Complex sentence: The Bollywood film "Sholay" (1975) was often referred to as a "Curry Western" or "dacoit Western", combining the conventions of Indian dacoit films (such as "Mother India" and "Gunga Jumna") with that of Westerns.
Split into simpler sentences: The Bollywood film "Sholay" (1975) was often referred to as a "Curry Western". A more accurate genre label for the film is the "dacoit Western", as it combined the conventions of Indian dacoit films such as "Mother India" (1957) and "Gunga Jumna" (1961) with that of Westerns.