Aamir Khan Urmila starrer Rangeela takes inspiration from story of Sitara .......
This film was an adaptation of the award-winning film "Seetamalakshmi" (1978), the debut Telugu film of actress Rameshwari. While the film's writing was credited to Gulzar, the "Story Idea" was credited to the writer of the Telugu film, K. Vishwanath. "Seetamalakshmi" (1978) was remade in Tamil as "Enippadigal" (1979). Ram Gopal Varma's blockbuster hit Hindi film "Rangeela" (1995) had a similar storyline.
Rameshwari was offered the film as she had done the original in the south. For unknown reasons she declined the film. There were reports that Mithun went around telling people he had her thrown out of the film. Rameshwari laughed at this rumor stating that in 1978, Mithun was not a big enough star to have anyone replaced from any film.