One of most successful and versatile actor, Amitabh Bachchan has worked with almost every renowned director in the industry. But ever thought why the Great Showman, Subhash Ghai never signed him?
Actually he did sign him for a film called "Devaa", in the late eighties, which got started with a grand muhurat as per the reputation of Subhash Ghai and his banner. But due to certain undisclosed reasons, the project was shelved without any announcement and could not make it to the silver screen. As a result, we all missed a golden opportunity to see the two giants of Indian Cinema together.
Interestingly in the muhurat shot of “Devaa”, Amitabh had a get up, very similar to the one adopted in "Khuda Gawah". Unfortunately I lost my copy of “SCREEN” magazine, which featured the Muhurat as its cover story at that time. But I still remember Amitabh standing with a mashaal in his hand, wearing a long shining robe, a turban and a beard, looking exactly similar to the character of "Baadshah Khan" in “Khuda Gawah”.
