Sholay (1975) Poster

(1975)

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Sex & Nudity

  • Brothel is mentioned as well as "nautch girls"
  • As Veeru teaches Basanti to shoot with a gun, he grabs her hips. She realises and he says "Now squeeze the trigger" in a sensual manner before she pulls the trigger and they both fall down.
  • As Basanti is captured, Gabbar comments on her look in an off-putting way.
  • In a song-and-dance sequence, various belly dancers are shown.

Violence & Gore

  • A man gets his arms sliced off by another man with 2 swords. However, not shown.
  • A police guard is seen with a bullet wound on his chest and passes out but remains alive afterwards.
  • A man accidentally cuts a man shaving. However, the cut is not shown.
  • A prison guard tends to slip meant times. Meant for comedic value.
  • A prisoner lures a prison guard in and knocks him out. Comedic.
  • During a train sequence, bandits shoot police guards on a train. An arrested man beats a bandit. They physically tackle each other when almost getting burnt near the fireplace of the train, and punches him off.
  • At the beginning, bandits are seen to be shooting police guards on a train. They chase down the train and a few end up getting on and are beaten and kicked off the train. Petrol is poured on a few of them as a prisoner pours hot coal and explodes. One bandit is shot while running on the roof of the train car.
  • 2 men walk into a room where they are attacked by men and physically fight. Many punches, kicks, strangling, and throwing each other on walls and cupboards. They kick the 2 out the windows. However, it is revealed they fought them to prove their courage and strengths.
  • After Veeru harrasses Basanti whilst teaching her to use a gun, he throws his shoe at Jai. Not shown.
  • 3 bandits are shot by 2 men at a far away distance. They are all slightly injured and one is seen with blood briefly spurting out. Later, one of them has their gun shot from them.
  • After Gabbar Singh gun threatens 3 of his men and no gunshots happen, he laughs which led to all of his men laugh, and out of nowhere shoots 3 of his men who failed his mission.
  • The village is attacked by bandits. It begins with the roundabout roof exploding and caught on fire. Guns fire towards innocent people screaming and running away. Some people are seen being ran over, one being hit by a gun and one falling off a roof, and a house being taken down by chains. 2 men bravely fight against them.
  • Jai throws colourful powder at Gabbar and both him and Veeru attempt to escape with Basanti. They keep on shooting the bandits until they flee. No blood is shown throughout the sequence.
  • 2 men detonates a fire camp. Explosions occur and horses scream.
  • During a detonation of a fire camp, Jai is shot and injured.
  • During a song-and-dance scene, a woman throws a man off her carriage. Comedic.
  • Jai and Veeru play dead and shoot the bandits. One is injured. Brief blood is seen.
  • As Basanti is chased by bandits, she whips one of them in the face.
  • Basanti's carriage crashes down. She is okay but gets captured by Gabbar's men. Veeru jumps on a bandit but gets caught quickly.
  • A bandit is shot dead.
  • Several beatings and shootings often with bloody results.
  • A person is shown on fire. Director´s cut only

Profanity

  • English subtitles include utterances such as "damn", "bloody" and "bastard".
  • None Of That Level

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Drugs: None
  • Smoking: None
  • There are few scenes of liquor consumption, tobacco consumption and smoking.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Gabbar Singh rolls the revolver and points at 3 of his men with the trigger being pulled and don't get killed.
  • The beginning shows bandits chasing down the train.
  • The village is attacked by bandits with innocent people running away in anxiety and fear and gunshots occur.
  • Basanti gets chased down by bandits.
  • The climax is non-stop intense throughout.
  • Gabbar Singh is very intense.
  • Director´s cut is more violent.
  • Death scenes can be intense.

Spoilers

The Parents Guide items below may give away important plot points.

Violence & Gore

  • As Veeru is tied, he is slightly shot in the neck but left with a brief bloody mark.
  • During a song-and-dance scene, a bandit throws glass bottles near Basanti and is forced to step onto them. Brief blood is seen on her feet along with leaving footprints.
  • During the bridge attack, Jai is shot. He continues to shoot bandits that fall from horses and off the bridge.
  • Thakur gets his arms cut off without blood by a sword partially off-screen.
  • Veeru brutally fights Gabbar. But Thakur comes and and continues with the use of his legs. At one point, he crushes both hands of Gabbar with his spiky shoes. Blood comes out from Gabbar's hands. He is stopped and Gabbar is arrested.
  • Thakur's family is shot and killed without blood. The wind blows off the sheets covering them and pulls the sheets of a young boy but not shown.
  • Jai dies on Veeru's arms after explosion. He is covered in blood and bruises.
  • An imam´s son is tortured (on-screen) and killed (off-screen).Director´s cut only
  • (Director's cut) In an alternate ending, Gabbar dies after impaled with a spike by Thakur.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Veeru is on top of the tank tower completely drunk and attempts to commit suicide by falling to his death but Basanti and her aunt agree to marry him so he comes down.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Thakur tells his story on why he wasn't able to pick up the rifle during the village raid. He attempted to chase down Gabbar Singh. He physically grabs his horse to the point where both his horse and him fall and gets head locked that leads to his arrest. Afterwards, Gabbar escapes and kills his family including a young boy. As Thakur returns home, the wind blows away the sheets covering their dead bodies. As he gets caught, he has his arms tied and Gassar amputates them.
  • Drunk Veeru climbs on a water tower to jump off but Basanti agrees to marry him so he comes down.
  • A horse brings back a dead boy which implied he was killed by Gabbar's men.
  • Ahmed is killed off-screen by Gabbar's men.
  • Jai is shot twice and ends up shooting the fuse and explodes the bridge.

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