Gabbar has ‘nothing to do’ with Sholay
Akshay says the film has no other connection to the classic Dharmendra-Amitabh caper
By : natasha coutinho
Update: 2015-04-28 22:45 GMT
While his character is named after the iconic villain from Sholay, Gabbar Is Back’s leading man Akshay Kumar says the film has no other connection to the classic Dharmendra-Amitabh Bachchan caper.
“We have just two-three dialogues from Sholay, otherwise GIB has nothing to do with Sholay. The film begins with my character writing an anonymous letter to the (police) commissioner, about corruption. I can’t sign my real name, and Sholay happens to be playing in the background, so I sign it as Gabbar,”
Akshay told us. About the South film Ramanaa of which GIB is a remake, Akshay says, “Our film is 60 per cent like Ramanaa but we have added a lot of real incidents. I was told not to watch Ramanaa and I prefer it that way. I don’t want to copy any actor.”