Sholay Unknown Facts: Even today, people play superhit songs like ‘Holi ke din dil khil jaate hain…’ on Holi, ‘Yeh dosti hum nahi todenge’ on friendship day and ‘Koi haseena jab rooth jaati hai’ when girlfriend gets upset. These songs are still in people’s playlists and the craze for these songs has never ended.
It has been almost 49 years since the release of Amitabh Bachchan and Dharmendra’s ‘Sholay’ and on this special occasion, we will tell you some interesting stories related to the film. Apart from this, we will also tell you how much the film earned.
‘Sholay’ completes 49 years of its release
The film Sholay, released on 15 August 1975, was directed by Ramesh Sippy. The screenplay of the film was done by Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar. The film was produced by GP Sippy, Sacha Sippy and Shaan Uttam Singh. Actors like Amitabh Bachchan, Dharmendra, Hema Malini, Jaya Bachchan, Sanjeev Kumar, AK Hangal, Amjad Khan were seen in the film.
box office collection of ‘Sholay’
This film of Amitabh Bachchan and Dharmendra did amazing business at the box office. According to Sacnilk, the budget of the film Sholay was Rs 3 crore while the film collected Rs 50 crore at the box office. The verdict of the film was declared as an all time blockbuster.
Interesting stories of ‘Sholay’
You must have seen the film Sholay many times and memorized every dialogue of it. But there are some things about it that you probably don’t know. The stories mentioned here are according to IMDB.
1. Javed Akhtar rejected Amjad Khan for the role of Gabbar. He found his voice to be weak but later Amjad Khan got the role.
2. ‘Sholay’ was the first film in Indian cinema which ran for 25 weeks in 100 theatres.
3. Viju Khote, who played the role of Kalia in ‘Sholay’, worked in Salim Khan’s son Salman Khan’s film Andaz Apna Apna. During that time, he met Salim Khan after many years.
4. After the release of ‘Sholay’, dialogues and some scenes from this film were shown again in many films. The popularity of this film was so much that its dialogues were on the lips of every child.
5. The robbery scene shown in the train was shot in 20 days. It was shot in a train on the Mumbai-Pune line which is near Panvel.
