’Untold Stories’ Of Cult Classic Film ‘Sholay’ | Epk Interview Javed Akhtar

Special Thanks:
Mandviwalla Entertainment
Distributor of Sholay in Pakistan
When epic 'Sholay' was releasing in Pakistan, we interviewed Javed Akhtar at his house in Mumbai. We availed the opportunity to ask him all the questions Sholay fans always wanted to know.
1. How Amjad Khan was casted ?
2. Who was originally playing Gabbar ?
3. Why the film initially declared a flop ?
4. Which actors wanted to do Amitabh Bachan character in the film ?
5. Sholay is the only film in history whose minor characters also became hit like Sambha or Kaalia, how did you do that ?
So here's the memorable interview of Javed of the ultimate writing team 'Salim Javed' of SHOLAY.
ENJOY!!
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[@endlessentertainment4712]

Sholay was team work , all involved work to best capability , it is not only salim javed it is gp sippy. Ramesh sippy. Dwarka divecha. MS shinde. RD burman. Anand bakshi. Because 1977 after sholay salim javed written imaan dharam was disaster how come ??

[@adilmunawari3840]

SAlim JAVID written 16 blockbusters no writers in history of movies ever did this record and more important they have given status and respect to the writers

[@adilmunawari3840]

All these hardwork or teamwork will vanish had not AMJAD Khan performed become craze

[@hbt253]

@@adilmunawari3840 sholy hi copy pest kahani thi.

[@Shaggy-8392]

Yes but that amitabh character is something they created prior to and after sholay.

[@kennethkonda8764]

Deewar, Trishul, . . . . . and many many others

[@kishoresoneji5952]

Sholay is the mother of all hits in the history of hindi cinema.The greatest dacoit drama ever filmed.Hats off to Salim-Javed,all the actors, director, cinematographer,costume designer,sound recordist ,etc.It was a teamwork.Making remake is next to impossible. Nice interview 👌👍❤

[@epkdaily]

Thank you sir!

[@rapidfootball]

Its was english movie once upon a time in usa they copy from there ....saty pai satta seven brothers seven brights ..... all english movies release 19 69

[@rapidfootball]

Copy cats

[@pardeepparkash398]

Sholay has 100% perfect casting from lead actors down to all the minor smaller roles & it's why it's stood the test of time. There should be an award for casting advisor!

[@samuraiflixrockin]

Sholay was written and shot in the genre framework of wild west movies. Basically, it is a mash up of three western movies - Once upon a time in the west (revenge plot), For a few dollars (the villain character Gabbar), Magnificent Seven (which was an official American remake of Akira Kurosawa's iconic epic Samurai film, 'Seven Samurai'). Javed Salim and The director culturally appropriated the story into the wild, rustic, dry lands of places like Chambal. But even though the story is set in a north indian Dacoit village, it was shot in a place near Bangalore named Ram Nagar. People still visit Ram Nagar in the memory of Sholay. Ram Gopal Varma claimed it was Sholay that made him a director. More than the plot itself, actors stole the show with their performance. But the whole irony of the movie was that audience were supposed to hate the villain per the story but they came out loving him due to the performance of Late Shri Amjad Khan. The villain was more loved by the audience than the heroes. 😁

[@javedmir6055]

Great 👍

[@abuamin4209]

True👍🏻

[@sumanchatterjee7115]

culturally appropriating is one thing, and copying the exact scenes is a different one. copying Charles Bronson playing harmonica or murdering the villager's family scene were just too much. Nobody from the production ever acknowledged the originals!

[@samuraiflixrockin]

@@sumanchatterjee7115 Yes, Javed Salim and their next generation have become millionaires and billionaires. Now they can safely acknowledge the fact. I understand why they didn't reveal it back then. Because their whole credibility lies in this movie and they can't reveal that they have borrowed lavishly from western movies but almost all film literate knows, I guess.

[@satinder2486]

Indians have rarely made original films

[@baruahpranjal]

Sholay was, is and will be the greatest film ever made in Bollywood. For anyone looking for a lesson on film making, Sholay is a treatise.

