Rent Sholay (1975)
3.9 of 5 from 76 ratings
3h 24min
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- Synopsis:
Considered to be one of the greatest classics of Indian cinema Sholay had the longest theatrical run when first released in 1975. Sholay (Flames) 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). Thakur Baldev Singh is one of the unfortunate victims who list his entire family to Gabbar Singh's violence. It depicts the utter worthlessness of violence as a way of life. At the same time it is also the story of a village community who realize that non-violence does not mean cowardice, and to stand up to terror and lawless killers is the duty of every brave citizen in India. - Actors:
- Dharmendra, Sanjeev Kumar, Hema Malini, Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bhaduri, Amjad Khan, A.K. Hangal, Satyendra Kapoor, Iftekhar, Leela Mishra, Vikas Anand, Mac Mohan, Keshto Mukherjee, Sachin, Alankar Joshi
- Directors:
- Ramesh Sippy
- Producers:
- G.P. Sippy
- Writers:
- Javed Akhtar, Salim Khan
- Aka:
- Veter, plamen in bes
- Studio:
- Eros Entertainment
- Genres:
- Bollywood
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- Countries:
- India
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Reviews (2) of Sholay
Guns, Glory, and the Spirit of the West(ern) - Sholay review by griggs
Catching the newly restored 4K version of Sholay was like seeing a legend scrubbed clean of dust — and finally breathing again. The restoration gleams, the colours blaze, and the ending, long buried by censorship, lands with far more weight than the version audiences knew for years.
You can feel the DNA of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid in its bromance and banter, and the echoes of Leone and Corbucci in every wide shot and showdown. Yet Sholay makes these influences its own, turning the Western into something unmistakably Indian — grand, funny, tragic, and mythic all at once.
For all its swagger, what lingers isn’t the gunfire but the friendship, the moral code, and that dusty sense of fate closing in. It knows exactly what it’s doing — and does it better than almost anyone else.
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Subtitles - Sholay review by jw
Sadly although there was a clear menu choice for English subtitles, I couldn't get them to work :-/.
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