Imitations too need skill and talent: Subhash Ghai

Mumbai, Aug 8 (UNI) Bollywood filmmaker Subhash Ghai who has sold the rights of his 1980 musical blockbuster 'Karz' to T-Series for a remake says that imitations too need skill and talent.

Speaking to UNI on whether he feels that 'Karz', a timeless musical blockbuster needs to be remade, Mr Ghai said, ''I made Karz in 1980. Every film of mine is a forgotten past for me once I release the film. I have never repeated my stories or my films and will never do the same. Nor have I made or will remake any film in my life because if any writer/director lives with his past glory, that means he has declared his retirement. And with God's grace I have so many new concepts and new stories to explore in my mind and to pick out the best ones which are new, exciting and timely.'' Mr Ghai said his upcoming directorial projects 'Black and White' and 'Yuvraaj' are two totally different stories from each other and above all different than any of his past films. 'Black and White' is an issue-based film whereas 'Yuvraaj' is a musical entertaintainer,'' he said.

Responding to a question on why producers go for remakes of successful movies, he said the producers must be making remakes when they have derth of new writers/ideas or because they want to play safe with tried and tested scripts.

''My own production house faces this problem everyday...Though I respect their business logic, I can't understand how creative a director and writer can be..though even imitations need skill and talent which many of us have,'' he said.

T-Series has bought the rights to remake 'Karz' from Mukta Arts.

Ghai's film starred Rishi Kapoor, Tina Munim, Premnath among others.

The film will be directed by the multi-faceted Satish Kaushik and will be produced by Music giant T-Series.

Himesh Reshammiya plays the role of Rishi Kapoor in the remake.

Not only does Himesh play the main lead but also composes the music for the film.

UNI