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Ramu remakes Sholay

Our country’s best known actor and famous film hero now plays the most famous villain in Indian cinema – Gabbar Singh from Sholay. Big B will play Gabbar in RGV’s version Sholay, supposedly the most classic movie made in India. ‘Ram Gopal Varma ke Sholay’ is the remake of Sholay from RGV’s perspective. He claims that he has seen the original Sholay so many times that he can make a better version of the movie. Though I like Ramu’s movies and respect him as a filmmaker, I feel that remake of something classic like Sholay should not be attempted. It already is a masterpiece and trying to put any improvements in it or claiming that one can make something better is truly absurd. I agree to what Lata Mangeshkar said on her birthday that making Sholay again is a mistake.

The movie has Ajay Devgan (Veeru), Mohit Ahlawat (Jai), Kajol (may play Basanti), Mohanlal (Thakur) and Amitabh Bacchan (Gabbar) besides others. Urmila will do ‘Mehbooba Mehbooba’ and try to emulate Helen to the best possible extent. While I would not like to comment on the entire star cast, I feel choice of Kajol is a good choice for Basanti’s role. I can’t think of any other actress today who can portray that lively and bubbly character.

People may flock to theaters with high expectations to see what the new offering from RGV’s kitty is. However, I wonder if it would be able to make an impact like original Sholay. It’s like claiming ‘Better than the Best’ and I wish RGV good luck in his endeavours.

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Anonymous said…
Even i feel an epic like SHOLAY should not be tried by anyone coz its bound to happen that people will always compare the movie with the original. So it may have it's side effects too. I m only excited to see how Amitabh's gonna play the role of "Gabbar Singh". So let's wait and watch........
12 October, 2006
Anonymous said…
Give him a chance friends. He may spring a surprise or two. I mean, why not re-make ? When Farhan Akhtar goes ahead and 're-makes' DON, not an eye-brow is raised..pedigree n probably a bit of industry political correctness ensures that he gets rave reviews, even before the first rushes are canned. But RGV, well, he is not the industry hot-shot, or from the snobbish 'upper-crust'. So its easy to pan him..nope...its fashionable to do so. Easy to forget COMPANY, SHIVA, SATYA ? He hits hard..yeah, has had his fair share of misses n duds too. But that does not mean he cannot 're-make' a classic..n who knows, may force critics to 're-write' the classic list. Whats the harm, i mean, if he fails, the 're-make' goes to the dust bin & the original shines through even more. But what if he succeeds ? If that happens, the movie buffs should only be happy that the industry has matured. Anyways, SHOLAY was way back. Isnt it time that the industry comes up with another classic..so what if its only a 're-make' ? Give him a chance friends.
16 October, 2006
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