In 1975, Sholay starring Amitabh Bachchan and Dharmendra was released. A video of the moment has gone viral on social media. What was the price of a ticket 50 years ago?
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| Poster Sholay and the viral ticket |
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In 1975, Sholay was the highest-grossing film of that year, earning Rs 35 crore. The film was screened in different locations over the course of five years. The film ran for 286 weeks at the Minerva Theatre in Mumbai. Initially, when the film was released, the hall was empty. There would be no people. Later, when two songs of the film "Jab Tak Hai Jaan" and "Koi Haseena" became popular, people started gathering to watch the film.
The film made by Ramesh Sippy is still immortal. It's not just the characters, it's the story, the songs. Even after so many years, they are back in people's mouths. But when the film Sholay completed 50 years, the picture of the ticket of the 1975 film came out.
Ticket prices in 1975:
Do you know how much a movie ticket costs in Indian currency? Today, in any multiplex, a ticket of Rs 300-400 does not matter. At that time, the ticket price was only 1.5 to 3 rupees! Yes, that's right. The front stall and middle stall (3rd class and 2nd class) tickets were priced between Rs. 1.50 to Rs 2.00.
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| Viral ticket of Sholay |
The price of the balcony was Rs. 3.00. At that time, the price of 10 grams of gold was 540 rupees, and now it is 80000 rupees. That is, the price of gold has increased 150 times. From the figures it can be easily guessed that the price of the ticket of the cinema hall is quite high as compared to 1975.
Honorarium of actors in the film Sholay:
How much did the actors earn?
It was reportedly made on a budget of Rs 3 crore. Of this, Ramesh Sippy had spent Rs 20 lakh on the actors. At that time, Dharmendra received Rs 1.5 lakh for the film. For the role of Thakur, Sanjeev Kumar got one lakh twenty five thousand rupees and Amitabh Bachchan got only one lakh rupees for the winning role.
Amjad Khan, popularly known as Gabbar Singh, received Rs 50,000 and Hema Malini Rs 75,000. Jaya Bachchan was paid Rs 35,000 for the film.