Ram Charan said, 'One person is the reason behind my 'Zanjeer's remake. It is director Apoorva Lakhia. When he approached me at first, I was reluctant to do it as I was scared and didn't keen to reprise Amitabh Bachchan's role in my debut film itself. I told Lakhia to not to touch iconic films and asked him to come with a novel script. But it was Apoorva who persuaded me to do this film. After 8 months, he again met me and told me to forget it as 'Zanjeer' remake and asked me to listen to the script. I was quite impressed but I couldn't say yes considering my apprehensions. It took three more months to convince myself and had given my nod. Later things just fell into place, Priyanka was on board and we never looked back.'
