva
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Rosshan Andrrews
Screenplay by Bobby–Sanjay
Abbas Dalal
Hussain Dalal
Arshad Syed
Sumit Arora
Dialogues by
  • Hussain Dalal
  • Abbas Dalal
Story byBobby–Sanjay
Produced by Siddharth Roy Kapur
Umesh KR Bansal
Starring
CinematographyAmit Roy
Edited by A. Sreekar Prasad
Music byScore:
Jakes Bejoy
Songs:
Vishal Mishra
Jakes Bejoy
Production
company
Distributed byZee Studios
Release date
  • 31 January 2025 (2025-01-31)
Running time
156 minutes [1]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹50 crore [2]

Deva is a 2025 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Rosshan Andrrews, in his first Hindi film. The film stars Shahid Kapoor, Pooja Hegde and Pavail Gulati. It is produced by Zee Studios, Roy Kapur Films and co-produced by Malvika Khatri. [3]

Contents

The film was officially announced in May 2023. Principal photography began in October 2023 in Mumbai and wrapped by September 2024. The film's soundtrack and musical score were composed by Jakes Bejoy, with a song composed by Vishal Mishra. While, cinematography was handled by Amit Roy and editing by A. Sreekar Prasad.

Deva was theatrically released on 31 January 2025.

Cast

Production

Development

In early-August 2022, it was reported that Rosshan Andrrews visited Shahid Kapoor at his residence and narrated a script which impressed him. [7] [8] Later, in November 2022, Rosshan Andrrews through his social media handles, confirmed that he would direct Shahid Kapoor in his upcoming film. [9] [10] Touted to be an action thriller, the film marks the first collaboration between Rosshan and Kapoor, and the first Hindi venture of Rosshan. [11] [12]

The film is produced by Siddharth Roy Kapur's Roy Kapur Films and Zee Studios and co-produced by Malvika Khatri. [13] [14] The production houses made a public announcement on 25 May 2023, confirming the project. [15] [16] The film's official title Deva was revealed on 24 October 2023, on the occasion of Dussehra, though it was previously reported to be named Koi Shaq. [17] [18] Siddharth Roy Kapur had gained permission from Subhash Ghai, who reserved the title for a Amitabh Bachchan–starrer film. [19] [20]

Shariq Patel of Zee Studios revealed that they had been in separate discussions with Siddharth and Shahid over the years about different projects. [21] Somehow they didn't materialise and it took this film to come together and this is the first time that the Zee Studios have collaborated with both director and actor. [18]

Pre-production

Pre-production started on 16 November 2022. [22] It took several months for the writing and pre-production. [23] [24] The film is scripted by the duo Bobby–Sanjay, in their ninth collaboration with Rosshan. [25] [26] Sumit Arora, Hussain Dalal and Arshad Syed wrote the Hindi dialogues for the film. [27] [28] Later, Rosshan began location scouting for the film and shared a few pictures through his Instagram page. [29] [30] Kapoor stated the film is an "edgy action thriller with lots of action and thrill". [31]

Vishal Mishra would compose the songs, and background score by Jakes Bejoy. [32] [33] Technicians include cinematographer Amit Roy, editor A. Sreekar Prasad, production designer Sandeep Ravade, and costume designers Niharika Jolly, Malavika Kashikar and Chandani Mehta. [34] Supreme Sundar, Abbas Ali Moghul, Anl Arasu, Parvez Shaikh, Vikram Dahiya were also hired as stunt directors. [35] Prior to the start of film production, Kapoor attended a special workshop in October 2023, in order to train physically and intensively for his role in the film. [36]

Casting

Mukesh Chhabra was the casting director. [37] Shahid Kapoor plays the role of a police officer in the film, [38] [39] and sported a short hairstyle for his character, similar to his look in Haider (2014) since 10 years. [40] [41] He said he is playing "a very hard character" in the film. [42] In May 2023, Pooja Hegde was reported to be the lead actress, [43] and her inclusion was confirmed by makers on 13 October 2023, on Hegde's birthday. [44] The makers wanted "a fresh casting" and finalised Hegde, marking her maiden collaboration with both Rosshan and Kapoor. [45] Hegde portrays Diya, a journalist. [46]

Kubbra Sait joined the cast in early-November 2023, [47] and would play a police officer role. [48] The film marks her second collaboration with Kapoor, after web series Farzi . [49] For her character, she underwent training for three months during the project's pre-production process, and also went through a workshop in Mumbai. [50] In late-November, Pavail Gulati joined the cast, [51] marking his first action film. [52] Gulati felt his role "demands physical and mental dedication". [53] For that he attended a special workshop in January 2024, in order to train physically and intensively for his role in the film. [54] For some challenging scenes involving hand-to-hand combat scenes featuring Gulati, Rosshan initially considered hiring a body double, but said he felt the body double's work was inauthentic and did it himself. [55]

