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Sholay ()

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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 the bandit.
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Thakur Baldev Singh
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Veeru
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Jai
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Gabbar Singh
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Basanti
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Radha (as Jaya Bhaduri)
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Imaam Saheb
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Ramlal (as Satyen Kappu)
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Narmalaji (Radha's father)
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Mausie (as Leela Misra)
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Sambha
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Ahmed (as Sachin)
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Jailor
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Kaalia
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Bandit murdered Gabbar for cowardice
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Bandit murdered Gabbar for cowardice
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Deepak (as Master Alankar)
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Hariram
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Jailer assigned to bring Veeru & Jaidev
Bhagwan Sinha
Baby Bhanumati ...
Nirmala (as Bhanumati)
Mansaram
Jerry
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Prisoner with half mustach shaven
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Prisoner
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Heera
Rajan Kapoor
Darshan
Maula
D. Jyothi ...
(as D.Jyothi)
Rajeshwari
Krishna
Vinni ...
(as Veni)
Girija
Surender ...
(as Surender)
Rajesh
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Deepak's mother (Guest Appearance) (as Geeta)
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Gypsy dancer (Guest Appearance)
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Police Comissioner (as Jairaj)
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Soorma Bhopali (Guest Appearance)
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Banjo player (Guest Appearance)
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Inspector Saheb (Guest Appearance)
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Ninni
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Dinanathji (uncredited)
Mohan Jerry ...
Customer of Soorma Bhopali (uncredited)
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Man whom Gabbar asks how many bullets are there in the gun (uncredited)
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Inspector who arrets Jai and Veeru (uncredited)
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Villager (uncredited)
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Dancer in Holi ke din song (uncredited)
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Man Who Asks Angrez Log Jaate Kaha Hai. (uncredited)

Directed by

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Ramesh Sippy

Written by

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Javed Akhtar ... (written by) (as Salim-Javed) &
Salim Khan ... (written by) (as Salim-Javed)

Produced by

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G.P. Sippy ... producer
Sascha Sippy ... producer
Shehzad Sippy ... co-producer
Shaan Uttamsingh ... producer

Music by

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Rahul Dev Burman ... (as R.D. Burman)

Cinematography by

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Dwarka Divecha ... director of photography

Editing by

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M.S. Shinde

Editorial Department

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

Production Design by

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Ram Yedekar ... (uncredited)

Art Direction by

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Ram Yedekar

Makeup Department

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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

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

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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A.R. Balan ... assistant director (as Balan)
Kishen Bishen ... assistant director (as Kishan Bhishen)
Kamal Haasan ... assistant director
Khalish Lucknavi ... assistant director
Sharad Palekar ... assistant director
D.R. Thakkar ... chief assistant director
Jimmy Allen ... second unit director (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Sajjan Choudhary ... foley artist
Mangesh Desai ... re-recording
Geeta Gurappa ... Dolby atmos engineer (as M. Gita Gurappa)
Baba Iqbal ... sound assistant (as Baba)
Parikshit Lalwani ... sound designer
A. Majid ... sound assistant
S.Y. Pathak ... audiographer
Karnail Singh ... foley artist
Kuldip Sood ... associate recordist
Gerry Humphreys ... re-recording mixer (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Ansari ... title designer: main titles: G.D. Art
Uday Wagh ... special effects supervisor

Visual Effects by

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Pratik Chaudhary ... visual effects
Ram Dhumne ... stereo 3D project director
Murtaza Z. Garothwala ... lighting artist
Midhun Mathews ... Fx Artist
Nair Midhun ... visual effects artist (as Midhun)
Nitish Naik ... stereo visual effects coordinator
Raj M Sayed ... Stereographer
Chaitali Rajendra Shah ... 3d generalist
Khushbu Shah ... set surfacing artist
Akhilesh k Sharma ... rigging supervisor
Markandey Swapnil ... visual effects artist
Betsy Ajesh Thomas ... compositor (as Betsy Ajesh)
Roshan Thomas ... digital effects
Uday Wagh ... fx supervisor / visual effects supervisor
Frank Foster ... 3D conversion supervisor (uncredited)

Stunts

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Reshma Pathan ... stunt performer: Hema Malini's double
Mohammed Ali ... stunt coordinator (uncredited)
Gerry Crampton ... action coordinator (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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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

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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)

Music Department

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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
Nikhil Mulay ... music mixing engineer
Muhammed Rafi ... playback singer
Maruti Rao ... music assistant
Nitin Shankar ... Rytham Arrenger
Manohari Singh ... music assistant (as Basu Manohari)
Aditya Virmani ... Recording Assistant
Bhupendra Singh ... playback singer (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Amiruddin ... production assistant
M. Bashir ... processing in charge
Chandrakant ... production assistant
Mithun D'Souza ... technologist
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
Hemant Shinde ... 3D Stereographer
Geeta Sippy ... publicity ideas
Shaad Sippy ... 3D production associate
Vijay Sippy ... business & finance
Sreeraj Sreedhar ... stereo lead

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

Sholay means "embers" in Hindi. In this film, a police officer whose family was filled by a bandit named Gabbar Singh decides to fight fire with fire and requires two convicts, Jai and Veeru, to capture Gabbar. He approaches them in jail and 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 with 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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Also Known As
  • शोले (India, Hindi title)
  • Cinder (World-wide, English title)
  • Flames of the Sun (United Kingdom)
  • Lege si razbunare (Romania)
  • Embers
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Runtime
  • 204 min
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Did You Know?

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Trivia Actor 'Amjad Khan' was almost dropped from the project because scriptwriter 'Javed Akhtar' found his voice too weak for Gabbar Singh's role. See more »
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. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! (1994). See more »
Soundtracks Sholay Title Theme See more »
Quotes Gabbar Singh: What's going to happen to you now, Kaalia?
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