Sholay Vs Don - The Ultimate Bollywood Battle of Remakes

Our hat-ke director Ram Gopal Verma never fails to make his perspectives known, whether they are Bollywood related or anything else for that matter. The striking aspect about this man is the fact that he isn’t in the industry to gratify people. He makes his own set of rules and won’t bend them for anyone.

Off-late RGV is being getting lot of flak from the Film Industry, the reason being his decision to do a re-make of yester-years mega blockbuster Sholay. From the Sippys to the Akthars, all have being doing their bit to put a dead-lock on Verma’s intentions. But they should know better, RGV isn’t the sorts to back-out especially now that this move has already given him so much publicity, even before the movie in question has actually gone on floors.

In his recent interview with Mid-Day, this is what he said….

Sholay will happen this August, regardless of who’s in or who’s out of the cast. And I’ll finish the film in November. That’s my final word on the subject. People can say and feel what they like. Ajay Devgan is very much on, for Veeru’s role. I’ve heard rumours that he’s out of the film. But he isn’t.

I can’t stop working and keep refuting the rumours. I’ve got Mohit Ahlawat and Ajay as Jai and Veeru. But let me state once and for all, with the exception of Mr Bachchan as Gabbar Singh, no member in the cast is indispensable. It’s a Gabbar-centric film. Every one is also important, but not pivotal.

And obviously he had some words for his well-wishers (not)…

No matter what people say, making Sholay isn’t self-indulgence for me. I want to make it from the bottom of my heart. I believe Javed Akhtar saab said Sholay has already been done to perfection and cannot be remade.

Well if it has been done to perfection then maybe I’ll make it imperfect. Javed saab also commented that Don can be remade because there’s room for improvement. Well?. let both of us (Farhan Akhtar and Ramu) come out with our remakes and see if Javed saab is right.

In silent words, RGV has challenged Farhan Akhtar’s directorial skills. In my opinion, it was really petty of Mr. Javed Akhtar to ridicule RGV. Being partial towards one’s own children is one thing but to back them with such stupid excuses is completely ludicrous.

Don’t know why but my 20+ years of experience with Hindi cinema, gives a strong feeling that RGV will turn out to be the winner in this battle.

Another person who will be laughing his head to the bank would be none other but Mr. Amitabh Bachchan. The reason; he is playing the main-lead in both the re-makes.

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