MUMBAI: Viacom18 and Sunil Bohra have teamed up and bought the remaking rights of the 1972-made film Seeta Aur Geeta that starred Dharmendra, Hema Malini and Sanjeev Kumar in pivotal roles.

Seeta Aur Geeta is a story about identical twins who are separated at birth and grow up with different temperaments. The twins then swap places.

This theme has been earlier repeated in several films like Ram Aur Shyam starring Dilip Kumar in a dual role, Jeetendra-starrer Jaise Ko Taisa and the Anil Kapoor-starrer Kishen Kanhaiya.

While Katrina Kaif will essay the role that Hema Malini played, Abhay Deol and Akshay Kumar are being considered for the roles played by Sanjeev Kumar and Dharmendra respectively.

The film is set to go on floors soon.