 A second draft was finished by September . Captain Blumburtt , Chattar Lal , and the boy Maharaja originally had more crucial roles . A dogfight was deleted , as well as those who drank the Kali blood turned into zombies with physical superhuman abilities . During pre @-@ production , the Temple of Death title was replaced with Temple of Doom . From March — April 1983 , Huyck and Katz simultaneously performed rewrites for a final shooting script . 
