Cherry's Zanjeer to be directed by Apoorva Lakhia

  • IndiaGlitz, [Thursday,January 12 2012]

It is known that the iconic Big B's iconic movie 'Zanjeer' (1973) which gave birth to 'The Angry Young Man' of Bollywood and the phenomenon called Amitabh Bachchan is now having its sequel planned with Ram Charan in the lead. The news is that Apoorva Lakhia of Shootout At Lokhandwala fame will helm the film. The new Zanjeer is backed by Reliance and Balaji. Ex Eros Ram Mirchandani will be the producer along with Amit Mehra (son of late Prakash Mehra - the producer of original 'Zanjeer').

The iconic classic is always remembered for its punch lines such as Jab tak bhaitne ke liye nahin kaha jaye.. chup chap khade raho.. yeh police station hai tumhaare baaap ka ghar nahin.. and of course Sher kabhi sher ka shikar nahin karta...

The sequel will have some important changes which the source refuses to divulge but confirms the happening on basis of anonymity and adds that Chiran Bhatt cousin of Vikram Bhatt will give the music for 'Zanjeer 2'. The rest of the cast and crew is getting finalized...

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