Ram Gopal Verma Ke Sholay???? Please!!!!!!

I guess after the era of remixed music...we better tie up our seat belts and get ready for a ride into the era of old movies being re-made...first Devdas, then Don & now Sholay!!!!



The Cast:
Amitabh Bachchan ... Gabbar Singh
Mohanlal ... Thakur Baldev Singh
Ajay Devgan ... Veeru
Prashant Raj Sachdev ... Jai
Nisha Kothari ... Basanti
Sushmita Sen ... Jaya Bachan
Sushant Singh ... Sambha
Rajpal Yadav ... Soorma Bhopali
Gaurav Kapoor ... Ahmed
Urmila Matondkar ... Dancing Seductress


I don't know how many of you remember, but I had sometime back written a post on the remake of Sholay. Now I would love to think that it was my post that inspired Ram Gopal Verma to go in the direction of re-making Sholay, but the fact remains that he had thought about it long before then. RGV is all set to re-make one of the finest movies made in the Indian cinema. He claims that he has watched Sholay 27 times (hey, c'mon I have seen DDLJ more than 50 times...would I remake it?) and the movie has been very close to his heart. As much as I hate this idea of re-making Sholay, I am also curious to see what exactly would it have to offer to the audience. I read somewhere that the movie will be set up in contemporary Mumbai and Basanti will be driving a cab???
With all due respect, Mr Verma....certain things are best when left alone!