[@Seventh_Fail_hai_Wodi]

The greatest movie ever made in BHARATH is 1989 Manoj Kumar Clerk. Us movie mein Drama that, Action that, Tragedy thi, love tha, Bebasi thi aur desh bhakthi. 😊😊😊

[@adilmunawari3840]

Sholay is the KOHINOOR of India . movie of the millennium, every comings generation will like this movie , it’s a timeless movie Gabbar will always remember.

[@fastlearner69]

Sorry to disagree, Kohinoor is Mughal e Azam, then Sholay.

[@bhaskardeb8248]

Sholay is a film made of numerous foreign movie plots. Kohinoor😂

[@BeingFahadi]

This has never happened that both Major & Minor characters dialogues are still remembered, can you imagine creating something and still is relevant after decades. I personally feel the Daaku & Train sequence still remains #1 action sequence till date. No one comes close to it.

[@Seventh_Fail_hai_Wodi]

Watch Manoj kumar Clerk. It's characters and Manoj are more famous than sholay. 😁😁😁

[@veena5256]

Absolutely marvellous!!! The camera work ,speed,the horses,the artists in dacoits' role balancing the gun in one hand and the galloping horse with other simply unmatched .It's better than any Hollywood movie action even today .

[@pardeepparkash398]

Yes, it's the greatest action scene in the history of Indian cinema. Brilliant.

[@YouTuberr79]

सर ऐसा लगता है इस फिल्म से जुड़े जितने भी किस्से हे बस सुनता रहूं फिल्म बनाते वक्त क्या माहोल होगा उस सेट पर सर🙏 इस फिल्म से जुड़ी जितनी यादें किस्से हे ढूंढ लाओ और अपलोड करो

[@epkdaily]

@nileshpatil9350 we would appreciate if you write the above comment in English or Roman.. We in Pakistan do understand Hindi but reading is a difficult task for us.

[@okee7]

I can watch Sholay again & again and still enjoy every part; epic movie that is dear to every Indian 🙏

[@Seventh_Fail_hai_Wodi]

The greatest movie ever made in BHARATH is 1989 Manoj Kumar Clerk. Us movie mein Drama that, Action that, Tragedy thi, love tha, Bebasi thi aur desh bhakthi. When you watch it, you will also realize what I am saying.😊😊😊

[@ashutoshpendse4273]

Behind the crazy success of Sholay, there are two factors timing and luck which can't be repeated. The movie was really something new on the backdrop of previous dacoit movies like Mera Gaon Mera Desh, Kachhe Dhage etc. And the luck factor, all the things were good. Script, direction, camera, acting, music, comedy, action, everything was outstanding. That's not possible without some luck. While this movie was inspired by many hit Westerns, Salim-Javed ported it really well to Indian ethos. The joint family of Thakur, the villagers, the scenery, dialogs everything looked so Indian.

[@razamurad2323]

The narration of javed saheb is very informative and interesting.the only flaw in this interview is that the voice and questions put up by the anchor were not audible because he did not had a separate Mike for himself.we could only hear the replies of javed sahab and could not hear the questions.

[@rajendrapawar1173]

Salim Javed are generous writer very good both 👍 👏 👌 of them.

[@samiawaheed7258]

Very interesting interview, I going to watch the movie again bcoz of this.

[@jigneshdesaivalsadgoodsig5172]

Jigneah desai good film

[@mahnazzuberi6081]

It was a hit because it was highly entertaining and good songs. Excellent balance of protagonist and antagonist 🎉

[@altafHussain-bb3ff]

Zabardast interview... what amazing memories.

[@archananathuk]

Mr Javed Akhtar is one of the most interesting and intelligent men in Bollywood. I was finding he makes sense. His judgement is always fair.

[@mathewvarghese6386]

A great respect to a great Singer for Sholay. A wonderful singer in which ever film he sang all were blockbuster for all times. A great singer we can't forget. A great Legend

[@papaholissbisht]

what ever people can say that it is copy but Sholay is Sholay . best of Indian cinema , if this is copy ,this is very much better than the original.

[@KamillGran-ch5sb]

It’s not better than Mera Goan Mera Dish. MGMD was better acted, had better songs and had a much better villain. It was right movie without long side stories.

