New Delhi. There are many web series and films like ‘Bahubali’, ‘Hiramandi’ and ‘Padmavat’ whose sets are quite iconic. As popular as these films and series were, their sets were equally popular. Even today, the craze for these films in the country and abroad is such that people come from far and wide to see the sets of these films. This is a matter of film sets, for these films the makers had spent crores of rupees and built grand sets, but decades ago there was a film for which not a set but an entire village was built.
Now you might be wondering which was the film for which the entire set was constructed. This is the blockbuster film ‘Sholay’ released in 1975. ‘Sholay’, directed by Ramesh Sippy, made huge money at the box office and printed huge notes. Even today this film is counted among the most brilliant films in the history of Hindi cinema.
The film was based on village
Hema Malini, Dharmendra, Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Sanjeev Kumar and Amjad Khan played important roles in this film full of action-comedy-romance and tragedy. The story of this film, directed by Ramesh Sippy, is woven around a village named Ramgarh. This Ramgarh village was actually settled. This was the story of saving a village from bandits.
The film’s village is a tourist destination
Ramgarh village of the film ‘Sholay’ is actually in the hills located between Bengaluru and Mysore, whose real name is ‘Ramanagaram’. Even today, people come from far and wide to see this village, which gives a great boost to the tourism here. This village is still benefiting from the popularity of Dharmendra, Amitabh Bachchan and Hema Malini’s films.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: November 19, 2024, 16:11 IST
