I have only seen a few Bollywood movies, including The Apu Trilogy (Pather Panchali, Aparajito, and The World of Apu), Mother India, and Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (The Brave Hearted Will Take the Bride), I am happy to find them occasionally. I had mainly heard of this Hindi film (Sholay means "embers" in Hindi) because of one of the leading actors in it, it was rated well and sounded like something I would enjoy. Basically, in the small village of Ramgarh, former police chief Thakur Baldev Singh (Sanjeev Kumar) wants to find a pair of small-time thieves he had once arrested. A flashback shows that these petty criminals, Veeru (Dharmendra) and Jai (Amitabh Bachchan), attempted a train robbery, before helping the Thakur fight off a gang of more dangerous bandits. After these bandits were successfully defeated, the Thakur was wounded and was unconscious, Veeru wanted to leave him for dead and escape, but Jai wanted to help him and consequently go to jail, they called a coin toss, and Jai won. After recollecting this experience, Shakur explains to his colleague that they Veeru and Jai would be the ideal men to help him capture Gabbar Singh (Amjad Khan), a man wanted by the authorities for a reward of 50,000 rupees. Veeru and Jai have been in and out of various jails and are currently being held in a prison run by a comedic Jailor (Asrani). The two jailbirds get the opportunity to escape and drive away in a motorbike with sidecar. They are found and caught and brought to Ramgarh. They are told by the Thakur that they are to bring Gabbar to him alive for 20,000 rupees plus the 50,000 rupees reward, to which they agree. Soon enough, three of Gabbar's enforcers arrive to collect supplies from the defenceless villagers. Veeru and Jai thwart the bandits and they leave emptyhanded. The villagers show their gratitude by hailing their new heroes. Gabbar questions how the three men were defeated by only two men. He plays a twisted game of Russian Roulette, he and the others are bemused to survive, with none of the three bullets firing from the gun. Gabbar laughs uncontrollably at the bizarre occurrence, and all his men join in, until suddenly stops laughing and uses the three remaining bullets to shoot the three men dead. Gabbar and his men return to the village to attack during the festival of Holi, Veeru and Jai meet their match and are held at gunpoint. There is a moment when the Thakur has a chance to throw a gun to Veeru, but he simply stands stationary. With quick thinking, Veeru and Jai manage to save their lives and Gabbar and his gang flee. The two recruits accuse the Thakur of being a coward, until the former police officer reveals the truth of why he wants Gabbar and why he could not help them, he has no arms. A flashback reveals that years ago the Thakur had caught Gabbar and had him imprisoned. But Gabbar escapes and plotted an evil revenge against him. Gabbar made his way to the Thakur's home and cold-bloodedly, killed his two sons, daughter, daughter-in-law, and his only grandson. The only survivor of the family massacre was the Thakur's younger daughter-in-law, Radha (Jaya Bachchan). The Thakur was later captured and tortured by Gabbar, who tied him up, and with two swords, Gabbar maniacally and ruthlessly amputated both his arms. Living in Ramgarh, the cynical young Jai and lively Veeru grow fond of the villagers, taking pity on their sufferings under Gabbar's tyranny. Veeru is attracted to Basanti (Hema Malini), a feisty, talkative young woman who makes her living driving a horse-cart but finds him annoying. Jai is drawn to Radha, the Thakur's reclusive widowed daughter-in-law, who very subtly returns his affections. There is another attack by Gabbar's henchmen, who kill Ahmed (Sachin Pilgaonkar), the son of the blind Imaam Saheb (A. K. Hangal). The Thakur, Veeru and Jai argue against the villagers surrendering to Gabbar's threats, but the imam convinces them that they cannot simply give in to evil. Veeru and Jai send a threatening message to Gabbar. Wanting to get closer to Basanti, Veeru tricks her into thinking the statue of their lord is speaking to her while praying. She is angered when Jai shows Veeru tricking her, and she rides away with her horse and cart, but he follows her and she slowly forgives him, and they finally embrace. Later, Gabbar is angered by the message, and kidnaps Veeru and Basanti. Gabbar has Veeru tied up and forces Basanti to dance, saying he will kill him if she stops. She slowly tires from the heat of the sun, and Gabbar smashes glass on the ground which cut her feet, causing them to bleed, but desperate to save Veeru, who she truly does have feelings for, she does not give up. Eventually, Jai shoots at the bandits from a distance with a rifle, allowing Veeru and Basanti to escape. Once Veeru and Basanti are safe, Jai runs away, only to be wounded by a bullet. Veeru finds and does not want Jai to face the bandits alone, but Jai orders him to go back to the village, so they have a coin toss, and Jai wins. Jai, slowly dying and with only a few bullets, manages to fend off advances by the bandits, and gets close enough to detonate an unexploded stick of dynamite to take out the bridge and most of Gabbar's men. Veeru returns to find Jai dying and sadly talks with him before he dies in his arms. Shortly after, Veeru notices Jai's old coin in his hand and then it dawns on him that he had been tricked by Jai all along. The coin was double-headed, and Jai had managed to manipulate every situation that they disagreed on to his favour. Angry at his friend for sacrificing his life to save him, Veeru becomes hell-bent on revenge and goes after Gabbar. Veeru catches Gabbar and beats him up badly, but before he can kill him, the Thakur appears and reminds him of the promise to bring Gabbar in alive. Veeru is ready to avenge Jai, but it was Jai's promise, which he is unwilling to break, so Veeru hands Gabbar over to the Thakur. Gabbar is severely injured, and his hands are destroyed by the Thakur useing his spike-soled shoes. The police then arrive and arrest Gabbar. After Jai's funeral, Veeru leaves Ramgarh and finds Basanti waiting for him on the train, while Radha watches on through a window. Also starring Satyendra Kapoor as Ramlal, and Iftekhar as Narmalaji, Radha's father. Dharmendra is good-natured and likeable, Bachchan is tough and reliable, Kumar is interesting as the disabled formerly courageous cop, and Khan makes an impact as the psychopathic villain. The song and dance sequences that stand out are: "Yeh Dosti Hum Nahin Todhenge" (We Will Never Break Our Friendship), "Mehbooba Mehbooba", "Koi Haseena Jab Rooth Jaati" (When a Girl Gets Angry), and "Jab Tak Hain Jaan" (As Long as There Is Life). It is a long film, but the mix of genres together, including spaghetti western ("curry western" if you like lol), romance, comedy and musical, keep you watching, an entertaining Indian action adventure. Amitabh Bachchan was number 92 on The 100 Greatest Movie Stars. Very good!
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