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Columbus Premiere | New Restoration
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A beloved classic of Indian cinema, the newly restored Sholay is an exhilarating adventure with a soundtrack guaranteed to have you singing along!
Referred to as a curry Western by some but perhaps more accurately a prime example of masala cinema, Sholay is a delightful mix of spaghetti Western and samurai film. Small-time criminals Veeru (Dharmendra) and Jai (Amitabh Bachchan) are hired by retired police chief Thakur (Sanjeev Kumar) to use their fighting skills to rid his village of the villainous Gabbar Singh (Amjad Khan). Simply one of the most beloved films in Indian history, Sholay veers from train robberies and musical numbers to melodramatic romance and epic fight scenes featuring stars clad in one foxy leisure suit after another. A can’t miss on the big screen! In Hindi with English subtitles. (204 mins. with 10 min. intermission, 4K DCP)
IMAGE CAPTIONSholay, courtesy of Sippy Films.
Restored in 4K in 2025 by Film Heritage Foundation in collaboration with Sippy Films at L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory, from an interpositive, two-color reversal intermediates and a second generation interpositive from 1978 provided by Sippy Films and preserved by Film Heritage Foundation. Audio restored from the original sound negative and the magnetic soundtrack preserved by Film Heritage Foundation. This restoration of the film in 4K includes the original ending as well as two deleted scenes and with the original 70mm aspect ratio of 2.2:1.
Rohauer Collection Foundation
Greater Columbus Arts Council
The Wexner Family
Ohio Arts Council, with support from the National Endowment for the Arts
CampusParc
The Columbus Foundation
Every Page Foundation
Mellon Foundation
Axium Packaging
Nationwide Foundation
Michael and Anita Goldberg
Vorys, Sater, Seymour, and Pease, LLP
Joyce Shenk
Rebecca Perry and Ben Towle
Lachelle Thigpen
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Sholay
