‘Basanti don’t dance in front of these dogs’, There is no need to tell which film is from which film. Just listening to years old memories are refreshed. The film Sholay brought a storm at the box office. The film was directed by Ramesh Sippy. This film had collected a gross collection of 30 to 35 crores at that time. One character, dialogue, music, storyline of the film was all fantastic.
Amitabh Bachchan and Dharmendra were in the lead roles in the film. He was in the role of Jai and Veeru in the film. At the same time, Hema Malini was also seen in the film. The film she was in the role of Basanti. Hema’s character became very famous. Now 50 years of the film are being completed. Hema Malini has reacted for the film. He said that this film did not run because of any one person.
‘Nobody can say that Sholay moves because of him’
Hema Malini said in a conversation with BBC Hindi, ‘No one artist can say that Sholay is because of them. I cannot say that Sholay went on because of Basanti. All the people who performed, have molded themselves in every character. The story made, should be praised. Two characters tell about friendship what friendship is.
Further, Hema Malini said, ‘Then there is a villain, a hero, I am in one in the role of comedy. Apart from that, Asrani, Jagdeep ji, McMahon ji, even if someone spoke a dialogue, it is also popular. Everybody has made a film together. Even Dharmendra ji, Amitabh ji cannot say that he went away. All this film went on.
Please tell that Amjad Khan was in the role of Villain Gabbar Singh in the film. There were big stars like Sanjeev Kumar, Jaya Bachchan, Mac Mohan, Sachin Pilgaonkar, AK Hangal, Asrani, Halan, Ifkar.
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