A few days back, it was reported that Hrithik Roshan had turned down Karan Johar to play the lead role in the remake of the classic Agneepath but now just a few days later it looks like that he has finally given the nod and has bagged the role. This nod of approval by him would surely have shattered the dream of Abhishek Bachchan who wanted to play the role of Vijay Dinanath Chauhan in the remake of the classic.

Since Abhi was a kid, he was in love with the movie and always wanted to step into the shoes of his father in the remakes of one of his movies. With this one, he had the chance after Hrithik turned down the role and he was the only one in the race after he left. If given a choice of the role that he would have liked to do in all of his father’s movies this was probably the one for him.

The reason Hrithik had earlier turned down the role was because of the fact that he had no dates with him. His entire diary was filled as he was having Guzaarish being directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali and after that, he was scheduled to do a movie with Vishal Bhardwaj but now he has managed to get the project postponed which was specifically written for him.

Karan Malhotra who is a very good friend of Karan Johar will direct the remake of the movie Agneepath. The movie will be made under the banner of Dharma Productions. Will Karan be able to recreate the magic remains to be seen?