Sholay (1975)

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.

Director:

Ramesh Sippy

Writers:

Javed Akhtar (as Salim-Javed), Salim Khan (as Salim-Javed)

Stars:

Sanjeev Kumar, Dharmendra, Amitabh Bachchan

Top Rated Indian Movies #57 | 5 wins & 4 nominations.

Cast

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

Storyline

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?

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Plot Keywords:

bandit gang | bounty hunter | forced to dance | friendship between men | horse drawn carriage | 

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Taglines:

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

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Musical | Thriller | Western

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

On 15 August 1996 on 21st anniversary of the film Sholay was screened on Doordarshan for the first time on that day in many parts of the country the streets were almost empty while the film was going on television.

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Goofs

When Basanthi is being chased by bandits, while crossing the wooden bridge she does a small stunt, she moves the horse cart and breaks down the bridge and moves ahead, so the bandits are forced to take a detour to catch her. Veeru follows them and also find the bridge broken and take a detour. Both Basanti and Veeru are caught by the bandits and Jai rescues them later. While returning after being saved by Jai from Gabbar's den, Veeru, Basanti and Jai are seen crossing the same bridge which is fully intact.

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Quotes

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

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Alternate Versions

The 'original' cut version of the movie ran for 188 minutes and had about 16 minutes of footage removed from the end. The uncut version runs for 204 minutes.

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Connections

Referenced in Dhoom 2 (2006)

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Soundtracks

Yeh Dosti
(Sad Version)
Performed by Kishore Kumar
Lyrics by Anand Bakshi
Music by Rahul Dev Burman

User Reviews

SHOLAY..........the name says it all(BEST Hindi MOVIE EVER)

I am shocked seeing that the IMDb ratings for this classic is just 6.6. Why? Because the movie is strongly influenced from the Westerns? or It it isn't entertaining enough?

The 2nd cant be true because the movie had everything: strong script strong direction excellent characters and performances good action,comedy,romance,friendship,etc

If the 1st is true then i feel sorry for the viewers because being influenced is not being copied.Besides there would remain only like 50-60 original scripts if counted correctly.

I cannot find a single flaw in the movie which is my personal thinking and as it would be of true Hindi cinema fans.

So people please judge the movie on its merits and not on something which is totally baseless.

RATING:- *****/*****

Details

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Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

15 August 1975 (India)

Also Known As:

Sholay

Filming Locations:

Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Company Credits

Production Co:

NH Studioz, Sippy Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

204 min 204 min (director's cut) 246 min (rough cut)

Sound Mix:

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

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1