India, Dec. 10 -- Popular theatre director Randhir Ranjan Roy, who recently showcased his latest musical love story Kaneez, featuring Siddharth Nigam and Gulki Joshi, has been attempting to recreate megastar Amitabh Bachchan's popular 1984 film Sharaabi since a long time.

A close source to the director reveals, "Randhir always wanted to recreate the popular film Sharaabi into a musical play as he is a big fan of Bappi Lahiri's music in the movie, but after his demise in 2022, the director halted his plan to work on it."

In a recent development, HT City has now learned that Randhir might revive the stalled project and is seeking to buy the music rights of the film to fulfill his dream.

The 1984 blockbuster was directed by Prakash Mehra,...