We didn’t always watch classic movies the traditional way in my house. Long before I understood the tragedy of Jack and Rose in “Titanic,” I had been cleared to watch the film’s entire second half and ...

A blockbuster whose on-screen story is entwined with its legend, Ramesh Sippy’s Sholay (or “Embers”) is unequaled in cultural stature. The Bollywood mainstay arrived in cinemas 50 years ago today on ...

Sholay – the movie that changed the Bollywood landscape forever, turned 50 this year. The characters – Jai-Veeru, Thakur, Basanti, and, of course, the infamous Gabbar Singh with his lackeys, Kalia and ...

Need we narrate what Sholay—The Final Cut is about? A film whose Current Booking windows opened in Mumbai well past the 75th week. A film that was screened every single day for over two decades ...

Every Indian family has their own “Sholay” moment. And this one was clearly no different.

To watch Gabbar stride menacingly mouthing “kitne aadmi the”, Jai-Veeru bash up baddies atop a train careening through the countryside and an anguished Thakur’s thirst for revenge on a big screen is ...