Sholay (English: Flames)
Year Language Running Time Rating
1975 Hindi (with English subtitles) 204 minutes PG
       
ACMI, Federation Square: Sunday, May 5 at 7:30 pm

Director Ramesh Sippy
Cast Amitabh Bachchan, Dharmendra, Sanjeev Kumar, Hema Malini, Jaya Bhadhuri, Amzad Khan
Synopsis Dharmendera and Amitabh Bachchan are petty criminals hired to bring down notorious dacoit (bandit) Gabbar Singh. One of the highest earning Indian films ever made (it ran continuously in one Mumbai cinema for over five years), Sholay was the first Indian film with stereo sound, spawned the “curry western” genre with it’s own local twist on spaghetti westerns, and helped legitimise the art of screenwriting in Bollywood.
     
     
     
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