Sholay (1975)

Director:

Ramesh Sippy

Writers:

Javed Akhtar (written by)
Salim Khan (written by)

Release Date:

15 August 1975 (India)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Romance | Thriller

Tagline:

The greatest star cast ever assembled.......The greatest story ever told

Plot:

After his family is murdered by a notorious and ruthless bandit, a former police officer enlists the services of two outlaws to capture him.

Plot Keywords:

Police | Bandit | Police Officer | Village | Fight

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Dharmendra	...	Veeru
Sanjeev Kumar	...	Thakur
Hema Malini	...	Basanti
Amitabh Bachchan	...	Jai (Jaidev)
Jaya Bhaduri	...	Radha
Amjad Khan	...	Gabbar
A.K. Hangal	...	Imaam Saheb
Satyendra Kapoor	...	Ramlal (as Satyen Kappu)
Iftekhar	...	Narmalaji (Radha's father)
Leela Mishra	...	Mausie (as Leela Misra)
Vikas Anand	...	Jailer assigned to bring Veeru & Jaidev
Mac Mohan	...	Sambha
Keshto Mukherjee	...	Hariram
Sachin	...	Ahmed
Alankar Joshi	...	Deepak (as Master Alankar)
Viju Khote	...	Kaalia
Major Anand	...	Bandit murdered Gabbar for cowardice
Bihari	...	Bandit murdered Gabbar for cowardice
Bhagwan Sinha
Arvind Joshi
Baby Bhanumati		(as Bhanumati)
Mushtaq Merchant
Mansaram
Mamaji
Jerry
Birbal	...	Prisoner with half mustach shaven
Raj Kishore	...	Prisoner
Habib	...	Heera
Rajan Kapoor
Darshan
Maula
Kedar
Saigal
D. Jyothi		(as D.Jyothi)
Rajeshwari
Krishna
Vinni		(as Veni)
Girija
Surendra		(as Surender)
Rajesh
Asrani	...	Jailor
Gita Siddharth	...	Deepak's mother (Guest Appearance) (as Geeta)
Helen	...	Gypsy dancer (Guest Appearance)
P. Jairaj	...	Police Comissioner (as Jairaj)
Jagdeep	...	Soorma Bhopali (Guest Appearance)
Jalal Agha	...	Banjo player (Guest Appearance)
Om Shivpuri	...	Inspector Saheb (Guest Appearance)
Sharad Kumar	...	Ninni

Directed by
Ramesh Sippy

Writing credits
Javed Akhtar		(written by) (as Salim-Javed) &
Salim Khan		(written by) (as Salim-Javed)

Produced by
G.P. Sippy	....	producer

Original Music by
Rahul Dev Burman		(as R.D. Burman)

Cinematography by
Dwarka Divecha		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
M.S. Shinde

Production Design by
Ram Yedekar		(uncredited)

Art Direction by
Ram Yedekar

Makeup Department
M.S. Deepak	....	makeup artist (as Deepak)
Dinu Indulkar	....	makeup artist (as late Dinu Indulkar)
Pandu Indulkar	....	assistant makeup artist
Jayanna	....	assistant makeup artist
Lily	....	hair stylist (as Mrs. Lily)
Sarosh B. Modi	....	makeup artist (as Sarosh Mody)
Parvati	....	hair stylist
Shyam	....	makeup artist
Vijay	....	assistant makeup artist

Production Management
Aziz Bhai	....	production manager
Suresh Desai	....	production manager
P.Y. Rane	....	production in charge
Rajan Walia	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
A.R. Balan	....	assistant director (as Balan)
Kishen Bishen	....	assistant director (as Kishan Bhishen)
Khalish Lucknavi	....	assistant director
Sharad Palekar	....	assistant director
D.R. Thakkar	....	chief assistant director
Jimmy Allen	....	second unit director (uncredited)

Sound Department
Mangesh Desai	....	re-recording
Baba Iqbal	....	sound assistant (as Baba)
A. Majid	....	sound assistant
S.Y. Pathak	....	audiographer
Kuldip Sood	....	associate recordist
Gerry Humphreys	....	sound re-recording mixer (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Ansari	....	title designer: main titles: G.D. Art

