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50 years of Shlay: It has been 50 years since the release of Cult film Sholay. In this, Hema Malini has made a special place in the hearts of the audience by playing the role of Basanti. Recently, the actress told that in the beginning, it was a huge …Read more
The release of ‘Sholay’ was 50 years.Basanti’s role was very small
Hema Malini further said, ‘When she said that there are many artists in this film and you are also playing one of them, then I felt that this is a small role. I said that it is not inspired by me. But he looked at me and said that just say yes. Otherwise you will have to regret it. I did the same and I am thankful today that I obeyed him.
It was difficult to play the role of Basanti
It was not easy to play the role of Basanti Hema Malini said, ‘I was a little confused how to speak dialogues? Then Javed (Akhtar) sat with me, he narrated the scene and showed it to him by acting. I just grabbed their way of speaking and added my style to it. Just from there, that character became the same as people know today. Even today people come to me and repeat Basanti’s dialogues. It is very happy to see them and he gives me happiness too.
The character of Basanti became an iconic
Hema Malini said, ‘Who knew that Basanti’s character would become such an iconic? Whenever I go to an event, I cannot get off the stage until I speak a dialogue of Basanti. Even today his craze remains intact. Basanti was far ahead of her time, a girl who runs a Tanga was a self-maid woman.
Basanti lived life in her own way
He further said, ‘Basanti lived his life in his own way. She was absolutely alone, yet she used to take care of herself. The same thing makes this character special. Even today, when I think about her, I think she really shows what we call self -reliant today. In this sense, she was far ahead of her time and think, at that time I did not even know that this thing would become so important one day.
‘Sholay’ was released 50 years ago
Let us tell you that the action-drama film ‘Sholay’ was released on 15 August 1975. In this, stars like Amjad Khan, Sachin Pilgaonkar, Jaya Bachchan and Sanjeev Kumar were in important roles. Its story was written by the pair of Salim-Javed together.