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Sholay (1975)
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After his family is murdered by a notorious and ruthless bandit, a former police officer enlists the services of two outlaws to capture him. Director:Ramesh Sippy |
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Cast
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Sanjeev Kumar | ... |
Thakur
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Hema Malini | ... | |
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A.K. Hangal | ... |
Imaam Saheb
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Satyendra Kapoor | ... |
Ramlal
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Iftekhar | ... |
Narmalaji (Radha's father)
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Leela Mishra | ... |
Mausie
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Vikas Anand | ... |
Jailer assigned to bring Veeru & Jaidev
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Mac Mohan | ... | |
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Keshto Mukherjee | ... |
Hariram
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Sachin | ... |
Ahmed
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Alankar Joshi | ... |
Deepak
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Storyline
Sholay means fire. In this particular movie, a Police Officer, who family was killed by a bandit named Gabbar Singh, decides to fight fire with fire and recruits two convicts, Jai and Veeru. He approaches them in jail, puts the proposal in front of them, and they agree to bring in Gabbar Singh alive - for a hefty price. After their discharge from jail, they travel by train to the village where the Police Officer lives - now with only his widowed daughter-in-law. The three band together to fight one of the most elusive and dreaded bandits of all time. Will the two ex-cons be able to bring Gabbar alive to the Police Officer? Written by Calista
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Country:
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Gross:
INR 350,000,000 (India)Company Credits
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Performed by Rahul Dev Burman
Lyrics by Anand Bakshi
Music by Rahul Dev Burman See more »
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Director Manmohan Desai was first approached by the writing duo of Javed Akhtar and Salim Khan with the story for this movie. He was busy shooting Chacha Bhatija and could not accept the project. See more »Goofs
Continuity: Upon seeing his family members killed, as he hurries towards the horse, the horse in which he mounts on is black in color and has a white patch at its hoof, whereas the horse which his stunt man rides in the next scene is brown in color, and has no white patch at its hoof. See more »Soundtracks
"Mehbooba Mehbooba"Performed by Rahul Dev Burman
Lyrics by Anand Bakshi
Music by Rahul Dev Burman See more »
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