Added: Oct 11, 2008
From: jeetendra5
Duration: 5:56
SONG:JAB TAK HAI JAAN JAAN E JAHAANMUSIC:R.D.BURMANLYRICS:ANAND BAKSHISINGER:LATA MANGESHKARMOVIE:SHOLAY 1975Sholay (English: Embers or Flames) is an Indian Hindi film by Ramesh Sippy. It is the biggest hit in the history of Bollywood, India's Hindi film industry. Released on August 15, 1975, it starred Dharmendra, Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini, Sanjeev Kumar, Jaya Bhaduri and Amjad Khan. The movie, set in the lawless and rugged terrain of central India, 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 India. It has earned Rs. 2,36,45,00,000, equivalent to US$ 60 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 for 286 weeks straight (more than five years) in one Mumbai theatre, the Minerva. 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 (25 weeks) at over a hundred theatres across India.In 1999, BBC India declared it the "Film of the Millennium"; Indiatimes movies ranks the movie amongst the Top 25 Must See Bollywood Films. In that same year, the judges of the 50th annual Filmfare awards awarded it with a special award called Filmfare Best Film of 50 Years.The director's original choice for Jaidev was different. Shatrughan Sinha was almost signed, when Dharmendra convinced the producers that Amitabh would be the right choice. The producers wanted Danny Denzongpa to play the bandit chief, but he was committed to Feroz Khan's "Dharmatma". Amjad Khan was a second choice. The scene in which Thakur's family is killed was cut by the censor board; the murder of a small child was deemed too horrific to show. The film showcased two real life romances. Amitabh married Jaya Bhaduri, who played the widowed daughter-in-law, in 1973, during the filming. Dharmendra married Hema Malini, his second marriage, in 1980, five years after the release of the film. Amjad Khan prepared to play a bandit chief by reading a book titled Abhishapth Chambal, which told of the exploits of Chambal dacoits. The book was written by Taroon Bhaduri, who happened to be the father of Jaya Bhaduri. The screenwriters, Salim-Javed, named Veeru and Jai after a couple of Salim's college friends. According to some sources Sholay has always been the number one grossing film of all time, in the Indian film industry. The basic plot of the movie was lifted from the 1972 Hindi movie Bindiya Aur Bandook produced by Joginder and Joginder later on filed a lawsuit against Ramesh Sippy.
Channel: Music
Tags: amitabh.bachchan anand.bakshi dharmendra helen hema.malini kishore.kumar lata.mangeshkar rd.burman
Rating: 5.00 (8 ratings) Views: 2959' favoriteCount='19 Comments: 15
jbz7879 Says:
Oct 12, 2008 - shole makes me remember all those fave westerns of mine like once upon a time in west -amjad is bronson and sanjeev plays fonda -but hema or basanti is an indian innovation -so ingenious
jbz7879 Says:
Oct 12, 2008 - also sippy got the great touch from pakeeza =it is a retro pun to break the beer bottle and dance on it -ala meena umari -i think it is true masssala and it works -while pakeeza is a true masterpiece -shole is pure fun -massala classic -something for everyone
jbz7879 Says:
Oct 12, 2008 - i am going to respond to this -to you jemal also i wanted to your mughal i azam scene and of course i want to put lot of pakeeza snips -my all time fave from bollywood -have you got any songs from pakeeza -i hope pakeeza is not on rajshri list -shole is eros -they are great -should be fine -thx great quality too-even prem nagar was pristine -man you doing great guns
jbz7879 Says:
Oct 12, 2008 - hi dammit-everytime i write a comment it exceeds the words or limits -dammit -yt cannot cope with the pace or what -shole was forced upon amit by dharam -he refused it -all the critics were so origonal as always -giving it 1 star reviews as they hated hema then as she was a superstar -they even prayed for it to flop-lol-reasons -glorifies violence and looks like a leone movie -as if they had not seen professionals,wild bunch and duel at diablo -hypocrisy seems to be a germ deep in their psyche
jbz7879 Says:
Oct 12, 2008 - anyway this is now a classic and it deserves too-basanti and gabbar are indian folk-lore and i believe that when indians rubbished it in 75[no filmfare awards at all-same as pakeeza was ignored totally -now they give it to even trash like krish]it seems coppola praisedit in sight and sound the bfi mag -what a pity -all great indian movies have to be appreciated abroad before at home
jbz7879 Says:
Oct 12, 2008 - i thin here dharam looks good tied up and sippy moved the camera well on the trolley -great trolley shots lie in pakeeza -my dad said pakeeza is a gazal and shole is a geet -but both are gr8-both the movies are based on a musical pathos with a great score and they are from same period too as well but thematically poles apart yet both are about one simple human quest -JUSTICE ,boy oh boy THAKUR and SAHIB JAAN both go for one thing -to get equal rights and get them too -good job by indian cinema
jeetendra5 Says:
Oct 12, 2008 - You`re welcome dear usman:)) respond to this song and every song you want :)you do not have to ask:)and pakeeza is still ours,,thankx for the great words you had posted on this amazing song.
jbz7879 Says:
Oct 12, 2008 - did you notice how in pakeeza the train and tonga keeps coming up as amrohi depicts the metaphor as for movement and the essence of indian life while in shole saleem javed used amrohi metaphors even more emphatically -saleem javed are the basic here as it is the writing which is brill -they borrowed and were inspired from else where but the script is a sparkling scintillating shola in its substance -pen is mightier then the gun
jbz7879 Says:
Oct 12, 2008 - wonderful jemal -my first free day i will upload to your songs -i am honoured and delighted by your brotherly permission
jeetendra5 Says:
Oct 13, 2008 - Thanks for the awesome words.
jbz7879 Says:
Oct 13, 2008 - i went to see gomorra -the neo-realist italian gangster movie on naples mafia and was so bored i came home and really loved this stylised well made real cinema on yt-u r welcome anytime
Hhatera Says:
Oct 30, 2008 - i love this so mush thank u for sharing
jeetendra5 Says:
Oct 30, 2008 - You`re welcome.
damneddiamond Says:
Nov 30, 2008 - from where i can download this movie ?
jbz7879 Says:
Oct 12, 2008 - love this song and the great spaghetti funk style -very sergio leone with the background music too