This sort of remake has been financially successful before, with producer Anand’s most recent film Bang Bang being an Indian remake of the 2010 action-comedy Knight and Day.
And of course his membership of Indian Armed forces will presumably make a marked difference to Stallone’s Vietnam PTSD portrayal.
The Indian version may not be the only remake on the horizon.
Rambo is due to start shooting in February 2018 and be released later that year.