Ramgopal Verma's remake of blockbuster Hindi hit of 1970s Sholay will hit the screens on 31 August.

The news is that the movie starring Amitabh Bachchan, Ajay Devgan and Amoha among others would be dubbed and released in Tamil and Telugu simultaneously.

Ramgopal Verma says, “When Sholay was release about three decades ago, many Tamils could not enjoy the movie for they could not understand Hindi. Now the remake version titled Aag would be dubbed in Tamil and would be released on the same day all across Tamil Nadu”.

Sholay featured Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjeev Kumar, Dharmendra and Amjad Khan in key roles. It went on to break several records in Hindi film industry and end up a big hit there.