Harshi's stream of consciousness
 

People keep wondering about SHOLAY, the most successful movie in INDIA, a cult classic which spent years in various theatres of Bombay and other cities. The style, the dialogs, the eccentric villain and the never-seen-before locales created a strange amusement amongst the Indian movie connoisseurs. As a result, they worship the movie. Amitabh Bachchan shot to intense fame after the movie's release in the year 1976.
 People went so crazy that they erected a temple at Calcutta, INDIA in the honor of Amitabh Bachchan where fans actually worship his idol. So now let me share the truth behind the making of Sholay. The SHOLAY recipe was simple. The famous writer duo of India, Salim-Javed clearly extracted the script from 4 wonderful western hollywood classics -
1. The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
2. The Magnificent Seven
3. Once Upon A Time in The West
4. For A Few Dollars More
Each and every scene from the movie SHOLAY has been copied exactly from these four gems. The recipe consists of entire scenes from these 4 movies blended into similar Indian locales and then beautifully churned into a DESI Bollywood style storyline which also includes two beautiful actresses for the two handsome men and also a wonderful "dance-to-save-the-HERO" song.
Yes it has the same spice!
If you watch the 4 classics, you can immediately make out the prominent similarities. As a matter of fact, the evil laughter of GABBAR SINGH has also been portrayed exactly by Amjad Khan.
Now you know what magic can be created by adding a hint of Bollywood Spice to Four Great Hollywood classics! Enjoy the movies though!

 


Comments

Shishir

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 20:59:44

Hey Harshi,
I agree with you that it's been inspired by hollywood movies for me Sholay remains one of the greatest movie of all time. Every movie in world is inspired by other previously made movies or from novels.
Sholay was perfect movie in every aspect film is concern ,great music, dance , and dialogs . I can watch that movie any number of time

 

Harshawardhan Lanjewar

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 21:07:48

I do agree that movie can be inspired from novels. That would be total creativity but in this case it is sheer plagiarism. Even the song "Mehbooba O Mehbooba" has been a total remake of a song by German singer Demi Rouass. I believe in pure creativity and plagiarism is not worth giving a credit.
Good to know that you love the movie it sure is entertaining in the typical Hindi Film Industry genre. Thank you so much for being a good critic! =)

 

Shishir

Sat, 28 Jul 2007 03:06:58

Hey It's good that you collected such an important information . You put in great efforts to make us aware of such an unknown facts , i really appreciate it ..

 

kapil

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 02:27:57

good work buddy

 

kapil

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 02:28:02

good work buddy

 

kapil

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 02:28:23

good work buddy

 

karan

Wed, 02 Jan 2008 22:03:22

i agree wid u buddy....bt i dont care bout if its lifted from othr movies...the matter of fact i lik it is because of its DIALOGUES that did wonders......the intense acting////its nt easy 2 make a film based on other movies.....luk wat happnd 2 RGV ki aag....its all bout direction....

 



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