[lbo-talk] India's "Sholay" takes checkered flag from Iran's TV audience: poll

Sujeet Bhatt sujeet.bhatt at gmail.com
Sun Aug 20 23:01:47 PDT 2006


http://www.mehrnews.ir/en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=365275

Mehrnews.com, Iran

Tehran:09:27,2006/08/21

India's Sholay takes checkered flag from Iran's TV audience: poll

TEHRAN, Aug. 11 (MNA) – A poll by the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcastings (IRIB) Research Center showed that the celebrated Indian movie "Sholay" has drawn the most audience attention, reported the state TV here Thursday.

Directed by Ramesh Sippy, the movie was aired in the fourth week of the Iranian calendar month Tir (June 22-July 22).

Iranian directors Kiumars Purahmad's "Strange Sisters" and Kamal Tabrizi's "Maternal Love" aired in the same period stood second and third respectively.

The 1975 hit "Sholay" tells the story of a retired police officer, Thakur, who hires two convicts, Veeru and Jai, to capture Gabbar Singh.

Singh is a dacoit, who sent his men to kill Thakur's entire family. Only Thakur and his daughter-in-law survived.

Bloody clashes between Jai, Veeru, and the bandits follow. After much sorrow and suffering, the bandits are captured.

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