Gaurang Doshi: 'No Way Am I Selling My Rights Of Aankhen'- EXCLUSIVE

Gaurang Doshi speaks to us about selling rights for his film, Aankhen. Read ahead to know what he has to say on this buzz

Subhash K Jha

Sat Jan 09 2021, 17:41:14 18169 views
Producer Gaurang Doshi, who moved to Dubai  some years ago, is both exasperated and amused by a report that he may have to sell the rights of Aankhen to another producer.

“No way!” Gaurang expostulates from Dubai.  “No power on earth can make me part with the rights for the remake. I am sending you legal  proof of the fact that the rights for Aankhen are only with me. I would like to know from where this news of buying me off is coming? Obviously, from the people who are interested in doing the sequel. I want to state once and for all, that the right to do the sequel to Aankhen is mine . Only I will do the needful.” 

In 2002, Vipul Shah had directed the Gaurang  Doshi produced Aankhen, a screen adaptation of the hit Gujarati play All The Best featuring Amitbh  Bachchan, Arjun Rampal, Akshay Kumar and Paresh Rawail as visually disable  men pulling off a bank heist. Ever since then Doshi has been unsuccessfully trying to put together a sequel.

Two years ago, Rajtaru Studios, co-producers  of Aankhen had announced a sequel to be  directed by Anees Bazmi.

Anees had told me, “As you know Aankhen 2 was to be produced by Gaurang Doshi who had produced the original Aankhen film in  2002. I knew Rajtaru Studios (co-partners Raj Rajtaru and Tarun Aggarwal) were co-producers.  I kept asking Gaurang to get an NOC from Rajtaru. He insisted I shouldn’t worry. ‘If I am investing  money surely I’ve got the basic rights in place,’ Gaurang  told me. I went ahead with his conviction. We even had a mahurat ceremony attended by Bachchan Saab.”

It was then that Rajtaru Studios raised objection to Doshi producing Aankhen 2.

Anees told me in 2019, “Sadly Gaurang is no longer a part of Aankhen 2. It is being co-produced jointly  by Rajtaru and Eros International."



Image source: Twitter/gaurangdoshi16

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