‘Ram Lakhan’ remake on hold: Rohit Shetty

Mumbai, Aug 19 (PTI) Director Rohit Shetty reveals hismuch-anticipated "Ram Lakhan" remake is on a temporary hold ashe has failed to get an actor for the role of Ram. Filmmaker Karan Johar announced in 2014 that his DharmaProductions was collaborating with Rohit for the remake ofSubhash Ghai’s 1989 superhit "Ram Lakhan" that featured JackieShroff and Anil Kapoor in the lead roles. "We were suppose to do ‘Ram Lakhan’ but we were notgetting Ram. And I did not want to compromise on the part ofRam. So it’s better to do a solo hero film at present asyoungsters want to do solo hero films," Rohit told PTI. "It’s a project that has pressure. We wrote the script andwe have it with us. We will do it some day. After ‘Dilwale’ wewere suppose to do ‘Ram Lakhan’ remake and ‘Golmaal 4’. But aswe were not getting Ram so we thought let’s make ‘Golmaal 4’first," he added. Names of actors like Shah Rukh Khan, Ranveer Singh, ArjunKapoor and Varun Dhawan had cropped up for the film. "We approached a few actors for Lakhan but they wanted tomake the film solo," Rohit said. The director, however, makes it clear the project is notshelved. "We have kept it (the film’s story) with us. It’s myFD (fixed deposit)!" he quipped. PTI KKP PSHPSH