MUMBAI: T-Series head honcho Bhushan Kumar has asked Madhur Bhandarkar to remake the 1990 made Rahul Roy-Anu Agarwal starrer Aashiqui that the production house had co-produced with Mahesh Bhatt.

After having decided that they should remake Aashiqui, Kumar approached Bhandarkar to helm the film that has made the director go gaga over the idea.

It is said that Bhandarkar has been asked to start on the project as soon as he completes Heroine with Kareena Kapoor.

Averred Bhatt, “We’ve had talks with Bhushan to pick up the threads of our association that stopped in the 90s.”