TUMKO NA BHOOL PAYENGE.........

ALL CREDITS TO THE MAN WHO GIFTED US EVERLIVELY “SHOLAY”……
May Sippi ji’s soul rest in peace of heaven……
A glimpse of Sholay that’s still bombarding Sholay………Sholay is a film with many firsts to its credit. It is the highest grossing film of all times in India. BBC India declared it the film of the millennium . It ran for 286 weeks straight in Mumbai's Minerva theatre. It was the first film in the history of Indian cinema to celebrate silver jubilee (25 weeks) at over a hundred theatres across India. It’s a film that has ignited not just the entertainment quotient but the emotional quotient of people for decades.Gabbar's name might not scare children today, but on hearing the dacoit's name they'll confidently say kitne aadmi the. Dialogues like tera kya hoga re kaaliya, arre o sambha have become a part of our daily parlance.Such is the popularity of the Sholay-talk that for the first time in the history of Bollywood, LPs of the film's dialogues was released. Sholay not only captured the imagination of the viewers, it provided fodder for a generation of filmmakers to draw inspiration from.After the release of Sholay, the film as if got a life of its own - spawning remakes, spoofs, inspiring Amul hoardings, mobile games and even local remakes. So great is the wealth of this cult classic that it caused a rift in the Sippy family over issues of rights and revenues from the film. The very filmmaker whose genius was behind Sholay has currently no claims over the film.Sholay is unique in many ways. When was the last time that a character with only one dialogue in a film as been as memorable as Sambha? With barely two scenes to his credit, Soorma Bhopali became a household name. Believe it or not, such was the popularity of this character that in 1988 a film titled Sorrma Bhopali was made.Strangely, Sholay won only one Filmfare award in 1976 for best editing. Interestingly, when first released it was declared a commercial disaster. Word of mouth convinced movie-goers to give the film a chance. And the rest, as they say, is history