amjad khan played the role of gabbar in film sholay.
amjad khan played the role of gabbar in film sholay.
who played the role of gabbar in film sholay?
amjad khan
the film is often credited with making amitabh bachchan a "superstar", two years after he became a star with "zanjeer" (1973). some of the supporting actors remained etched in public memory as the characters they played in "sholay"; for example, mac mohan continued to be referred to as "sambha", even though his character had just one line. major and minor characters continue to be used in commercials, promos, films and sitcoms. amjad khan acted in many villainous roles later in his career. he also played gabbar singh again in the 1991 spoof "ramgarh ke sholay", and reprised the role in commercials. the british film institute in 2002 wrote that fear of gabbar singh "is still invoked by mothers to put their children to sleep". the 2012 film "gabbar singh", named after the character, became the highest grossing telugu film up to that point. comedian jagdeep, who played soorma bhopali in the film, attempted to use his "sholay" success to create a spinoff. he directed and played the lead role in the 1988 film "soorma bhopali", in which dharmendra and bachchan had cameos.
sholay
siddhappa, as a last effort tries to bribe the high command to get a party nomination to contest in the election. he offers 50 million to get the ticket. gabbar singh comes to know of the arrangement and steals the money that siddhappa sends to the high command. gabbar singh's brother in desperate need of money is approached by siddhappa. he offers help and money and in exchange asks him to work for his elections. siddhappa orders him to deliver a cellphone (an iphone 4 box) and a box of sweets to the minister's house. but, unknown to him, a bomb is placed in the sweet box, which kills the minister. knowing that it was gabbar singh's brother who did the blast, the district superintendent (jaya prakash reddy) suspends gabbar singh. gabbar singh confronts his stepfather naidu tells him about his brother. naidu suffers a heart attack after hearing the news and is hospitalized. gabbar singh takes care of naidu at the hospital, thus bonding again. gabbar's brother who is shocked by the events and the blast is convinced by siddhappa to kill gabbar before the later catches him. although he has no intention to kill his brother, he accepts to do it to escape from them and meets gabbar singh. he confesses to gabbar that he was sent to kill him by siddhappa. gabbar tries to take him to the commissioner for a confession against siddhappa. but siddhappa calls gabbar on his phone and reveals to him that he killed gabbar's mother, when he came to gabbar's old home in search of his money. in a final battle, gabbar arrives to siddhappa's house and takes down the goons and kills siddhappa. in the final scene it is shown that, gabbar singh hires most of the siddhappa henchmen and gives them low profile police jobs.
gabbar singh (film)