''Ramgarh Ke Sholay'' () is a 1991 Indian

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-language

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directed by Ajit Diwani, starring

Vijay Saxena Vijay Saxena (1 January 1968 - 24 June 1994) was a former Indian actor, who primarily worked in Hindi films from 1990 to 1994. He was famous for his resemblance with Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan, which allowed him to act in Hindi mov ...

Kishore Bhanushali Kishore Bhanushali is an Indian actor and stand-up comedian notable for his works in Hindi films and television serials. He has a likeness to late Bollywood actor Dev Anand. He had the main lead in many films like '' Hum Hain Khalnayak'', ''Ja ...

and Amjad Khan. The film parodies the 1975

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film ''

Sholay ''Sholay'' (, ) is a 1975 Indian Hindi-language action-adventure film directed by Ramesh Sippy, produced by his father G. P. Sippy, and written by Salim–Javed. The film is about two criminals, Veeru (Dharmendra) and Jai (Amitabh Bachchan), ...

''. Amjad Khan, who played the iconic villain Gabbar Singh in the original, reprises his role in the film. The film also features lookalike actors Vijay Saxena, who resembles

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(who played Jai in the original ''Sholay''), Kishore Bhanushali, who resembles

Dev Anand Dharamdev Pishorimal Anand (26 September 1923 – 3 December 2011), better known as Dev Anand, was an Indian actor, writer, director and producer known for his work in Hindi cinema, through a career that spanned over six decades. He was o ...

as well as lookalike actors of

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and

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Cast

as Vijay (Amitabh Bachchan) *

as Johny (Dev Anand) * Amjad Khan as Gabbar Singh * Anand Kumar as Anil Kapoor * Navin Rathod as Govinda *

Dinesh Hingoo Dinesh Hingoo (born 13 April 1940) is an Indian actor who plays comic & supporting roles in Hindi films. He had appeared in over 300 films, from ''Taqdeer (1967)'' to '' Be Careful (2011)'', and is known for his laughter and impersonations incl ...

, as Dinesh Chandani * Prashant Narayanan Manmauji as Havaldar Dhandakar – Bombay *

Mehmood Junior Naeem Sayyed (born 15 November 1956) popularly known as Mehmood Junior is an Indian actor, singer and Marathi film director. The name Junior Mehmood was given to him by Mehmood Ali. Career Mehmood Junior has acted in 265 movies in 7 different l ...

as Ghanshyam "Ghanu" "Ghaniya" *

Rajendra Nath Rajendra Nath Malhotra (8 June 1931 − 13 February 2008) was an Indian actor and comedian in Hindi and Punjabi Punjabi, or Panjabi, most often refers to: * Something of, from, or related to Punjab, a region in India and Pakistan * Punjabi ...

as Inspector Ghanekar – Bombay *

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as Inspector Himmat Singh *

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as Jaiwanti Gabbar Singh's daughter

Soundtrack

The soundtrack for the film was composed by

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and was released on

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. The soundtrack features hit songs such as "Dosti Dosti" and "Teri Zulfein Shaam Si Roshan".

References

External links

* Sholay 1991 films Indian parody films 1990s Hindi-language films Films scored by Anu Malik Cultural depictions of Amitabh Bachchan {{1990s-Hindi-film-stub