Sholay: ‘Sholay’ is a classic film of Hindi cinema. From the songs of this film of Ramesh Sippy to dialogues, people still live on the tongue of people. At the same time, the new version of this magnificent film has been released at the Film Festival of Italy .. whose climax will surprise the audience. Director Ramesh Sippy’s nephew Shehzad Sippy said that he has six minutes of scenes and couples in the new version of the film, including real end of the film when Gabbar Singh dies.
At the same time, in the original version of this film, which came in the year 1975, the character of Thakur played by Sanjeev Kumar in the end takes revenge by killing Gabbar, but during the Emergency, the censor board made changes in this scene. Then in the film released, Thakur leaves the injured Gabbar and the police arrest him.
Why Sholay’s climax was changed during Emergency
At the same time, Shahzad told ‘PTI-Bhasha’, “Indira Gandhi imposed an emergency in 1975. At that time, the Censor Board did not approve three-four scenes, including Gabbar Singh’s death end. “He said,” Thakur was a common citizen in the film and retired as a police officer, so the government did not want any common civil law to take into its own hands. “
The new version of Sholay is 6 minutes longer than original
Now 50 years later, the original scenes and other unseen scenes removed from the film have been included in the new version, which will be shown at the Cinema Retrovato Festival in Bologna, Italy. Shahzad, who worked on the new version of the film, said that the new version is six minutes longer than the film released in theaters on 15 August 1975.
Sholay will be released in an unattent version
He said, “This time there will be some additional scenes. We want to keep it secret … We have tried to work as far as possible with original scenes and nothing has been cut. To commemorate the completion of 50 years of ‘Sholay’, its screening will be held on June 27 in Magigor under the open sky. The film starred Amitabh Bachchan, Dharmendra, Hema Malini and Jaya Bachchan. Famous characters like Jai, Veeru, Basanti and Thakur, as well as Gabbar Singh and plenty of dialogues and action scenes, one of the iconic villains of Hindi cinema, the film is considered an integral part of Indian film culture.
Will Sholay’s new version be released in theaters?
The film Heritage Foundation and Sippy Films Private Limited have worked on its new version for three years. Shahzad Sippy said that no decision has been taken yet to release this new version in theaters.
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