- Movie Name : Sholay
- Year of Release : 1975
- Producer : G. P. Sippy
- Director : Ramesh Sippy
- Starring : Dharmendra, Sanjeev Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan,
Hema Malini, Jaya Bachchan, Amjad Khan, A. K. Hangal, Satyen Kappu, Iftekhar,
Leela Misra, Vikas Anand, Mac Mohan, Geeta, Arani, Sachin, Jalal Agha, Raj
Kishore, Om
- Music Director : R. D. Burman
- Genre : Action, Adventure
Synopsis :
Though there were a number of films on dacoits and 'thakurs' earlier, Sholay
was a different genre in films altogether. Its unprecedented success broke all
records and in some theaters, the film ran for as long as one whole year.l
Sholay was a multistarrer. Top stars like Dharmendra, Hema Malini, Sanjeev
Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bhaduri dotted the film, but it was the new actor
Amjad Khan who walked away with the honor of immortalizing 'Gabbar Singh' in
our minds.
Sholay is the story of a cop who arrests a dreaded dacoit and puts him in jail.
Furious and mad with revenge, the dacoit escapes from prison and wipes off 'thakur's
entire family. The dacoit also chops off the hands of the 'thakur'. It is now
the 'thakur's turn to avenge the murder of his family and he does it from outside
police system.
The 'thakur' hires two notorious criminals and trains them to confront the
dacoit. The rest of the film has camaraderie of the two criminals who are also
bosom buddies, their romantic flings, the face-offs with the 'thakur' and finally
the war against the dreaded dacoit 'Gabbar Singh'. In the violence of killing
'Gabbar Singh', one of the friends dies.
Sholay had a string of extremely fine performances by all the actors. It is
very difficult to pinpoint on any one of them, saying he or she was the best.
Whether it was Amitabh or Dharmendra, Hema or Jaya in her brilliantly essayed
cameo, or the towering Sanjeev Kumar as the 'thakur'. They surpassed their own
credentials.
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