Amitabh Bachchan played the classic role of Vijay Dinananth Chauhan in Agneepath, which won him a National Award. Now Karan Johar wants to reprise the classic movie, but with a new face.

Karan Johar has zeroed onto Hrithik Roshan to essay the role played by Amitabh Bachchan.

After winning accolades for his royal act in Jodha Akbar and wooing audience with this action packed role in Dhoom 2, will Hrithik be able to do justice to Vijay Dinanath Chauhan?

This isn’t the only remake of Big B’s films that’s in the offing; there are numerous other projects being contemplated on his famous movies.

Rajeev Menon has been planning a remake of Abhimaan with Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan , while Salman Khan and his brothers are working on Amar,Akbar Anthony!

While Farhan Akhtar managed to pull off a stylish take on Amitabh Bachchan’s Don, RGV’s modern day version of Sholay turned out to be a huge disaster. One wonders what will candy floss king Karan Johar make of Agneepath ’s hard hitting drama.