Nothing can stop Sholay: RGV

Yeh meri basanti nahin hai: Abhishek Bachchan, Mallika Sherawat, Amitabh Bachchan and Ram Gopal Verma at the premiere of Sarkar

Ram Gopal Varma is absolutely determined to go ahead with the shooting of Sholay. "I don't see why people are so keen to stop Sholay. Is it a kind of national mission?"

Adamant Ramu

Ramu is adamant. "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."

Basanti kaun?

As Basanti, Ramu has neither Mallika Sherawat nor Kareena Kapoor in mind. "Where did Mallika come from? No, I don't have Mallika or Kareena in mind. I'd have loved to cast Kareena as Basanti. But her personality is very different from the way I've imagined Basanti. You've to understand that my Sholay will be placed in a totally different setting.

The very fact that I'm signing the introverted Ajay Devgan to play the extroverted Dharmendra's role proves how far apart the two Sholays are going to be in terms of characterisation. Doesn't that prove that my take on it will be very different? I've never cared about the actor's image. In any case, Sholay in 1975 has to be culturally and socio-economically very different from Sholay in 2006"

'No self indulgence'

Sighs Ramu, "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.

thankz for sharing....wel i think priety or rani may fit perfectly in basanti's role, cauz preity is so talkative and cute

thx, yes preity could be a good choice since she is very talkative

i cant wait to see the remake yaar but i dont think itll be as great as the first one though nothing can beat that one