Sholay is a 1975 action-adventure Hindi film directed by Ramesh Sippy and produced by his father G. P. Sippy. The film follows two criminals, Veeru and Jai (played by Dharmendra and Amitabh Bachchan), hired by a retired police officer (Sanjeev Kumar) to capture the ruthless dacoit Gabbar Singh (Amjad Khan). Hema Malini and Jaya Bhaduri also star, as Veeru and Jai's love interests. Sholay is considered a classic and one of the best Indian films. It was ranked first in the British Film Institute's 2002 poll of "Top 10 Indian Films" of all time. In 2005, the judges of the 50th annual Filmfare Awards named it the Best Film of 50 Years.
In March 2012, Shaan Uttam Singh, the grandson of producer G.P. Sippy, said that he would sponsor a conversion of the film to 3D, and release it in August 2012 the 3D version is going to release on 3 January 2014. It took INR25 crore (US$3.8 million) to convert Sholay into 3D format.
| Directed by | Ramesh Sippy |
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| Produced by | G.P. Sippy |
| Screenplay by | Salim-Javed |
| Starring | Dharmendra Sanjeev Kumar Amitabh Bachchan Hema Malini Jaya Bhaduri Amjad Khan |
| Music by | R. D. Burman |
| Cinematography | Dwarka Divecha |
| Editing by | M. S. Shinde |
| Studio | United Producers Sippy Films |
| Distributed by | Sippy Films |
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| Running time | 204 minutes[1] |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length | ||||||
| 1. | Title Music (Sholay) | – | 02:46 | ||||||
| 2. | Yeh Dosti Hum Nahin | Kishore Kumar and Manna Dey | 05:21 | ||||||
| 3. | Haa Jab Tak Hai Jaan | Lata Mangeshkar | 05:26 | ||||||
| 4. | Koi Haseena | Kishore Kumar and Hema Malini | 04:00 | ||||||
| 5. | Holi Ke Din | Kishore Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar | 05:42 | ||||||
| 6. | Mehbooba Mehbooba | R. D. Burman | 03:54 | ||||||
| 7. | Yeh Dosti Hum Nahin (sad version) | Kishore Kumar | 01:49 | ||||||
| Bonus tracks — Released later | |||||||||
| 8. | Ke Chand Sa Koi Chehra (Qawwali) | Kishore Kumar, Manna Dey, Bhupinder Singh, Anand Bakshi | – | ||||||
| 9. | Veeru Ki Sagai (dialogues) | Hema Malini, Dharmendra, Amitabh Bachchan | – | ||||||
| 10. | Gabbar Singh (dialogues) | Amjad Khan, Sanjeev Kumar, Dharmendra | – | ||||||
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