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Saturday, August 2, 2025
TopicSholay

Topic: Sholay

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

What connects Raja Raja Chola, Ramana Maharshi, and Hindu temples of North America

For someone who once wanted nothing to do with his hoary lineage, architect V Ganapati Sthapati brought about a veritable renaissance in temple architecture before his death in 2011.

BJP MPs go full throttle against Trump even as govt hails enduring India-US ties amid tariff tension

New Delhi: While the Indian government has made a measured response to the 25 percent trade tariff imposed by Donald Trump, many in the BJP...

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

What’s standing between Modi & Trump? India’s contradictions

To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.