Sholay

Sholay is a Bollywood  movie directed by Ramesh Sippy. It was produced by his father, GP Sippy. The movie was released on 15 August 1975. The action-adventure movie is about two criminals, Veeru and Jai (played by Dharmendra and Amitabh Bachchan), who were hired by a retired police officer (Sanjeev Kumar) to catch the cruel dacoit Gabbar Singh (Amjad Khan). Sholay is a classic Indian movie.  It was top of the British Film Institute's 2002 poll of "Top 10 Indian Films" of all time. In 2005, 50th Filmfare Awards named it the Best Film of 50 Years. 

 Cast 

 Dharmendra as Veeru
 Sanjeev Kumar as Thakur Baldev Singh
 Hema Malini as Basanti
 Amitabh Bachchan as Jai (Jaidev)
 Jaya Bhaduri as Radha, Thakur's daughter-in-law
 Amjad Khan as Gabbar Singh
 Satyen Kappu as Ramlaal, Thakur's servant
 A. K. Hangal as Rahim Chacha, the imam in the village
 Sachin as Ahmed, son of the imam
 Jagdeep as Soorma Bhopali, a comical wood trader
 Leela Mishra as Mausi, Basanti's maternal aunt
 Asrani as the Jailor, a comical character modelled after Charlie Chaplin in The Great Dictator
 Keshto Mukherjee as Hariram, prison barber and Jailor's side-kick
 Mac Mohan as Sambha, Gabbar Singh's sidekick
 Viju Khote as Kaalia, another of Gabbar's men whom he kills in a game of Russian roulette
 Iftekhar as Inspector Khurana, Radha's Father
 Helen in a special appearance in song "Mehbooba Mehbooba"
 Jalal Agha in a special appearance in song "Mehbooba Mehbooba"
 Raj Kishore as a jail inmate with gayish mannerisms
 Arvind Joshi as elder son of Thakur Baldev Singh
 Sharad Kumar as Ninni, younger son of Thakur Baldev Singh
 Gita Siddharth as Geeta, Arvind Joshi's wife

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 References 

Category:1975 comedy movies
Category:1970s epic movies
Category:Indian gangster movies
Category:Movies directed by Ramesh Sippy
Category:Movies about outlaws