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Sholay(Movie, 1975)

Original title: "शोले" (Hindi/HI)
3h 24min | Genre: Action
SholayRating: 3.5/5 (with 108108 votes)
Sholay (Hindustani: [ˈʃoːleː], transl. Embers) is a 1975 Indian Hindi-language action-adventure film directed by Ramesh Sippy, produced by his father G. P. Sippy, and written by Salim–Javed. The film is about two criminals, Veeru (Dharmendra) and Jai (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 Jai's love interests, Basanti and Radha, respectively. The music was composed by R D Burman. The film was shot in the rocky terrain of Ramanagara, in the southern state of Karnataka, over a span of two and a half years. After the Central Board of Film Certification mandated the removal of several violent scenes, Sholay was released as a 198-minut... ()
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About Sholay

After his family is murdered by a notorious and ruthless bandit, a former police officer enlists the services of two outlaws to capture the bandit.

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Additional Information

Production country: India
Shot in: Ramanagara
Plays in: Bengaluru
Original language: Hindi (HI)
Spoken languages: Hindi (HI)
Translated into 15 languages: Bulgarian (BG), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 08/15/1975
Director: Ramesh Sippy
Producer: G. P. Sippy
Screenwriter: Salim-Javed
Film Editor: M. S. Shinde
Director of Photography: Dwarka Divecha
Performer: Rahul Dev Burman
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"复仇的火焰"
"Flames of the Sun"
"Lángnyelvek"
"शोले"
""
"Помста і закон"
"Flames"
"Vetar, plamen i bes"
Keywords: bandit, police, village, fight
Budget: 408,000 USD
Revenue: 4,800,000 USD (= 1,176%)

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