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Sholay: The Making of a Classic
AuthorAnupama Chopra
CountryIndia
LanguageEnglish
SubjectFilm
PublisherPenguin Books India
Media typePrint
Pages194
AwardsNational Film Award for Best Book on Cinema
ISBN014029970X

Sholay: The Making of a Classic is a 2000 book written by Anupama Chopra, about the making of the Hindi film classic Sholay (1975).[1] The book was released in 2000 by Penguin Books India.[2] The book is based on the making of the film shooting.[3] The book initially sold 10,000 copies,[4] and won the 2001 National Film Award for Best Book on Cinema.[5][6][7]

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The book is an inside look at the film's production, based on interviews with the director, stars, and crew members.[8]

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  1. "Why Sholay still works". ibn live. Archived from the original on 18 August 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
  2. Username * (1 December 2000). "Sholay : The Making Of A Classic". Penguin Books India. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
  3. "The Khan Story". The Hindu. 5 August 2007. Archived from the original on 19 October 2009. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
  4. "'They call my book a fanalysis'". India Abroad, accessed via HighBeam Research. 17 October 2003. Retrieved 15 April 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  5. "What you didn't know about SRK". rediff. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
  6. "48th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals.
  7. "Sholay: Gets National Awards!". Filmfare. 30 August 2001. Archived from the original on 30 October 2001. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  8. Sholay from University of Iowa Archived 2015-01-02 at the Wayback Machine


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