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India.com
3 hours ago
- Entertainment
- India.com
This film beats Sholay, was a blockbuster but still won only 1 award, movie is..., lead actors are...
Sholay is one such film of Indian cinema whose dialogues and songs are still famous. A cult film that was liked by everyone from children to old people, and it got a lot of praise even in foreign countries. But do you know that this superhit film got only one Filmfare Award? Which film got nominated in 9 categories? Sholay was nominated for 9 Filmfare Awards, and the only winner was M.S. Shinde, who won the award for Best Editing. Yes, the film received nominations for Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Comedian, Best Story, Best Music Director, Best Lyricist and Best Playback Singer, along with Best Editing. This film won just one award Sholay got only one award out of nine nominations – for Best Editing. Almost all the other awards were given to Amitabh Bachchan's film Deewar. Yes, it was the film Deewar that won most of these awards. These awards include- Best Film (Gulshan Rai) Best Director (Yash Chopra) Best Supporting Actor (Shashi Kapoor) Best Story (Salim-Javed) Best Screenplay (Salim-Javed) Best Dialogue (Salim-Javed) Best Sound (M.A. Sheikh) Why Sholay is considered an all time favourite? Sholay might have not won Filmfare Awards but it did win three awards at the Bengal Film Journalists Association Awards in 1976. Sholay also received a special award at the 50th Filmfare Awards in 2005 – Best Film of 50 Years. Sholay was released in 1975 and starred Dharmendra, Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini, Sanjeev Kumar, etc. It was directed by Ramesh Sippy and written by the Salim-Javed duo. The film was released in theatres on 15 August 1975 and held the record of the highest grossing film of Indian cinema until 1994. This record was broken by Hum Aapke Hain Kaun, released in 1994. This year marks the 50th anniversary of Sholay.
Indian Express
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Indian Express
‘Asked Amitabh Bachchan to give me dates or I'll trash his film': Trishul producer's son recalls dad's conversation with Big B
It is known that the film Trishul was significantly retooled after being shot, but there are differing opinions on what happened. While one point of view, narrated in the book 'Written by Salim-Javed' by Diptakirti Chaudhuri, suggests that writers Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar basically duped producer Gulshan Rai into allowing them to film extra material, another account suggests that it was the producer who noticed that the film wasn't up to the mark, and demanded that it be reshot. His son, filmmaker Rajiv Rai, recounted the second version of the story in a recent interview with Siddharth Kannan. He said that his father had a knack for identifying hits, and could listen to just a few minutes of a narration and know if he should back the project or not. He'd previously worked with Bachchan, Salim-Javed, and director Yash Chopra, on the landmark film Deewaar. After watching the initial cut of Trishul, he felt that the narrative wasn't as focused on Bachchan's character as it should be, and felt that the movie needed to be redone. Also read – This Amitabh Bachchan fan moved to Mumbai after watching Trishul, eventually sold his Rs 50 crore bungalow to the star Rajiv Rai said, 'Nobody's above making mistakes, and my father was very good at catching where Yash ji had gone off track. We reshot Trishul completely. You can ask anybody. He asked Bachchan saab, 'Will you give me dates? Otherwise, I'm trashing the film'. He said, 'Okay, I'll give you the dates'. Almost half the film was reshot; I was exaggerating when I said all of it. You wouldn't be able to do it now. It wasn't that there was a problem with the script, but the story diverted towards Sachin instead of Amitabh Bachchan. Sachin is very lucky, he's a very good actor and he did a great job, but scenes that Amitabh Bachchan should have had went somewhere else. When my father saw the film, he realised that it won't work, especially after Deewaar. My father used to tell me, 'Films are not made, they're remade'.' According to the book, Salim-Javed cooked up a scheme with Yash Chopra, where they asked Gulshan Rai for a few days more, and kept increasing their requests as they ran out of time. Gulshan Rai asked, 'Salim sahib, is there any way to salvage this film?' Salim Khan replied sarcastically, 'One way is not to release it at all.' Gulshan Rai called up Yash Chopra later that night and complained about the writers' 'cold-blooded indifference.' The filmmaker convinced Gulshan Rai that Salim-Javed were completely invested in the project. The next day, he met them at a hotel, and they decided how best to approach the idea of reshoots with Gulshan Rai. Salim Khan recalled, 'We decided to give him the news in instalments in the same way he used to pay us in instalments.' Trishul was transformed into a commercial potboiler, and was given a major marketing push in trade magazines and periodicals. Salim-Javed's names were positioned right next to Yash Chopra's.
