Sonam kapoor takes on Ali abbas zafar on Mr India remake

A few days after filmmaker Ali Abbas Zafar announced the remake of Shekhar Kapur’s 1987 film Mr India, starring Anil Kapoor and the late actress Sridevi, the former actor’s daughter Sonam Kapoor criticised the filmmaker in a strongly-worded post on Instagram. In her post, the Neerja actress stated that she wasn’t aware about the remake of the classic until Ali Abbas Zafar announced the project on social media. Sonam added that neither her father Anil Kapoor, nor the film’s director Shehkhar Kapur were consulted about the film’s remake. “A lot of people have been asking me for the Mr India remake. Honestly, my father didn’t even know that the film was being remade, we found about it through social media when Ali Abbas Zafar tweeted. It’s quite disrespectful and underhanded, if it is true, since no one bothered to ask my father or Shekhar uncle – two people who made a major role in making the film what it was and what it is,” read an excerpt from Sonam Kapoor’s post.