Indian cinema's most popular, blockbuster and cult film Sholay is about to complete 50 years. The film was released on 15 August 1975. Dharmendra, Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Hema Malini, Sanjeev Kumar, and Amjad Khan starrer 'Sholay' is being released again on completion of 50 years. The special thing is that the film will be released with an uncut version. Sholay was directed by Ramesh Sippy. Now its premiere will be held in Bologna, Italy on 27 June.

This cult film of India will be shown in Italy at the 'Il Cinema Ritrovato Festival'. Its special screening will be held in Piazza Maggiore. This place is famous for screening classic films. In this uncut version, it is shown that Thakur kills Gabbar Singh. This scene was removed from the original theater release after the instructions of the CBFC. It also includes never-seen scenes, which were removed at the behest of the CBFC or by the makers while editing at their own will.

The aim of releasing this uncut version as a joint project between Film Heritage Foundation and Sippy Films Pvt Ltd is to show the original film as 'Sholay' was made for the first time. Amitabh has expressed happiness over the re-release of the film. At the same time, Dharmendra has called this film the eighth wonder of the world.

Amitabh Bachchan expressed happiness over the release of 'Sholay' uncut.

Amitabh Bachchan said, "At that time I had no idea that it would prove to be a milestone for Indian cinema. The dramatic transformation from being declared a failure to its record-breaking box office run was an emotional rollercoaster for all of us... I hope that even after 50 years, this film will attract the imagination of new audiences around the world."

Dharmendra called 'Sholay' the 8th wonder.
Dharmendra called 'Sholay' the 8th wonder of the world. He said, "I am very happy to hear that the film is being released in an uncut version and I am sure it will be as successful as it was 50 years ago. Who can forget Salim-Javed's dialogues and Ramesh Sippy's direction? Many scenes have been recorded in the history of Indian cinema and every character became a star. But the real hero was Sikka... My favorite scenes were the tank scene, the temple scene and many other scenes but the most powerful scene I think is Jai's death, which is still etched in my mind."

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