Originally played by Shammi Kapoor and Sanjvee Kumar in Hero, now filmmaker-actor Tigmanshu Dhulia and television actor Sharad Kelkar will reprise the role in its remake. However, Sharad Kelkar and Tigmanshu are barely separated by 10 years.
Says the director-turned actor Tigmanshu, "I have played a much older man than my age in Anurag Kashyap's Gangs Of Wasseypur. I will again have to make an effort to look older because the actor who plays my son in 'Hero' is not that much younger."
Incidentally a similar predicament was faced by Subhash Ghai when he directed the original Hero in 1983. The two roles of father and son, played in the remake by Tigmanshu Dhulia and Sharad Kelkar, were originally played by Shammi Kapoor and Sanjeev Kumar in the original who hardly look a decade apart.
Bringing back the old school romance of Jackie Shroff and Meenakshi Sheshadri with a modern twist is the remake of Hero that stars debutants Sooraj Pancholi and Athiya Shetty in lead pair. Directed by Nikhil Advani and Produced by Salman Khan's Being Human Productions, Hero remake is slated to release this year.
