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 Mumbai,
Aug 26 2009 (IANS) There have been speculations
about who will play the male lead in the remake of
the 1990 hit "Agneepath". While the names of Hrithik
Roshan and Abhishek Bachchan popped up, filmmaker
Karan Johar clarifies that no one has been finalised
to play the part Amitabh Bachchan immortalised in
the original.
"I haven't made any statement whatsoever around the
man who would eventually be playing the role of
Vijay Dinanath Chauhan that was made iconic by Mr.
Amitabh Bachchan. All I have said is that, yes, we
are going ahead with a remake of 'Agneepath' and
that's about it," Johar told IANS.
Whether it is Hrithik, Abhishek or someone else,
Johar must be having a wish list?
"Well, the wish list is to get the screenplay right.
For the moment nothing else is more important than
that," he said.
Even though the film is being produced under the
banner of Dharma Productions, Johar won't be going
behind the camera for the movie.
"True, I would be stepping aside and the film would
be directed by Karan Malhotra, who has assisted me
on 'My Name Is Khan'. That's the only thing which
has been finalised... everything else you hear is
mere speculation. We will finalise the cast once the
script is locked. Currently, it is still in the
process of being written," he added.
Malhotra is not really a novice when it comes to
filmmaking. He has earlier worked as an assistant
director with Ashutosh Gowariker on "Jodhaa Akbar",
Farah Khan on "Main Hoon Na", Farhan Akhtar on "Lakshya"
and Raj Kumar Santoshi "Lajja and Pukar" amongst
others.
Since it is close to two decades since the release
of "Agneepath", would the remake have a different
milieu to it? |
