Sholay
Sholay (, ) is a 1975 Indian epic action-adventure film directed by Ramesh Sippy, produced by his father G. P. Sippy, and written by Salim–Javed. The film is about two criminals, Veeru (Dharmendra) and Jai (Amitabh Bachchan), hired by a retired police officer (Sanjeev Kumar) to capture the ruthless dacoit Gabbar Singh (Amjad Khan). Hema Malini and Jaya Bhaduri also star, as Veeru and Jai's love interests, Basanti and Radha, respectively. The music was composed by R D Burman.
Plot
Jai and Veeru are small-time crooks who are released from prison, where they are recruited by a former Inspector Thakur Baldev Singh to capture a notorious dacoit named Gabbar Singh wanted for , as the duo had saved Thakur from a train robbery which makes Thakur to recruit them for the mission with an additional reward. The duo leave for Thakur's village in Ramgarh, where Gabbar is residing and terrorizing the villagers.
Cast
- A. K. Hangal
- Alankar Joshi
- Amitabh Bachchan
- Amjad Khan
- Arvind Joshi
- Birbal
- Dharmendra
- Gita Siddharth
- Govardhan Asrani
- Gufi Paintal
- Helen
- Hema Malini
- Iftekhar
- Jagdeep
- Jalal Agha
- Jaya Bachchan
- Keshto Mukherjee
- Leela Mishra
- Mac Mohan
- Om Shivpuri
- Paidi Jairaj
- Raj Kishore
- Rajesh
- Sachin Pilgaonkar
- Sanjeev Kumar
- Satyen Kappu
- Sharat Kumar
- Viju Khote
- Vikas Anand
More details
| author | Salim-Javed |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Bengaluru |
| director | Ramesh Sippy |
| editor | M. S. Shinde |
| genre | action adventure comedy-drama crime social western |
| keywords | ammunition chambal dacoit dismemberment drive dynamite dynamite sticks force gunfight henchman holi horse-cart driver imam inspector kill learn police inspector ramgarh shawl shoot shootout spike terrorize thakur track spikes train robbery wait want widow wound |
| musicBy | Rahul Dev Burman |
| producer | G. P. Sippy |
| publisher | Sippy Films |
| recordedAt | Ramanagara |
| theme | 3d action comedy action drama buddy comedy epic gangster heist japanese masala melodrama musical musical comedy police police procedural slapstick social issues society transport vigilante |