Dharmendra fired shots during Sholay scene, bullet whizzed past Amitabh: Ramesh

Sholay also starred Sanjeev Kumar, Amjad Khan, Hema Malini and Jaya Bachchan among others.

Sholay (1975), an action-adventure film directed by Ramesh Sippy, remains a favourite among fans. Now, speaking with News18 , Ramesh has opened up about an incident when late actor Dharmendra loaded a gun during the climax scene of the film and fired. The bullet, Ramesh added, "whizzed past" Amitabh Bachchan , who was standing nearby.

Ramesh said, “It happened while filming the climax. That was the one in which he picked up the bullets, stuffed them in… and in this shot, he was not supposed to fire… He was just expected to load the gun. But what he did was put the gun up and fired, Amitabh Bachchan was standing up there as it was his position–at the edge of the cliff, and the bullet whizzed p