About Sholay
Some interesting facts about Sholay which I have heard over the time. That Amitabh wanted Gabbar's role, while Dharmendra pined for Thakur Baldev Singh's.
Shatrughan Sinha came very close of claiming Jai's role, while Danny was the first choice of Gabbar but had to miss out because he was shooting for Dharmatma in Afghanistan.
Salim & Javed were paid only fifty thousand for the script, screenplay and dialogues while they had demanded two lakhs for it because they had only the outline of the story ready at that time.
While the ready script of Mazboor fetched 2 lakhs for which they had originally asked 1 lakh. On hind sight, Sippys got both the scripts for peanuts. Not that Salim-Javed were complaining. The original concept was derived from the movie Magnificent Seven.
The movie was shot at a place called Avantikam near Banglore. The bike's number which the duo of Jai & Veru rode was MYB 3047. The song 'Mehbooba Mehbooba' was to be originally sung by Asha Bhonsle.
The movie was released on 15th August 1975, and ran for 5 years in Mumbai's Minerva. It broke the record of Gyan Mukherjee's Kismet, which ran in Roxy, Kolkota. It was first 70 mm movie with stereophonic sound.
The only Filmfare award won by this movie was for Best Editing.
Shatrughan Sinha came very close of claiming Jai's role, while Danny was the first choice of Gabbar but had to miss out because he was shooting for Dharmatma in Afghanistan.
Salim & Javed were paid only fifty thousand for the script, screenplay and dialogues while they had demanded two lakhs for it because they had only the outline of the story ready at that time.
While the ready script of Mazboor fetched 2 lakhs for which they had originally asked 1 lakh. On hind sight, Sippys got both the scripts for peanuts. Not that Salim-Javed were complaining. The original concept was derived from the movie Magnificent Seven.
The movie was shot at a place called Avantikam near Banglore. The bike's number which the duo of Jai & Veru rode was MYB 3047. The song 'Mehbooba Mehbooba' was to be originally sung by Asha Bhonsle.
The movie was released on 15th August 1975, and ran for 5 years in Mumbai's Minerva. It broke the record of Gyan Mukherjee's Kismet, which ran in Roxy, Kolkota. It was first 70 mm movie with stereophonic sound.
The only Filmfare award won by this movie was for Best Editing.
posted by Unknown at 4:35 PM
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