/> With the original Sholay copyright holder Sascha Sippy adamant on seeing Ram Gopal Varma in jail for copyright infringement Ramu has hit upon a brilliant way out of the imbroglio.

He's offered to let the angry Sippy work for him. "With his fertile imagination, aggressive attitude and a way with words, he'd be ideal to write dialogues for the movies. And I'd be happy to let him do the needful in my next film, provided he can look beyond his uncle's Sholay."

Varma was reacting to Sashcha's statement, "Ramu cannot utter the words Sholay, Gabbar or Basanti. And if he does, by not respecting the court orders, I will seem him in jail."

Chuckling with a mixture of disbelief and amusement Ramu retorts, "I didn't know Mr Sascha Sippy was the judge in this case. I guess I'll have to respect his ruling and proceed to jail."

Having chuckled at the angry words of the offended party, Ramu sobers down. "The rule of law in the land is very sacred to me. And I'd never break it. I'm not infringing any copyright and I'm not going against any law by making my film. Beyond that the matter is subjudice."

Ramu continues, "I believe Sascha Sippy has forbidden me from uttering the word Sholay. If that was against copyright laws, most of us would be prosecuted. We've grown up with Sholay and it's an inherent part of our cinema lexicon."

Ramu isn't the least hassled. "Sascha imagining things. The fact is, I'm not doing anything against the law. Aur main ganga ki kasam kha ke bol raha hoon."

After two major remakes Don and Umrao Jaan and the response to them is Ramu apprehensive about Sholay?

"What's the connection between a remake/original and the audience liking the film? They don't go to a film with the baggage of the past. If remakes have proved unsafe, originals aren't exactly foolproof either. Please see my film before nailing me."