In this episode we discuss the iconic 1975 blockbuster Sholay.

Show Notes:

Sholay’s poster (and Citizen Kane’s)

We are now on audioBoom!

The Story Of Film: An Odyssey (it’s 15 episodes not 12!)

“Sholay BC and Sholay AD” Anupama Chopra, Sholay: The Making of A Classic

Dharmendra and Amitabh Bachchan

Amjad Khan as Gabbar Singh

Source issues

The Magnificent Two and the influence of Hollywood westerns

Sholay as national allegory

Film romance mirrors life

INTERVAL (”Yeh Dosti Hum Nahi Todenge” from Sholay)

Expectations and watching a classic for the first time

The portrayal of violence

Lasting tropes and aesthetics

Location photography

“Haan Jab Tak Hai Jaan” and the male gaze

Director’s cut

Cross-cultural film pollination

Please Criterion Collection release this film!

“40 Years Of Sholay” by Siddhant Adlakha and “The Blinding Light Of Sholay: A 40th Anniversary Appreciation” by Danny Bowes

NEXT TIME: We look at three films hat have played at Cannes in the Un Certain Regard competition

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