Bollywood's most unlucky film, three movies were made with same title, all were flops, actress' career ended, another went into ‘depression', film title is…

India.com

11-05-2025

Till now, countless films have been made in Bollywood, which have earned good money at the box office. But do you know about those 3 films, whose names were the same, but their fate at the box office was also the same? We are talking about Karz, on whose name films were made, but all flopped. The first film was made in 1980 by filmmaker Subhash Ghai and was named Karz. Rishi Kapoor, Simi Garewal, and Tina Munim appeared in the lead roles in it. It was a musical thriller, due to which the songs were much talked about. But the film did not do well at the box office. Due to this, the makers had to face losses.
But the loss was not limited to this. After this film, Rishi Kapoor suffered from depression, which he struggled with for months. He mentioned this in his autobiography. Rishi Kapoor confessed, 'I lost my patience, sank into a deep depression. I started trembling on the set and fainted. I sat on my chair, went to the makeup room, and asked for water. I felt my confidence was gone. Karz had raised a lot of hopes, I thought it would do wonders for my career. When it did not happen, I was devastated.'
After this, in the year 2002, Sunny Deol's Karz: The Burden of Truth was released, which was an action thriller film. Sunil Shetty and Shilpa Shetty were also seen in lead roles in the film. The budget of the film was 11 crores. But the film could earn only 15.57 crores. While the film did not get special reviews. At the same time, it also could not be included in the list of hit films. In 2008, Himesh Reshammiya brought the remake of Karz, which was also named Karz. But one more Z was added to the English name. But this did not prevent the film from being a flop. After this, actress Urmila Matondkar's career ended. At the same time, she was seen in only a few films, which could not do wonders at the box office.