For me, it's like there's an arms deal happening between Gabbar and somebody, and to entertain the villains, an item song is done -- which is pretty much the sequence that used to be there in most of the films of the 1970s.

So obviously in contemporary times of terrorism and crime, in realistic times an item song will not be there, but then this film is not supposed to be real. There are shots and performances that will create the illusion of reality, but at the end of the day, the film is purely to entertain.

You've set your film differently, in a modern day context, and Thakur (played by Mohanlal) is now an encounter cop. But are there any significant departures from the original, in terms of plot and character?

You see, the characters are different, the scenes are different and the lines they speak are different. The theme -- the man wanting to take revenge on somebody -- is there. Right from frame one to the last one, the film is different. There is no shot that you can compare directly to the original film.

Like Sarkar and The Godfather, there's a father, there are sons, the father is attacked and the son takes revenge -- so that's the plot, but there are no frames copied from the Godfather.

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