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Tuesday, September 23, 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

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

India takes a relook at Russian Su-57, but not for its stealth. Here’s why

India exited the Indo-Russian FGFA programme in 2018. But now it might procure at least 2 squadrons of Su-57 aircraft from Russia and evaluate Russian proposal to manufacture them in India.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.