Fawad Khan, whose ‘The Legend of Maula Jatt’ will soon hit the cinema screens has talked about a reboot of 1979 movie titled ‘Maula Jatt’.
While talking exclusively to Variety, Fawad Khan said, “‘Maula Jatt’ always had a cult status in Pakistani media, and because of that, we had obviously heard of it, and who had not heard of the dialogue.”
Khan revealed when Lashari approached him, it was with the idea of a remake and that’s when the actor watched the original properly. “The actors who made that film what it was Sultan Rahi and Mustafa Qureshi were very big veterans of the industry.”
He also mentioned, “To take such actors actions as an influence for modern cinema may have been a bit out of context, and all respect to them, but we felt that these were very big shoes to fill, and therefore maybe we should attempt something.”
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While talking about designing the movie as a reboot rather than a remake, Khan said, “We decided that we’d actually go ahead and make a version which is not so sexy by modern standards and make something that’s more a bit off the wall and therefore weight gain came into the equation.”
While working once again in Bollywood, Khan said, “The collaboration with the people that I got to know and the kinds of people I was exposed to there was a great experience and I really enjoyed it. The political fallout [between India and Pakistan] has not influenced our relationships, but it’s definitely made us very wary of answering such a question.”
According to Fawad Khan, it’s a good question but he can’t give a definitive answer until things stabilize and there are a lot of issues that need to be answered.
