Sholay Bollywood Trivia: The Bollywood film Sholay, released in the year 1975, is counted among the cult classics. The film was directed by Ramesh Sippy and written by Salim-Javed. Amitabh Bachchan, Dharmendra, Amjad Khan, Hema Malini and Jaya Bachchan were in the lead roles in the film. Today in Bollywood Trivia we tell you stories from the movie Sholay.

1. Jaya Bachchan was pregnant during the shoot of this film. Jaya child later gave birth to Shweta Bachchan.
2. The famous Mausi and Jai scene in the film was inspired by two films. These films were ‘Half Ticket’ and ‘Dulhan Ek Raat Ki’.
3. Javed Akhtar suggested Amjad Khan’s name for the film. Javed had seen Amjad and his brother Ibrahim during the play ‘Aye Mere Watan Ke Logon’ in 1963.
4. You may not have noticed but actor Mushtaq Merchant played two roles in this film. His first role was that of the film’s train diver, while the second character was that of a Parsi man whose bike Jai-Veeru steals.
5. Very few people know that Shatrughan Sinha was supposed to appear opposite Dharmendra in the film Sholay, but Amitabh’s name was suggested by Dharmendra to Ramesh Sippy and for this Amitabh thanked Dharmendra during an award function.
6. Actor Mac Mohan played the role of Samba in the film, but do you know that the actor traveled 27 times from Bangalore to Mumbai for that small character.
7. The film Sholay started at the success party of the film Seeta Aur Geeta, where Ramesh Sippy and GP Sippy talked about making an action film with Hema Malini and Dharmendra.
8. Dev Anand’s film Warrant was released along with Sholay and since Dev Anand was a big star, at that time everyone thought that no one would go to watch Sholay, but the result is in front of everyone.
9. Actor Jagdeep who played Soorma Bhopali in the film had a qawwali shot, but when the film was completed, the scene was cut because of its length.
10. Gabbar’s character also became very famous after the release of the film Sholay. In such a situation, Britannia Biscuit Company had advertised with Amjad Khan. According to reports, for the first time a villain character was used by the company for the promotion of the product. At the same time, that advertisement was a hit and the sale of the company increased.
11. Drunk Salim Khan had an argument with Amjad Khan during the premiere of the film Sholay, although Amitabh Bachchan intervened to calm the matter. The next day, Salim apologized to Amjad.
12. Sanjeev Kumar, who became Thakur in the film, wanted to play Gabbar Singh. In such a situation, one day he went to Salim Javed with bad teeth and scattered hair and said that he wants to do this role. But Salim-Javed refused and said that Thakur is the best for him given his screen image.