[@rednihb]

Original was Seven Samurai, copied across languages, stands out as a classic

[@rajeshtejwani9534]

All time Great film...what direction, story, screen play, superb performances, photography, dialogues, 70 MM stereophonic sound.... Remember seeing at Mumbai New Excelsior once and in Minerva theatre number of times where it ran for several years at a stretch...Those were the days...😊

[@RajivRanjan-or7vv]

Sholay jis sense se likhi gaee thi usi sense se craft ki gaee thi aaj writer aur director main utna dedication nahi hai nahi to sholay se bhi achhi achhi movie aaj ban sakti hai aaj.

[@rashidisrar8636]

Epk guys you all have done an exceptional job interviewing Javed Sahab, very appropriate question.

[@epkdaily]

Thank you so much!!

[@hayatrauf6265]

Each & every character of this film remain famous along with the dialogues till date... not to forget Dano.... what a movie...

[@anirbanbhattacharya9077]

Greatest story ever told ... Greatest star cast ever assembled!

[@msvv5224]

Javed sahab is so simple and straightforward.

[@vijayv6836]

Then, Sholay felt like a world-class movie. Now, it still feels like a world-class movie with a Hollywood western movie touch. Even its theme music resembles the magnificence of the 'Good, Bad and Ugly' and' Mckenna's Gold'. Amjad Khan was a superb first in a villain's role. To such an extent that even dacoits in Chambal valley were said to imitate his dress and personality style.

[@azizshaikh252]

Nice story,screenplay and dialogues, great producer and director, natural performences of major and miner actors,great background music by RD, every hardworker behind the curtain made SHOLAY the milestone of Hindi movies. In fact,everyone made it possible.

[@gyanendrasingh7900]

SHOLAY the complete storyline was adapted from "Mera Ganvon Mera Desh" already comparison done on social media. It was a big risk to remake the blockbuster within 5 years. Specially with superstar Dharmendra repeated in similar character. Jabbar Singh vs Gabbar Singh, Thakur vs Jayant army retired with one hand. Raj Khosla vs Sippy's

[@AshpakKudachi]

Javed. Akhter. Bhai. Sahab........ Ab. Sholay. Ka. Siquel. Ban. Na. Chahiye. Sholay. Part. 2....? 😮

[@vijaypeharwaan7863]

True

[@narayanpanje4949]

Both Films Mera Gaon Mera Desh and Sholay had a Common scene Dharmendra treaching to hold gun in mango field to Asha Parekh and Hema Malini.. Even the dialog same... "ankh badh karo...."

[@fastlearner69]

Javed saab is not being very honest here. The script of Sholay was already written and completed by Salim saab before they even met and ultimately because partners. Sadly, Javed saab is taking undue credit for the script.

[@alijuddy5362]

I don't know about the other territories but in the main theatre in Hyderabad where Sholay was released the current booking windows did not open for the first six months of the run. The tickets used to be sold out through advance booking!! We had a tough time getting tickets as tickets were sold out for a week in advance. That was the kind of madness Sholay created.

[@sanjaynarla8535]

I think it was the first movie shown in the Ramakrishna 70 MM, correct?

[@alijuddy5362]

@@sanjaynarla8535 I think yes! And Geet Gata Chal, next door at Ramakrishna 35 MM ran for 25 weeks (Silver Jubilee) at the same time!

[@tararamberwa2213]

on 11/12/23 I noticed in Ajmer some children were playing Kanche in street. They were saying to each other Tera Kya Hoga re Kaliya. Kudos to Salim Javed duo.

[@ramaswamysridhar3828]

It was sanjeev kumar who held the film together. What an actor, all others are nothing before him.

[@pardeepparkash398]

Yes, he was the soul of the film. Brilliant role, what an actor!

[@dakshjaingamingzone4442]

True

[@sabiryousuf7261]

True

[@jass469]

Sanjeev Kumar sahab most natural actor of Bollywood hats off Haribhai

[@dharmeshchauhan1237]

Dear Javed Akhtar ji we always respect u for your contribution in Film Industry ,Specially in Sholey and Deewar..

[@josephnunes4092]

A major contribution to making Sholay watchable was Cinematography of Dwarka Diwecha. Considering that the entire shooting took place in visually dry location of Ramnagaram.

[@maninderkaur930]

I have always felt that Sholay was a take on MERA GAON MERA DESH

[@snhussaini5930]

MGMD WAS ALSO A HIT MOVIE. BUT MASALA THODA KAM THA. VINOD KHANNA KA INTRODUCTION SCENE AUR MUSIC BOHOT KHOOB, AUR CLIMAX FIGHT SCENE SAB SUPERB.

