Sholay


Sholay pronunciation help info , meaning Embers is a 1975 Indian Hindi actionadventure film directed by Ramesh Sippy and produced by his father G. P. Sippy. The film follows two criminals, Veeru and Jai played by Dharmendra and Amitabh Bachchan, hired by a retired police officer Sanjeev Kumar to capture the ruthless dacoit Gabbar Singh Amjad Khan. Hema Malini and Jaya Bhaduri also star, as Veeru and Jais love interests. Sholay is considered a classic and one of the best Indian films. It was ranked first in the British Film Institutes 2002 poll of TopIndian Films of all time. In 2005, the judges of the 50th annual Filmfare Awards named it the Best Film of 50 Years.

In the small village of Ramgarh, the retired policeman Thakur Baldev Singh Sanjeev Kumar summons a pair of smalltime thieves that he had once arrested. Thakur feels that the duoVeeru Dharmendra and Jai Amitabh Bachchanwould be ideal to help him capture Gabbar Singh Amjad Khan, a dacoit wanted by the authorities for a 50,000 a reward. Thakur tells them to surrender Gabbar to him, alive, for an additional 20,000 reward.The two thieves thwart the dacoits sent by Gabbar to extort the villagers. Soon afterwards, Gabbar and his goons attack Ramgarh during the festival of Holi. In a tough battle, Veeru and Jai are cornered. Thakur, although he has a gun within his reach, does not help them. Veeru and Jai fight back and the bandits flee. The two are, however, upset at Thakurs inaction, and consider leaving the village. Thakur explains that Gabbar had killed nearly all of his family members, and cut off both his arms a few years earlier, which is why he could not use the gun. He had concealed the dismemberment by always wearing a shawl. ........

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