RGV Ki Aag

Director: Ram Gopal Varma
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Ajay Devgan, Prashant Raj, Sushmita Sen, Nisha Kothari
Produced by : Bhushan Kumar and Krishan Kumar

If you have seen Sholay you know the characters and the story. However here's a recap.

Thakur Baldev Singh (Sanjeev Kumar) seeks to avenge the cold-blooded massacre of his family at the hands of notorious bandit Gabbar Singh (Amjad Khan). Since he is unable to do so on his own, he recruits Veeru (Dharmendra) and Jaidev (Amitabh Bachchan). Both are jailbirds and have in and out of various jails. They are reportedly known to carry out any work provided the compensation is right. Both agree to capture Gabbar Singh live and hand him over to Baldev Singh. Things do not go as planned. Veeru falls for the local horse carriage driver Basanti (Hema Malini); and Jai starts to have romantic feelings for Baldev Singh's widowed daughter-in-law, Radha (Jaya Bhaduri). To make matters worse, Gabbar has sworn to kill both Jai and Veeru, and holds Basanti as a hostage, to lure them to him.

In the new Sholay aka RGV Ki Aag the star cast is as follows:

Amitabh Bachchan plays Babban, which was originally Gabbar Singh, played by Amjad Khan.

Mohanlal plays Inspector Narsimha, which was originally Thakur Baldev Singh, played by Sanjeev Kumar.

Sushmita Sen plays Durga Devi, which was originally Radha, played by Jaya Bachchan.

Nisha Kothari plays Ghungroo, which was originally Basanti, played by Hema Malini.

Prashant Raj plays Raj Ranade, which was originally Jai, played by Amitabh Bachchan.

Ajay Devgan plays Heero, which was originally Veeru played by Dharmendra.

Oh and there is the eye candy – Urmila Matondkar and Abhishek Bachchan in the 'Mehbooba Mehbooba' item number.

While the setting in Aag is that of todays the story line and its plots have been followed to the T. However there are inevitable comparisons made to the cult film Sholay. But it's watch able to see what treatment RGV has given in the modern day context.