Zoya & Farhan Akhtar’s plans to remake Heer Ranjha thwarted

• Mohnish Singh
• 28 November, 2017

By: Mohnish Singh

Recently, there were reports that filmmaker Zoya Akhtar was keen to collaborate with her brother Farhan Akhtar to remake the cult classic Heer Ranjha, featuring veteran actor Raaj Kumar alongside Priya Rajvansh. A source revealed to an Indian daily, “Zoya wants to remake Heer Ranjha and modernize it. She, along with brother Farhan, showed a keen interest in making the film again. Heer Ranjha is possibly the only film in verse made till date. The dialogues were nothing but poetry. It was written by Kaifi Azmi, their step-mother Shabana Azmi’s father. They wanted to make it as a tribute to…

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