Priyanka: Remakes give youths chance to revisit films

Bollywood actor Priyanka Chopra, who has acted in the remade versions of Don and Agneepath, says remakes provide younger generation an opportunity to revisit the original cult films. Priyanka was last seen in Farhan Akhtar’s Don 2: The King is Back, a sequel to Don: The Chase Begins Again (2006), which was a remake of the 1978 Hindi cult classic Don, starring Amitabh Bachchan. The actor would be next seen in Agneepath, which is a remake of the 1990-film — starring Bachchan as Vijay Dinanath Chauhan — played by Hrithik Roshan. Priyanka is playing the female lead opposite Hrithik. “I had not seen Agneepath until the time Karan Malhotra (director) told me about this film. When you create a remake, it is a good thing in a way, as the younger generation might not have seen the cult classics and experienced it,” Priyanka told reporters here.“Remaking classics, old films are a tribute to that cinema. These films (remakes) are inspired. So it is for today’s generation to watch and get familiar with those films. In case of Agneepath, “Malhotra has done it in a brilliant way. So there are no comparisons between these films as we are not trying to make it that way or reach that level,” she said.In Agneepath, which is Karan Johar’s forthcoming film as a producer, Priyanka essays the role of a Maharashtrian girl- Kaali. “I have played a Maharashtrian girl for the second time. So when I was talking to Karan Malhotra about this character, we were clear that it should be different from Sweety in Kaminey. In Agneepath, she is the strength of Vijay and she is the soul, happiness and naughtiness in the film,” she said.