Mumbai:
Subhash Ghai will convertRamesh Sippy's 1975 classic film Sholay to the 3D format.
Ghai's banner Mukta Arts has collaborated with filmmakerKetan Mehta's Maya Digital to undertake the project.
"We have a department working with Maya Digital toconvert Sholay to 3D," Ghai told PTI.
The decision has reportedly not gone down well with theSippys as they have not been kept in the loop about thedevelopment. However, Ghai rubbished the speculation.
"The negotiations are on. The copyright of the film keepschanging. Hopefully, we will convert it in 3D," the filmmakersaid.
Sholay directed by Ramesh Sippy and starring AmitabhBachchan, Dharmendra, Hema Malini, Amjad Khan, Sanjeev Kumarand Jaya Bachchan among others, released in 1975.
The film, which boasts of the best remembered charactersand dialogues of Indian cinema, broke all box-office recordsand ran in theatres for several years.
Its characters: the petty criminal buddies Jay and Veeru(played by Amitabh and Dharmendra respectively), Thakur BaldevSingh (Sanjeev Kumar), Basanti (Hema Malini), Gabbar Singh(Amjad Khan in an unforgettable debut) and Thakur's widoweddaughter-in-law Radha (Jaya) remain etched in the publicmemory even today.
Ghai has also dubbed Rituparno Ghosh's Bengali filmNauka Dubi in Hindi as Kashmakash. The music of the Hindiversion of the film was launched here yesterday.
The film is an adaptation of Nobel Laureate RabindranathTagore's famous novel about two couples; the wives gettingswapped following an accident on a river that causes theirboat to capsize.
The film brings together the granddaughters of Bengal'smatinee idol Suchitra Sen, Riya and Raima, alongside ProsenjitChatterjee and Jisshu Sengupta. Noted lyricist Gulzar hastranslated the lyrics.
On reports that Ghosh was livid over the decision to dubNauka Dubi in Hindi, Ghai said, "This is false news that heis miffed with me. I had a word with him last night and thereis no problem. To make Nauka Dubi in Hindi as Kashmakashwas our empathy.
"I had taken permission from him to use his concept. Hesaid 'I don't have knowledge of Hindi but whatever you wantyou can make'. I told him I want to change songs so I askedGulzar sahab to write the lyrics. We sent the music toRituparno and he liked it," the filmmaker said.
The film will release on Tagore's 150th birth anniversaryon May 6 as a tribute to the Nobel Laureate, he added.
When asked if he intends to remake any of his old film,Ghai said, "Why should I show or make my own films in a newway. Have I exhausted my innovation and credibility? If I doso then it would mean that I have given up as I don't have anynew story to tell."
However, the 66-year-old filmmaker is open to the idea ofothers remaking his films.
"If anyone wants to remake any of my film they can do so.Whosoever is willing to make can buy the rights from me andpay me for the same," he said.
Ghai's banner Mukta Arts has collaborated with filmmakerKetan Mehta's Maya Digital to undertake the project.
"We have a department working with Maya Digital toconvert Sholay to 3D," Ghai told PTI.
The decision has reportedly not gone down well with theSippys as they have not been kept in the loop about thedevelopment. However, Ghai rubbished the speculation.
"The negotiations are on. The copyright of the film keepschanging. Hopefully, we will convert it in 3D," the filmmakersaid.
Sholay directed by Ramesh Sippy and starring AmitabhBachchan, Dharmendra, Hema Malini, Amjad Khan, Sanjeev Kumarand Jaya Bachchan among others, released in 1975.
The film, which boasts of the best remembered charactersand dialogues of Indian cinema, broke all box-office recordsand ran in theatres for several years.
Its characters: the petty criminal buddies Jay and Veeru(played by Amitabh and Dharmendra respectively), Thakur BaldevSingh (Sanjeev Kumar), Basanti (Hema Malini), Gabbar Singh(Amjad Khan in an unforgettable debut) and Thakur's widoweddaughter-in-law Radha (Jaya) remain etched in the publicmemory even today.
Ghai has also dubbed Rituparno Ghosh's Bengali filmNauka Dubi in Hindi as Kashmakash. The music of the Hindiversion of the film was launched here yesterday.
The film is an adaptation of Nobel Laureate RabindranathTagore's famous novel about two couples; the wives gettingswapped following an accident on a river that causes theirboat to capsize.
The film brings together the granddaughters of Bengal'smatinee idol Suchitra Sen, Riya and Raima, alongside ProsenjitChatterjee and Jisshu Sengupta. Noted lyricist Gulzar hastranslated the lyrics.
On reports that Ghosh was livid over the decision to dubNauka Dubi in Hindi, Ghai said, "This is false news that heis miffed with me. I had a word with him last night and thereis no problem. To make Nauka Dubi in Hindi as Kashmakashwas our empathy.
"I had taken permission from him to use his concept. Hesaid 'I don't have knowledge of Hindi but whatever you wantyou can make'. I told him I want to change songs so I askedGulzar sahab to write the lyrics. We sent the music toRituparno and he liked it," the filmmaker said.
The film will release on Tagore's 150th birth anniversaryon May 6 as a tribute to the Nobel Laureate, he added.
When asked if he intends to remake any of his old film,Ghai said, "Why should I show or make my own films in a newway. Have I exhausted my innovation and credibility? If I doso then it would mean that I have given up as I don't have anynew story to tell."
However, the 66-year-old filmmaker is open to the idea ofothers remaking his films.
"If anyone wants to remake any of my film they can do so.Whosoever is willing to make can buy the rights from me andpay me for the same," he said.
