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y issit a singh is always the bad guy?

Amitabh Bachchan to play Gabbar Singh!

25th July 2005 21.25 IST

By Aparajita Ghosh

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Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan will act in Ram Gopal Varma ’s revamped version of the celluloid epic Sholay .

Bachchan, who played the silent, brooding Jai in Ramesh Sippy’s classic of yore, will be seen in a completely unexpected role in Ram Gopal Varma Ki Sholay.

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Reports say that Bachchan has been cast in the movie to play Gabbar Singh, the ultimate villain whose unforgettable dialogues are still the staple of many a movie buffs.

A site quotes Varma as saying about the casting coup: “The ultimate hero is playing the ultimate villain.”

According to Ramu, Gabbar Singh has always been the hero of Sholay as his character became legendary after the film’s release and his dialogues remembered till today.

However, it remains to be seen whether Ramu’s revamped version of Sholay, which is set in Mumbai and not in a village, will have equally punchy dialogues that Salim-Javed penned for Gabbar Singh in Sippy’s flick.

As per the movie’s remaining cast, newcomer Mohit Ahlawat – Varma’s new blue-eyed boy – has been signed to play Jai. Actors who will play Veeru and Thakur are yet to be finalized.

Like Varma’s Sarkar (which was his own tribute to ‘The Godfather’), Ram Gopal Varma Ki Sholay will be Ramu’s own interpretation of Ramesh Sippy’s blockbuster. Instead of dacoits, Ramu’s movie will have underworld gangsters.

Ramu says Gabbar Singh’s role is the most pivotal to his movie and he could not think of anyone else except the Big Bachchan himself playing the role.

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singh is used by rajputs as well and as i recall from sholay gabbar singh is not a sikh but is a daku...

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Spot on veer ji.

Not just Rajputs, in Haryana many jaat also use Singh as a surname.

Bhupinder Singh Hooda is a the CM of Haryana and he is a Jaat.

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