Hindustan Times
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Hindustan Times
Missing from the frame: Bollywood's female icons
Noticed how Bollywood's leading men are getting the full docu-series treatment lately? The Romantics went back to the chiffon-wrapped dreamscape of Yash Chopra's cinema. The Roshans traced the legacy of a family that shaped both melody and muscle in Hindi films. And Angry Young Men, a series about Salim-Javed, debuted to over 2.3 million views on Prime Video in its first week, becoming the platform's top non-fiction show. Several male stars have gotten the docu-series treatment. Why not Madhuri Dixit Nene or Sridevi? (INSTAGRAM/@MADHURIDIXITNENE) Now, guess how many views the show about Padma Vibhushan Vyjayanthimala Bali garnered? None, because it doesn't exist. You know what else doesn't exist? A deep dive into Rekha's decades of reinvention, a tribute to Waheeda Rehman's or Asha Parekh's craft, a rewind of Silk Smitha's magnetism, a chronicle of Sridevi's eras, or even a global lens on Priyanka Chopra Jonas. Despite more than a century of Indian cinema, no one's telling the women's side of the stories. Film journalist Bhawana Somaaya, 69, has been tracking Indian cinema for almost half a century, and has written 20 books on the subject (including books on the Bachchans and a biography of Hema Malini). She knows there's a bonanza in waiting for anyone who wants to put women's stories on screen. It's the streaming networks that don't seem to be interested. 'Netflix and Amazon Prime are the ones making the documentaries,' she says. 'They think focusing on female power won't work.' Biopics centred on a woman tend to be underfunded. But The Romantics had 35 industry heavyweights. Most decision makers believe that audiences want young faces, recycled plots, the comfort of endless sequels and stories about successful men, Somaaya says. 'The audience is ready to embrace something new.' And done right, a documentary about Parveen Babi's inner world or Helen's impact on today's item numbers can offer new insights into an industry desperately seeking to reinvent itself. The other hitch: Decision-makers in writers' rooms and production houses tend to be under 40. 'Nobody wants to hire anyone over 50. That's a loss of wisdom, perspective and objectivity.' Even if an idea slips past, a biopic centred on a woman tends to be underfunded. Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl, Mary Kom and Shabaash Mithu struggled to get made. Meanwhile, 35 industry heavyweights featured in The Romantics. Angry Young Men was championed by Salim-Javed's children. The Roshans used their series to give their own brands a future. Somaaya says that women tend not to show similar ambitions. 'Hema Malini also has daughters. They don't have the time to push this,' she points out. We would love a global lens on Priyanka Chopra Jonas or a deep dive into Rekha's decades of reinvention. (SHUTTERSTOCK) It means that the stories we don't tell now, are the stories that the public won't remember years from now. Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari, 45, writer-director of Nil Battey Sannata and Panga, says women are still largely invisible in the filmmaking machinery, as they are in other spheres of life. 'Even when a woman cooks a great meal, she'll say that her husband or family liked it, so it must be good. Not that she made something great.' She recalls how, when her first film, Nil Battey Sannata, came out, people assumed her husband Nitesh Tiwari had directed it. He was livid and had to clarify he wasn't even on set. 'For me too, it took time to say 'Yes, I did this. I'm hardworking and good at what I do'.' That silence shapes how women see their own work and how the world sees theirs. Iyer Tiwari won the Filmfare Award for Best Director for the romantic comedy-drama Bareilly Ki Barfi in 2017. She's directing a film about the love story of Narayana and Sudha Murthy. But she routinely gets introduced as, 'Nitesh Tiwari's wife.' No wonder we're not making documentaries about women, we're not noticing their accomplishments in the first place. From HT Brunch, July 26, 2025 Follow us on
Indian Express
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Indian Express
‘Amitabh Bachchan was sitting jobless at home after 11 flops, but Jaya Bachchan never stopped believing in him'; Javed Akhtar recalls pitching Zanjeer to Big B
