Courtesy:
IndiaFM
Wednesday,
July
18,
2007
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
has
been
renamed
as
Ghungroo,
Veeru
as
Virendra
Chavan,
Radha
as
Devi
and
Jai
as
Jai
Ranade.
While
the
other
characters
from
the
original
film
like
Soorma
Bhopali
and
Sambha
have
been
changed
to
Rambhabhai
and
Tambhe.
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.