In 1975, Amitabh Bachchan and Dharmendra Deol’s film ‘Sholay’ was released. This film has broken all the records. It made huge money at the box office. In such a situation, after 34 years, Ram Gopal Varma has made its remake. It has cast Amitabh Bachchan and Ajay Devgan in the remake. The makers felt that just like ‘Sholay’ was a hit in 1975, their film would prove to be a hit in 2009 as well. But this did not happen. Remember the name of the movie? No! Let us tell you the name of this movie.
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Sushmita Sen was also a part of this film
Ram Gopal Varma, who made films like ‘Satya’, ‘Sarkar Raj’, made a remake of ‘Sholay’. He has named this film ‘Aag’. Apart from Amitabh and Ajay, the film also stars Mohanlal, Prashant Raj Sachdev, Sushmita Sen, J. d. Chakraborty and Suchitra Krishnamurthy were also there. Despite such a big cast, the film did not work. According to a report by Sacnilk, the film made at a cost of Rs 20 crore earned only Rs 7.81 crore at the box office.
Amitabh Bachchan reacted on this film
Hindustan Times gave the film the title of “Lifetime’s Worst Ever Movie Award”. Its report says that the makers have suffered a loss of Rs 40 crore due to the film being a flop. Amitabh Bachchan also admitted that doing ‘Aag’ was his biggest mistake.