Amitabh Bachchan wasn't a product of the film industry, but he got over 10 opportunities to prove himself before he finally did. He started with a string of flops, and was basically out of work when Javed Akhtar and Salim Khan fought for him to star in the film Zanjeer. It would establish him as a star, and send him on a journey that continues to this day. Bachchan is among the most popular movie stars in cinema history, and perhaps the most popular that India has ever produced. And it all began with Zanjeer, a movie that was pitched to him at a time when he had no work. In an interview with Hook Global, Javed Akhtar said that he and Salim Khan cannot take credit for 'launching' Bachchan as the 'Angry Young Man', although he admitted that they had to fight for him to be cast in Zanjeer because he wasn't considered to be commercially viable at the time. He praised Bachchan for the performance that he delivered in the film, which was unlike anything that had been seen before in Hindi cinema. He said, 'Most of the time, we don't respect the talent. There were very few people who had great respect for him, even after 11 of his films had flopped in a row.' Also read – 'Gave a hit with a super-duper flop actor Amitabh Bachchan': Javed Akhtar says he, Salim Khan had no work for 9 months after delivering 4 hits He continued, 'Jaya ji wasn't his wife then, knew what he (was capable of) and had great respect for his talent. Hrishikesh Mukherjee had a great respect for his talent, and kept on giving him work. We saw him in a film that didn't do well, but we could see that he is a volcano, waiting to erupt. He was very good in his worst films also. The film was bad, the script was bad, the dialogue was bad, the screenplay was wrong, but his work was impeccable. We had total confidence. Here is a major, major star who was waiting for the right opportunity.' Asked what it was like to pitch Zanjeer to Bachchan in the early 1970s, Javed Akhtar recalled, 'I was totally convinced that nobody could play this role the way he could. I hardly knew him when I narrated the script to him. We had met only once before. I called him. I said, 'There is a script I would like to narrate to you. When can I meet you?' He summoned me immediately, because he was sitting around jobless. I went an narrated the complete script, and he looked at me with wonder. He asked, 'Do you think I can pull this role off?' I said, 'Nobody in this country can play it better than you'.' In Khalid Mohamed's book, To Be Or Not To B: Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya recalled the moments of sorrow that both her husband and son went through in their professional lives. She said about Amitabh, 'I never took his flops seriously; I was convinced that they were a passing phase. He was learning and improving. He would not get depressed by his failures but yes, at times he would retort sharply, 'Naturally no one wants me since I'm a flop actor.' Zanjeer paved the way for further Salim-Javed potboilers starring Bachchan, such as Deewaar and Sholay. The writer-duo split up not long afterwards, and went on their separate paths. Javed Akhtar established himself as a lyricist, while Bachchan continues to be one of Hindi cinema's greatest movie stars.
Muscat Daily
23-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Muscat Daily
Restored, uncut 50th anniversary version of Sholay to premiere in Italy
Mumbai – The legendary Bollywood film Sholay , often hailed as the greatest Indian movie ever made, will mark its golden jubilee with the world premiere of its fully restored and uncut version at the Il Cinema Ritrovato Festival in Bologna, Italy, on June 27. Restored over three years from rare archival material in Mumbai and London, the new version features the film's original ending and scenes long thought lost. Directed by Ramesh Sippy and written by the famous screenwriting duo Salim-Javed, Sholay is widely regarded as a turning point for Indian cinema. Lead actors Amitabh Bachchan and Dharmendra have both described it as a milestone that transformed India's popular culture. The restoration was carried out by Sippy Films and Film Heritage Foundation. Shehzad Sippy, producer and grandson of G.P. Sippy, who produced the original, said, 'This is a tribute to my grandfather's vision and legacy. It has taken us three years, but we have restored the film to its full form.' Cinematographer Kamlakar Rao was closely involved to ensure the visuals and audio stayed true to the original. The team converted the 70mm projection and stereophonic sound mix to a 2.2:1 aspect ratio with a 5.1 surround sound mix. Working with interpositives and colour reversal intermediates from archives in Mumbai and London, the restoration team discovered a colour reversal intermediate in London that contained the film's original ending and two deleted scenes — footage many thought had vanished forever. The screening at Bologna's Piazza Maggiore during the festival from June 21 to 29 is expected to draw a large international audience, celebrating Sholay's enduring cultural influence both in India and around the world.
