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Sholay (meaning Embers in English) is a 1975 action-adventure Hindi film directed by Ramesh Sippy and produced by his father G. P. Sippy. The film follows two criminals, Veeru and Jai , hired by a retired police officer to capture the ruthless dacoit Gabbar Singh . Hema Malini and Jaya Bhaduri also star, as Veeru and Jai's love interests. Sholay is considered a classic and one of the best Indian films. 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 annual Filmfare Awards named it the Best Film of 50 Years.
Cast & Crew
Cast
- Dharmendra · Veeru
- Amitabh Bachchan · Jai (Jai Dev)
- Sanjeev Kumar · Thakur Baldev Singh
- Amjad Khan · Gabbar Singh
- Hema Malini · Basanti
- Jaya Bachchan · Radha
- Leela Mishra · Mausi
- Mac Mohan · Sambha
- Viju Khote
- A. K. Hangal
- Asrani
- Jagdeep · Soorma Bhopali
- Keshto Mukherjee · Hariram
- Iftekhar · Inspector Khurana
- Jalal Agha
- Helen
- Dwarka Divecha
- Satyen Kappu · Ramlaal
- Sachin · Ahmed
- Ramesh Sippy
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Details
- Release Date
- 15 August 1975
- Runtime
- 204 min
- Language
- Hindi
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