The Hindi movie, Sholay, released in 1975, was one of the biggest hits in history of Bollywood. At the 50th annual Filmare Awards Sholay was recognized as the Best Film of 50 years.

Story

The film is about a retired police officer (Sanjeev Kumar) who hires two convicts (Dharmendra and Amitabh Bachchan) to capture a dacoit who had killed the cop's entire family (except the cop and his daughter-in-law). It has the typical ingredients of the more successful Bollywood movies: action (some sections being loosely based on Westerns such as The Magnificient Seven and Once Upon a Time in the West ), memorable songs, comedy by the main actors themselves (rather than by professional comedians) and tragedy. It consolidated the position of Amitabh Bachchan as the uncrowned king of Bollywood actors, but in some ways the actor who definitely stole the limelight was Amjad Khan, who played the role of the ruthless villain with great panache.The film was lavishly mounted, went over budget and when released was initially declared to be a commercial disaster. However, the collections slowly picked up and became a huge hit. The producer estimates that every Indian has seen the film at least once.

Credits

• Music Director : Rahul Dev Burman
• Lyricist: Anand Bakshi

Famous Dialogues

Kitane admi the re ("How many men were there?")

Jo dar gaya, Samjho mar gaya ("One who is afraid, is dead")

En Kutton ke samne maat nachna Basanti ("Basanti, do not dance in front of these dogs")