Overview

• Multiple entertainment outlets, citing a Bollywood Hungama insider, report that a leading producer has offered Janhvi Kapoor the official remake of Sridevi’s 1989 classic.
• Sources say Kapoor is consulting widely and proceeding cautiously given inevitable comparisons to her mother, with a call expected by the end of September.
• Neither Kapoor nor an identified production company has confirmed the project, and details of the producer and director remain undisclosed.
• A prior iteration titled Chaalbaaz in London was announced in 2021 with Shraddha Kapoor but did not go on floors, and the effort was later shelved.
• Early online reaction includes notable criticism from some users, reflecting sensitivity around revisiting Sridevi’s signature double-role performance.