Sholay 

• 2000 
• DVD 
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• DVD 

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Sholay

Sholay

2000

1975

Action, Adventure, Comedy / humour, Crime

Bachchan, Amitabh, Bhaduri, Jaya, Dharmendra, Khan, Amjed, Kumar, Sanjeev, Malini, Hema

Akhtar, Javed, Khan, Salim

162

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DVD-E 016 PLATINUM

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073707 Sholay was theatrically released on 15 August 1975. It received negative critical reviews and a tepid commercial response during its initial release. However, favourable word-of-mouth publicity helped it to become a box office success. It then went on to break records for continuous showings in many theatres across India, and ran for more than five years at Mumbai's Minerva theatre. The combined sales of the original soundtrack, scored by R. D. Burman, and the dialogues (released separately), set new records at the time. It was also an overseas success in the Soviet Union. Sholay was also at one point the highest-grossing Indian film ever at the time, and was the highest-grossing film in India up until Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! (1994). Sholay is often regarded as one of the greatest and most influential Indian films of all time. It was ranked first in the British Film Institute's 2002 poll of "Top 10 Indian Films" of all time. In 2005, the judges of the 50th Filmfare Awards named it the Best Film of 50 Years. Sholay was also a defining example of the masala film, which mixes several genres in one work. Scholars have noted several themes in the film, such as glorification of violence, conformation to Indian feudalism, debate between social order and mobilised usurpers, homosocial bonding, and the film's role as a national allegory. The film's dialogue and certain characters became extremely popular, contributing to numerous cultural memes and becoming part of India's daily vernacular.