i really love sholay and i dunt think its overrated at all...
It was the epitome of a good sexy masala film which got everything right...memorable characters, memorable dialogues, awsome music (the title track credits and mehbooba were path breaking)...it was the first of its kind in the sense that it was an amazing bollywoodized version of the curry western cowboy films (another genre which i love)...it was pretty ahead for its age, in terms of look, camera work, costume, dialogues, background score...even today it dosent feel dated at all...
the characters arent caricatures...thts the genre of the film...its a healthy good vs bad film with a clear hero and a clear villain...one cant expect grey characters, or characters with realistic motivations in such a film...its meant to be a delicious masala and its just that...
i personally think it completely deserves to be on that list...
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