72. Sholay - Some more interesting tidbits!!
Second-last write-up on Sholay!! Don’t worry, there is only one more blog left to write on this topic 😊 Feroz Khan’s “Khotey Sikkey” which came before Sholay also was a story where Feroz Khan hires 5 petty criminals to nab the dacoit Ajit!! Joginder, another actor and director, complained that the story is similar to his “Bindiya aur Bandook”!! The massacre of Thakur’s family was inspired by a similar scene in “Once upon a time in the West” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ptjc9Vono4 . Actual scene in Sholay can be viewed here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkDFAC2WbEs from 5:55 mark to 10:55mark!! Viru’s tank scene was inspired by a movie called “The Secret of Santa Vittoria” featuring Anthony Quinn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaIdjUTa9yU . And the Sholay scene here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbZZecTFlW4 Viru’s tank scene was written by Javed Akhtar while driving to Bangalore airport from the shooting scene. He then kept on writing the ...