![]() In fact, everyone asked if they could play Gabbar because it was such a good role. "I asked Ramesh ji and Salim-Javed (the writers) if I could play the character of Gabbar in the film. ![]() Director Ramesh Sippy found himself badgered. So awesome that the three principal male actors in the film - Dharmendra, Amitabh Bachchan and Sanjeev Kumar - all wanted to play Gabbar. No act was cruel enough to make him flinch - from playing Russian roulette with his own men to slicing off Thakur Baldev Singh's arms. The dialogue could well apply to another fictional character: Gabbar Singh in Sholay, a fact that the male cast of Bollywood's most iconic film were quick to recognize in its inception.īearded, clad in army green and boots, talisman around his neck, a pistol in one hand, a whip in another, dacoit and ganglord Gabbar Singh was a man without conscience, remorse or mercy. ![]() "I am Heathcliff," says Bronte heroine Catherine in Wuthering Heights.
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