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Javed Akhtar set the record straight on 'Sholay', 'Zanjeer' origin stories
Updated On: 25 September, 2023 11:08 AM IST | New Delhi | IANS
"It is all rubbish. No film was a remake or based on any other film," Akhtar writes.
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Veteran screenwriter and lyricist Javed Akhtar has said that the iconic Bollywood film `Sholay` was not based, as was rumoured, on the classic western `Once Upon a Time in the West`, which was directed by Sergio Leone.
"As I have said, we (Salim and Javed) were influenced by Sergio Leone. But `Sholay` was not based on his epic film. Critics also said `Zanjeer` was based on `Dirty Harry`," Akhtar writes in the recently released book, `Talking Life: Javed Akthar in Conversation with Nasreen Munni Kabir`.
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