Sholay (Embers) (Flames) (Flames of the Sun)
Dharmendra, Sanjeev Kumar, Hema Malini
Sholay means fire. In this particular movie, a Police Officer, who family was killed by a bandit named Gabbar Singh, decides to fight fire with fire and recruits two convicts, Jai and Veeru. He approa...( read more
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DVD Released: July 13, 1999
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November 18, 2008My 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 Bloodshed
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September 1, 2008The Casablanca of Indian Cinema: no other film has embedded itself so deeply into our nation's collective conscious as this one.
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August 27, 2008Sholay is a famous "curry" western, India's answer to the spaghetti westerns of Italy. A rousing combination of action, romance, drama, comedy, music, and revenge, Sholay is a western that is epic in the best sense, and it deserves to stand alongside other classics in the genre.
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August 17, 2008I know its cool to love and praise this movie but in this case it is thoroughly deserving.
I first saw sholay when i was about 12 and have seen it 23 times since.
Ask any indian anywhere in the word as to which is the greatest bollywood movie ever made and chance are sholay will ... ...( read more )
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February 22, 2008this is the best of the best hindi movie in bollywood, movie has not been made yet in the history of hindi movie till now. golden dialogue which are used till today and each person acting is superb. movie of 80s
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April 12, 2007Timeless Classic, Best Bollywood ever with all Golden dialogues, unmatched acting by legends...
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