Sholay director Ramesh Sippy once said in an interview that media wrote negative things about Sholay and Bollywood after the release of the film.
In the last seven decades, Bollywood filmmakers have made many such films which became blockbusters and when we talk of cult classic films then the name of a multi-starrer film instantly comes to our mind and that film was Sholay. It would not be wrong to say that the dialogues and songs of Sholay are still remembered by people even after 5 decades. The characters of ‘Gabbar’, ‘Thakur’, ‘Jai-Veeru’ and ‘Basanti’ are still ruling the hearts of millions of Indians. In this article we are going to talk about a secret about the film ‘Sholay’, which is not known to many.
We have already read and heard many stories related to Sholay, about its story, casting, shoot and other aspects but not many know that when the film was released, the initial response which Sholay received at the theatres was not good at all. But the film ultimately became a blockbuster and it is still considered by many as the biggest film of Indian cinema.
Sholay director Ramesh Sippy once said in an interview that media wrote negative things about Sholay and Bollywood after the release of the film. It was reported that Bollywood will be ruined if directors will keep on making films like Sholay. Ramesh Sippy said that at that time the films were not released all over India. According to Sippy, he watched the film in theatre with the audience and did not notice any negative feedbacks anywhere and three weeks after the release of the film people started repeating the dialogues of the film and were coming to theatres to wathc the film again and again.
In its first run from 1975 to 1980, Sholay’s total earnings was Rs 15 crore. The lifetime worldwide box office collection of Sholay is Rs 30 crore and the inflation-adjusted box office collection of the film comes to Rs 1884 crore, according to Bollywood Movie Reviewz.