[@nusratalikhan8602]

In this lively interview not a single word was used for some more the best characters like " Surma Bhopali" "Angrez ke zamane ke Jailer" "Raheem Chacha"

[@mysanisa]

Kyo nahi yaad rahega dialog, hum toh dialog ki puri cassette suna Karte thy. My date of birth is 15.08.75 is same release date of sholey

[@fanclub69]

Sholay is emotion !!

[@jaihind2107]

Sholay.... Kapali theatre.. Bangalore.. Stereophonic sound effect.. Memorable.. 👍👍👍👍👍

[@kauranikjeet9433]

Sholay,,,,, National Film of India❤❤❤

[@PrashantTayare-xf8vw]

Still now noone hindi film can't beat this Sholay and superset

[@currentaffairs433]

Moghle Azam ki jo script hai university's me urdu Lectructure me parhaee jani chahye,..... Jaweed sahab kitni pyari baat kahi aap ne... Pura insaaf kiya ne aap Moghle Azam film ke saat, wahhhhh

[@Motherbibhaandsunharsh]

Mughal e Azam kyon padhai jaani chahiye isliye ki Urdu hai...Guide is a much better film why not that should be taught

[@ramprahalad5579]

Wow! One of the best interviews I have heard on YT!

[@aliumar6974]

Absolutely agreed @ramprahalad.

[@Harshilkumar007]

The legends are born not made. Love to Salim-Javed.

[@sunnybhathal3429]

JAVED AKHTAR IS A GREAT PERSON SYMBOL OF TRUTH SECULARISM AND UNITY SUCH A BRILLIANT PERSONALITY WELL AHEAD OF HIS TIME THAT'S WHY AN ATHEIST THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN HEART WHAT A GREAT CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THE FILM INDUSTRY ALSO HIS CHILDREN ARE BOTH AS GREAT LOVE AND RESPECT SIR ALWAYS LOVE YOU SIR

[@sumanbaruah6330]

A sly, well read hypocrate

[@Yedpat-n5i]

Though Sholay was copied/inspired from many western films like Once upon a time in the West, Sholay stands tall among them. The unique cause was, its dialougues. Even small characters were well defined. The distibution of its dialougues audio cassetttes was a masterstroke to create its curiosity among masses. The youngsters like me, could not afford cinema hall tickets ( Rs. 2.50 😢) that time, used to listen the audio casettes where ever being played at social gatherings 😊

[@saleemhanchinal3855]

You are right, we could not spend more than 50 paisa. Now multiplexes, is more than 250/-

[@rashidjamel4763]

indian dunya ki aisy qom he jo chori ker k film bananay hain ganay Pakistan se story Hollywood se aur phir baray proud hotay hain aur kehtay hain k hamain osker milna chahiye

[@Yedpat-n5i]

@@rashidjamel4763 हिंदी फिल्म को अवॉर्ड मिले ना मिले, तेरी अंग्रेजी को अवॉर्ड जरूर मीलेगा. The way you write english, you can leave angrez behind.🤣 आप तो अंग्रेझो के जमाने के राईटर हैं.😜

[@drmudgal940]

No remake can beat sholay! Sholay is sholay, it has created history.

[@prakashrao8077]

He forgot to mention the water tank scene of Dharmendra and how it was lifted from The film The secret of Santa Vitoria and Anthony Quinn in a drunken state climbs the water tank.

[@mohinderkumar7298]

Javed is overrated and he indirectly underrates Salim. But see how he stole this scene of water tanki from foreign film. But he tells with elan how he wrote it on car bonet. Plagiarist. But Salim is original. He wrote story. Landscape. Presentation.

[@rednihb]

@@mohinderkumar7298Story itself is a straight lift of Magnificent 7/Seven Samurai

[@anirbanbhattacharya9077]

45 seconds on screen and half a sentence -- the character became world famous... Sambha played by late Macmohan Saab! One of the greatest films ever in the history of cinema!!

