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India's most-watched film flopped, yet has 100 cr views; beat Sholay, Baahubali
This film was a box office bomb, earning only ₹12 crore in theatres, but has still racked up a billion views since.
Updated on Apr 20, 2025 11:43 AM IST
Abhimanyu Mathur
Commerce and nostalgia drive return of old classics to theatres
Old films serve as powerful reminders of India’s artistic traditions, moral values, and storytelling craft
Published on Apr 05, 2025 08:32 PM IST
Chaitanya K Prasad
When Manoj Kumar sued the Indira Gandhi government and won the case
In a 2015 interview with us, Manoj Kumar also recounted how government officials had reached out to him with a proposal to create a film endorsing the Emergency
Updated on Apr 04, 2025 01:35 PM IST
Samarth Goyal
RGV jokes 'culprit' for Aag's failure was Amitabh Bachchan: But I'm taking blame
Ram Gopal Varma discussed the failure of his 2007 film RGV Ki Aag and admitted that he didn't make it seriously.
Published on Mar 30, 2025 10:42 AM IST
HT Entertainment Desk | Written by Riya Sharma
Never imagined 'Sholay' would receive so much love, success: director Ramesh Sippy
Never imagined 'Sholay' would receive so much love, success: director Ramesh Sippy
Updated on Mar 09, 2025 04:34 PM IST
PTI |
For me, important films are those I saw when I was not a filmmaker: Imtiaz Ali
For me, important films are those I saw when I was not a filmmaker: Imtiaz Ali
Updated on Feb 04, 2025 06:04 PM IST
PTI |
India's most-watched film sold 25 cr tickets, more than RRR-Baahubali combined
The most-watched Indian film ever is Sholay, which sold a record 25 crore tickets worldwide, several times more than modern blockbusters like RRR and Jawan.
Published on Nov 01, 2024 04:11 PM IST
Abhimanyu Mathur
‘Salim-Javed were not writers, they only copied from other films’: Amit Aaryan
FIR writer Amit Aaryan said that he does not consider Salim-Javed to be writers, and cited examples of how Sholay and Deewar were copied from other films.
Published on Oct 06, 2024 06:10 AM IST
Sachin Pilgaonkar reveals he and Amjad Khan directed most of Sholay
Sachin Pilgaonkar revealed that Ramesh Sippy did not direct the entire Sholay as he only shot portions with Amitabh Bachchan, Dharmendra and Sanjeev Kumar.
Published on Sep 27, 2024 01:09 PM IST
HT Entertainment Desk | Edited by Anurag Bohra
Salman wants triple role in Salim-Javed's Sholay remake: 'Jai, Veeru, Gabbar...'
Salman Khan, in a recent interaction, expressed his wish to remake Salim-Javed's Amitabh Bachchan starrer Sholay and Deewar.
Published on Aug 23, 2024 12:58 PM IST
HT Entertainment Desk | Edited by Anurag Bohra
UK Envoy asks people for 'essential' Hindi film recommendations
The British High Commissioner to India, Alex Ellis revealed that he has seen a few Hindi films and is looking forward to watch more.
Published on Dec 29, 2023 12:08 PM IST
Vrinda Jain
Zoya Akhtar, Reema Kagti were compared to Salim-Javed; here's how they reacted
Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti say they can't be compared to Salim-Javed as they acknowledged the impact and success of the legendary screenwriter duo.
Published on Dec 03, 2023 03:12 PM IST
This brain teaser has a Sholay connection. Can you decipher it?
A brain teaser shared on Instagram challenges puzzle lovers to decode a word from three emojis. Do you have what it takes to solve it?
Published on Oct 11, 2023 11:01 PM IST
Sholay actor Satinder Kumar Khosla dies due to cardiac arrest
Satinder Kumar Khosla died in a Mumbai hospital. His final rites will be performed on Wednesday.
Published on Sep 13, 2023 07:57 AM IST
Gadar 2 director Anil Sharma compares film to Mughal-E-Azam and Sholay
Ahead of the release of his Gadar 2, director Anil Sharma recalled how the first film was met with harsh reception in the industry.
