Sir john Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 :bow: http://indianexpress.com/photos/entertainment-gallery/bollywoods-cult-classic-amitabh-bachchan-dharmendras-sholay-completes-40-years-some-unseen-pics/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desi Cartman Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 Kitne aadmi thay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir john Posted August 13, 2015 Author Share Posted August 13, 2015 40 things we LOVE about Sholay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zen Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 hLhzpe3_V_g Awesome trailer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffee_rules Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 I would have preferred this ending..It is the right culmination to the story. If it was made in the 80s, Gabbar would have died a horrible death torn to pieces. x6p-_OIDp_g Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vayuu1 Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Kitne aadmi thay? This line is so gay'ish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veer Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 Ab kya karu mausi.. mera to dil he kuch aisa he... to main rishta pakka samjhu?? :cantstop::cantstop: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Outsider Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 The greatest film ever made. Have probably watched it 100+ times and it never loses its brilliance like Tendulkar's 136! Am so glad that my father took me to watch it somewhat forcefully during one of its re-releases in the 80s. From a more purist perspective, Deewar is better but this movie is the God of all masalas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sooda Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 One amazing thing is how funny it is. Veeru atop that water tank crying budhiya jail mein chakki peesing and peesing has to be one of THE funniest Bollywood scenes in history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desi Cartman Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 PnbBtSAU2_8 This is my favorite scene, especially when Amitabh says "bahuton ko to in hone 2 ghante mein sikha dia" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debutant Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 Most overrated movie ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jersey #10 Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 Maybe I have bad taste in movies but I never understood why Sholay and DDLJ are considered such monumental. I just don't see anything out of ordinary about either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkt.india Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 The greatest film ever made. Have probably watched it 100+ times and it never loses its brilliance like Tendulkar's 136! Am so glad that my father took me to watch it somewhat forcefully during one of its re-releases in the 80s. From a more purist perspective, Deewar is better but this movie is the God of all masalas! Sholay is an institution of film making. Cinematically, one of the best films ever made in Indian cinema. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkt.india Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 Maybe I have bad taste in movies but I never understood why Sholay and DDLJ are considered such monumental. I just don't see anything out of ordinary about either. Even I think DDLJ was pathetic, but cannot say same about Sholay. It is an institution of film making. There are not many Hindi films which have used language of cinema so coherently. It has everything one would look in a film. The most important aspect is the editing and it was the only nomination in which the film won an award. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Outsider Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 Maybe I have bad taste in movies but I never understood why Sholay and DDLJ are considered such monumental. I just don't see anything out of ordinary about either. I think DDLJ was okay. Though films like QSQT, HAKHK, MPK tried to break the mould of the aimless 80s so did a lot of less commercially successful films like 1942 A Love Story, but DDLJ did change the narrative of Bollywood in general. On the other hand, it was Deewar and Zanjeer which had already changed the narrative of Bollywood but Sholay took it one step further. It was lambasted by critics on its release, unlike DDLJ. It survived and became the highest grossing Indian movie ever, adjusted for inflation. Maybe a couple of movies have overtaken it now, but given the only marketing involved with Sholay was word of mouth, it is an incredible achievement. Every scene in the movie is an exhibition of brilliant craftsmanship. Also, to analyze such movies it helps to transport in time where things like 70 mm and slow motion were seen for the first time in Indian cinema. It was a visual spectacle given its locales, with a story and direction which kept pace with each other at every step. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Outsider Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 PnbBtSAU2_8 This is my favorite scene, especially when Amitabh says "bahuton ko to in hone 2 ghante mein sikha dia" Also, 'Taatiya Tope ke pote hain ye' and 'Lag Gaya nishana'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sooda Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 villager 1: Arre bhai, ye soosaat kya hota hai? villager 2: angrej log jab marate hai to use soosaat kahate hai. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Outsider Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 It's been said so many times in retrospect that Amitabh Bachchan's superstardom would not have been possible without Salim-Javed, like Rajesh Khanna's without Kishore Kumar. This movie is the epitome of the Salim-Javed combination along with Deewar and Trishul, IMO. The manner in which characters develop in these movies was simply unprecedented in Indian mainstream cinema. Yeah there were Guru Dutt movies and some Dev Anand/Dilip Kumar ones where character development over the storyline was given a chance, but in general it was about how the protagonist would react to a situation rather than create one. In two words, Salim-Javed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Outsider Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 hLhzpe3_V_g Awesome trailer! I don't think that is the original trailer. It exposes Thakur's lack of hands which was supposed to be only for people who watch the movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randomGuy Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 hLhzpe3_V_g Awesome trailer! :hatsoff: epic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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