Art & Entertainment

Sholay (Hindi)

A film that has ruled the shared public consciousness of two generations of Indians

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Sholay (Hindi)
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  • Director: Ramesh Sippy
  • Year: 1975
  • Cast: Dharmendra, Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjeev Kumar, Hema Malini, Jaya Bhaduri and Amjad Khan

“Kitney aadmi thay?”, “Tera kya hoga, Kaliya?”, “Tumhara naam kya hai, Basanti?”, “Yeh haath humko de de, Thakur”, “Yeh haat nahi phansi ka phanda hai”, “Mera naam Soorma Bhopali ainwe nahin hai”, “Hum angrezon ke zamane ke jailer hain”, “Hamare jasoos charon taraf phaile hue hain”, “Basanti, in kutton ke samne mat nach”, “Chal, Dhanno, aaj teri Basanti ki ijjat ka sawal hai”, “Itna sannata kyon hai, bhai?”, “Jo dar gaya, samjho mar gaya”, “Suicide...”, “Hamari jail mein surang?”, “Aadhe idhar jao, aadhe udhar jao, baaki hamare saath aao”, “In jail, budiya, chakki peesing, and peesing and peesing”, “Suvar ke bachchon”, “Loha garam hai, maar do hathoda”, “Mujhe toh sab police waalon ke soorat ek jaisi lagti hai”, “Ramgarh walon ne paagal kutton ke samne roti dalna bandh kar diya hai”, “Ek ek ko chun chun ke maroonga, chun chunke maroonga”. What more is there to be said about Sholay, a film that has ruled the shared public consciousness of two generations of Indians. Will it survive the YouTube age?

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