Sholay

This movie is just the best movie i have seen. (I have watched around 420 movies) (Its my favorite movie).It has all the elements that a good movie must have:Excellent Dialogues.Excellent Music.Excellent Acting. (Even the extra's where excellent)Excellent Story/Plot.Good Songs.And... Full review

"Kitne Aadmi Thei", every Indian film fan knows this dialog by heart. Sholay was released in 1975, also the year I was born in, coincidence, perhaps. The film became the longest running Indian film in the theaters, a record that... Full review

As a strong fan of the American Western genre and of course the directing of Sergio Leone, it is with great enthusiasm that i recommend Sholay to any audiences or fans of Westerns and Bollywood cinema.Perhaps, the greatest film in... Full review

This movie has everything, comedy, action, drama, romance, fun, emotions. Great performance by all the characters. They are remembered even today in 2004 after nearly 30 years of the film release. I heard that this movie is now re-released with... Full review

If you liked "Once upon a time in the west", "The magnificent seven" and "A fistful of dollars", you will love "Sholay". It takes all the good ingredients of a western, spices it with a lot of Indian ingredients and... Full review

Can't find a single flaw in the movie. Probably one of the best ever made in Hindi. The camera work is flawless and grips you. The acting is inspired. The music is memorable. One of the movies you remember for... Full review

No film before or after Sholay has achieved as much - running to full houses in an unbroken 6 year stretch! Consider the fact that this happened in India - where the audiences have the most choices amongst all the... Full review

Sholay is the best film there will ever be in Bollywood. This film was a big hit everywhere. The film released in 1975 and it lasted for 5 years in cinemas in India. Amitabh Bachchan was fantastic as always! Dharmendra... Full review

This is one movie which is flawless. Great performances from everyone. The cast of the movie is just perfect. Gabbar's character remains indelibly etched on your mind once you've seen him in action. Amitabh is definitely one of the greatest... Full review

A classic movie to be remembered generations one after another!

Seen strictly as a film and not in the context of Sholay it is a bad film. If Aag is RGV tribute to Ramesh Sippy than the audience owes a tribute to the great film maker. The challenges in remaking Sholay are plentiful. ... Full Review

However, one of his most memorable roles was that of Ahmed in Ramesh Sippys Sholay. The character is a new addition by Ramu which was not a part of the original film. Sachin earlier was reluctant to play the role but Ramu convinced him for it. ... Full Review

Sholay is easily one of the most brilliantly crafted movies. If RGVs re-remake of Sholay has to replicate at least half the screen success of the original classic, he has to get rid of his penchant for casting his camp-followers in important roles and focus on getting his script and cast right. ... Full Review

Don, for example, is a fantastic script. Reducing security is not a problem, says Amitabh This is a free country, one can do what one wants, specially in the field of art. Im specially excited by the enormous bunch of new filmmakers and technicians. ... Full Review

But after these failures I have focused myself to one or two films at a time so that I can do justice to the film I am doing. All what I can say is that people would be interested in watching this film as they would like to compare the acting of Shahrukh Khan with of Amitabh Bachchan and would see what new has been added in the narrative of Don. ... Full Review

1970s "Sholay," which starred Dharmendra, Hema Malini, Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Sanjeev Kumar and the late Amjad Khan, was a huge success when released and it was very difficult for the other movie directors to attempt to even copy it. ... Full Article

Veteran Bollywood film producer GP Sippy Sholay ( Flames has died in the western Indian city of Mumbai at the age of 93.Mr Sippy was best known as the producer of Bollywood's biggest ever commercial success, ). ... Full Article

New Delhi, Mon, 03 Sep 2007 NI Wire Sep 03: Oh!!!So much hype, so much marketing, promos but all end in silence and much criticism as Ram Gopal Varma ki Aag fails to leave a mark on audience' mind. ... Full Article

Kitney ? This is the line youve been waiting for, because this is where the real connect between the old and the new begins.Instantly, you are back to the original. ... Full Article

Ram Gopal Varma was apparently very obsessed with the idea of remaking Sholay.He, obviously, did not realize the gigantic task of recreating the same magic. ... Full Article