Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag

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Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag
Directed by Ram Gopal Varma
Produced by Ram Gopal Varma
Written by Salim Khan
Rahil Qazi
Ram Gopal Varma
Starring Mohanlal
Amitabh Bachchan
Ajay Devgan
Sushmita Sen
Nisha Kothari
Sushant Singh
Rajpal Yadav
Music by Ganesh Hegde
Prasanna Shekhar
Cinematography Amit Roy
Editing by Nipun Gupta
Amit Parmar
Distributed by Adlabs Films
K Sera Sera
Release date(s) 31 August 2007
Country India
Language Hindi

Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag is a remake of India's biggest hit, the 1975 film Sholay. This film was released on 31 August 2007. This film was previously known as Ram Gopal Varma Ke Sholay but due to Ram Gopal Varma's infringement of Sippy's trademark and copyright, the Delhi High Court ordered the name change (along with character names).[1]

The film was one of the biggest flops in Indian cinema, lasting only two weeks in Indian theaters. It holds the 17th position on the IMDb's Bottom 100 list.

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[edit] Characters

Character in the Remake Played by in the Remake Character in the Original Played by in the Original
Narasimha Mohanlal Thakur Baldev Singh Sanjeev Kumar
Babban Singh Amitabh Bachchan Gabbar Singh Amjad Khan
Heero Ajay Devgan Veeru Dharmendra
Raj Prashant Raj Sachdev Jaidev aka Jai Amitabh Bachchan
Ghungroo Nisha Kothari Basanti Hema Malini
Durga Devi Sushmita Sen Radha Jaya Bachchan
Thambe Sushant Singh Sambha Mac Mohan
Rambha Bhai Rajpal Yadav Soorma Bhopali Jagdeep
Ahmed Gaurav Kapoor Ahmed Sachin
Dancing Seductress Urmila Matondkar Gypsy Dancer Helen
Gypsy Singer Abhishek Bachchan Gypsy Singer Jalal Agha
Munna Lovepreet Singh Guru Karam Kapoor

[edit] Reception

Aag was set to be a hit as it was a remake of the 1975 classics but it turned to be a disaster at the box office. After its first week, the film was turned down by all cinemas and it became one of the biggest flops in Bollywood history. Indian people named this film as Ram Gopal Verma's Ashes (राम गोपाल वर्मा की राख).

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ "'Sholay' sequel changed as 'Ram Gopal Verma ki Aag'". DNA. 2007-07-05. http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1108177. Retrieved 2007-07-06. 

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