Sholay renamed to Aag

Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma’s much hyped remake of Sholay was re-titled as Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag. Delhi High court has approved the release of the remake of Ramesh Sippy’s Sholay by changing the title of the film.

Delhi High Court has approved his films new name and also ordered him to change all character names. The most popular character of the film Gabbar Singh will be called Babban Singh, Basanti renamed to Ghungroo, Veeru to Virendra Chavan, Radha to Devi and Jai to Jai Ranade. While the other characters from the original film like Soorma Bhopali and Sambha are changed to Rambhabhai and Tambhe.

Earlier, producer G. P. Sippy's grandson Sascha Sippy and Shan Uttam Singh had filed a lawsuit to permanently restrain Varma from releasing the film. The court has asked them to push their remaining claims in this matter after watching the film.