Here is a link to a video i did a good few years ago. Its a tribute to Sergio Leone and Sholay. You will enjoy this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjkFg0juVZQ

is it for me?

thanks!

way kool! sab murdahs!

I bet you will enjoy FRENCH CHOLAY!

I do enjoy Cholay but they give me gas

I Think I Have Seen The 3rd Ending,I was Like 11 Years Old When I Saw It..
And There Is One More Ending,I'm Not Sure About It But A Sikh Told Me That There Is An End Where The Character Of Amitabh Bachchan [Jai] Is Still Alive..Is That True???

I remember this as well .. did anyone dare to order or rent the Moserbaer DVD? Its the only version out there that we do not know about .. unless someone already mentioned it and I missed it, regardless it might contain this third version

Check sengh sahab!

the moserbaer is likely to be the same as ultra because moserbaer bought rights from ultra.
no - there is no footage in the public domain of jai continuing to live - even if this was ever shot, or should I say, even if jai was never shot

i got the moserbaer dvd finally... will check if it's the same as ultra...

As per various reports, and also mentioned in famous zulm thread "Top 100 films", "Jai lives" alternate was never shot. When the film flopped initially, they were debating and were ready to reshoot the ending, but it was not needed as the film picked up very fast.

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BTW, don't have patience to see RGV's Sholay (or whatever the name was), but what was the ending in that film ?? Jai (or equivalent) lives or dies ??

Dies, in what can only be described as one of the most cringe worthy and embarrassing piece of cinema I have ever seen; while getting kicked to death by the baddies, on looked by his 'hero' friend, he screams out to this friend to run, and the hero friend runs away. You just don't know whether to cry or burst out laughing. Yep, it's that bad.

Ali

Here's the MoserBaer dvd shot for comparison... It too has the "James Bond kay potey hai" line in audio and not "Tantiya Tope kay potey hai". Interestingly, except Carlotta, subtitles in no other dvd refer to James Bond, but simply refer to "royal descent" (which can only be Tantiya Tope, not James Bond). Eros-B4U is the only dvd to have the "Tantiya Tope kay potey hai" line in audio track.

MoserBaer DVD


Ultra DVD


Carlotta DVD (French subtitles)


BEI/DEI-Eros DVD


B4U-Eros DVD (Gabbar Dies Version)

I uploaded the extra scenes that are available on the Eros/B4U DVD:

Gabbar Dies:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLA-Ruf9LkA

Salim's Murder:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1zX1xS3u4U

has anyone ever seen any censor certificate saying "Gauge - 70mm"? Which are the other confirmed 70mm movies in India? Can we capture screenshots of the censor certs and upload them to this thread?

Shalimar for sure was on 70 mm.

Other Hindi films on 70 mm: All of them at the time of announcement, for publicity.

SHOLAY:
No sign of 70mm CC but a few Film length tid bits:

EROS Director's cut has a 1975 CC attached, where as, it's not the version censors approved. The CC shows a film length of 5677.6 meters (not 100% sure, but most likely whatever is visible), on 35mm Gauge, i.e. 207 min run time. DVD is 205 min (cover says 204 min).

DEI-EROS version has no CC but is the censored version. It's 198 min where as the cover says 185 min.

Carlotta version too has no CC but it does have a 8 min Extras with Ramesh Sippy. Film run time is 190 min which is the same as DEI-EROS run time (198 min), 4% speeded up for PAL.

I did post post earlier, at one time, in another post, differences in film content between the two versions.
http://www.zulm.net/of/showthread.php?threadid=503

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I wonder, what's still missing between what censor approved for 207 min and the 198 min version ?? 9 min extra that's in Director's cut was mostly not counted in the censor certificate indicated length.

I don't have any proof, but I do remember watching The Burning Train & Alibaba Aur 40 Chor in 70mm cinema halls when these movies released.

I read some movie magazine in early 80s mentioning about Hema Malini acted in maximum movies, which were released in 70mm prints and the movies were Sholay, The Burning Train, Alibaba Aur 40 Chor, Kranti & Razia Sultan.