New Delhi:
Amitabh Bachchan and Dharmendra’s film Sholay was a blockbuster. The film earned crores at the box office. Sholay’s fire continues even today. There are many stories about this film. Whose hardly anyone will know about. Today we tell you one such anecdote about Sholay. Let us tell you how Salim and Javed had named Sholay’s main characters Jai and Veeru. You will definitely be shocked to hear about it.

According to the IMDB report, Jai and Veeru were named after the friends of the college of Salim Khan, Virendra Singh Bays and Pindari warrior and farmer Jai Singh Rao Kalewar, son of a Jagirdar of Khajrana Kothi in Indore. Both have passed away. At the same time, Gabbar’s character was also very interesting. It is said that the story of Gabbar Singh was based on Gabbar Singh Gujjar, which was a robber who was afraid of villages around Gwalior in the 1950s.

According to reports, Amjad Khan was almost removed from this project as the screenwriter Javed Akhtar found his voice very weak for the role of Gabbar Singh. Amjad Khan gave his life in the role of Gabbar Singh. He was everywhere after this film.

Talking about Sholay’s box office collection, this film had collected 35 crores. This film was prepared in a budget of 2-3 crores. In this film, many actors including Amitabh Bachchan, Dharmendra, Jaya Bachchan, Hema Malini, Sanjeev Kumar, Amjad Khan were seen playing important roles. Sholay was directed by Ramesh Sippy.