[@anandnaidu2685]

You are right kirchu,..in fact lots of Bollywood movies are copied from Hollywood

[@Seventh_Fail_hai_Wodi]

The greatest movie ever made in BHARATH is the 1989 Manoj Kumar's CLERK. . It is all time highest grosser ever. More than Sholay. . Us movie mein Drama hai, Action hai, Tragedy bhi hai, love hai, Bebasi hai aur desh bhakthi kooth kooth kar bhari hai. . When you watch it, you will also realize what I am saying.😊😊😊

[@eyeoftruth103]

I've seen it 😂😂😂

[@altafkassum7443]

Torture

[@echochamber8350]

Javed Akhtar is taking credit for Amjad Khan getting the role of Gabbar, when in fact he did everything possible to get him replaced. The fact is that Amjad refused to do any other movie with Salim Javed

[@snhussaini5930]

GREAT MOVIE. ALTOGETHER TEAMWORK. AMJAD KHAN'S YOUNG PERSONALITY WOW. TRAIN'S FIGHT SCENE OH ALWAYS REMEMBERED FOR GENERATIONS. THANKS TO BOLLYWOOD FILM INDUSTRY.

[@rahulmenon4557]

Sholay was completely shot in Ramnagaram, very close to Bangalore where I live 😀😀😀

[@gopalshankar1351]

Always great clarity in thought and speech of Javed sahab

[@rashidjamel4763]

copied film per bara proud he aur phir tortay hain hamain copied film per osker milna chahiye😂

[@vkpuri6824]

Salimji and Javed ji both are great.Their contribution in filml is appreciated by all .

[@rajeshnetam9423]

Sholy jaise film nhi koi...👍

[@ashfakvohra9913]

Very Good interview. शोले पिक्चर कीं लिखने वाले जनाब सलीम साहब + जनाब जावीद साहब को लाख लाख सलाम करते हुए धन्यवाद, जय जय गरवी गुजरात मेरा भारत, सिर्फ भारत मे बनी हुई प्रो डेक का इस्तेमाल किया करे, From:Latif Abdulla bhai Vohra. Dariyapur. Ahmedabad 1 Gujarat state In INDIA.

[@ParveenGupta-xt3ju]

A scene in film sholay, when Dharmender teaches Hema Malini shooting, is taken from legendary Bollywood director Guru Dutt's film 'jaal'🙏🙏

[@rajdevsingh2736]

Sholay se pehle iss kahaani par 3 films bann chuki thi Mera gaon Mera Desh, Khotay Sikke ,Pratiggya . Teeno films super hit thi , aur 2 mein toh Dharmendra theh.

[@eatanddiscover]

Good interview

[@atulsharma-jh3lt]

Very good interview👏👏

[@bigbulk688]

I am guessing the dialogues of side characters were probably written by Salim and the lead characters by Javed. Edit: IIRC the tank scene of Sholay, the 'highlight scene', the conversation between maasi and jai was based on the conversation that Salom had with Honey Irani, Javed's first wife's mom.

[@humayunzafer4705]

Unforgettable Soorma Bhopali.

[@ismailthali3920]

Salim javed best writer ever

[@munnancs]

Sholay can't be remake

[@kirchunetwork1986]

Sholay’s story and scenes were adapted from many Hollywood movies. Here are some: 1. Gabbar Singh and his gang harassing villagers - Seven Samurais (The Magnificent Seven) 2. Two outlaws being friendly- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid 3. Jailor taking the help of outlaws - The Dirty Dozen 4. Two headed coin - some 60s movie 5. Massacre of the entire family- frame to frame copy of Once upon a time in the West

[@kirtigupta9753]

Jailor taking help from outlaw was infact copied by Dirty Dozen from V Santaram's film "Do Ankhein Barah Haath"

[@kirchunetwork1986]

@@kirtigupta9753 The Dirty Dozen was based on a Novel by E.M.Natheson who got the idea from real life incident during WW II.

[@Shaggy-8392]

@@kirtigupta9753 - lol nowadays all bhalts think everything Indian. Next they'll say the moon is indian. Despite India only being created in 1947!

[@kirtigupta9753]

@@Shaggy-8392 Morons who don't watch movies specially older Black and white ones will just shoot their mouths off. Watch both the movies and their first acts and you will know what I am talking about.

[@kirtigupta9753]

@@kirchunetwork1986 The novel came out in 1965 but V Shantarm's classic came out in 1957. So we know who inspired whom.

