The association of Anil Kapoor and Kamal Hassan goes back as long as the early 80´s. Yash Chopra was negotiating with various actors for his forthcoming movie "Mashaal" and intended to cast Dilip Kumar and Kamal Hassan for the venture. For some reasons, Kamal Hassan couldnt be a part of the venture and Anil Kapoor was roped in to do Kamal´s role. Gulshan Grover finally did the role which was meant to be done by Anil Kapoor and the rest as they say is history.

Since then, Anil Kapoor has remade many of Kamal Hassan´s classics in Hindi. Two of them being "Eeshwar" and "Virasat", probably two of the superlative movies in recent times.

Kamal Hassan-Madhavan starrer "Anbe Sivam" is yet to release and as per the buzz, Anil Kapoor is as usual fascinated by Kamal´s work and is negotiating with him to buy the remake rights for "Anbe Sivam".

Whether Kamal agrees to this, remains to be seen. Lets hope the magic of "Virasat" and "Eeshwar" is re-created once again!