From Jai in Sholay to Gabbar's Babban in Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag, Amitabh Bachchan has finally got what he wanted in Ram Gopal Varma's adaptation of Ramesh Sippy's classic.

The superstar had always wanted to play villain Gabbar Singh's role in Ramesh Sippy's classic because he (Gabbar) had 'great dialogues and the best scenes in the film.'

Here he talks to Girish Rao about the role and the film.

Did you feel sad when Gabbar was christened Babban?

No, actually Ramu (Ram Gopal Varma) took the decision that he should be called Babban. I think that Ramu never thought that he was remaking Sholay. It was just an inspiration and he has interpreted the film in its own way.

When Sarkar was released he said that he was inspired from the film Godfather. Something similar can be said for this film too -- that it has been inspired from Sholay but with its own contemporary setting.

Ramu has changed the characterisation and has given a new look, a new kind of conversation, new behaviour of the characters and so on. At no point while shooting the film did I ever realise that we are remaking a film neither was I conscious of the fact that in Sholay I did that while in this film I'm doing something else.

I left everything to Ramu did whatever he instructed me to do. Now lets just see how the film fares at the box office.

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