PROBASHI- A Cultural News Magazine Volume 2 Issue 1 | Page 14

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Probashi- Cover Story

shot which took the longest time to shoot was the song yeh dosti consuming 21 days . Sholay ran for 5 years at Minerva theatre in Mumbai . Sholay was shot in a village 200 kms from Bangalore and after success of the film people started to folk to this village . The villagers renamed their village Sippy Nagar , after Ramesh Sippy , the director of the film . Real bullets were allegedly used in the climax scene of the film and a stray bullet is said to have narrowly missed Amitabh Bachchan . In the original ending , Thakur kills Gabbar . This had to be changed to the police arriving at the last moment after the Censor Board objected to the vigilante‐nature ( citizen ’ s taking law in their own hands ) of the original ending .
Aandhi ( 1975 ) Aarti , the daughter of a prominent politician
( Rehman ) is all set to follow in his footsteps when she falls for this small‐time hotel manager . Despite her father ' s disapproval , she marries JK ( Sanjeev Kumar ) and abandons her political career to sit at home and bring up their daughter . But soon Aarti wants to go back into politics with her father while
JK ' s insistss that she remain a good housewife . This creates a rift between the two . Finally , Aarti breaks free and returns to active politics , while JK continues to live on his terms away from his now famous wife . They happen to meet after 10 years ; Aarti is now a famous politician , while JK continues his middle class existence . They relive their moments of happiness , albeit briefly because Aarti is busy with her political career . Their paths meet briefly to depart . Directed by Gulzar , the films dialogues , music and lyrics are amongst the best in Hindi Cinema . The three
Lata Mangeshkar‐Kishore Kumar duets : " Is mod se jaate hain ", " Tere bina
Picture Abi Baaki Hai Mere Dost
“ Yeh haat hamey dede thakur ”, Amjad Khan and Sanjeev Kumar in film Sholay
zindagi se " and " Tum aa gaye ho ", professional ambition and personal effectively map the three phases of gratification is an extraordinary the relationship of the essay in acting . The film is marked protagonists . One of the best roles by one of the best use of the
ever executed by Sanjeev Kumar flashback technique to bring forth brings an extraordinary transition the interplay between past and from a cheerful but headstrong present . Congress raised objections person into an older , mellower to the apparent closenesss of the
man . Suchitra Sen ' s portrayal of a character played by Suchitra Sen lady who ' s torn between with Indira Gandhi . The film release
Suchitra Sen as Aarti in the film Aandhi had an uncanny resemblance Mrs Indira Gandhi . The film release faced hurdles at the time of Emergency in 1975 , when Mrs Gandhi was at the helm .