Sholay

Sholay is an Indian film directed by Ramesh Sippy. It is the biggest hit in the history of Bollywood, India's Hindi film industry.Released on 15 August 1975, it stars Dharmendra, Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini, Sanjeev Kumar, Jaya Bhaduri and Amjad Khan. The film, shot in the rocky terrain of Ramanagara, Karnataka,is the story of two petty criminals hired to capture a ruthless dacoit by the name of Gabbar Singh.Sholay is the highest grossing film of all time in Indian cinema, having earned Rs 768,81,00,000, equivalent to US$ 160 million, after adjusting for inflation. When first released, the film opened to a tepid response, but word of mouth convinced movie-goers to give the film a chance and soon it became a box-office phenomenon.It ran for 286 weeks straight (more than five years) in one Mumbai theatre.Sholay racked up a still-standing record of 60 golden jubilees (50 consecutive weeks) across India and doubled its original gross over reruns during the late 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s. Sholay was the first film in the history of Indian cinema to celebrate a silver jubilee (25 weeks) at over a hundred theaters across India.In 1999, BBC India declared Sholay the "Film of the Millennium". In 2005, Indiatimes ranked the movie amongst the "Top 25 Must See Bollywood Films".That same year, the judges of the 50th annual Filmfare Awards gave it a special award called Filmfare Best Film of 50 Years.




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