“Yes, we have a promotional song in the
film which will be shot in January 2013. This is a special song with
Priyanka and Ram Charan. But I want to clarify that we are not mixing
any songs from the original version. It will be altogether a fresh
song,” said Amit, who is producing the film.
Being directed by Apoorva Lakhia, the
film stars Ram Charan Teja who will step into the shoes of Amitabh
Bachchan for the remake. Priyanka will reprise Jaya Bachchan’s role of
Mala in the revenge drama.
The “Zanjeer” unit is all set to fly to
Hyderabad for the next schedule.”We have our next schedule from the mid
of November in Hyderabad It’s a 20-day schedule. Later we will come
back to Mumbai. We have one more schedule in Mumbai in December,” said
Amit.Prakash Mehra had directed and produced the original “Zanjeer” and
when it released in 1973, its stupendous success catapulted Amitabh into
stardom.
There were reports that Sanjay Dutt
walked out of “Zanjeer” but Amit said: “Sanjay Dutt has always been our
first choice. We are glad that he is part of our film. Initially, he had
dates problem but now it’s sorted and he is playing Sher Khan in the
Hindi version and Sonu Sood will be playing Sher Khan in the Telugu
version.”
The film is expected to come out early
next year.”I have to work on both Hindi and Telugu projects, so it’s too
early to talk about the release date but it should be somewhere in the
early 2013.”
