After his family is murdered by a notorious and ruthless bandit, a former police officer enlists the services of two outlaws to capture the bandit.
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Title: Sholay (1975)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Sanjeev Kumar | ... | Thakur Baldev Singh | |
| Dharmendra | ... | Veeru | |
| Amitabh Bachchan | ... | Jai | |
| Amjad Khan | ... | Gabbar Singh | |
| Hema Malini | ... | Basanti | |
| Jaya Bachchan | ... | Radha (as Jaya Bhaduri) | |
| A.K. Hangal | ... | Imaam Saheb | |
| Satyendra Kapoor | ... | Ramlal (as Satyen Kappu) | |
| Iftekhar | ... | Narmalaji (Radha's father) | |
| Leela Mishra | ... | Mausie (as Leela Misra) | |
| Mac Mohan | ... | Sambha | |
| Sachin Pilgaonkar | ... | Ahmed | |
| Asrani | ... | Jailor | |
| Viju Khote | ... | Kaalia | |
| Major Anand | ... | Bandit murdered Gabbar for cowardice | |
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Sholay means embers in Hindi. In this particular movie, a Police Officer, who's family was killed by a bandit named Gabbar Singh, decides to fight fire with fire and recruits two convicts, Jai and Veeru to capture Gabbar. 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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Performed by Lata Mangeshkar
Lyrics by Anand Bakshi
Music by Rahul Dev Burman
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Dharmendra did not use any make up for this film. See more »Goofs
In the fight scene after the Holi song, Veeru fires one shot from his gun but two of Gabbar's goons fall off their horse and die. See more »Alternate Versions
There has recently been a director's cut of Sholay shown on the asian u.k. satellite channel 'Zee TV', this has not been released up till now on cinemas. It contains the original ending director Ramesh Sippy intended that shows GabarSingh being killed at the hands of Thakur, instead of just being arrested by police. The film ran into problems with Indian Censors who claimed their rules about people taking the law into their own hands and not being punished for it was not permitted and may corrupt naive viewers; for this reason the ending of the film had to be re-shot for a 'U' Rating. Other unrated footage includes a more graphic footage of the fight between Gabar and Thakur in the film's ending, the subsequent pre-torture footage of a young village boy (showing Gabar's ruthlessness), Veeru dragging a bandit with a neck-noose galluping on horse- back, Ramlal fitting metal-spiked studs on Thakur's shoes, a village person on fire during a raid by Gabar. See more »Soundtracks
Jab Tak Hain JaanPerformed by Lata Mangeshkar
Lyrics by Anand Bakshi
Music by Rahul Dev Burman
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HindiRelease Date:
15 August 1975 (India) See more »Also Known As:
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This is one movie which is flawless. Great performances from everyone. The cast of the movie is just perfect. Gabbar's character remains indelibly etched on your mind once you've seen him in action. Amitabh is definitely one of the greatest actors of all times. His portrayal of a criminal with morals is all the way tops along with Brando's Vito Corleone. I think the part about cheating with false coin to save Viru's life (sacrificing his own) was a lovely storyteller's touch. 10 all the way!