[@shaileshburse4008]

Not less than 1000 times I have seen this movie. Do remember all dialogues as movie moves.. greatest movie ever in Hindi. Mugle Azam mother India are also best. But Sholay is sholay .🎉

[@visnuprasan1699]

Small actors dialogues is unique to Sholay still all time

[@arunanand2809]

Author is God for some period of time.

[@pandurangasettyvenu7897]

Why Sholay can't be ramade? Super analysis by javed akthar

[@kauranikjeet9433]

Kyunki Taj Mahal ek hi baar banaya ja sakta hai baar baar nahi.....Sholay wahi Taj Mahal hai....❤❤❤❤

[@surajnarayanpandey6724]

ऑडियो कैसेट में जो पूरी फिल्म आई थी उसने बहुत हिट किया इसके डायलॉग को

[@jigneshyparmar7366]

Movie bhi audio cassette me aati thi?

[@ikrar_393]

​@@jigneshyparmar7366 ha...Puri film audio cassette me aai thi... Dialogue ko boost tabhi mila tha

[@aryansinghrules]

INDIA'S JEWEL "JADDO ' JAVED SAAB. SUCH G8 MAN SAYS, "HUMME PATTA HOTTA TOH HUM KHUDH KAR DETTE" SALUTE!

[@farooqkachhawa127]

Great picture ❤

[@kikishaikh2312]

No remake only one pc sholay you are right javed saab

[@majidjehangir8229]

This was the last movie I watched in a cinema in 1975. There was no thematic beauty in the movie. An honest police officer has no confidence in his department and relies on two petty thieves for exacting revenge for annihilation of his family at the hands of a ruthless dacoit whome he had single handedly apprehended. The jailors are shown as clowns and petty thieves who are willing to go to jail for months and live off the reward money are shown as heros. This was the first Bollywood movie in which the hero molests the heroine under the pretext of teaching her to fire a pistol. Never felt like watching it again and lost interest in Bollywood for good, although had enjoyed movies like do ankhen barah haath, do bigha zameen, Ram aur shyam, Amrapali,waqt, humraaz, mere huzoor, pakeezah, Mughal e Azam, dosti, arzoo, jab jab phool khile, anaadi, jis Desh mein Ganga behti hai, Teesri qasam and so many.

[@mariamtee]

I agree with the rest but hero ‘molesting’ the heroine is a very 21st century way of looking at things. That would be like condemning people from the 19th century for keeping slaves

[@bharatdhaiphule1872]

Where is sholay in the movie?, it was in sanjeev kumar’s eyes when he see his grand son’s dead body, that scene is the highest peak point of the movie.

[@tariq909able]

Sholay reminds me of The Seven Samurai. A great movie by Akiro Kurasawa. Japans celebrated film maker.

[@jamilpathan199]

15. August. 1975. Minarva. Main. Premier. Main. Haazir. Thaa. Main. My. Good. Luck.

[@syedilyasahmed8664]

India may 2 filmain hit aur yaadgar hain. Ek Mother India is 1st and 2nd Sholay. Public nay sab say ziyada Gabbar Singh ki character ko pasand kiya.

[@epkdaily]

Lekin aap Mughal e Azam kaise bhool saktay hain ? In our opinion it should be number 1

[@sabihasayed8389]

Perfection ko improvement ki zaroorat nahi ...Javed sahab ne sahi kaha 👏

[@sabiryousuf7261]

Remake of Sholay can't be done. Epic movie.

[@UttamDas-od9uw]

Javed sahab ki likha hua movies itna achha nehi tha......but song written by Javed Akhtar sab is always excellent.

[@journeyoflifeevents3533]

Javed Sir, please Shake Hands with Sleem sahab and give another Block Buster to Indian Cinema please.. ONE MORE TIME.

[@VISHWA5333BNDHU]

बहुत अच्छा इंटरव्यू शोले की कहानी जावेद साहब की जुबानी बेहतरीन प्रेजेंटेशन

[@epkdaily]

We would appreciate if you can translate the comment in English or write it down in Roman. Unfortunately we can’t read Hindi in Pakistan. Thanks

[@VISHWA5333BNDHU]

Very good interview by Salim Javed Mr Javed good presentation Sholay film I am from Uttarakhand Tanakpur India my father come to Pakistan after partition is belong district Jhelum damali my all family come to the Meli district Jhelum

[@epkdaily]

Thank you @vishwa Kohli & love from Pakistan!

