Not very excited about doing remakes: Vidya Balan

New Delhi, March 18: Actress Vidya Balan says she is not very keen to do remakes, especially if it is that of a classic movie."I am not very excited about the thought of doing remakes, especially if it is a classic. But sometimes your greed as an actor overpowers you and every rule that you make for yourself," Vidya said here. The actress will next be seen in "Begum Jaan" -- a Hindi adaptation of National Award-winner Srijit Mukherji s critically-acclaimed Bengali outing "Rajkahini". The film sees Vidya play a brothel owner in a story of survival set against the backdrop of the country s partition in 1947. The film, produced by Mahesh and Mukesh Bhatt s Vishesh Films, is set to release on April 14.Talking about the movie, Vidya said: "Srijit came to me for the original which I couldn t do at that point. So I was glad he came back to me. When I saw the film, I didn t want to give it a miss."She says she was not trying to mimic the original. Mahesh also added that "Begum Jaan" is not a remake as there is freshness in the narrative. Mukherji also asserts that it is a retelling of the story from a different perspective.