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train pulls into the train station and two young men step off. It's
their very first visit to the big city of Mumbai. Only, they are not
here on a visit. They have arrived with dreams of buying Mumbai out!
For
this is a pair of street toughs par excellence. Jai, the younger
of the two looks up to Veeru for guidance. Veeru in turn looks out
for him.
Virendra
Chavan (Ajay Devgan) and Jai Ranade (Prashant Raj) grew up in Latur
, where they came to be known to their town folk as Veeru and Jai.
From
their early days, these young men admired success and strength and
sought in every which way to emulate it.
Veeru
went to work as a bodyguard for Sharad Patil, the local politician.
But, when Patil got jailed for a crime, he lost his job.
It
was then that an idea of coming to Mumbai took his fancy. As expected,
his best friend, Jai tagged along.
Within a week of their arrival to Mumbai, they find a job with Shambhul
Seth. He is a criminal with a heavy police record.
Meanwhile,
in his search for Shambhul, Inspector Ranveer (Mohanlal) comes across
Veeru and Jai and immediately concludes that these two are no hard
criminals.
Both
Veeru and Jai are shocked to learn about Shambhul's police record
and they decide to help the inspector in catching this gangster.
So,
as expected, our heroes manages to finish off Shambhul but in the
process they had to be arrested because of their association with
the gangster.
Much
later, when the inspector needed help in his hunt for Gabbar Singh
(Amitabh Bachchan), his brief impression of these two young men
returned to him.
Since
he could not expect the police to help in his quest for personal
revenge, he decides to enlist the help of Veeru and Jai.
Ram
Gopal Verma's version will be different from the all time box office
masala western.
Whilst
the basic storyline will remain the same, the whole era of the film
will be transported to the 21st century.
Gabbar
Singh will be showcased as an international criminal. Susmita Sen
will play the character of Radha, the widow whilst Urmila Matondkar
will dance to the popular dance number Mehbooba Mehbooba in this
remake.
Previewed
by Manish Gajjar,
BBC Bollywood Correspondent
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