Anil Kapoor and Sridevi in Mr India (1987); (below) director 

While filmmakers have been treating moviegoers to fascinating adaptations of old classics to suit modern sensibilities, Shekhar Kapur hopes his 1987 drama, Mr India, doesn't catch the fancy of young directors. "When projects become so successful, revisiting them can ruin the memories associated with the original. I have made that film once, and won't do it again. People have come to me with proposals and an assurance that their adaptation will be a R300 crore outing, one that will run for three weeks. Mr India ran for 30 years, and people talk about making a film that airs for three weeks," he scoffs.