New Delhi: Indian cinema’s masterpiece Sholay was launched in 1975 and have become a traditional over time. Directed by Ramesh Sippy, produced by his father GP Sippy, and written by Salim–Javed, the film has been showered with a number of appreciation and love by followers. After 49 years of its launch, at this time social media is abuzz with the actual ending of the movie. Yes! you learn that proper.Â
The makers shot an alternate ending the place Thakur kills Gabbar, in contrast to the ending which the film carried the place the previous fingers over the prison to cops. But have you learnt why Ramesh Sippy needed to change it?
Real ending of Sholay that was censored pic.twitter.com/qjljYzVhd0
— Kru (@Achari_Nimboo) February 25, 2017
REASON WHY SHOLAY’S ORIGINAL ENDING WAS CHANGED
Back in 2018, whereas talking on the Pune International Film Festival (PIFF), Ramesh Sippy revealed, “I had shot a different ending for Sholay, where Gabbar is killed by Thakur. But the Censor Board didn’t allow that. They were not happy about Thakur killing Gabbar with his feet. I was also caught in a sticky situation… how else would Thakur kill him? He couldn’t have used a gun since he had no arms. They were also unhappy about too much violence… they said ‘you have to change the end’. I wasn’t happy, but I did that.”
The director shared his personal experiences with the Censor Board, earlier than Sholay was launched through the Emergency, in August 1975.
Sholay featured an ensemble star solid of Dharmendra Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjeev Kumar, Amjad Khan, Hema Malini and Jaya Bachchan in lead roles. The music was composed by R D Burman.
