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NEW DLEHI: Bollywood bid farewell to veteran actor Dharmendra, widely known as the industry’s “He-Man”, who passed away in Mumbai at the age of 89 after a brief illness. With a prolific six-decade career featuring over 300 films, including the iconic Sholay, he leaves behind a towering legacy. Meanwhile, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee…
A poster for ‘Sholay – The Final Cut’ | Photo Credit: X/ @@sippyfilms Sholay – The Final Cut, a fully restored 4K version of the landmark 1975 classic, is set to hit 1,500 screens across India on December 12, 2025, offering audiences the first-ever theatrical presentation of the film’s original ending. The re-release marks the…
A poster for ‘Sholay – The Final Cut’ | Photo Credit: X/ @@sippyfilms Sholay – The Final Cut, a fully restored 4K version of the landmark 1975 classic, is set to hit 1,500 screens across India on December 12, 2025, offering audiences the first-ever theatrical presentation of the film’s original ending. The re-release marks the…
Ramesh Sippy, director of the 1975 Bollywood classic Sholay, reminisced about the making of the film and said he ‘cannot make another Sholay as he delivered the Satyajit Ray Memorial Lecture at the 31st Kolkata International Film Festival. “Sholay started as a two-line idea, probably a four-line idea… it’s a film that Salim-Javed put on…
In this Sept. 16, 2007 file photo, Bollywood actor Asrani being felicitated at an event, in Guwahati, Assam. File. | Photo Credit: PTI Veteran actor Asrani will always be remembered for portraying the dictatorial jailer in “Sholay” as it was a role he was born to play, says director Ramesh Sippy. Condoling the death of…
A movie that brought in the action film era. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Of the 80 Bollywood films released in 1975, barely 15 or 30 reflected the hopes, fears and complexities of the time the society was grappling with. Yet, it is considered a landmark year — an evocative and richly layered transformative year…
Fifty years after it first swept the nation, Sholay remains a sensory experience like no other. Like the inebriated Veeru (Dharmendra) shouting from atop a water tank in the weary lanes of Ramgarh, its story brims with drama, emotion, and action — this Trioka has made mainstream Indian cinema a global force. The 4K restoration amplifies every…
Fifty years after it first swept the nation, Sholay remains a sensory experience like no other. Like the inebriated Veeru (Dharmendra) shouting from atop a water tank in the weary lanes of Ramgarh, its story brims with drama, emotion, and action — this Trioka has made mainstream Indian cinema a global force. The 4K restoration amplifies every…
Two huge films, with hundreds of crores riding on them, clashed on a rainy Thursday morning as I braced myself for the big-screen battle before sunrise. I made it to a 6am show in Andheri because there’s no better feeling than watching a full house Rajinikanth film first day, first show. Coolie, directed by crowd…
A still from ‘Sholay’ | Photo Credit: Sippy Films The restored version of Sholay, one of Indian cinema’s most iconic films, is set to have its world premiere at the Il Cinema Ritrovato Festival in Bologna, Italy, on June 27. This screening marks the first time audiences will witness the original, uncut version of the…
