Khan's acting experience up until Sholay was mostly in the theater and a career in films had so far eluded him. soo ja nahi toh Gabbar Singh aa jayega!')ĭespite only appearing in nine scenes, actor Amjad Khan's performance as Gabbar Singh is a major highlight of the film. jab bachcha raat ko rota hai, toh maa kehti hai bete soo ja. sleep or else Gabbar Singh will come!' (' Yahan se pachas pachas kos door gaon mein. when a child cries in the night, then the mom says sleep my son. 'In a village fifty kilometers from here. Many consider Gabbar Singh to be the first character in Hindi films to depict pure evil. You could say he leads by example - the example he makes of others. He won't hesitate to eliminate anyone who sullies his well-earned reputation - even his own men. He revels in the fact that the government has put a fifty grand bounty on his head - dead or alive - but is confident that no one will be stupid enough to try to collect it.Īs we watch the Gabbar Singh shoot down a whole family, we see why he is feared. We learn that Gabbar Singh raids local villages for his provisions and has a well-deserved reputation for indiscriminate killing. 'How many men were there?' ('Kitne aadme the?')Įven before we see his face in Sholay, we see Gabbar Singh pacing on a rock ledge as he delivers one of the most famous and chilling lines in the history of Indian film, 'Kitne aadme the?' If you are new to Bollywood, here's what you need to know about Gabbar Singh. With the bandit Gabbar Singh, Sholay introduced a unique modern villain whose memorable dialogues are part of Bollywood cultural literacy. The 1975 film Sholay tells the story of a notorious and ruthless bandit and a former police officer who enlists the services of two outlaws to capture him.

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