Remember the meditative sequence from Ramesh Sippy’s iconic Sholay (1975) the place Gabbar (Amjad Khan) shoots down your complete household of Thakur (Sanjeev Kumar)? Well, we hate to interrupt it to you, if you do not know already, that the sequence is lifted from Sergio Leonne’s Once Upon A Time within the West (1968). (Also Read: Internet reacts as Julia Roberts replaces Hema Malini, Robert De Niro is Amitabh Bachchan’s Jai in Sholay’s AI model)
Adil Hussain tweets
Actor Adil Hussain took to Twitter on Monday and shared a clip from Sergio Leonne’s iconic 1975 Spaghetti Western Once Upon A Time within the West, which is eerily just like the lengthy, memorable sequence from Sholay, the place Gabbar shoots down Thakur’s members of the family one after the other.
Adil wrote within the caption, “Ha ha… Who would have thought that portions of one of the most watched/ Admired films in India will be a copy of this film below… Probably you already knew that!? .. But didn’t..”
Reactions to Adil’s tweet
Actor Ranvir Shorey commented on Adil’s tweet and posted a hilarious GIF.
When Adil responded to Ranvir’s GIF with covering-eyes and sweating emojis, Ranvir shared one other GIF together with the caption, “And then they wonder why it’s called ‘Bollywood’…”
A consumer additionally commented on Adil’s tweet and wrote, “N they crib that they dont get oscar!!! Copy masters.” Another wrote on the identical strains, “Correction- #Bollywood shouts over the roof that piracy killing it. (laughing with tears emoji).”
Another consumer identified how the sequence in Once Upon A Time within the West is itself impressed from Akira Kurosawa’s 1954 Japanese epic Seven Samurai. They wrote, “’Badass hit team protecting a village’ is a theme inspired by Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai in film industry of every language.” Another consumer wrote on the identical strains, “Sir, Sergio Leone himself was heavily inspired by Akira Kurosawa’s Samurai films.” But a 3rd consumer rebutted the argument by writing, “To inspire and to plagiarise. How different!”
Sholay is without doubt one of the most recognised Hindi movies of all time. It starred Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini, Dharmendra, Jaya Bachchan, Sanjeev Kumar, Amjad Khan, Asrani, Viju Khote and Jagdeep amongst others. It was written by Salim-Javed and produced by Sippy Films.
Once Upon a Time within the West stars Henry Fonda. It’s the primary instalment of Sergio Leonne’s Once Upon A Time trilogy, and was adopted by Duck, You Sucker! ((1971) and Once Upon a Time in America (1984).
Source web site: www.hindustantimes.com
