Sholay (1975)

Sure, it's no Seven Samurai but then again Seven Samurai doesn't have a scene where Takashi Shimura plays a harmonica solo while sitting on Toshiro Mifune's shoulders as he drives a motorcycle.

Michael Strenski

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matt lynch

Once in a lifetime, there comes along a movie in which everything is just right: a brilliant screenplay, perfect casting, a badass background score, and whistle-worthy dialogue. The result: a film that has become the single most iconic element of Indian pop culture. Most…

Rida

stop asking who’s the man in the relationship. start asking, who’s the one driving the motorcycle and who’s the one playing the harmonica

ebbs

Dear men, what is preventing you from being a 6ft tall bi legend, dressed in white denim, that has mastered the harmonica ?

Irene

Instead of chasing this year’s Oscar contenders, I spent practically a whole damn day of this year’s Toronto International Film Festival at Roy Thomson Hall watching a 50th anniversary restoration of the quintessential Bollywood movie. Director Ramesh Sippy was in…

Will Sloan

I have various cinematic blindspots. One of my biggest is Indian cinema. So for my first Bollywood film, I decided to start with a classic and give Sholay a shot. Sholay is just awesome. It is pure entertainment, filled with action, romance, comedy, melodrama, and songs.…

Darren Carver-Balsiger

why did they play the sad version of the yeh dosti as veeru holds a dying jai in his arms. what did gay people do to you.

Noah

"I only need my feet to crush a snake."  SHOOK

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