Director Ramesh Sippy brought a film in the name of ‘Sholay’ on 15 August 1975, which proved to be a blockbuster at the box office. Amitabh Bachchan and Dharmendra were seen in the lead role in this film. People liked the film a lot.
Along with Sholay, another film was released on the same day, which was initially moving towards the flop, but later proved to be a cult. The name of that film is ‘Jai Santoshi Maa’. Ashish Kumar was seen in the lead role in this film directed by Vijay Sharma.
When this film was released, the film earned just 56 rupees in Mumbai on the first day. On the second day too, the condition of the film was similar. On the third day, the film won only 100 rupees in Mumbai.
Seeing these figures, the trade analyst started saying that this film would flop, but it did not happen. Later, people liked this film so much that those who were leaving the film were promoting it.
Due to mouth publicity, this film started getting good response in theaters. People were liking this picture so much that this film lasted in theaters for 50 weeks (350 days). This film is counted in Bollywood’s Cult films.
According to Caiknilk, the budget of this film was about 30 lakh rupees and the film grossed 10.50 crores worldwide. In front of a big starcast film like ‘Sholay’, this film attracted people a lot.
Sholay also earned a bumper at the box office. The budget of the film was Rs 3 crore and worldwide earned Rs 50 crore. The name of these two films is included in the big films of the year 1975.
