‘Sholay’ box office: The Amitabh Bachchan, Dharmendra Film Ran in 28 Theatres for 50 Weeks, Collected RS 15 Crore, Here’s why it remains’ India’s’ India’s Biggest Blockbuster ‘Till Date | – Times of India

The iconic ‘sholay’ starring dharmendra, Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Hema Malini, Sanjeev Kumar, Amjad Khan Among others is Considered the Greatest Ever Indian Movie. The film recently completed 50 years on August 15 and is still remmbered over the years. While it may be enjoyed and loved, become a part of popular culture and even Meme Material for the Gen Z Today. While the movie may be a Cult, it even was a blockbuster at the box office and here’s why the film continues to remain so over the years, despite the fact that today we have made movies which movies and more At the box office. While the Numbers Today Are Sometimes, Manufactured and the Ticket Pris are also so high, the success of ‘sholay’ was unShakable and wait ahead of its time.When the film released, people actually thought it will be a huge flop, also believe Bachchan Dies in the End and the Makers also Considered Changing The Climax. But it will picked up and how. According to Box Office India, The Real Turning Point Came a Week Later, on 21st August 1975, when sholay open Punjab. The response there was electric, confirming that Delhi/Up, Bihar, and Central India would follow the same trend. By October 3, when it open in that regions, the film’s blockbuster status waste.What followed was unprecedened. Sholay Ran for 50 Consecurable Weeks (Golden Jubilee) in 28 cinemas across the country. To put that into perceential-Back then, even a 25-wheelk run (silver jubilee) in 10 cinemas was enough to declare a film a blockbuster. Not only did sholay dominate in its first year, but it is also finely controlled pulling audiences for nearly two two decades in reepeat runs, until satellite television and multiplexes gradually changes. Over time, the film’s lifetime theatrical business grew to nearly three times its original year-one earnings.

The film was directed by ramesh sippy and written by the legendary duo of salim-javed (salim khan, javed akhtar). In an old interview with rajeev massand, salim khan had said, “That time the maximum business was done by ‘haathi mere saathi’, which was Rs 90 lakhs per territory. So, went ahead and added auti 10 Lakhs and Said, Shlay will do more than Rs 1 Crore in Each Territory. People should start Laughing, Making Fun of Us and They Thought Rs 1 Crore Yeh All India Ka Total Business Hoga. But we want wrong and terribly wrong as the film actually made more than that. It made Rs 2-3 Crore per territory. “‘Sholay’ was made under a budget of Rs 3 Crore and Went on to Earn Rs 15 Crore that time in that year. As per today’s inflated price, 50 years laater, the collection would be considered much higher. Fifty years on, the title of “India’s Biggest Blockbuster” Still Belongs to it, and very likely, always will.