Sholay is a 1975 Hindi-language Action Adventure movie written by Salim-javed and directed by Ramesh Sippy and produced by G. P. Sippy under the banner of United Producers in collaboration with Sippy Films. Sholay means embers in Hindi. In this particular movie, a Police Officer, who's family was killed by a bandit named Gabbar Singh, decides to fight fire with fire and recruits two convicts, Jai and Veeru to capture Gabbar. He approaches them in jail, puts the proposal in front of them, and they agree to bring in Gabbar Singh alive - for a hefty price. After their discharge from jail, they travel by train to the village where the Police Officer lives - now with only his widowed daughter-in-law. The three band together to fight one of the most elusive and dreaded bandits of all time. Will the two ex-cons be able to bring Gabbar alive to the Police Officer? Written by Calista. Sholay features Dharmendra in the lead role along with an ensemble cast including Sanjeev Kumar, Hema Malini, Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bhaduri, Amjad Khan and A.k. Hangal. The music was composed by Rahul Dev Burman along with R. D. Burman. Cinematography was done by Dwarka Divecha and editing by M. S. Shinde. The movie has a running time of 204 minutes. It was released on 15th August 1975. The Film was successful at box office. Sholay was made on a budget of ₹3 crore and it was a super hit at box office gross of ₹6 crore. Distribution rights for the film were acquired by Sippy Films.