AmitabhBachchan, Dharmendra, Hema Malini, Sanjeev Kumar, Jaya Bhaduri Bachchan. The terrific star cast came together after two super hit films of Hindi cinema, like ‘Andaz’ and ‘Seeta Aur Geeta’. This film was no less and was considered one of the best classic films. Films like ‘Yaadon Ki Baaraat’, or ‘Zanjeer’ and such entertainment films were written by Salim-Javed. When a combination of such great star cast and great story writer come together, its no surprise that only a super hit film will be made and this film changed the Indian Cinema and took it to another level …
We now disclose this great film to you and the name of the film is Sholay. We welcome you to a new episode on Amitabh Bachchan’s films in his filmy journey with his blockbuster film Sholay which has touched almost every Indian across every state. After 47 years the audience have not forgotten this film and they still talk about it with pride and interest.
Sholay
was released in 1975. The story was written by Salim Javed. Produced by G P Sippy and directed by his son
Ramesh Sippy. This film was one of the biggest budget films of that year.
Sholay was India’s first 70 mm stereophonic sound film and the premier of this
film was at the prestigious Minerva theatre in Mumbai on 15th August
1975. Music
score was by R D Burman and music was composed by Anand Bakshi. The songs from
this film became popular and were on the top of the music chart. This film is
considered as one of the most prestigious films of Indian Cinema and in 2005,
it won the 50th golden year award and was one of the top at the Box
office and judges named it as the best film in 50 years of Indian Cinema.
The film that had taken over the span of two and half years to complete and was shot in the rocky terrain in the Southern state of Karnataka in a place called Ramnagar. The impact of Gabbar Singh as the villain had its effect even on the little children too. His presence on the screen was that energetic. Sholay was the first film that was also released in 3D.
Coming
back to the story, the film is about two small time criminals who are best
friends and have released from the jail.
Jay essayed by Amitabh Bachchan and Veeru is Dharmendra had saved the
life of the Ex Police Chief, Thakur Baldev Singh essayed by Sanjeev Kumar who hires them to nab a dacoit and criminal Gabbar
Singh (played by Amjad Khan) and brings them to the village promising them
additional Rs.20,000 besides the reward
of Rs. 50,000 if they bring to him Gabbar Singh the Dacoit Chief. In the village Basanti is Hema Malini who
rides a housecart for living meets them and there is Radha essayed by Jaya
Bachchan who is Thakur Baldev Singh’s widowed daughter-in-law. Both love angles of Veeru and Jay.
Amitabh
Bacchan’s role ends in the last scene when he dies . That scene was very
disappointing for the audience and he received lot of glories for this scene
that was truly magnificent because of Amitabh Bachchan’s acting style in the
film.
Sholay had received 10 nominations but despite the film doing extremely well at the box office, this blockbuster film received very few awards at the Filmfare Awards. M S Shinde received the award for best editing.
Shatrughan Sinha was to do the role of Jay essayed by Amitabh Bachchan but for some reason
he could not sign for this film and the role went to Amitabh Bachchan which
further changed his career graph to reach on the top.
After the film Deewaar and Sholay, Amitabh Bachchan became the superstar of Hindi Cinema . Here we end the episode on the film Sholay that had created quite a stir in the Indian cinema.
