Sholay Movie Cast

# Dharmendra as Veeru, the more jovial and naughty of the two friends
# Hema Malini as Basanti, a talkative girl who is the coachwoman for the only horse-carriage in Ramgarh
# Sanjeev Kumar as Thakur Baldev Singh, usually addressed as "Thakur Sahib"
# Amitabh Bachchan as Jai (Jai Dev), the calmer and more thoughtful of the two friends
# Jaya Bhaduri as Radha, a quiet girl who is the Thakur's widowed daughter-in-law
# Amjad Khan as Gabbar Singh , a dacoit, who leads a group in looting and plundering the villages in the region of Ramgarh. He has a sadistic personality and insists on killing whenever required to continue his status and to take revenge on his enemies
# Satyen Kappu as Ramlaal
# A.K. Hangal as Imam
# Sachin as Ahmed
# Iftekhar as Narmadaji, Radha's father
# Mac Mohan as Sambha
# Viju Khote as Kaalia
# Jagdeep as Soorma Bhopali
# Asrani as a Jailor
# Keshto Mukherjee as Hariram
# Leela Mishra as Mausi
# Paidi Jairaj as the Police Commissioner
# Helen as a gypsy dancer in a special appearance
# Jalal Agha as a gypsy singer in a special appearance

Sholay Movie Overview:

Sholay (English: Ember) is a 1975 Indian action-adventure film produced by G.P. Sippy and directed by his son Ramesh Sippy. It is considered by the Encyclopaedia of Hindi cinema to be among the greatest films in Indian cinema. Released on 15 August 1975, it stars Dharmendra, Sanjeev Kumar, Hema Malini, Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bhaduri and Amjad Khan. The film, shot in the rocky terrain of Ramanagara, Karnataka, is the story of two criminals hired to capture a ruthless dacoit by the name of Gabbar Singh. The film drew its plot heavily from the conventions of Western films.

When first released, Sholay opened to a tepid response, but word of mouth convinced the audience 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 a theatre in Mumbai and achieved a still-standing record of 60 golden jubilees (50 consecutive weeks) across India. It is the first film in the history of Indian cinema to celebrate a silver jubilee (25 weeks) in over a hundred theaters across India. By some accounts, Sholay is the highest grossing film of all time in Indian cinema when inflation is considered, although such figures are not known with certainty.

The Indian Central Board of Film Certification initially mandated cuts of several scenes involving violence and death. As such, Sholay was released with a length of 188 minutes. After 15 years, the original director's cut of 204 minutes was made available. The music from the film was composed by R. D. Burman and became quite popular, with the songs topping a few music charts. Some songs have been remade by other artists and have appeared in other films. The dialogues themselves were also released to the public, which was not common at the time.

In 2005, Indiatimes ranked the film amongst the "Top 25 Must See Bollywood Films". The same year, the judges of the 50th annual Filmfare Awards gave it an award called Best Film of 50 Years. The film topped the British Film Institute's poll of "Top 10 Indian Films" of all time.

The film will be re-release in 3-D on August 15 2012.

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