The Brunch Sholay wishlist

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Updated On Jan 04, 2014 11:51 am IST

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1 / 10

Sholay is a movie for all seasons, for all generations. We find out who’d be apt to play which character if Sholay were made today.GabbarOLD: Amjad Khan. Devious, ruthless, vengeful.NEW: Ajay Devgn. God, so intense. Also, we need a hot Gabbar because that’s one character that can be adapted into many fantasies.Text by Shreya SethuramanFrom HT Brunch, January 5 Follow us on twitter.com/HTBrunch Connect with us on facebook.com/hindustantimesbrunch

Updated on Jan 04, 2014 11:51 am IST

Sholay is a movie for all seasons, for all generations. We find out who’d be apt to play which character if Sholay were made today.GabbarOLD: Amjad Khan. Devious, ruthless, vengeful.NEW: Ajay Devgn. God, so intense. Also, we need a hot Gabbar because that’s one character that can be adapted into many fantasies.Text by Shreya SethuramanFrom HT Brunch, January 5 Follow us on twitter.com/HTBrunch Connect with us on facebook.com/hindustantimesbrunch

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BasantiOLD: Hema Malini. Chaaloo, chatterbox.NEW: Parineeti Chopra. She’s garrulous, has that impish grin and all the makings of a taange-wali (no reference to her legs, just saying!)Text by Shreya Sethuraman

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BasantiOLD: Hema Malini. Chaaloo, chatterbox.NEW: Parineeti Chopra. She’s garrulous, has that impish grin and all the makings of a taange-wali (no reference to her legs, just saying!)Text by Shreya Sethuraman

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JaiOLD: Amitabh Bachchan. Intense, loyal, practical.NEW: Arjun Kapoor. So inscrutable (and also so hot), he lets his eyes do all the talking, just like Jai.Text by Shreya Sethuraman

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JaiOLD: Amitabh Bachchan. Intense, loyal, practical.NEW: Arjun Kapoor. So inscrutable (and also so hot), he lets his eyes do all the talking, just like Jai.Text by Shreya Sethuraman

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VeeruOLD: Dharmendra. Impractical, goofy, adorable.NEW: Ranbir Kapoor. We don’t want to see the goofily adorable Barfi!, but Ranbir seems to have an endearing quality that personifies Veeru.Text by Shreya Sethuraman

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VeeruOLD: Dharmendra. Impractical, goofy, adorable.NEW: Ranbir Kapoor. We don’t want to see the goofily adorable Barfi!, but Ranbir seems to have an endearing quality that personifies Veeru.Text by Shreya Sethuraman

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RadhaOLD: Jaya Bachchan. Silent, full of silent longing.NEW: Sonakshi Sinha. If you notice, she doesn’t do much talking in her movies and can still express her emotions. That’s what Radha is all about, right?Text by Shreya Sethuraman

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RadhaOLD: Jaya Bachchan. Silent, full of silent longing.NEW: Sonakshi Sinha. If you notice, she doesn’t do much talking in her movies and can still express her emotions. That’s what Radha is all about, right?Text by Shreya Sethuraman

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MausiOLD: Leela Mishra. She who dotes on Basanti and says the funniest things ever.NEW: Farida Jalal, just the way she was in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai with Mr Almeida.Text by Shreya Sethuraman

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MausiOLD: Leela Mishra. She who dotes on Basanti and says the funniest things ever.NEW: Farida Jalal, just the way she was in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai with Mr Almeida.Text by Shreya Sethuraman

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SambhaOLD: Mac Mohan. Gabbar’s man FridayNEW: Arshad Warsi. Agreed, “poore pachaas hajaar” was probably his best dialogue in the film, but his fierce loyalty to Gabbar makes us think of Warsi’s Circuit to Munna Bhai.Text by Shreya Sethuraman

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SambhaOLD: Mac Mohan. Gabbar’s man FridayNEW: Arshad Warsi. Agreed, “poore pachaas hajaar” was probably his best dialogue in the film, but his fierce loyalty to Gabbar makes us think of Warsi’s Circuit to Munna Bhai.Text by Shreya Sethuraman

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RamlalOLD: Satyen Kappu. Thakur’s man Friday.NEW: Alok Nath. He has that trustworthy and dependable quality about him that’ll make you want to put your life in his hands.Text by Shreya Sethuraman

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RamlalOLD: Satyen Kappu. Thakur’s man Friday.NEW: Alok Nath. He has that trustworthy and dependable quality about him that’ll make you want to put your life in his hands.Text by Shreya Sethuraman

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JailorOLD: Asrani, a life-sized caricature of idiocyNEW: Anupam Kher. He can do life-sized caricature of idiocy too, and if you had to imagine someone playing the ‘angrezon ke zamaane ka jailor’, you know Kher is the man.Text by Shreya Sethuraman

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JailorOLD: Asrani, a life-sized caricature of idiocyNEW: Anupam Kher. He can do life-sized caricature of idiocy too, and if you had to imagine someone playing the ‘angrezon ke zamaane ka jailor’, you know Kher is the man.Text by Shreya Sethuraman

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ThakurOLD: Sanjeev Kumar. Mature, measured, layered, suave *sigh*.NEW: Jackie Shroff, trying to build a character actor portfolio, Shroff will be perfect as the armless former police officer whose simmering rage and vengeance forms the premise of the story.Text by Shreya Sethuraman From HT Brunch, January 5 Follow us on twitter.com/HTBrunch Connect with us on facebook.com/hindustantimesbrunch

Updated on Jan 04, 2014 11:51 am IST

ThakurOLD: Sanjeev Kumar. Mature, measured, layered, suave sigh.NEW: Jackie Shroff, trying to build a character actor portfolio, Shroff will be perfect as the armless former police officer whose simmering rage and vengeance forms the premise of the story.Text by Shreya Sethuraman From HT Brunch, January 5 Follow us on twitter.com/HTBrunch Connect with us on facebook.com/hindustantimesbrunch

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