There was buzz around that Manmohan Desai's blockbuster hit ‘Amar Akbar Anthony' has caught the fancy of two film makers, Ketan Desai and David Dhavan.

Where David was keen either making a sequel or a remake of the movie, Manmohan's son Ketan was keen on making a sequel. According to Karan it is difficult to match the quality of the classic film but he is thinking about it seriously.

To match up to the cast of the original classic, Amitabh Bachchan, Rishi Kapoor and Vinod Khanna, Ketan has intentions of casting Abhishek Bachchan, Ranbir Kapoor and Akshay Khanna. David was to direct the movie.

But now one gets to hear that on Dhavan's request, Desai has dropped the idea. The reason cited was that Dhavan had already committed to some other production house to remake the movie with Salman, Sohail and Arbaaz Khan in lead roles.

‘Amar Akbar Anthony' is the movie which celebrated silver jubilee across 9 cinemas in Mumbai in 1977, a record unparalleled even today.

So all that Desai is doing now is reviving his father Manmohan Desai's banner and directing the movie himself. And it seems he has no grudges against David too. All for the sake of friendship! - (SAMPURN)