The Sholay Girl
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 The Sholay Girl Official poster | |
| Directed by | Aditya Sarpotdar |
| Written by | Faizal Akhtar Shrabani Deodhar Sameer Siddiqui |
| Produced by | Shrabani Deodhar Sai Deodhar Shakti Anand |
| Starring | Bidita Bag Chandan Roy Sanyal Aditya Lakhia Prince Rodde |
Production company | Purple Morning Movies |
| Distributed by | ZEE5 |
Release date |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
The Sholay Girl is a 2019 Hindi-language biographical period drama film directed by Aditya Sarpotdar and produced by Shrabani Deodhar, Sai Deodhar and Shakti Anand.[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]
Plot
[edit] | This article needs a plot summary. (August 2020) |
Cast
[edit]- Bidita Bag as Reshma Pathan
- Spandan Chaturvedi as young Reshma Pathan
- Dhrisha Kalyani as Reshma's younger sister
- Chandan Roy Sanyal as S. Azim
- Prince Rodde as Young Ramesh Sippy
- Vineet Raina as Shakoor
- Sujata Sehgal as Reshma's mother
- Aditya Lakhia as Reshma's father
- Saharsh Shukla as Saajid
- Reshma Pathan as herself- Special appearance
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]- ^ "The Sholay Girl trailer: Bidita Bag stars as India's first stuntwoman Reshma Pathan". The Indian Express. 3 March 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Nadar, A Ganesh (7 March 2019). "Who is the Sholay girl?". Rediff.com. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ^ "Bidita Bag will be seen as Hema Malini's body double in The Sholay Girl". Mid Day. 21 February 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ^ Sharma, Aayushi (4 March 2019). "All You Need To Know About Reshma Pathan aka The Sholay Girl, India's First Stunt Woman". Zee TV. Archived from the original on 7 August 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Greet The Sholay Girl". The Tribune. 5 March 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Ghosh, Shubham (8 March 2019). "Women's Day: Biopic made on India's first stuntwoman 'The Sholay Girl'". One India. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ^ "'The Sholay Girl' review: Stunt artist Reshma Pathan gets the full-canvas Bollywood treatment". Scroll.in. 9 March 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Jain, Arushi (13 March 2019). "The Sholay Girl review: A compelling watch". The Indian Express. Retrieved 15 March 2019.