Veteran actor Dharmendra is remembering and paying homage to the cinematographer of his iconic film Sholay. On Sunday, the actor took to his Instagram, and shared a throwback picture of himself with the late Dwarka Divecha, the cinematographer on ‘Sholay’. He also penned a note in the caption paying a tribute to the late artist, and urged his followers to rummage through the pages of the DOP’s biography.
Dharmendra remembers late DOP of Sholay
The veteran actor spoke about the nature of the DOP and also urged all to read his biography. He wrote, “Late Shri Dwarka Divecha, director of cinematography (‘Sholay’). He was always very loving and friendly with all of us. People behind the camera are hardly mentioned though they bring us on the Silver screen. Please read his biography”.
Dwarka Divecha was also an actor and had shared the screen with Shammi Kapoor, Padmini in ‘Singapore’. He was also involved in creating the sets of ‘Sholay’, which is considered Hindi cinema’s first Western Spaghetti film. It starred an ensemble cast of Dharmendra, Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Amjad Khan, Sanjeev Kumar, A. K. Hangal, Sachin and Hema Malini.
The film is one of the greatest movies in Hindi cinema courtesy its grandeur, performances, technical brilliance, action, music and direction. It was top of the British Film Institute`s 2002 poll of “Top 10 Indian Films” of all time. The film was written by the legendary screenwriting duo Salim-Javed, and went on to become one of longest running films of Indian cinema.
Something better than Sholay can be made: Ramesh Sippy
As every scene etched in the memories of the viewers, the film is often considered as the perfect cinema. But the director of the film, Ramesh Sippy does not think so. Ramesh told PTI, “I think you always want to better Sholay. That`s how you keep your spirits up. Otherwise, how will you carry on?” He futrther added that if he had told himself “Oh, I can`t make another film like Sholay,” then that would have been the end of it. “But there is no end to it. Otherwise, Sholay would not have been made if there was an end to it,” he notes.
The filmmaker adds, “The fact that Sholay was made, that means something better than Sholay can also be made and people will learn to like that kind of film as well,” he said.
