The Sholay Girl

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The Sholay Girl
File:The Sholay girl poster.jpeg
The Sholay Girl Official poster
Directed byAditya Sarpotdar
Produced byShrabani Deodhar
Sai Deodhar
Written byFaizal Akhtar
Shrabani Deodhar
Sameer Siddiqui
StarringBidita Bag
Chandan Roy Sanyal
Aditya Lakhia
Prince Rodde
Production
company
Purple Morning Movies
Distributed byZEE5
Release date
  • 8 March 2019 (2019-03-08)
Running time
106 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

The Sholay Girl is a 2019 Hindi-language biographical period drama film directed by Aditya Sarpotdar and produced by Shrabani Deodhar and Sai Deodhar.[1] Written by Faizal Akhtar and Shrabani Deodhar, the film is based on India's first stuntwoman, Reshma Pathan.[2][3] Bidita Bag portrays Pathan's role while Chandan Roy Sanyal, Prince Rodde and Aditya Lakhia appear in supporting roles.[4]

The title refers to Sholay, in which Pathan worked as a stunt double for Hema Malini.[5] To prepare for the role, Bag took training in martial arts.[6] She also said that she watched the tonga scene from Sholay "at least a 100 times to master the role."[7] The official trailer was released on 3 March 2019 and the film was released on 8 March, the International Women's Day on the online streaming platform ZEE5.[8][9][10]

Cast[edit]

Reception[edit]

Nandini Ramnath of Scroll.in called it "an undeniably uplifting biopic that pays tribute to Reshma’s daring and can-do spirit". But she felt that the film "softens the rough edges and underplays the exploitative conditions under which she often worked."[11] Alcheesh Kushwaha of NDTV praised Bag's performance. He then wrote: "In the one hour 25-minute film, with the colloquy, trickle and resonance of Reshma, the whole story of adventurer and Himmatwali Stantwoman explains in the sequels."[12] Arushi Jain of The Indian Express called the film a "compelling watch" and praised Bag's acting calling her "effortless in her spot on performance as Reshma."[13]

References[edit]

  1. "The Sholay Girl trailer: Bidita Bag stars as India's first stuntwoman Reshma Pathan". The Indian Express. 3 March 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  2. Chakraborty, Rimi (8 March 2019). "Not Jai-Veeru Or Gabbar, Basanti's Stunt Double Reshma Pathan Was The Real Action Star Of 'Sholay'". MensXP.com. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  3. Nadar, A Ganesh (7 March 2019). "Who is the Sholay girl?". Rediff.com. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  4. "Bidita Bag will be seen as Hema Malini's body double in The Sholay Girl". Mid Day. 21 February 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  5. Sharma, Aayushi (4 March 2019). "All You Need To Know About Reshma Pathan aka The Sholay Girl, India's First Stunt Woman". Zee TV. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  6. Bandyopadhyay, Bohni (2 March 2019). "Streaming Now: Amazon Prime's Made In Heaven, ZEE5's Sholay Girl Queued Up For Women's Day". CNN-News18. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  7. "Bidita Bag to play Hema Malini's body double Reshma Pathan in web film The Sholay Girl". Firstpost. 19 February 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  8. "Greet The Sholay Girl". The Tribune. 5 March 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  9. "Streaming Now: Amazon Prime's Made In Heaven, ZEE5's Sholay Girl Queued Up For Women's Day". CNN-News18. 2 March 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  10. Ghosh, Shubham (8 March 2019). "Women's Day: Biopic made on India's first stuntwoman 'The Sholay Girl'". One India. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  11. "'The Sholay Girl' review: Stunt artist Reshma Pathan gets the full-canvas Bollywood treatment". Scroll.in. 9 March 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  12. Kushwaha, Alcheesh (10 March 2019). "The Sholay Girl Review: Not 'Bansati'. Reshma ran 'Dhanno' on a wheel with a wounded leg, the first Stuntwoman's fable story". NDTV. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  13. Jain, Arushi (13 March 2019). "The Sholay Girl review: A compelling watch". The Indian Express. Retrieved 15 March 2019.

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