Some movies you watch… and some you live. For my husband, Sholay is not a film — it’s an emotion, almost a religion. I sometimes feel he should’ve been the third wheel between Jai and Veeru! 😅
Maybe words can’t do justice to his love for it — even Gabbar would say, “Yeh pyaar thoda zyada nahi ho gaya re?”
After marriage, I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve watched it with him. He says it’s his stress-buster. No matter how long or tiring his day is, he’ll come home, put on Sholay, and watch it like a sacred ritual — half today, half tomorrow.
And if I don’t sit beside him, he gives me that dramatic Thakur stare, the one that silently says, “Yeh haath mujhe de de Thakur!” (as in, give me company!).
A few years ago, when Sholay came back to theatres, we went to watch it. From the first whistle to the last gunshot, my husband was non-stop with the dialogues —
“Basanti, in kutton ke saamne mat nachna!”
“Kitne aadmi the?”
“Tera kya hoga Kaalia?”
He knew every pause, every background beat!
I thought people around us would get irritated, but to my surprise, everyone was doing the same! The whole hall echoed the film like a national anthem. That’s when I realised — this wasn’t just cinema, it was collective nostalgia.
Ramesh Sippy didn’t make a film — he created a feeling that has lived in our hearts for decades. The friendship, the courage, the laughter, the loyalty — Sholay was, and will always be, a celebration of Desi spirit.
And my husband never misses a chance to sing “Yeh dosti hum nahi todenge” with his best friend — and it’s such a lovely sight.
God bless their decades of friendship! ❤️
Every single time he watches it, he still gets teary-eyed at the end… secretly hoping that maybe this time, Jai (Amitabh) won’t die. ❤️
Because Sholay may have made history, but in our home, it lives on as a story of true friendship, selflessness, and love for a friend — one that never fades, even after the credits roll.
Today, with the passing of Asrani — our beloved Jailor sahab, another piece of Sholay’s magic fades into memory.
May his soul rest in peace. 🙏
And as he would say —
“Hum angrezon ke zamaane ke jailor hain…”
— a line that will echo in our hearts forever. ❤️
Blessmesai 