Sholay (Embers) (Flames) (Flames of the Sun) (1975)

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Release Date: Dec 31, 1975 Wide

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Release Date: Dec 31, 1975 Wide

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This 1975 film provides a superb look at popular Hindi cinema. Although it can be called an adventure, it has a spaghetti-western storyline, martial-arts sequences, comedy, soap-opera melodrama, and even musical numbers, including an early scene that has the two main characters riding a motorcycle and singing like Elvis Presley in the carnival flick, Roustabout. The film itself is indeed a carnival, and many of the features produced by India's popular movie industry exhibit a similar mixture of

PG, 3 hr. 12 min.

Action & Adventure, Romance, Art House & International

Directed By: Ramesh Sippy

Written By: Salim Khan

In Theaters: Dec 31, 1975 Wide

On DVD: Jul 13, 1999

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Cast

Sanjeev Kumar
Thakur
Dharmendra
Veeru
Hema Malini
Basanti
Amjad Khan
Gabbar Singh
Amitabh Bachchan
Jai
Sachin
Jaya Bhaduri
Radha

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One of the greatest and unforgetable Bollywood Classics. R.I.P Amjad Uncle.Jab bache rote hain to maa kehti he soja warna Gabbar Singh ajayega. saab mene aap ka namak khaya heAb Gholi KhaTRIVIA::This film was directly inspired by the spaghetti westerns of Sergio Leone, by Akira Kurosawa's Shichinin no samurai,

December 22, 2009

Wahida K

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My first Bollywood film.It's pretty badass, a little indulgent at 3+ hours, but that's par for the course with these films.A curry western with heavy American influences has a little bit of everything. Suspense, Slapstick, Romance, Singing and Violent BloodshedIndia's first 70mm film.

June 18, 2007