Published on Aug 09, 2023 05:08 PM IST
Problematics | Meet Gabbar Singh, probability theorist
How likely are Gabbar Singh's men to survive his partly loaded revolver? A mathematical perspective
Published on Aug 07, 2023 12:42 PM IST
Javed Akhtar-Salim Khan talk over phone very often now, reveals Arbaaz
Arbaaz Khan talks about the breakup of his father Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar's writing duo, and reveals that they are now often talking over phone calls.
Published on Aug 04, 2023 06:09 AM IST
Is Sholay's key sequence copied from Once Upon A Time in the West?
Actor Adil Hussain points out that the key sequence from Sholay, when Gabbar shoots down Thakur's family, is lifted from Sergio Leonne's Spaghetti Western.
Published on Aug 01, 2023 02:07 PM IST
Julia Roberts plays Basanti, Robert De Niro is Jai in Sholay's AI version
An edited video clip of 1975 cult classic Sholay shows how the film would look like if Hollywood actors replaced the original cast.
Published on Jul 20, 2023 09:45 AM IST
AI-generated video shows ‘what if Sholay was made in Hollywood?’
An AI-generated video imagines the film Sholay with a Hollywood cast, featuring Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Julia Roberts, Anthony Hopkins, and Kevin Spacey.
Published on Jul 19, 2023 06:17 PM IST
Alex Ellis shares this video after his ‘Sholay-chole’ tweet goes viral
After Alex Ellis misspelled Sholay as chole, he was seen watching the movie with this dish. Take a look at it inside.
Published on Apr 16, 2023 04:41 PM IST
Vrinda Jain
British High Commissioner misspells Sholay, Internet reacts
British High Commissioner to India Alex Ellis recently asked Twitter for film suggestions. While sharing his watchlist, he mispelt Sholay and ‘Chole.’
Published on Apr 12, 2023 01:18 PM IST
Vrinda Jain
Hardik Pandya, MS Dhoni recreate Jai-Veeru pose. Pics go viral
Hardik Pandya and MS Dhoni recreated the iconic Sholay scene.
Published on Jan 26, 2023 12:17 PM IST
Amitabh Bachchan recalls playing rummy with Dharmendra on way to Sholay shoot
Amitabh Bachchan recalls the fun times he shared with co-star Dharmendra, while working on their iconic film together, Sholay.
Published on Oct 18, 2022 10:38 AM IST
Exclusive | Ramesh Sippy says Sholay was one of the first pan-India films
Sholay director Ramesh Sippy says the 1975 hit was a pan-India film decades before the term was even invented, and also lauds current pan-India hits for their success.
Updated on Sep 02, 2022 06:47 AM IST
This gory scene of Gabbar poking Ahmed's eyes out was removed from Sholay. Watch
Ramesh Sippy's Sholay was released in 1975. Many scenes from the film were changed or cut before its release. Apart from the ending of the film, another scene, in which Gabbar brutally kills Ahmed, was deleted.
Updated on May 26, 2022 12:42 PM IST
Amjad Khan didn't have money for wife's discharge, borrowed ₹400
Amjad Khan signed Sholay on the same day his son Shadaab Khan was born. Unfortunately, he didn't have money for his wife Shaila Khan's discharge from the hospital. Chetan Anand helped him with ₹400.
Published on May 09, 2022 06:35 AM IST
Amjad Khan's son recalls producers owed dad ₹1.25 crore, gangster offered help
Amjad Khan's son Shadaab Khan said that after his father's death film producers owed him ₹1.25 crore. He recalled a ‘gangster from the Middle East’ offered them the money.
Published on May 08, 2022 06:56 PM IST
'Sambha' Mac Mohan's daughter remembers him on his birth anniversary: 'My hero’
Mac Mohan, who started his career with Haqeeqat in 1964, acted in over 175 films in a career spanning 46 years. On May 10, 2010 he died of cancer.
Published on Apr 24, 2022 05:25 PM IST
Kirron Kher turns Basanti as she joins Dharmendra to recreate Sholay scene
India's Got Talent judge Kirron Kher joined guest Dharmendra to recreate a scene from his film, Sholay. She however, couldn't stop blushing on stage.
Published on Feb 19, 2022 08:15 AM IST
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