Reviews & Ratings for
Sholay (1975)

Amitabh Bachchan, Dharmendra and Hema Malini are absolutely fantastic in this. This is my first 70's era Bollywood film, and I am beginning to understand the aura and cool associated with Amitabh Bachchan.

I watched this with my brother-in-law who was visiting for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. He was laughing and commenting along to his first Bollywood film. "Are they ALL like this?" "Oh, no, crazy eyes!" "The shoes, the shoes!" "Seventies slow-mo, and every cliche is now complete." "It's really a Western -- there's even cacti!"

So, I didn't watch this alone, and my impressions are tainted by his constant commentary. I can understand why this film is iconic and a classic, but since I didn't grow up with it, the dialogues don't have the same effect on me. I had to see it, as so many people reference it, and it's quoted about as much as Scarface and The Godfather are in America.

The music is great, and some scenes are truly unforgettable -- especially Hema dancing on the broken glass while Dhamendra is bound. But I really don't get the whole Hitler warden prison sequence, and the movie could have done without it. The movie is long enough, and Hema/Dharmendra provided enough comic relief.

Truly a bromance for the ages!

One of the most #loved movies of the late 90s. It stars the #finest actors of bollywood. The movie is a #FullPackage. From #drama to #action and #romance, it has it all. A #classic #bestOfAction #masala movie.

Sholay contains all the elements which requires in a movie one of the best movies of all time.
Comedy, dialogues, emotion,action and drama all are full proof and flawless. Every character is unique and has completely justified itself. This kind of movies are made once or twice in times.

Nothing can be compared to Sholay in Indian Cinema. You watch it 10 times and still you will watch it till the end the 11th time.
Sholay is like an epic that was made in Indian Cinema.
Each and every character of this film as its own uniqueness and is still remembered by their names.
Be it Surma bhopali, Kalia, Sambha, Basanthi, her tanga - dhanno, thakur ji or the villain Ghabbar, the movie is incomplete without even any one of them.
Amitabh Bachchan and Dharmendra were the heart of this movie.
This is a film which has everything in it - be it comedy, tragedy, action, romance, thriller. Its a complete pack of entertainment.
This is an history created in Indian Cinema and would always be the best to be remembered.

I think even the words are less for this epic created . fully #actionPacked with the great combination of drama , #humorous , love story, and full #masala . the great acting of mr. Amitabh bachan and mr. jetandra. the epic is