---
title: 'Sholay (1975)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ramesh Sippy'
released: '1975-08-15'
runtime_minutes: 204
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Western'
  - 'Action'
  - 'Adventure'
countries:
  - 'India'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/sholay-1975'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073707/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Sholay (1975)

1975 · 204 min · Drama, Comedy, Western, Action, Adventure · India

Original title: शोले

## Synopsis

Sholay is a 1975 Indian Hindi-language action-adventure film directed by Ramesh Sippy, produced by his father G. P. Sippy, and written by Salim–Javed. The film follows two criminals, Veeru (Dharmendra) and Jai, who are hired by a retired police officer to capture the ruthless bandit Gabbar Singh. Hema Malini and Jaya Bhaduri also star as Veeru and Jai's love interests, Basanti and Radha, respectively. The soundtrack was composed by R. D. Burman.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Ramesh Sippy](https://cinepixo.com/people/ramesh-sippy)
- **Screenplay:** [Salim-Javed](https://cinepixo.com/people/salim-javed)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Rahul Dev Burman](https://cinepixo.com/people/rahul-dev-burman)
- **Producer:** [G. P. Sippy](https://cinepixo.com/people/g-p-sippy)
- **Director of Photography:** [Dwarka Divecha](https://cinepixo.com/people/dwarka-divecha)
- **Editor:** [M. S. Shinde](https://cinepixo.com/people/m-s-shinde)

## Cast

- [Dharmendra](https://cinepixo.com/people/dharmendra)
- [Gita Siddharth](https://cinepixo.com/people/gita-siddharth)
- [Viju Khote](https://cinepixo.com/people/viju-khote)
- [Jaya Bachchan](https://cinepixo.com/people/jaya-bachchan)
- [Keshto Mukherjee](https://cinepixo.com/people/keshto-mukherjee)
- [Birbal](https://cinepixo.com/people/birbal)
- [Om Shivpuri](https://cinepixo.com/people/om-shivpuri)
- [Vikas Anand](https://cinepixo.com/people/vikas-anand)
- [Jagdeep](https://cinepixo.com/people/jagdeep)
- [Alankar Joshi](https://cinepixo.com/people/alankar-joshi)
- [Sachin Pilgaonkar](https://cinepixo.com/people/sachin-pilgaonkar)
- [Satyen Kappu](https://cinepixo.com/people/satyen-kappu)
- [Rajesh](https://cinepixo.com/people/rajesh)
- [Gufi Paintal](https://cinepixo.com/people/gufi-paintal)
- [Paidi Jairaj](https://cinepixo.com/people/paidi-jairaj)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/sholay-1975
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