actress zarina wahab has been roped in to portray the role of ajay devgns mother in the remake of jeetendrastarrer himmatwala the 52yearold who was seen playing hrithik roshans mother in agneepath has been in the industry for more than three decades and is a well known face on the small screen i am playing the role of a mother in sajid khans himmatwala remake i dont want to work in too many films and serials i like acting its my hobby and so i keep juggling between tv and films this also keeps me busy wahab told pti jeetendra and sridevistarrer himmatwala was a superhit film of 1983 directed by telugu filmmaker k raghvedra in the original film veteran actress waheeda rehman played the role of jeetendras mother directed by sajid khan the himmatwala remake will see actor ajay devgn take on the role of jeetendra while the leading lady is not yet finalised wahab thinks working on the big screen gives an actor a longer shelf life as compared to small screen both the mediums are equally tough but on the small screen you are remembered till the time the serial is on air while films have a much higher recall value she said