Sholay In 3D

The 3D version of the film Sholay will be released on 15th August, 2012.

Shaan Uttam Singh, GP Sippy's grandson and one of copyright owners of movie said, "We are coming up with the 3D version of "Sholay". The project is almost complete and will release on August 15. The movie is a classic and people will love to watch it with the technological augmentation." 

The movie Sholay which was released on 15th August 1975 is an Indian action-adventure film produced by G.P. Sippy and directed by his son Ramesh Sippy. It is considered by the Encyclopaedia of Hindi cinema to be among the greatest films in Indian cinema. It stars Dharmendra, Sanjeev Kumar, Hema Malini, Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bhaduri and Amjad Khan. It is the story of two criminals hired to capture a ruthless dacoit by the name of Gabbar Singh. 

In the year 2011, Subhash Ghai was reportedly in negotiations to convert the film to 3D format. Subhash Ghai’s banner Mukta Arts collaborated with Maya Digital and undertook the project.

A few months back, there were reports that Mukta Arts which had been working with Maya Digital on turning this project into a reality, had washed its hands off the project because of the legal hassles that the GP Sippy's family had been currently involved in. 

Jayanti Lal Gada, Chief Managing Director at Pen India Private Ltd said , "We are planning to release the movie on Aug 15 because it was released on the same day in 1975. The idea of the 3D version came from copyright owners of the movie. I believe, it is the best movie to augment with special effects. After 20 years of its release when the movie was first screened on DD national, it registered a TRP of 65. That is the highest TRP of any movie showcased on Indian television. We hope, people will like its 3D form as well."

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- Unknown Updated at: Wednesday, April 04, 2012

Sholay wont go 3D

The famous movie Sholay was all set to be remade in 3D and it was reported that Ketan Mehta's Maya Digital, was given the project by Mukhta Arts for making this project reality. But the latest news is that the team has dropped the project due to the family fights in Sippy family.

This is the second project from the Sippys that has run into rough weather owing to the problems in their family. Earlier, producer GP Sippy's son Suresh raised an objection against GP Sippy's grandsons Sascha and Shaan, claiming that they had no right to license the remake rights of Seeta Aur Geeta to Sunil Bohra (Mumbai Mirror, February 7, 2011).

Suresh has raised an objection this time around as well. While Sascha Sippy remained unavailable for comment, Suresh Sippy told Mumbai Mirror, "How can Ghai convert Sholay into 3D when we Sippys are in a legal conflict? My lawyer spoke to Ghai and told him about the same. And well, I don't know anything about Maya Digital's plans. Negative kahan hai unke paas? Yes, Sascha has the rights of Sholay but I also sent a message across to Sascha not to entertain any such proposals."

But it is reported from close sources of Ramesh Sippy, who had originally produced the movie, that he is keen on the project and has no problems with rights. But the project seems to be already dropped, when Subhash Ghai, the head honcho of Mukhta Arts, was asked about the project he replied "I am not associated with Sholay getting converted into 3D. I am just a stakeholder in Maya Digital. As far as I am concerned, the matter ended some six months ago."

However, Maya Digital's head, Ketan Mehta refused to comment on it and his wife mentioned that they did have another 10 projects working at the moment and she cannot comment on it as there is a Non-Disclosure agreement with the clients.

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- Unknown Updated at: Thursday, December 22, 2011