Two small-time fighters are hired by a retired officer to bring in a dacoit. It was not an instant monster hit, and then it became the film Hindi cinema is still measured against. Ramesh Sippy directs. Salim–Javed write. Gabbar Singh is Amjad Khan.
The story
Thakur, a retired police officer, hires two small-time fighters, Jai and Veeru, to bring him Gabbar Singh. The job is a revenge the Thakur cannot legally finish. Around it sit Basanti, who talks as fast as she drives, and Radha, the widowed daughter-in-law who barely speaks.
Ramesh Sippy directed. Salim–Javed wrote it. It opened on 15 August 1975 and was not treated as a hit in its first days. It then became the Hindi film other films are still measured against. Amitabh Bachchan plays Jai. Dharmendra plays Veeru. Hema Malini plays Basanti. Jaya Bhaduri plays Radha. Amjad Khan plays Gabbar. Sanjeev Kumar plays Thakur.