<p class="bodytext">Bollywood star Anil Kapoor on Tuesday marked 20 years of his political action-drama "Nayak" and the actor revealed that he did the film despite many people expressing their reservations about the project.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Directed by S Shankar, the film was an official remake of the filmmaker's 1999 Tamil hit "Mudhalvan", starring Arjun, Manisha Koirala and Raghuvaran. </p>.<p class="bodytext">"Nayak: The Real Hero" featured Kapoor as journalist Shivaji Rao Gaekwad who is challenged by the Chief Minister of Maharashtra Balraj Chauhan (Amrish Puri) to take over his job for a day after the former exposes him during an interview.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Apart from Kapoor and Puri, the Hindi remake also starred Rani Mukerji, Paresh Rawal, Johnny Lever and Pooja Batra.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Posting a still from the film on Instagram, Kapoor wrote that he always believed in the message the movie was trying to give the audiences.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"20 years ago I was the Reel life CM for a day and the rest is history!</p>.<p class="bodytext">"A lot of people had their views about me doing #Nayak but I knew I had to do this film and believed in its message! And now here we are celebrating #20yearsofNayak," the 64-year-old actor wrote.</p>.<p class="bodytext">While the film wasn't a box office wonder, "Nayak" has attained cult status over the years and found more relevance, with memes from the movie frequently referenced on social media.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The movie is often remembered particularly for the scene in which Kapoor's Shivaji Rao Gaekwad courageously grills Puri's Balraj Chauhan during an interview.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A R Rahman's music score was also one of the highlights of the movie.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Nayak" marked the Hindi directorial debut of Shankar, who earlier helmed Tamil films such as Kamal Haasan-starrer "Indian" and "Jeans", featuring Prashanth, Nassar and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In 2016, production house Eros International announced that the film would have a sequel, penned by “Baahubali” and “Bajrangi Bhaijaan” fame writer KV Vijayendra Prasad.</p>.<p class="bodytext">However, there is no clarity on the film's status.<br /><br /><strong>Check out the latest DH Videos here: </strong></p>
<p class="bodytext">Bollywood star Anil Kapoor on Tuesday marked 20 years of his political action-drama "Nayak" and the actor revealed that he did the film despite many people expressing their reservations about the project.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Directed by S Shankar, the film was an official remake of the filmmaker's 1999 Tamil hit "Mudhalvan", starring Arjun, Manisha Koirala and Raghuvaran. </p>.<p class="bodytext">"Nayak: The Real Hero" featured Kapoor as journalist Shivaji Rao Gaekwad who is challenged by the Chief Minister of Maharashtra Balraj Chauhan (Amrish Puri) to take over his job for a day after the former exposes him during an interview.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Apart from Kapoor and Puri, the Hindi remake also starred Rani Mukerji, Paresh Rawal, Johnny Lever and Pooja Batra.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Posting a still from the film on Instagram, Kapoor wrote that he always believed in the message the movie was trying to give the audiences.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"20 years ago I was the Reel life CM for a day and the rest is history!</p>.<p class="bodytext">"A lot of people had their views about me doing #Nayak but I knew I had to do this film and believed in its message! And now here we are celebrating #20yearsofNayak," the 64-year-old actor wrote.</p>.<p class="bodytext">While the film wasn't a box office wonder, "Nayak" has attained cult status over the years and found more relevance, with memes from the movie frequently referenced on social media.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The movie is often remembered particularly for the scene in which Kapoor's Shivaji Rao Gaekwad courageously grills Puri's Balraj Chauhan during an interview.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A R Rahman's music score was also one of the highlights of the movie.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Nayak" marked the Hindi directorial debut of Shankar, who earlier helmed Tamil films such as Kamal Haasan-starrer "Indian" and "Jeans", featuring Prashanth, Nassar and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In 2016, production house Eros International announced that the film would have a sequel, penned by “Baahubali” and “Bajrangi Bhaijaan” fame writer KV Vijayendra Prasad.</p>.<p class="bodytext">However, there is no clarity on the film's status.<br /><br /><strong>Check out the latest DH Videos here: </strong></p>