It would be injustice with Ramesh Sippy's 'Sholay', simply saying the best movie in 70s, rather 'Sholay' is the most successful cult of film that Bollywood has ever produced, turned 35 on the 64th Independence Day this year.From all the angle of the film, whether it is the performance of the artists, the production, the music or the dialogues, the movie is par excellent. There is not a single unnecessary line or shot, every thing is well connected and the intensity never drops.
The movie is always remembered for Dharmendra and Hema Malini pair, friendship between two heroes, the versatile actor Sanjeev Kumar who played the role of an honest police officer whose hands were chopped losing his family, and above all, the most popular villain artist Amjad Khan as Gabbar Singh, who appeared as the ferocious dacoit in the film.
According to the movie viewers, ‘Sholay’ is the only film in the industry which is appreciated for many reasons and all the characters are highly commended. Especially, the audiences love the character Gabbar, imitate him in daily conversation, completely ignoring his mean streak once they see the movie till this date.
The movie was produced when Amitabh Bachchan was a rising star, who had proved himself in Anand and Zanjeer. The movie brought a lot of success and popularity to Big B than Dharmendra.
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