Working in a remake project of all time block buster movie, and playing a role originally played by Hema Malini is sufficient to have nervous breakdown for any rising actress. Ask Nisha Kothari, modern age Basanti in the film ‘Ram Gopal Verma ki Aag‘. 
When Ram Gopal Verma decided remaking Sholay, there were protests all over India. There were questions whether a film like Sholay can ever be remade. Moreover RGV had converted the entire plot to suit it today’s social life, which can be more suicidal than the attempt itself. While Nisha Kothari was asked about her feeling while doing ‘Ghungroo’, a character inspired by the original character of Basanti in Sholay, she was found answering,
I was a nervous wreck on the first day of shooting. Everyone was talking about Nisha Kothari playing Basanti. But, with due respect to Hemaji, my character in the film has been inspired by Basanti, and is in no way similar to the one she played in Sholay. I play a tapori called Ghungroo who rides an auto named Laila, not a horse called Dhanno. Our attitudes are different. I smoke in the film and even attempt to do it like Rajnikanth
Quite daring, I must say. RGV is all set to recreate the history and is explaining his move as the tribute to this epic blockbuster. There is assurance that he will definitely keep the original charm of the movie intact. But if rumors are to be believed, RGV is doing all these to get Big B signed for his Sarkar sequel. Amitabh had a passion towards the character Gabbar Singh; he openly vouched for this character in many occasions. May be this is actually a tribute to Big B from RGV. The question that arises next, is Indian audience prepared for the remake? The extreme dissatisfaction among many of the actors involved in original Sholay says it all. Still Ramu is out with his experiment. Let’s hope he gets fair judgment from the audience at least for his courage.
Acting with RGV was a pleasure, according to Nisha, the new RGV brand girl. She is thrilled to act with all great stars like Ajay Devgan, Amitabh Bachhan, and Susmita Sen. According to her the entire experience will be very healthy and fruitful for her. Lets hope whether we also can have the same pleasant feeling after watching this most debated remake of the century.