[@rajeev6200]

Every carecter was Hero of sholay

[@BobKumar1234]

"character".

[@imtaz3541]

Yes indeed.. Sambha, kaaliya

[@jayantipatel8005]

Q. Masjid with loud speakers and Thakur haveli has no lights. 😮also how they get water in tanki without electricity 😮

[@shipradey8653]

Amjad khan was the right choice.

[@70mmwithasad5]

Sholay was A Great Film I watched A lot of Time Really

[@AbdullahPunctureWale-II]

Gabbar Singh starts at 5:45

[@nikaahislife7541]

The dark side of sholay film is we cant' stage both writers in one interview....😢😢😢😢

[@Seventh_Fail_hai_Wodi]

Sorry the dark side of sholay is a theatre playing it and the screen is not lit.... Screen, pitch black. 😏😏😏

[@PrashantTayare-xf8vw]

I have seen this Sholay movie in 1978 at Minerva Theatre which is Grant Road with my parents and sister. This Sholay movie is super duper hit, blockbuster and also big budget movie of 1975.

[@Seventh_Fail_hai_Wodi]

@@PrashantTayare-xf8vw Good that you did not invite me in 1978. Then I would definitely have not understood a thing about Sholay. Because I was just 1 year old. 😏😏😏

[@Wajehuddin]

It's A Commercial Masala film,,Masala movies always do well in india,,,You cannot say that it's A classic,,,,most people watch it because of Amjad khan who played the role of Gabber Singh..🤟

[@epkdaily]

Sir Sholay is a classic by any standard.

[@Wajehuddin]

@@epkdaily Masala is the Most Popular genre Of Indian Cinema, It's A Commercial genre,,So The World (Classic) Cannot use For Such Films,,,Classic Are Those Movies Which Become Blockbusters Due to It's Stories And Qualities, Not because of tool of Entertainment... Mughal A_Azam (1960) is A Classic, it's a Single Genre, Historical drama,,Story and Quality,,No Entertainment factor,,it was the highest grosser,it held a record for 15 years,,Eventually It was over taken by Sholay 1975.

[@Wajehuddin]

Majority of the Audience said that Sholay is the most Entertaining film. Sachin tendulkar Sir also says that it's a very entertaining film.

[@AliZaib-ci9xz]

amitabh bachchan and amjad khan it has got great startup from the that movi

[@sumanchatterjee7115]

Did anybody ever show them Once Upon a Time in the West? Seriously, with all due respect, somebody needs to ask him about the Original films. Did they ever mention the influences in any interviews?

[@echochamber8350]

Mac Mohan's Sambha has two dialogues in the movie, and Kaalia has at least 5 lines in the movie besides "maine aapka namak khaaya hai"

[@SrikantRZradio]

This interview was done some time in early 2015 about 40 years since 1975 Sholay release date

[@epkdaily]

Yes that was the year Sholay got a release in Pakistan.

[@apurbakumarroy1307]

when Sholay was released in the year 1975 then some newspaper made headlines that और एक डाकू फिल्म so this movie was as normal or this film will be flopped. We had seen this movie in Metro cinema of Kolkata. Then not only the movie but it's dialogues became super duper and we bought long player to listen the dialogues of Gabbar Singh Thakur Hema Malini Joy Biru and Kalia Shama Sachin and HK Hangal above all music by RD Burman and songs by respected Kishore KUMAR and Lata Mangeskar moreover dialogues by Salim and Javed and camera man great efficiency. We bought the long player paying Rs. 20/in 1975.Whenever wherever we then used to go we could hear the songs or dialogues of Sholay on roads of Kolkata. 6/12/23/.

[@ashrafkhan683]

Iconic villan of industry amjad khan

[@ismailthali3920]

Great human being salim javed

[@abdulhannansey]

Sholay to sholay hai sholay ab dobara nahi ban sakta sholay hamare film industry ka mil ka patthar (mile stone) hai

[@epkdaily]

Yes and Ram Gopal Verma once tried and failed miserably.

[@DipankaSharma]

Copy from other foreign film is not an big issue. If the treatment is done in superb way like sholay. But Frame by frame copy should not be done like family mesacre seen.