Jhakaas! Anil Kapoor calls Ranveer 'good choice' to play Lakhan
There were reports that filmmaker Rohit Shetty was remaking the iconic film which starred Jackie Shroff as Ram and the 59-year-old Slumdog Millionaire star as Lakhan.Â
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"I am hearing about this (Ram Lakhan remake) since three and a half years. I think they are still making it... I think right now Ranveer is a good choice for Lakhan," Anil told reporters here.
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The actor was speaking at an event for the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards.
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Anil said over the years there are films for which he thought he deserved awards but did not get any.
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"I had thought then that I should've got an award for 'Ishwar', Ram Lakhan. Because they used to say that popular films should be awarded so that was the most popular film.
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Even for Lamhe I didn't get many important awards.
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"There are many films like these where I didn't get any award for. There are also those films for which I didn't think I deserve an award but I got it."
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Bollywood stars Farhan Akhtar and Shahid Kapoor are returning as the host of this year's IIFA after successfully anchoring the gala in 2014.
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17th IIFA Awards will be held on June 25 in Madrid, Spain. The awards ceremony will witness performances by Bollywood A-listers like Priyanka Chopra, Deepika Padukone, Salman Khan, Hrithik Roshan and Sonakshi Sinha among others.