Ramesh Sippy’s 'Sholay' was the highest grosser of the times and the most profitable Hindi movie ever made. It ran to packed houses continuously for five years at a cinema in Bombay and several others across India. Even now, over thirty years after its original release, there are hard core Sholay fans who will be able to quote each characters dialogue verbatim. The film changed the face of Bollywood and, arguably, was responsible for creating the phenomenon that was Bollywood through the late-seventies up to the early-to-mid-eighties.

 Bollywood is into a period of remakes.. the brilliant film Sholay is once again remade by none other than Ram Gopal Varma. The film titled 'Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag' is just a rehash of the original in a new format. The movie originally had the same name, but it was changed due to legal hassles from the Sippy's. But there are a lot of deviations from the original, starting from the duration of the movie to the scenes, characters, venue and the relationship between each of the characters etc. Situations are different; songs are different except for 'Mehbooba'. Let’s wait and watch whether Verma's remake could make a difference at the box office.