Sholay
= Sholay (1975)=
Contents |
Crew
Director: Ramesh Sippy
Writers: Javed Akhtar, Salim Khan
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
Title: Sholay (1975) Sholay (1975) on IMDb 8.6/10
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 Mausie
Vikas Anand Jailer
Mac Mohan Sambha
Keshto Mukherjee Hariram
Sachin 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.