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Five unknown facts about Sholay

We bet you did not know these facts about Sholay

Sholay is eternal. It can never cease to impress us. It has impressed cine lovers over generations now. Grandfathers tell their third generation to watch the movie that they had loved so much. Bollywood is lucky to have this great blockbuster which can be referred to the generations to come. And it is forty long years, not a small span. And still its charisma remains intact. Since it has completed four decades we thought it was the right time to share some unknown facts about Sholay. Do you know that Jaya Bachchan was pregnant when she was shooting for Sholay. Do you know the colours used in the Holi scene was brought in trucks, so much colour was bought that one state could not fulfill the requirement of the Holi colours. Romance blossomed between Dharmendra and Hema Malini on the sets of Sholay. It was then they decided that they will get married. Sholay's performance at the box office for the first week was very poor. Know more facts: