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Sholay (शोले) 1975

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BannerSippy Films
DirectorRamesh Sippy
WriterJaved Akhtar , Salim Khan
ProducerG.P.Sippy
Music DirectorRahul Dev Burman
CinematographyDwarka Divecha
Film EditingM.S. Shinde
Art DirectorRam Yedekar
Camera Operator
Assistant Cameramen
Playback SingersLata Mangeshkar , Kishore Kumar , R D Burman , Manna Dey , Bhupinder , Anand Bakshi.
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CharacterActor / Actress
JaidevAmitabh Bachchan
VeeruDharmendra
RadhaJaya Bhaduri
GabbarAmjad Khan
Imaam SahebA.K. Hangal
RamlalSatyendra Kapoor
Satyen KappuIftekhar
Radha'sNarmalaji
MausieLeela Mishra
JailerVikas Anand
SambhaMac Mohan
HariramKeshto Mukherjee
AhmedSachin
DeepakAlankar Joshi
KaaliaViju Khote
Major Anand
Bihari
Bhagwan Sinha
Arvind Joshi
Baby Bhanumati
Mushtaq Merchant
Mansaram
Mamaji
Jerry
PrisonerRaj Kishore
HeeraHabib
Rajan Kapoor
Darshan
Maula
Kedar
Saigal
Rajeshwari
Krishna
Girija
Surendra
Rajesh
JailorAsrani
Deepak's motherGita Siddharth
Gypsy dancerHelen
Police ComissionerP. Jairaj
Soorma BhopaliJagdeep
Banjo playerJalal Agha
Inspector SahebOm Shivpuri
NinniSharad Kumar
The small village of Ramgarh is home to ex-policeman Thakur Baldev Singh (Sanjeev Kumar). The film begins with the Thakur summoning an old colleague and requesting him to track down a pair of small-time thieves he once apprehended in the line of duty. Though the two petty criminals Veeru (Dharmendra) and Jaidev (Amitabh Bachchan) are notorious, the Thakur feels that they would be the ideal men to help him end the tyranny of Gabbar Singh (Amjad Khan), an infamous dacoit (bandit) wanted by the authorities for a Rs 50,000 reward. After scenes showing how the three fought together during a train robbery attempt, and how the criminals often get in and out of jail, Veeru and Jai are found and brought to Ramgarh. They are told by the Thakur that they are to bring Gabbar to him alive for Rs 20,000, plus the Rs 50,000 reward.

Three of Gabbar's enforcers arrive in Ramgarh to collect supplies from the defenseless villagers, but they go back empty-handed due to Veeru and Jai's intervention. In Gabbar's camp, the tyrant interrogates the three about why they were defeated by only two men. His psychotic nature is shown when he subjects his men to a twisted version of Russian roulette, but eventually shoots the three men dead.

Gabbar attacks Ramgarh on Holi, and in a tough battle, Veeru and Jai meet their match and are held at gunpoint. With his two recruits facing death, Thakur has a chance to throw a gun to Veeru. Instead of helping, he simply stands watching. With quick thinking, Veeru and Jai manage to save their lives. They then state their intentions to leave the villagers to defend themselves, due to the Thakur's cowardice. Before they can leave, Thakur tells them the real reason of why he wants Gabbar, and why he could not help them. Some time ago, the Thakur had caught Gabbar and had him imprisoned only for him to escape and plot an evil revenge. Gabbar made his way to the hakur's home and killed most of his family. The only person to survive this massacre was Thakur's younger daughter-in-law, Radha (Jaya Bhaduri). Thakur tracked down Gabbar, but this time the tyrant held the upper hand thanks to his gang, and cut off both of Thakur's arms. Thakur had hidden this disability from Veeru and Jai, but now it was clear why he could not physically help them.

Living in Ramgarh, the cynical young Jai and lively Veeru find themselves growing fond of the villagers, especially two girls. Veeru is attracted to Basanti (Hema Malini), a feisty, talkative young woman who makes her living driving a horse-cart. Jai is drawn to Radha, Thakur's reclusive widowed daughter-in-law, who very subtly returns his affections.

The battle approaches its climax when Basanti and Veeru are captured and Jai follows. The three escape, but Jai is wounded by a gunshot, and with the bandits still following, they hide behind a rock at the foot of a bridge, when they run short on ammunition. Jai orders Veeru to go back to the village with Basanti, and then return with some ammunition. Veeru, even though unaware of Jai's wound, hesitates, insisting that Jai return to the village instead, upon which Jai suggests they resolve the matter by tossing a coin. The toss, as usual, is in Jai's favor, and Veeru heads back to the village with Basanti. Jai, slowly dying and with only a few bullets remaining, manages to fend off advances by the bandits, and kills most of Gabbar's men. After failing in most of their advances (and unaware that Jai is alone), in one last attempt, the bandits throw a stick of dynamite, which lands on the bridge near him. Realizing he has only one bullet remaining, Jai attempts to shoot the bomb off the bridge, but ends up hitting the bomb itself, causing it not only to explode and kill all remaining bandits, but also to injure Jai. Veeru returns to find Jai dying, and immediately wants to take him back, but Jai refuses. He jokingly laments on missing Veeru's marriage, and telling stories to Basanti's and Veeru's children.. Some of the villagers rush to the scene, including Radha, who once again has to endure the anguish of losing someone. Veeru then notices Jai's coin lying on the ground, and, upon examination, discovers that both sides of the coin are the same, and realizes that Jai had cheated on every coin toss, including the one that eventually resulted in his demise.

Veeru goes after Gabbar in a rage. He catches Gabbar, and almost beats him to death, when the Thakur appears and reminds Veeru of his promise to hand over Gabbar to him alive. Veeru rubbishes the promise and is about to kill Gabbar anyway, when the Thakur reminds him that the promise was made by Jai and not him. Veeru tells the Thakur that the only reason for him doing so was because it was Jai who made the promise, and leaves. Thakur then advances towards Gabbar, revealing spike-soled shoes, intended to torture Gabbar and beg for death. Thakur severely assaults Gabbbar, destroying his hands, and is about to kill him, when the police intervenes, reminding Thakur that he, too, was once a police officer and that Gabbar must be arrested and dealt with by the law. As Gabbar is taken away, Thakur is denied vengeance, but walks away with solace in that Ramgarh is free.

The film ends with Veeru, after Jai's funeral, leaving on a train. However, as he boards, he sees Basanti in one of the seats. As they embrace, the train steams off, with Thakur watching.

(In the alternate ending to the film, Gabbar actually dies as he is kicked into a spike that is protruding from the posts where Thakur's arms were cut off. Thakur then falls to his knees and is comforted by Veeru. Thakur then begins to cry which he did not do even when his family was killed.)
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Release Date15-August-1975
Budget ₹ 2 Crores
Revenue₹ 15 Crores
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