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News Topical, Digital Desk : Gabbar's dangerous form and Jai-Veeru's life-giving friendship, even today the story of Sholay is alive in the heart of every Indian fan. Ramesh Sippy's epic action film released on 15 August 1975 is one of the most memorable films of Hindi cinema.
The story of Sholay was as powerful as the characters were, but what we are going to tell you now will definitely shock you. The story of this film was not original, but was inspired by a Hollywood film. Let's know in detail from which film was the story of 'Sholay' taken:
Which Hollywood film inspired the cult film Sholay?
While Amitabh Bachchan played the role of Jai in Sholay , Dharmendra rocked the role of drunkard Veeru. Sanjeev Kumar aka Thakur was seen saving his villagers from the terror of Gabbar without arms. Amjad Khan breathed life into Gabbar's dialogues in such a way that even today mothers say the same dialogues to put their children to sleep. Amidst all this, how can we forget Basanti on whom Veeru loses his heart.
We are telling you about all these characters because a similar story and characters have been shown in the 1960 Hollywood film 'The Magnificent Seven', which was released before Sholay.
What is the story of 'The Magnificent Seven'?
The story of this film is of a Mexican village, where a gang of bandits led by Calvera intimidates the poor people and attacks their village to fulfill their food needs. Calvera (bandit) kills a man of that village, which creates fear among the people living nearby. To save the people from his terror, the village head decides to take action and thus the story of the film progresses.
The story of 'The Magnificent Seven', released in 1960, was done by John Sturges. The story of the movie was written by William Roberts. Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn, Horst Buchholz played the lead roles in it. If you want to watch this movie, then you can watch it on Amazon Prime Video.
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