Salim Khan demanded 6 crores from makers of Zanjeer remake!

Since the remake of 1973’s Zanjeer has been announced, it is rolling around the controversy over the copyright and royalty issue. And latest one coming is with the writer of original Zanjeer, starring Amitabh Bachchan, Salim Khan. He has demanded Rs six crore as compensation since the makers did not take his permission before going ahead with the movie. Salim Khan, who had co-written the screenplay and dialogues for the 1973 original film Zanjeer, said, “I have demanded Rs six crore as compensation, since as writers of the film we had the rights over the script. They are using our script and did not negotiate or felt like talking to us before going ahead with the making of the film.” "We had given blessings to make the film but not the permission," said Khan who has demanded Rs three crore for Hindi release and Rs three crore for the Telugu version. "Even before they started shooting for the film, we were in talks with the makers but they did not bother to enter into any dialogue," Khan said. The remake version is produced by Amit Mehra, son of Prakash Mehra, the producer and director of the original film. "It is not an emotional matter...that someone wants to make his father's film again. We are not against anyone for remaking the film...we just want them to take permission from us. We had given the rights for the remake version of Don," Khan said.