Devdas It was a much-celebrated achievement for Shah Rukh Khan and now he says he has acquired the rights to the 2002 film.
This comes after the megastar was honoured at the Locarno Film Festival with a lifetime achievement award.
“We as a production company have bought back the rights of this film and I am very, very proud that it now belongs to our company,” he told cheering fans after regaining the rights from its director Sanjay Leela Bhansali.
During the screening, the Bollywood star also recalled the pushback he and the filmmaker received after they agreed to remake the classic hit.
“When I think director Sanjay Leela Bhansali wanted to make this film, I think everyone in the country thought it was a bit dated,” he continued.
“It was a more liberalized India and people were looking for more mass entertainment and college musical films.”
The film was one of many adaptations of Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's 1917 novel; as Khan explained, his favourite was Dilip Kumar's 1995 film.
“I watched it with my parents because they were big fans of Mr. Dilip Kumar, who was supposed to be the most wonderful of all.”
