I conclude the list
of my favourite Bengali and Hindi movies with this one. This film is still such
a rage that here and there you still can hear "Kitne aadmi the" or
"tera kya hoga Kaliya". Even after 39 years I feel technically it was
one of the the best Indian movie.
Sholay was released
on 15 August 1975, Indian Independence Day, in Mumbai. Due to lacklustre
reviews and a lack of effective visual marketing tools, it saw poor financial
returns in its first two weeks. From the third week, however, viewership picked
up owing to positive word of mouth. During the initial slow period, the
director and writer considered re-shooting some scenes so that Amitabh
Bachchan's character would not die.
When business picked
up, they abandoned this idea. After being helped additionally by a soundtrack release
containing dialogue snippets, Sholay soon became an "overnight
sensation". The film was then released in other distribution zones such as
Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bengal, and Hyderabad on 11 October
1975. It became the
highest grossing Bollywood film of 1975, and film ranking website Box Office
India has given the film a verdict of "All Time Blockbuster".
Sholay
went on to earn a still-standing record of 60 golden jubilees across India,
Sholay
(1975)
Concept
based on western cowboy type movie with Indian tadka.
Director : Ramesh
Sippy
Producer : G. P.
Sippy
Screenplay : Salim-Javed
Cast : Dharmendra, Sanjeev Kumar, Hema Malini, Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya
Bhaduri, Amjad Khan
Music : R. D. Burman
Cinematography : Dwarka Divecha
Editor : M.S. Shinde
It
is still unbeliavle that Sholay won only two filmfare award.
Special Award Ramesh Sippy Best film in the last 50
years of Indian cinema.
Filmfare Award Best Editor M.S. Shinde
It was declared the
"Film of the Millennium" by BBC India in 1999. It topped the British Film
Institute’s "Top 10 Indian Films" of all time poll of 2002, and was
voted the greatest Indian movie in a Sky Digital poll of one million British
Indians in 2004. It was also included in Time Magazine's "Best of Bollywood"
list in 2010, and in CNN-IBN's list of the "100 greatest Indian films of
all time" in 2013
It is very difficult
to pick a list of such a huge list and I know I missed a few. Every movie made by
Bimal Roy was classic. Hrishikesh Mukherjee and Basu Chaterjee gave many
memorable movies. some of Mahesh Bhatt movies and most of Raj Kappor movies too
was good. There are lots of current movie maker doing good but frankly I don’t
like the dark movies that made by Anurag Kasjyap or others, however I will
always fell for movies made by people like Neeraj Pandey and the lots.
After a break I will come back with my list of Hollywood movies and it will be a challenging task which I looking forward.
!!!The entertainment industry is
vast and is a reflection of the society we live in. - Karrine Steffans!!!