This year’s Independence Day celebrations had an added tadka of euphoria when the Film Heritage Foundation shared the news on social media that a 4K restored version of Ramesh Sippy’s magnum opus Sholay will be re-released at the 50th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival on September 6, 2025, to mark its 50th anniversary. The lot of Thakur, Gabbar, Jai, Veeru, and Basanti will be back to regale the audiences with their antics and recreate the magic of their crisp dialogues that are embedded in the memory of every Hindi film buff from the past three generations. However, the euphoria proved to be short-lived, as the screening will take place only in........

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