Sholay
1975
Sholay tells the story of Jai (Amitabh Bachchan) and Veeru (Dharmendra), two small time crooks called in by Thakur Baldev Singh (Sanjeev Kumar) to fight the tyranny of Gabbar Singh (Amjad Khan). It tells of a village who realise that non-violence does not mean cowardice as they stand up to terror and lawless killers... Read more
| Starring | Amitabh Bacchchan, Sanjeev Kumar |
|---|---|
| Director | Ramesh Sippy |
| Genres | Drama, Indian Cinema |
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Sholay
Sholay tells the story of Jai (Amitabh Bachchan) and Veeru (Dharmendra), two small time crooks called in by Thakur Baldev Singh (Sanjeev Kumar) to fight the tyranny of Gabbar Singh (Amjad Khan). It tells of a village who realise that non-violence does not mean cowardice as they stand up to terror and lawless killers...
| Starring | Amitabh Bacchchan, Sanjeev Kumar |
|---|---|
| Director | Ramesh Sippy |
| Studio | EROS INTERNATIONAL |
| Run time | DVD: 3 hrs 18 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama, Indian Cinema |
| Language | Hindi |
| Released | DVD: 24 Mar 2003 Production year: 1975 |
| Format | DVD |
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In making what is considered to be a classic of Indian cinema, director Ramesh Sippy combined elements of Bollywood music, comedy and romance with the spaghetti western genre, creating a technically lauded, as well as massively popular, adventure movie. Told as a couple of extended flashbacks which lead to an all-action finale, the story concerns the rivalry between Amjad Khan's fabled bandit and Sanjeev Kumar, a courageous former policeman, who hires adventurers Amitabh Bachchan and Dharmendra to avenge his murdered family. The performances are impressive, especially that of Khan, who steals every scene he is in from his more famous co-stars.
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39 out of 49 people found this review helpful
Awful!
It's not often that a film is so bad I can't be bothered to watch it. I like Bollywood but this was painful.
Sholay is a mutant combination of 70s spaghetti Western and tacky 'buddy movie' with naff songs... so far just about bearable but then comes the prison scene and suddenly we're into Benny Hill territory and my pain threshold had been reached!
This might have seemed okay 30 years ago but there are much better Bollywood films to watch than this drivel. -
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
The Best Film Ever Made...
This is my favorite indian film of all time, the dialogues, music, acting everything about it is classic ...you can watch it anytime with family, friends etc..I've lost count on how many times i've seen it.
If seen today from a fresh perspective, of course one can be crtitical, but to best understand the status of this movie and all the emotions it provokes, you could draw a parallelI with Star Wars with regards to the reverance that film still holds with fans today.
P.S - Watch out for Ram Gopal Verma's remake, it should be fun as apparently he has relocated the story to mumbai's underworld and has played around with the characters. -
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