It’s old news that Himesh Reshammiya is no more a part of Ram Gopal Verma’s ‘Sholay’. In fact IndiaGlitz was the first to report this breaking news to you. Now, the latest dope on the ‘Mahbooba’ is that choreographer turned singer Ganesh Hegde is going to choreograph, compose and sing the track.

I would say that is bad news. For Himesh is a far better singer-composer than what Ganesh Hegde can ever be. It seems Ramu’s tryst with history is going nowhere. Amitabh Bachchan doesn’t have the menacing edge of a Gabbar Singh. Instead he looks a beaten war horse in that shabby look of his. Ajay Devgan has never displayed his gregarious self to fit into Dharmendra’s Veeru mould. Mohit Ahlawat is a grand furniture store and can never ever match Bachchan’s Jai. Sushmita is no Jaya Bachchan to play Radha and God knows who’s playing Basanti. Jiah Khan….Nisha Kothari…Ugh even the thought of them replaying Hema Malini gives me the creeps.

So, on one hand Farhan Akhtar seems to have made a creative remake of ‘Don’….Ramu’s big gamble on ‘Sholay’ seems to be going nowhere.