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To ‘the blossoms in the dust and the red rose’: The quirkiest and most heartfelt film dedications
What is the movie about? Who has made it? Most importantly, to whom is it dedicated? Look no further than this A-Z list of heartfelt dedications in Hindi cinema.
A for Anand
One could map Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s career via the dedications in his films.
His drama Aashirwad was dedicated to BN Sircar, the founder of New Theatres. It was in this Calcutta studio that Mukherjee had started out as an assistant cinematographer and editor in the s. It was also here that he met Bimal Roy.
When Roy moved to Bombay in with some of his New Theatres colleagues, Mukherjee traveled with him. He worked with Roy as an editor and assistant director on films like Do Bigha Zamin (), Devdas () and Madhumati () before venturing out on his own.
Mukherjee dedicated Anupama () and Chaitali () to his mentor. He went on to express his gratefulness to his adopted home by dedicating Anand () to “the city of Bombay”. The film was co-dedicated to Raj Kapoor, a close friend who used to address Mukherjee as Babumoshai, a term of endearment that famously made its way into Anand.
Aashirwad had been co-dedicated to V Shantaram, a filmmaker whom Mukherjee admired immensely. Anuradha ()
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Sholay
Indian film by Ramesh Sippy
For other uses, see Sholay ( film) and Sholay: The Making of a to be confused with Shola (disambiguation).
Sholay (Hindustani:[ˈʃoːleː]ⓘ, transl.&#;'Embers') is a Indian Hindi-language action-adventure film directed by Ramesh Sippy, produced by his father G. P. Sippy, and written by Salim–Javed. The film is about two criminals, Veeru (Dharmendra) and Jai (Amitabh Bachchan), hired by a retired police officer (Sanjeev Kumar) to capture the ruthless dacoitGabbar Singh (Amjad Khan). Hema Malini and Jaya Bhaduri also star, as Veeru and Jai's love interests, Basanti and Radha, respectively. The music was composed by R D Burman.
The film was shot in the rocky terrain of Ramanagara, in the southern state of Karnataka, over a span of two and a half years, beginning in October After the Central Board of Film Certification mandated the removal of several violent scenes, Sholay was released as a minute long film. In , the original director's cut of &#;minutes became available on home media. When first released, Sholay received negative critical reviews and a tepid commercial response, but favourable word-of-mouth publicity helped it to become a box office success. It broke records for continuous showings in many theatres across
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