46 Years of Sholay Dharmendra has an idea for a SEQUEL of this ICONIC film wants Abhishek Bachchan and Bobby Deol to play Veeru and Basantis sons!
On the films 46th anniversary we bring to you interesting trivia which you probably have never heard about till date. Journalist and author Roshmila Bhattacharya in her book, Matinee Men mentions that Dharmendra once confided to her that he has thought of a premise for the sequel for Sholay The first part ended with Gabbar Singh getting arrested and Jai suffering an unfortunate death. Veeru leaves Ramgarh with Basanti.As per Dharmendra, in the sequel, he envisioned that Veeru and Basanti get married after settling down at some other town or village. Both have two sons who grow up to be Abhishek Bachchan and Bobby Deol! They are brought up by Radha Jaya Bachchan who loved Jai in the first part and was left alone after his demise.Dharmendra then doesnt go into the details but says that circumstances compel the two boys, Veeru, Basanti and Radha to go to Ramgarh to avenge Jai’s death. Whether its Gabbar Singh making a return after his jail imprisonment is over or whether a new villain gets introduced is not known. But the idea of a sequel to Sholay and the casting coup is surely something that excites us!