Filming

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South Mumbai, where most parts of the film were shot

It was reported that the whole film would be shot in Mumbai, mostly in real places, with only a few small scenes shot on a set. [56] Principal photography commenced with a muhurat shot on 12 October 2023 with the film's cast and crew. [57] Shahid Kapoor and Pooja Hegde joined in this schedule, in Mumbai. [58] Later in November, Kubbra Sait and Pavail Gulati joined this schedule. [59] [60] The schedule was extensively shot at Dongri Charnul, Mumbai. [61] The first schedule was wrapped in Mumbai on 21 December 2023. [62] In late-February stills were revealed by the official social media handles for the film under the tagline #OnTheSetsOfDeva. [63]

The second schedule of the film was begun in March 2024 in Mumbai, with Gulati joining the schedule. [64] Hegde joined the schedule on 14 March 2024. [65] On the next day, Kapoor joined the schedule on 15 March. [66] Kapoor shot some action and chasing scenes in this schedule in Mumbai. [67] Gulati was trained with the stunt directors before filming a hand-to-hand combat sequence in Mumbai in late March 2024. [68] Action scenes featuring Kapoor was shot in April 2024, at Dongri, Mumbai. [69] The next schedule began on 19 June, with an action sequence choreographed by Supreme Sundar being shot at Mumbai. [70] Hegde joined the final schedule early-July after completing first schedule of Retro . [71] Filming wrapped on 8 July 2024 except a song sequence. [72] [73] A footage of Kapoor, while filming a song was leaked and went viral. [74] [75] In early-September 2024, a song titled "Bhasad Macha", featuring Kapoor and Hegde, choreographed by the duo Bosco–Caesar was shot in Mumbai for four days. [76] [77] Entire principal photography wrapped on 4 September with a wrap-up party held in Mumbai. [78] [79] It was revealed that 3 different climax scenes were filmed to keep the suspense around the ending of the film. [80] [81]

Post-production

After filming was completed in July 2024, the film entered into an extensive post-production phase. [82] The VFX of the film were provided by Firefly Creative Studio, Identical Brains Studios, Old Monk Studio and The VFX Company. [83] Ken Metzker of Red Chillies Color did the colouring for the film. Subash Sahoo served as the sound designer. [84] Although the technical crew worked on three climax sequences, only one climax scene made it into the final cut. [85] [86]

On 30 December 2024, the film received a U/A certificate from the Censor Board, with a finalised runtime of 156.53 minutes. [87]

Music

The film's soundtrack and musical score were composed by Jakes Bejoy in his third collaboration with Rosshan; this would also mark his debut in Hindi film music, previously having composed background score of Durgamati (2020). [88] Vishal Mishra was also hired to compose a song, in his first collaboration with Rosshan. [89] Lyrics are written by Raj Shekhar. [90] The music rights were bagged by Zee Music Company. [91] The teaser of track "Marji Cha Maalik" which featured in film's motion poster was released on 1 January 2025. [92] [93]

The first single "Bhasad Macha" was released on 11 January 2025. [94] The full audio of the track "Marji Cha Maalik" was released on 24 January 2025, after the huge public demand. [95]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1."Bhasad Macha" Raj Shekhar Vishal Mishra Mika Singh, Vishal Mishra, Jyotica Tangri 3:21
2."Marji Cha Maalik"Shreyas Sagvekar Jakes Bejoy Shreyas Sagvekar2:48

Marketing

The film's motion poster was released on 1 January 2025, coinciding with New Year. [96] The film's official teaser was released on 5 January 2025 at an event in Carter Road Amphitheatre, Bandra. [97] On 11 January 2025, Kapoor and Hegde headed to Dubai to perform "Bhasad Macha" and for promotional activities of the film at the opening ceremony of the 2025 International League T20. [98] [99] The official trailer was released on 18 January 2025 at an event in Mumbai. [100] [101]

According to Pinkvilla , promotional activities were delayed because of health issues. [102] The promotional campaign kickstarted with an event held at Mithibai College, Mumbai on 23 January. [103] [104] The next day an event was held at R. D. National College, Bandra. [105] On 28 January, Kapoor and Hegde toured Delhi for the film's promotion. [106] [107] At first, fan event was held at Sharda University. [108] [109] The same day, The same day, an event was held at the Connaught Place, New Delhi where the cast interacted with the media and fans. [110]

Release

Theatrical

Deva was theatrically released worldwide on 31 January 2025. [111] It was earlier planned to release in theatres on 11 October 2024 (Dussehra), but was eventually postponed to 14 February 2025 (Valentine's Day). [112] [113] Later the release was preponed by two weeks. [114]

Home media

The digital streaming rights were acquired by Netflix. [115] [116]

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