Sholay (Brand New Single Disc Dvd, Hindi Language, With English Subtitles, Released By Moserbaer)

This film is still one of the most famous in India for a reason- and more people around the world should see it! It's a beautifully done & well-written masterpiece, full of surprises and unpredictable storylines & lovely songs! :) Just watch it & add it to your "Best Movie Experiences of All Times" list!!

Shortly before release, government censors forced the makers to shoot an alternate ending upholding the power of the police, which changed the whole meaning of the film (emptiness of vengeance) to something else. The real ending was thought lost for decades before being rediscovered in time for the DVD release. And now Prime has taken a step back and is making the censored ending available without even a warning that it is wrong. Please, seek out a better version of the film, or even find the original ending on youtube, in order to understand the filmmakers true message. Otherwise, the whole movie is nonsense.

Sholay - the greatest Bollywood film of all time - brought together the acting talents of some of the biggest stars in Bollywood at that time. The two male leads, Dharmendra and Amitabh Bachchan, were already hugely popular. Amitabh Bhachchan had just made his big breakthrough the previous year (1974) with Zanjeer. Dharmendra was already well established and had starred in the box office smash hit Yaadon Ki Baaraat (a film which sadly doesn't get very many mentions when talking of classics). These two are supported in the film by Sanjeev Kumar, Hema Malini, Jaya Bhaduri and Amjad Khan making his onscreen debut as the menacing villain Gabbar Singh.This film is to Bollywood what Star Wars is to Hollywood - the greatest film of all time. It set a new standard for others which has never really been equalled since its opening in August 1975. It ran for five consecutive years to packed cinema houses in India.

There's a reason this movie is a classic. It has every human emotion imaginable with love, friendship, comedy, human dignity as well as loads of action. It's a must see if you love movies.

There is a lot of confusion and misinformation in the reviews on this page so, before I review the film, which I watched last night, a few facts. The EROS DVD version of the film is 204 minutes long with a standard 4:3 aspect ratio. There are some flaws in the print, and some in the original filming. The worst flaw in the print is a ragged vertical line on several minutes of film. In the original film, there are several cases where objects intrude on the screen, such as a hand holding up the stolen motorbike in one shot. But neither is bad enough to spoil the viewer's experience. The print is certainly not "awful" as one reviewer said.According to Wikipedia, what we are seeing on the EROS DVD is what was originally filmed. To make the film appear to be wide screen, without the expense of widescreen cameras, the tops and bottoms were cut off the frames for the theatrical release. Also according to Wikipedia, the censorship board cut quite a lot of violence from the original, making it a much less powerful movie. The EROS DVD is the "director's cut" with the violence intact.Now, how did I like the movie. It's ok, but it's no Star Wars. The dialog in the Russian "Eastern" "White Sun of the Desert" is better.For me, the comedy fell absolutely flat, especially the endless "humor" about a woman who talks too much. The Charlie Chaplin pastiche by the prison guard was mildly amusing, but not really funny.The action is good, but not great. It held my interest.The acting is very good, especially the charm of the two main characters.What I liked best was the music. The song and dance numbers always brought a smile to my face.

This is one of the corner stone in the Bollywood cinema.I just brought this to show it my kids and they loved it. “Tera naam kya hai basanti” :)

Takes back you into a time of bandits , villages, no lights and no phones .Amazing story line , human emotions of all flavors explored .

The Movie gets all 5 full stars and no doubt in that but the print quality doesn't even deserve to get 1 star. I was so disappointed that the print quality is worst than what we get from the DVDs we get in the local grocery stores for free or for less than a dollar. Based on print quality it seems like the publisher doesn't even care about the quality of the product it delivers and completely focusing on making money. The VHS prints are lot better than this DVD....