Sholay [1975][Hindi][Part2/2]~Ipsit-Akshi~

The Film doesn't need a description..It is the biggest film of Indian Film Industry and an all time ...The Film doesn't need a description..It is the biggest film of Indian Film Industry and an all time classic whose glory never fades..

Sholay (Hindi: शोले, Urdu: شعلے) (English: Embers) is an Indian film directed by Ramesh Sippy. It is the biggest hit in the history of Bollywood, India's Hindi film industry. Released on August 15, 1975, it stars Dharmendra, Sanjeev Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini, Jaya Bhaduri and Amjad Khan. The movie, shot in the rocky terrain of Ramanagara (actual village in Karnataka), is the story of two hired hands, trying to capture a ruthless dacoit by the name of Gabbar Singh.

Sholay is the highest grossing film of all time in Indian cinema. It has earned Rs. 768,81,00,000, equivalent to US$ 160 million, after adjusting for inflation.When first released, the film was declared a commercial disaster. Word of mouth convinced movie-goers to give the film a chance and soon it became a box-office phenomenon. It ran more than five years in one Mumbai theatre, the Minerva.The record which was broken recently by Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge by Shahrukh. Sholay racked up a still-record 60 golden jubilees across India and doubled its original gross over reruns during the late 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s.Sholay was the first film in the history of Indian cinema to celebrate silver jubilee at over a hundred theatres across India.

In 1999, BBC India declared it the "Film of the Millennium";

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