Sholay

Sholay fim ne na wasan kwaikwayo na harshen Hindi na Indiya na 1975 wanda Ramesh Sippy ya jagoranta, wanda mahaifinsa G. P. Sippy ya samar, kuma Salim-Javed ya rubuta shi. Fim din game da masu aikata laifuka biyu ne, Veeru (Dharmendra) da Jai (Amitabh Bachchan), wanda wani jami'in 'yan sanda da ya yi ritaya (Sanjeev Kumar) ya hayar don kama mai zalunci Gabbar Singh (Amjad Khan). Hema Malini da Jaya Bhaduri suma taurari ne, a matsayin sha'awar soyayya ta Veeru da Jai, Basanti da Radha, bi da bi. R D Burman ne ya kirkiro waƙar.

Sau da yawa ana ɗaukar Sholay a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin fina-finai mafi girma kuma mafi tasiri na Indiya a kowane lokaci. An sanya shi na farko a cikin binciken da Cibiyar Fim ta Burtaniya ta 2002 na "Top 10 Indian Films" na kowane lokaci. A shekara ta 2005, alƙalai na 50th Filmfare Awards sun ba shi suna Mafi Kyawun Fim na Shekaru 50. Fim din Dacoit Western ne (wani lokacin ana kiransa "Curry Western"), wanda ya haɗu da tarurruka na fina-finai na Indiya da na Spaghetti Westerns tare da abubuwa na Fim din Samurai. Sholay kuma misali ne mai mahimmanci na fim dSholay, wanda ya haɗu da nau'o'i da yawa a cikin aiki ɗaya. Masana sun lura da jigogi da yawa a cikin fim din, kamar ɗaukaka tashin hankali, daidaitawa da halin feudal, muhawara tsakanin tsarin zamantakewa da masu karɓar iko, haɗin kai, da kuma rawar fim din a matsayin almara ta ƙasa. Haɗin tallace-tallace na asali na asali, wanda R. D. Burman ya zira, da kuma tattaunawar (wanda aka saki daban), sun kafa sabbin rikodin tallace-tafiye. Tattaunawar fim din da wasu haruffa sun zama sanannun gaske, suna ba da gudummawa ga al'adun al'adu da yawa kuma suna zama wani ɓangare na yaren yau da kullun na Indiya. A watan Janairun 2014, an sake sakin Sholay zuwa gidan wasan kwaikwSholay tsarin 3D.