First off, Pawan is simply acting in this movie to help out his friend and fellow producer AM Ratnam. Ratnam was instructed to prepare a remake subject when he initially approached Pawan. However, the producer insisted on the big-budget historical drama HHVM.
Ratnam's perseverance forced Pawan to pick up HHVM at that point. And as anticipated, there were a number of production delays. According to reports, Pawan's response when Ratnam later confronted him about the delays was, "I ordered you to do a remake." But you insisted on this significant historical drama. It would have been best if we had worked on a remake. The conclusion is that, given his political ambitions, Pawan himself is adamant on original scripts and is seeking for remakes.