This Single 'Sholay' Sequence Was Shot In 3 Years, Says Amitabh Bachchan

Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan, who played iconic character ‘Jai’ in Ramesh Sippy’s cult classic 'Sholay', on Thursday reminisced the 'Sholay' days. While talking about the film, he revealed that the world-class director had to wait for 3 years to get the “perfect light” for a specific scene. However, the film became so popular that people still talk about it.

Addressing the mass at the launch event of the Ramesh Sippy Academy of Cinema & Entertainment, the 73-year-old actor said, “I wonder if you remember a scene in Sholay where Jaya (Bachchan) had to light a lamp in the corridor and I am sitting in the outhouse playing the mouth organ. There was particular kind of lighting that was required for the shot. Our DOP Mr Divecha was keen to take the shot at the time of sunset. You would not believe that Rameshji spent almost three years before we finally got that shot.”

While lauding Rameshji, Amitabh said that Rameshji is a great motivator, a superb technician, a more than that he is a better teacher who takes responsibility of his team on the sets. “Before enacting a sequence, he sits and talks with the actor. He discusses and takes the view of an actor. He has the all-wonderful qualities, which are required to make better cinema,” he added. Sholay which featured Dharmendra, Jaya Bachchan, Hema Malini, Sanjeev Kumar and Amjad Khan secured the first position in the British Film Institute’s 2002 poll of ‘Top 10 Indian Films' of all time.

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