The Worst Film Ever

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

A bit overrated, but still an amazing film

Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

Some call it the greatest Indian movie ever but i disagree this movie which deals with 2 small time thieves which are then hired by an ex cop who wants to take revenge by catching Gabbar that too alive i would say this is good movie overall not that great,probably one of the few old movies which i watched

How do you properly describe a film which feels like family? We know all the dialogues, our kids love doing Gabbar Singh imitations, and watching the film even for the first time gives us a feeling of deja- vu. Sholay is a part of every Indian, four decades after its release, and it will remain so for many decades more.How is the casting so perfect? How did Amjad Khan, a complete newbie to films, deliver such an iconic performance as Gabbar Singh? Did the legendary writer duo Salim-Javed have any idea that their dialogues would be recited decades later by my five-year old cousin? And how is it that Sholay has become nothing short of immortal?10/10

When SHOLAY was started,little did people know it would be such a blockbuster,in fact the first month had so low attendance that it was about to removed from theatres but then things changed. The film may not have a really original story, in fact it seems the film was loosely styled after Akira Kurosawa's 1954 film Seven Samurai, and drew heavily from the conventions of Westerns, especially Sergio Leone's Spaghetti Westerns such as Once Upon a Time in the West (1968), and John Sturges' film The Magnificent Seven (1960). Sholay was also influenced by the westerns of Sam Peckinpah, such as The Wild Bunch (1969) and Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973); and by George Roy Hill's Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969). A scene depicting an attempted train robbery was inspired by a similar scene in North West Frontier (1959) and a scene showing the massacre of Thakur's family has been compared with the massacre of the McBain family in Once Upon a Time in the West, Some plot elements were borrowed from the Indian films Mera Gaon Mera Desh (1971) and Khote Sikkay (1973) Strangely it became such a cult film that many films were inspired from it, like Joshilay,China Gate and the recent disaster Elaan(2005). The film is very entertaining, Salim-Javed did a great job with the film. The first half is more on establishing characters, but there are several brilliant scenes like Amitabh and Dharam introduction when they stop robbers from looting a train, their scenes with Sanjeev Kumar,Dharam scenes with Hema, Gabbar's Introduction, The Interval point. The film is a bit lengthy though as in those days. The second half focuses more on Amitabh and Dharam seeking revenge and we also have comedy and romance and the last finale though prolonged is superb,Amitabh's death is simply superb, while Dharam fighting with Amjad and then Sanjeev fighting with Amjad is superb. In fact the end was changed after Censors rejected the end thinking it will affect people's minds seeing a cop killing a goon(In the original end it was supposed to have Sanjeev kill Amjad) and it was changed to the cops arriving, Even Sachin's death scene was cut off.Direction by Ramesh Sippy is too good Music by RD Burman is superb, be it YEH DOSTI sung by Kishore Kumar and Manna Dey which is the anthem of friendship songs, Holi Ke Din, Mehbooba all superb songs. The film is one of the 70mm films of Bollywood The recent 3D Version though gimmicky but was well done, especially considering making a 3D film of a 70s film. The film also was one of the first films to use stereo for recordingAmongst actors Sanjeev Kumar is simply terrific as Thakur, those days he was known as a comic actor more but this film silenced and surprised people,Though he was young he portrayed Thakur superbly Dharmendra is simply superb as Veeru, he is superb in comedy and dramatic scenes, in his inimitable style Amitabh Bachchan signed the film before Zanjeer hence he plays second fiddle but does a superb job as the silent Jai. Hema Malini is hilarious as Basanti and became famous Jaya Pradha plays the silent widower superbly though in one scene of her flashback she is shown full of life and is superb there too, just like her other films like MILI,GUDDI she displays her fun side in that scene superbly. Amjad Khan in his debut though he did small roles before is simply outstanding, evoking terror and hatred though his length of the role was small, People remember SHOLAY for Gabbar more then any character Satyen Kapoo,Macmohan are all good, In fact even minor characters like Viju Khote who played Kaalia were remembered, rest are good

Yeah Sholay or amber draws its cinematography from western spaghetti movie genre but this movie is a epic in its own respect. Amazingly multi layered, multi styled, multi varied yet singly packed this film is one blasting bomb of cinema.If you loved Once upon a time in west, the good the bad and the ugly then this movie is a step cohesive with them in a whole different style and still packed with much more enriching entertainment and music that can't be forgotten in many centuries. Number of attempts have been made to make a successful western styled movie where movies like unforgiven failed (though they win Oscar when they don't have much competition that year and were made in the USA) but nothing and never will any movie be made that can invoke this style and make a huge lot of progress in its shot.'Masala film' is the nick name given to its effect because this movie provides you with one of the best tonic of involvement and entertainment. Extremely well-made, beautifully edited, amazingly written, melodiously sung, damningly acted and truly evolved , Sholay is a movie for human beings.