Gabbar
Javed Aktar thought his voice was too soft
The role Dharmendra was initally going to play
What is Thakur?
This actor was considered for the role of Thakur
Who is Dilip Kumar?
Composer of the theme and credited with the movie's great music
Who is RD Burman
The year Sholay was released
What is 1975?
Who is Danny Denzongpa?
This personal event of Big B held back production for a few weeks
What is Pregnancy?
One of Sanjeev Kumar's sons is this actor's father
Who is Sharman Joshi
"Flowers blossom in the gardens" This is an english translation of a line from a song, what is the next line (in hindi).
Jab sehra mein milte hain
Actor Mushtaq Merchant plays two roles in the film. What are the two roles?
The first role is as the train driver in famous train scene. The second role is when Jai Veeru steal a Parsi mans motorcycle. He plays the Parsi man.
The only person who can protect you from the heat of Gabbar, according to Sholay
Who is Gabbar Singh?
He convinced everyone that Amitabh Bachchan should play Jai
Who is Salim
Sanjeev Kumar wanted to really badly play this character of the film
What are all the songs from Sholay?
"Yeh Dosti"
"Haa Jab Tak Hai Jaan"
"Koi Haseena"
"Holi Ke Din"
"Mehbooba Mehbooba"
The only filmfare category Sholay won in
What is Best Editing: MS Shinde
It took this many takes for Ahmjad Khan to give his iconic line/entry [give a range of 5]
40 takes, the actor was very nervous.
One thing Dharmendra did not use in the filming of Sholay that almost every other actor uses.
What is Makeup?
He had proposed this a cast member of Sholay a few months prior to shooting. Name who proposed and who received proposition.
Who are Sanjeev Kumar and Hema Malini
According to Sholay, this will never die or ever fear death
Love,
Source: Haa Jab Tak Hai Jaan
The names from which Jai and Veeru were inspired by
Who are Salim Khan's college friends, Veerandar Singh Bias, son of a jagirdar at Khajrana Kothi, Indore and Jai Singh Rao Kalevar, a Pindari warrior and vegetable farmer.
The inspiration for Gabbar Singh
Who is Gabbar Singh, a real criminal who terrorized villages in the early 1950's?
It took this many days to shoot the iconic friendship song. (You can give an answers with a range of 3 days [Ex: 1-4 days] for full credit)
21 days
Thakur Baldev Singh's name's inspiration
Who is Salim Khan's father in law
The song that was cut from the inital release because it made the movie too long
What is the Qawwali "Ke Chand Sa Koi Chehra"
Salman khan's uncle said this one dialogue in Sholay
What is"Maalik jitna hain, sab laya hoon"