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
Find us on iTunes! and Stitcher!
Follow us on Twitter! Like us on Facebook!
#Sholay, #AmitabhBachchan, #Dharmendra, #JayaBachchan, #HemaMalini, #AmjadKhan, #GabbarSingh, #SanjeevaKumar, #Bollywood, #BiFL, #BollywoodisForLovers
