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

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

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Sholay (Embers) (Flames) (Flam...

Dharmendra, Sanjeev Kumar, Hema Malini, Amitabh Bachchan

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  read more... )ches them in jail, puts the proposal in front of them, and they agree to bring in Gabbar Singh alive - for a hefty price. After their discharge from jail, they travel by train to the village where the Police Officer lives - now with only his widowed daughter-in-law. The three band together to fight one of the most elusive and dreaded bandits of all time. Will the two ex-cons be able to bring Gabbar alive to the Police Officer?

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  • November 18, 2008
    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 Bloodshed

    India's firs...( read more)t 70mm film.
  • December 31, 2006
    no
  • November 27, 2009
    its the best movie in Indian film industry, i have seen it like 100 time and every time i watch its feel refreshing. the every character of this movie is immortal. all in all a complete movie
  • September 23, 2009
    o great job by amitabh , dharmendra & gabbar...
  • September 4, 2009
    A three hour Indian film with many attributes similar to Westerns, as well as Seven Samurai. Many different genres are covered here with he obigatory sing-songs which must be mandated in Bollywood. Two criminals are recruited by a former police officer to help him exact revenge o...( read more)n a far worse criminal who killed his family and maimed him. The officer knew the criminals from a time log ago from when was transferring them as prisoners on a train, they gloriously defended the train and helped him survive. One of the criminals develops a crush on a local village girl who reminds me of Kelly Kapur. A well-rounded film that is worth your three hours, if not to only get a glimpse of Bollywood.
  • March 7, 2009
    All time favourite hindi film.
  • January 25, 2009
    Duhh.... do i need to say anything about this movie ?
  • October 15, 2008
    Fun. Weird. Check it out.
  • September 11, 2008
    this is my fav movie till now.
  • September 1, 2008
    The 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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