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What does Ziauddin Sardar criticize about the film Sholay?
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Ziauddin Sardar criticized the film Sholay for its caricature and stereotyping of Muslim and women characters, and for what he calls mockery of innocent villagers. Sardar noted that the two most prominent Muslim characters in the film are Soorma Bhopali (a buffoonish criminal), and an impotent victim of the bandits (the imam). Meanwhile, the sole function of one female character (Radha) is to suffer her fate in silence, while the other female lead (