Dharmendra is ill these days and after staying in the hospital for several days, he is undergoing treatment at home. Amidst all this, if we talk about the films of Bollywood’s main man, he has given many blockbuster films and ruled the hearts of the audience with his powerful acting. Many of his characters are still alive in the hearts of fans. His character of Veeru in the iconic film ‘Sholay’ is also one of these, but do you know that initially he did not want to play the character of Veeru?

When he initially heard the script, he wanted to play the character of Thakur or Gabbar. Director Ramesh Sippy, during a conversation with The Lallantop, had revealed that Dharmendra told him, “This is Thakur’s story and he is fighting against Gabbar. What will we do?” To this, Sippy quipped, “Okay, either play Thakur or Gabbar, but then you won’t get Hema Malini.” The interesting thing is that Dharmendra had collected the highest fee for Shoal.

,cinder’ How much fee did Dharmendra get?
Let us tell you that according to many reports, Dharmendra was the highest paid actor on the sets, he got Rs 1.5 lakh for the role of Veeru. Sanjeev Kumar, who played the role of Thakur Baldev Singh in the film, received Rs 1.25 lakh as fee. At the same time, Amitabh Bachchan received a fee of Rs 1 lakh for his character Jai. Whereas, Rs 50 thousand was received for the dangerous but memorable character of Gabbar Singh played by Amjad Khan. Talking about the leading actress of the film, Hema Malini got a fee of Rs 75 thousand, while Jaya Bachchan got the least, only Rs 35 thousand.

Dharmendra had recommended Amitabh for the role of ‘Jai’
Interestingly, it was Dharmendra who recommended Bachchan for the role of Jai in Sholay. The legendary actor was asked about this in Rajat Sharma’s ‘Aap Ki Adalat’ and he said, “I don’t tell this to anyone. But now Amitabh himself has started speaking. That role was going to Shatru (Shatrughan Sinha). When Shatru came to know about it, he said, Paji, why did you give my role.”

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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