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Sholay
MEANRANK
83/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #253
- IMDb #269
- Rotten Tomatoes #110
- Letterboxd #681
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #450
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #119
Every rating
Mostly agreed
Lowest is AlloCiné on 76, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 95. Critics average 95, everyone else 81.
See the most agreed on films →After his family is slain by notorious bandit Gabbar Singh, former Inspector Thakur Baldev Singh enlists low-level outlaws Jai and Veeru to capture Gabbar and seek revenge.
Details
- Director
- Ramesh Sippy
- Writers
- Javed Akhtar, Salim Khan
- Studio
- Sippy Films, NH Studioz
- Released
- 15 August 1975
- Country
- India
- Language
- Hindi
- Runtime
- 208 min
- Budget
- $2.0M
- Box office
- $70.0M
- Awards
- 4 wins, 9 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (24) →
Awards & nominations
See all 13 →4 wins from 13 nominations across 2 ceremonies
| 23rd Filmfare Awards 1975 | Best Male Playback Singer | R. D. Burman | Nominee |
| 23rd Filmfare Awards 1975 | Best Story | Salim-Javed | Nominee |
| 23rd Filmfare Awards 1975 | Best Music Director | R. D. Burman | Nominee |
| 23rd Filmfare Awards 1975 | Best Lyricist | Anand Bakshi for "Mehbooba Mehbooba" | Nominee |
| 23rd Filmfare Awards 1975 | Best Editing | M. S. Shinde | Winner |
| 23rd Filmfare Awards 1975 | Best Film | G. P. Sippy | Nominee |
| 23rd Filmfare Awards 1975 | Best Director | Ramesh Sippy | Nominee |
| 23rd Filmfare Awards 1975 | Best Actor | Sanjeev Kumar | Nominee |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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13 awards — Sholay
×| Best Art Direction | Ram Yadekar | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | Dwarka Divecha | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Amjad Khan | Winner |
| Best Editing | M. S. Shinde | Winner |
| Best Actor | Sanjeev Kumar | Nominee |
| Best Comedian | Asrani | Nominee |
| Best Director | Ramesh Sippy | Nominee |
| Best Film | G. P. Sippy | Nominee |
| Best Lyricist | Anand Bakshi for "Mehbooba Mehbooba" | Nominee |
| Best Male Playback Singer | R. D. Burman | Nominee |
| Best Music Director | R. D. Burman | Nominee |
| Best Story | Salim-Javed | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Amjad Khan | Nominee |