Stunts
Mohammed Ali	....	stunt coordinator (uncredited)
Gerry Crampton	....	action coordinator (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
S.M. Anwar	....	operative cameraman
S.A. Asad	....	stills
Omee Kapoor	....	stills
P.R.L. Raman	....	assistant camera (as P.R.L.Raman)
Vasant Rao	....	assistant camera (as S. Vasant)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Stephen Desouza	....	dressman (as Stephen DeSouza)
Babu Ghanekar	....	costumes assistant (as Babu)
Shalini Shah	....	costumes (as Mrs. Shalini Shah)
Vithal Thorat	....	costumes assistant (as Vithal)

Editorial Department
Kezi	....	assistant editor
N.S. Lingayat	....	assistant editor
B. Naag	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Anand Bakshi	....	lyrics
Rahul Dev Burman	....	playback
Basu Deo Chakravarty	....	music assistant (as Basu Manohari)
Mangesh Desai	....	songs recordist
Manna Dey	....	playback (as Manna Day)
Kishore Kumar	....	playback
Lata Mangeshkar	....	playback
Maruti Rao	....	music assistant
Manohari Singh	....	music assistant (as Basu Manohari)
Bhupendra Singh	....	playback singer (uncredited)

Other crew
Amiruddin	....	production assistant
M. Bashir	....	processing in charge
Chandrakant	....	production assistant
Agnes Goveas	....	apprentice
Gobind Jhangiani	....	distribution manager
Kishen Jhangiani	....	business manager (as Kishan Jhangyani)
Shankar Lal	....	production assistant
Maqbool	....	production assistant
Joe Maski	....	public relations officer
Harish Kumar Mehra	....	publicity campaign (as Harish Mehra)
Jagan Poojari	....	production assistant (as Jagan)
P.L. Raj	....	dances (as P.L.Raj)
Shankar	....	production assistant
Geeta Sippy	....	publicity ideas
Vijay Sippy	....	business & finance

Production Companies

• United Producers (as A United Producers Picture)
• Sippy Films (present)

Distributors

• B4U Entertainment
• Digital Entertainment (DEI) (1998) (USA) (DVD)
• Eros Entertainment (1998) (USA) (DVD)
• STAR TV

Other Companies

• Chelaram  costumes
• Kachins  costumes
• New Stylo  costumes
• Polydor  records on
• Polydor  soundtrack (uncredited)
• Rajkamal Kala Mandir  recorded at (as Rajkamal Kalamandir Ltd.)
• Robe International  costumes (as Robe)
• Stylo International  costumes (as Stylo)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

188 min | USA:162 min | 204 min (director's cut) | 198 min

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Mono (35 mm prints)

Certification:

UK:15 (tv rating) | UK:PG (video rating) (cut) | India:Not Rated | UK:PG (cut)

Filming Locations:

Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Company:

United Producers

Trivia:

The flamboyant Shatrughan Sinha was initially cast for the role of Jai, but Amitabh Bachchan convinced the producers that he was suitable for the role.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: In the song "Koi Haseena" when Veeru does wheeling on his cycle, we see a man's hand and head while holding front wheel.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Jailer:Errr... Thakur sahib?

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in Dhoondte Reh Jaoge (2009)

Soundtrack:

Yeh Dosti

Plain Excellent

This movie is just the best movie i have seen. (I have watched around 570 movies) (Its my favorite movie).It has all the elements that a good movie must have:

Excellent Dialogues.

Excellent Music.

Excellent Acting. (Even the extra's where excellent)

Excellent Story/Plot.

Good Songs.

And it has much genres, who are handled very well in this movie: Action/Comedy/Romance/Drama/Adventure/Thriller (not really, but a kind of Thriller)/Musical/Crime. Each word of this movie is excellent. I think it has the greatest story ever! I was hurted when i came to know that Mr. Ram Gopal Varma is remaking this classic... Despite becoming the most successful film of its time, it failed to win any major popular or critics awards. The lone Filmfare award it got went to M.S. Shinde for Best editing. The plot is about a retired police officer Thakur (Sanjeev Kumar) who hires two convicts Veeru and Jai (Dharmendra and Amitabh Bachchan) to capture Gabbar Singh (a Dacoit) who had killed the cop's entire family (except the cop and his daughter-in-law).

Who has not seen this movie, try it once, you will love it. *****