Sholay
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Sholay (1975)
Crew
Director: Ramesh Sippy
Writers: Salim-Javed (Salim Khan, Javed Akhtar)
Produced by G.P. Sippy
Director of photography: Dwarka Divecha ...
Sound re-recording: Mangesh Desai ...
Film Editor: M.S. Shinde
Production Company: United Producers, Sippy Films
Cast
Dharmendra: Veeru
Sanjeev Kumar: Thakur Baldev Singh
Hema Malini : Basanti
Amitabh Bachchan : Jai
Jaya Bhaduri: Radha
Amjad Khan : Gabbar Singh
A.K. Hangal : Imam Saheb
Satyen Kappu : Ramlal
Iftekhar : Narmala ji (Radha's father)
Leela Mishra : Mausi
Vikas Anand: Jailor
Mac Mohan: Saamba
Keshto Mukherjee: Hariram
SachinV Ahmed
Master Alankar Joshi: Deepak
Viju Khote: Kaalia
Major Anand and Bihari: The two dacoits whom Gabbar kills because they were funks (jo dar gaya)
Asrani: The 'British-era Jailor'
Gita Siddharth: Deepak's mother
Helen: ‘Mehbooba,’ the gypsy dancer
P. Jairaj: Police chief
Jagdeep: Soorma Bhopali
Jalal Agha: The one who sings ‘Mahbooba’
Om Shivpuri: Inspector Saheb
Sharad Kumar: Ninni
Technical Specifications
Runtime: 188 min
Sound Mix: 6-Track stereophonic (on 70 mm prints)| Mono (on 35 mm prints)|
Color: EastmanColor
Aspect Ratio: 1.37 : 1 (original negative) / 2.20 : 1 (70 mm prints)
Country: India
Language: Hindi
Release Date: 15 August 1975 (India)
Outdoor shooting at: ‘Sippyvaram’/ Ramnagram village on the Mysore-Bangalore highway, Karnataka, India
Songs
All lyrics by Anand Bakshi
All music credited to Rahul Dev Burman
Holi Ke Din Sung byKishore Kumar & Lata Mangeshkar
Jab Tak Hain Jaan Sung byLata Mangeshkar
Koi Haseena Sung byKishore Kumar
Mehbooba O Mehbooba Sung byRahul Dev Burman (based on Demis Roussos’ Say you love me)
Sholay Title Theme
Yeh Dosti (happy version) sung by Kishore Kumar & Manna Dey
Yeh Dosti (Sad Version) Sung by Kishore Kumar
In addition, a qawwali had been recorded (with Anand Bakshi and Bhupendra among the singers) but not used.
See also
70mm films in India/ South Asia which, inter alia, pictorially demonstrates how the film was blown up from 35mm to 70mm.