{"id":2275,"date":"2025-12-01T19:15:29","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T13:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/?p=2275"},"modified":"2025-12-01T19:15:31","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T13:45:31","slug":"thakur-to-kill-gabbar-singh-in-the-climax-of-restored-version-of-sholay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/?p=2275","title":{"rendered":"THAKUR TO KILL GABBAR SINGH IN THE CLIMAX OF RESTORED VERSION OF \u2018SHOLAY\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A restored version of the iconic Hindi blockbuster \u2018Sholay\u2019 with its original ending will be released across theatres in India soon, eminent poet, lyricist and scriptwriter Javed Akhtar said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            Akhtar, who had a huge role in the making of the film including character creation to shaping the plot and dialogue, said the final scene of \u2018Sholay\u2019 had to be altered as the Censor Board in 1975 had objected to the concept of a law abiding former police officer taking law into his own hands to kill a criminal though Director Ramesh Sippy had planned it that way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            The scene had to be changed and the film, which was hailed as one of the most iconic in the history of Indian cinema, had shown the police officer Thakur Baldev Singh (Sanjeev Kumar) having a duel with Gabbar Singh (Amjad Khan). Gabbar was shown as arrested by law enforcers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            But in the restored version, Thakur Baldev Singh will be seen killing Gabbar as was in the original story which the public did not see. The restored version of \u2018Sholay\u2019 is being re-launched to mark the 50th<\/sup> year of the release of the film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Akhtar, who was honoured with the 1st<\/sup> SOA Sahitya Samman at the 3rd<\/sup> SOA Literary Festival organised by the Siksha \u2018O\u2019 Anusandhan Deemed to be University, was interacting with actor and producer Vani Tripathy Tikoo after the inaugural ceremony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            Replying to questions on evolution of Indian cinema, Akhtar said cinema was a symptom which only pointed at the disease the society was suffering from. \u201cCinema is not the disease. It is the symptom. It has been changing keeping pace with the society over time,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            \u201cYou cannot make a \u2018Devdas\u2019 today\u201d, he said referring to the famous Dilip Kumar starrer made in 1955, adding \u201cif it is made today, it will not run.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            There was a phase when \u2018rebellion\u2019 was the theme of Bollywood films followed by the \u2018angry young man\u2019 concept. It surfaced at a time when India witnessed the growth of extra constitutional tendencies and the JP movement. \u201cBut it could not have happened in the 1950s,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            Akhtar said there was a period when \u2018thakurs\u2019 and \u2018zamindars\u2019 played villains in films, but it would not happen today as the zamindari system has disappeared. \u201cIn fact, these days we have no villains in films,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            \u201cWe have given up literature for about 40-45 years. Now if a person speaks his mother tongue, people may start thinking that he comes from a humble background,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            \u201cIn fact, if you take the name of a famous litterateur of the early 20th<\/sup> century, chances are that the present generation might not even have heard of that person,\u201d he said adding \u201clearning English is necessary, but not at the cost of the mother tongue.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            Replying to questions on the impact of Artificial Intelligence on cinema and music, Akhtar said he had done more than 200 songs with singer Shankar Mahadevan including the chartbuster \u2018Breathless\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            \u201cBut can AI do \u2018Breathless\u2019 today using my words and Mahadevan\u2019s voice? It cannot\u201d, he said adding \u201chowever, right now, AI is in the cradle, we don\u2019t know what it can do in future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            Akhtar also reminisced about the way one of his famous songs for the 1994 film \u20181942: A Love Story\u2019, starring Anil Kapoor and Manisha Koirala, was composed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            The film was discussed one morning at a meeting held at the studio of music director Rahul Dev Burman in Mumbai which was attended by most members of the set and the musical team. \u201cAfter listening to the story, at one point, I suggested that there was scope for inserting a good song in the movie but others were not convinced.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            Akhtar, however, was asked to compose the lyrics and bring it for discussion in the next meeting to be held at 4 pm the same day. \u201cSomehow, I forgot about it altogether till someone reminded me about it at 2 pm. I had not thought about it till then,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            \u201cWhile driving to the venue of the meeting, I was wondering how I will explain my failure to write the song. Then the first line of the song \u2018Ek Ladki Ko Dekha To Aisha Laga\u2019 came to my mind,\u201d he said.             He discussed the line in the meeting which was accepted by others and sat down to write the rest of the song there itself which became a hit, Akhtar said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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