Filmmaker
Shekhar
Kapur
isn't
very
happy
with
the
announcement
of
Mr
India
2
and
openly
condemns
the
same
on
his
Twitter
page.
It
all
happened
when
director
Ali
Abbas
Zafar
announced
on
his
Twitter
page
that
he
is
all
set
to
make
a
trilogy
based
on
the
classic
film,
Mr
India,
in
collaboration
with
the
production
company
Zee
Studios.
He
had
tweeted,
"Excited
to
partner
with
@ZeeStudios_
for
an
epic
trilogy
#MrIndia!
It
is
a
huge
responsibility
to
carry
forward
an
iconic
character
loved
by
everyone.
Currently,
working
on
the
script,
no
actor
has
been
locked
till
now.
Once
we
lock
the
first
draft
of
the
script,
casting
begins!"
While
some
fans
rejoiced
after
coming
across
Ali's
announcement,
some
also
warned
the
filmmaker
not
to
mess
with
the
classic
film.
A
netizen
wrote,
"It
is
completely
a
bad
idea....
This
film
should
not
remade
for
its
cult
classic
status.
No
one
ever
can
match
#Sridevi
ji
's
powerhouse
performance
and
screen
presence
and
#Amrish
ji's
stealer
act.
It
will
fail
vary
badly.
@shekharkapur
Sir
plz
kuch
karo.
@BoneyKapoor
Sir
plzz."
To
which
Shekhar
Kapur
replied,
"No
one
has
even
asked
me
or
mentioned
to
me
about
this
film
called
Mr
India
2.
I
can
only
guess
that
they
using
the
title
to
get
a
big
weekend.
For
they
cannot
use
the
characters/story
without
permission
from
the
original
creators
of
the
film."
However,
Shariq
Patel,
the
CEO
of
Zee
Studios,
has
claimed
that
Mr
India
2
will
not
be
the
sequel
to
the
Shekhar
Gupta's
1987
film.
He
had
told
the
media,
"We
are
excited
to
have
Ali
on
board
for
'Mr.
India'.
This
not
a
part
2
or
a
remake
of
the
older
film
as
recently
reported
in
some
sections
of
the
media,
but
a
reimagining
of
the
iconic
classic."
(Social
media
posts
are
unedited.)