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Sunday, October 12, 2025
TopicSholay

Topic: Sholay

Sholay’s iconic rocks are being blasted for a highway, endangered vultures also threatened

Ramadevarabetta, where Ramesh Sippy’s ‘Sholay’ was shot, is home to India’s only vulture sanctuary. But the road construction is worrying environmentalists.

No phone signal for EU Kashmir delegation and Shiv Sena’s Sholay dialogue

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Veteran actor Viju Khote, best known for playing Kaalia in Sholay, dies

Viju Khote, who had a career spanning five decades, passed away Monday morning.

Mac Mohan, the ‘poore pachaas hazaar’ actor who moved to Mumbai to be a cricketer

On his 9th death anniversary, ThePrint takes a look at the career of one of Bollywood’s most popular character artistes.

What’s common between ‘Sholay’ & how we see PM Modi? Family ties

Be it Mamata Banerjee’s Didi or Mayawati’s Behenji, the spirit of forging familial relationship can tell why politicians like Modi are worshipped.

Pran, the most popular Bollywood villain who often carried more weight than the hero

On his 99th birth anniversary, ThePrint takes a look at the career of the actor who played a hero, a villain and everything in between.

Dissipating josh on the jobs front as opposition unites

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

There is much more to birthday boy Dharmendra than just his ‘He-man’ image

Dharmendra, who turns 83 today, was a versatile actor early in his career. But after the success of Sholay, he got typecast as an action hero.

Remembering Amjad Khan, the versatile actor who was Bollywood’s favourite villain

Here's a look at the career of Amjad Khan, the actor who immortalised the character of Gabbar Singh.

On Camera

Zubeen Garg saga is resembling Sushant Singh Rajput. Did we not learn our lesson?

Oceans sit between the Assamese singer and the Bollywood actor. But what their deaths reveal is a study in human behaviour as performed in the public sphere.

Niti Aayog recommends fully decriminalising 12 offences under new I-T Act to ‘foster more trust’

Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.

India, UK sign £350 mn deal for Martlet. What are these Lightweight Multirole Missiles

In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.