Sholay also has an iconic character in the villain Gabbar Singh, played by Amjad Khan. Gabbar frightened and inspired Friction in equal measure. “He’s like Darth Vader in Star Wars, ...

The 1975 epic Sholay (Burning Embers) created Indian box office history with its iconic blend of action and drama at a time when the country was mostly enamored with romantic fare.Timed with the ...

Sholay means "embers" in Hindi. In this film, a police officer whose family was filled by a bandit named Gabbar Singh decides to fight fire with fire and requires two convicts, Jai and Veeru, to ...

Turns out Indians were not all that interested in "Sholay 3D" as the box office after four days in Indian theaters reached 63 million rupees ($1.01 million) from 1,000 screens. Theaters were at 60 ...

The 3D version of Sholay is tedious and feels like a classic novel being turned into a children's pop-up book. But Raja Sen recommends this cult classic for a taste of how good the Indian ...

T he iconic film 'Sholay', penned by the legendary writer duo Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar, made a spectacular return to the big screen in Mumbai. In honour of Salim-Javed's enduring legacy, a ...

But there’s a surprise fact: Amjad Khan, who made the role legendary, was never the first choice to play Gabbar in Sholay. Danny Denzongpa Was the First Choice for Gabbar Singh ...

50 years of ‘Sholay’: ... the hoots hit a crescendo when Dharmendra and Amitabh Bachchan’s rather underplayed introduction shot came up. When Sholay scorched the screen for 27 weeks here.

Iconic Bollywood film Sholay reaches cinemas in Pakistan 40 years after it first took India and the rest of the Hindi and Urdu speaking world by storm, writes the BBC's M Ilyas Khan in Islamabad.