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Top 10 Reasons Why Sholay Is Still One Of The Most Celebrated Films Of Bollywood

Top 10 Reasons Why Sholay Is Still One Of The Most Celebrated Films Of Bollywood Hindi Article

1. Theme

Salim Khan Salim Khan was born in 1935 and he is considered a >> Read More... - Javed Akhtar Javed Akhtar is an Indian poet, lyricist, film scr >> Read More... had the perfect recipe for a blockbuster. They penned down a story which had all the elements of a complete masala film. The movie was an action drama which presents varied themes like love, violence, revenge, friendship and of course the triumph of good over evil.

2. Multi-Star Cast

Sholay was a multi-star cast film. It had great names like Amitabh Bachchan Amitabh Bachchan was born on October 11, 1942 in A >> Read More... , Jaya Bachchan Born on 9th April 1948 Jaya Bachchan is an Indian >> Read More... , ‘ Dharmendra  Dharmendra Singh Deol was born on 8th December 19 >> Read More... ’, Hema Malini Hema Malini is perhaps the only dream girl of the >> Read More... , Sanjeev Kumar Sanjeev Kumar was born on July 9th, 1938 in Mumbai >> Read More... , and Amjad Khan Amjad Zakaria Khan was born on 12th November, 1940 >> Read More... . They all performed brilliantly and did justice to their roles, and because of that, the names of their characters are still popular among the audience.

3. Dialogues

Sholay had many iconic dialogues. The dialogues are still, performed by many on stage and there are also many memes on the internet filled with it. Even when one of the stars goes for an event, they are requested to say a dialogue from the film.

4. Songs

Sholay had a variety of songs. 'Yeh Dosti' describes an everlasting friendship, 'Holi Ke Din' shows the celebration of the festival Holi, 'Mehbooba Mehbooba' is a sensuous song performed by Helen Jairag Richardson. Every song is situational and very well picturised.

5. Jai-Veeru

The movie also showcases the bond of friendship between the characters, Jai and Veeru and they have set some serious friendship goals for us. Jai was a calm headed, introvert person whereas, Veeru was a flirty, mischievious one. And the fact that they were so different made their pairing even more interesting. They teased and played pranks on each other, but when the time came, they were even ready to risk their life for each other.

6. Love Stories Story coming soon... >> Read More...

The film also showed two very different love stories. One was between Dharmendra and Hema Malini and the other between Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan. The former had a fun relationship where the guy flirts with the girl and try any means to woo her, but the latter had a simple, sweet story where they used to steal glances at each other with a melodious tune in the background.

7. Box Office Collection

Critics gave negative reviews to the film, but it became a huge success through positive word of mouth. It is in fact, one of the highest grossing films of Bollywood and it also had one of the longest theatrical runs.

8. Characters

Sholay had many unique and different characters. But apart from the main characters, there were also many minor characters which appeared on the screen. Be it Jailor, Rahim Chacha or Kalia, even they were loved and became the memorable characters of the film.

9. Ramgarh

Ram Yedekar, the art director of Sholay, built the huge set of Ramgarh village in a small town near Karnataka. He gave it a natural rural look and the cinematographer of the film, Dwarka Divecha Dwarkadas Divecha was an Indian cinematographer bo >> Read More... beautifully captured the village scenes. They both even won Filmfare Awards for their contribution to the film.

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Sholay gave us one of the most iconic villains, Gabbar Singh. He was a foul-mouthed, merciless dacoit. He became a memorable character because of his looks, attire, dialogues and villianous laugh. Amjad Khan did a fabulous job and also received awards for his performance.

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