In Aakhree Raasta , Bachchan in a double role appeared with Sridevi, Jayaprada, and Anupam Kher. Directed by K. Bhagyaraja, this was the last film, after which Big B entered politics in 1984 to contest and win from Allahabad. It then the remaked of a 1984 Tamil film Oru Kaidhiyin Diary (A Prisoner's Diary).
Already, work is going on the remake of Zanjeer, the film that launched Big B into the big league. Remakes of Big B starrers have always broken records at the box office, examples: Don and Agneepath. The Zanjeer remake stars Priyanka Chopra and Ram Charan.
