Sholay


Director
Ramesh Sippy
Producer
G P Sippy
Music
R D Burman
Cinematography
Dwarka Divecha
Editing
M S Shinde
Story
Salim-Javed
Art Director
Ram Yedekar
Release Date
Aug 15, 1975
Run Time
188 Min
Language
Hindi
Star Cast
Dharmendra, Sanjeev Kumar, Hema Malini, Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bhaduri, Amjad Khan, A K Hangal, Iftekhar, Satyendra Kapoor, Keshto Mukherjee, Leela Mishra, Vikas Anand, Mac Mohan, Baby Bhanumati, Om Shivpuri, Helen
SHOLAY VIDEOS
SHOLAY TRIVIA
  • India's first 70 MM, stereophonic sound film. It premiered at Bombay's Minerva theatre.
  • This film was directly inspired by the spaghetti westerns of Sergio Leone. Some critics at the time even began calling it a "curry western".
  • This was the first film in the history of Indian cinema to celebrate silver jubilee (25 weeks) at over a hundred theatres across India.
  • The producers wanted Danny Denzongpa to play the bandit chief, but he was committed to Feroz Khan's "Dharmatma". Amjad Khan was a second choice.
  • The screenwriters, Salim-Javed, named Veeru and Jai after a couple of Salim's college friends.