Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Sholay

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Sholay (July 2013)

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The result was: not scheduled by BencherliteTalk 13:31, 6 August 2013‎ (UTC)



Sholay (meaning embers in English) is a 1975 action-adventure Hindi film directed by Ramesh Sippy and produced by his father G. P. Sippy. The film follows two criminals, Veeru and Jai (played by Dharmendra and Amitabh Bachchan [pictured]), hired by a retired police officer (Sanjeev Kumar) to capture the ruthless dacoit Gabbar Singh (Amjad Khan). When first released, Sholay received negative critical reviews and a tepid commercial response, but favourable word-of-mouth publicity helped it to become a box office success. It broke records for continuous showings in many theatres across India, and ran for more than five years at Mumbai's Minerva theatre. By some accounts, it is the highest grossing Indian film of all time, adjusted for inflation. The film drew heavily from the conventions of Westerns, and is a defining example of the masala genre. The film's dialogues and certain characters became extremely popular, contributing to numerous cultural memes and becoming part of India's daily vernacular. Sholay ranked first in the British Film Institute's 2002 poll of "Top 10 Indian Films" of all time. 1 point - Timing (anniversary of release) 1 point - Contributor history (my first) 1 point - Diversity (not many Indian films) 3 points - Total. BollyJeff &#124;  talk  01:57, 25 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Support-It is very infrequent the instances in which a Hindi film has been featured. QatarStarsLeague (talk) 02:45, 25 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment Please do not add fair use images to this page. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:49, 25 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Sorry. So films cannot have images then, or is there another way to get something in there? BollyJeff  &#124;  talk  03:29, 25 July 2013 (UTC)
 * A free image of Ramesh Sippy, Dharmendra, or Amitabh Bachchan, could certainly be used. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 05:43, 25 July 2013 (UTC)


 * Support. Good for diversity and date relevance. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 16:15, 5 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Points: 1 point for anniversary, 1 point for no previous TFAs (unless Priyanka Chopra gets there first, which I'm still deciding); no point for diversity (we don't break down the "films" category at WP:FA); -3 points for Barton Fink on 13th August. Total -1 point. BencherliteTalk 13:16, 6 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Closing comment: "schedule Priyanka Chopra in preference to Sholay because a film article has been scheduled for 13th August" - Priyanka Chopra had been nominated for 14th August 2013 and Sholay had been nominated for 15th August 2013.

Sholay (January 2014)

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The result was: not scheduled by BencherliteTalk 19:39, 19 January 2014‎ (UTC)

Sholay is a 1975 action-adventure Hindi film directed by Ramesh Sippy and produced by his father G. P. Sippy. Shot in the rocky terrain of Ramanagara (pictured), the film follows two criminals, Veeru and Jai (played by Dharmendra and Amitabh Bachchan), hired by a retired police officer (Sanjeev Kumar) to capture the ruthless dacoit Gabbar Singh (Amjad Khan). When first released, Sholay received negative critical reviews and a tepid commercial response, but favourable word-of-mouth publicity helped it to become a box office success. It broke records for continuous showings in many theatres across India, and ran for more than five years at Mumbai's Minerva theatre. The film drew heavily from the conventions of Westerns, and is a defining example of the masala genre. The film's dialogues and certain characters became extremely popular, contributing to numerous cultural memes and becoming part of India's daily vernacular. Sholay ranked first in the British Film Institute's 2002 poll, "Top 10 Indian Films" of all time. It was re-released in 3D in January 2014.

Promoted over six months ago, but earns 1 point for timing. It is a 39 year old film that was just re-released in 3D this month. BollyJeff &#124;  talk  01:12, 8 January 2014 (UTC)
 * , can you find a way to work the image into the blurb, or would it be better to use e.g. file:Ramesh Sippy.jpg? At the moment, the picture has no discernable relevance to the blurb... BencherliteTalk 11:01, 8 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I added some text, but if you prefer the director's picture, let me know. BollyJeff  &#124;  talk  13:15, 8 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks for that. No real preference personally. BencherliteTalk 14:28, 8 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Closing comment: "removing Sholay and Dredd - there are just too many other film TFAs now or nominated with stronger support to make it possible to run these at present.")