Editing Sholay (section)

== Cast ==
{{Cast listing|
* [[Dharmendra]] as Veeru
* [[Sanjeev Kumar]] as [[Thakur (title)|Thakur]] Baldev Singh, a retired Police Officer
* [[Hema Malini]] as Basanti, Veeru's love interest
* [[Amitabh Bachchan]] as Jaidev "Jai"
* [[Jaya Bhaduri]] as Radha, Thakur's daughter-in-law and Jai's love interest 
* [[Iftekhar]] as [[Inspector]] Khurana, Radha's Father
* [[Amjad Khan (actor)|Amjad Khan]] as [[Gabbar Singh (character)|Gabbar Singh]], a wanted [[dacoit]].
* [[Satyen Kappu]] as Ramlaal, Thakur's servant
* [[A. K. Hangal]] as Rahim Chacha, the [[imam]] in the village
* [[Sachin (actor)|Sachin Pilgaonkar]] as Ahmed, son of the imam
* [[Jagdeep]] as Soorma Bhopali, a comical wood trader
* [[Leela Mishra]] as Mausi, Basanti's maternal aunt
* [[Asrani]] as the [[Prison officer|Jailor]], a comical character modelled after [[Charlie Chaplin]] in ''[[The Great Dictator]]''{{sfn|Banerjee|Srivastava|1988|pp=166–169}}
* [[Keshto Mukherjee]] as Hariram, prison barber and Jailor's side-kick
* [[Mac Mohan]] as Sambha, Gabbar Singh's sidekick
* [[Viju Khote]] as Kaalia, another of Gabbar's men whom he kills in a game of [[Russian roulette]]
* [[Vikas Anand]] as Jailor
* [[Helen (actress)|Helen]] in a special appearance in song "Mehbooba Mehbooba"
* [[Jalal Agha]] in a special appearance in song "Mehbooba Mehbooba"
* [[Raj Kishore]] as a jail inmate with gayish mannerisms<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sarkar |first=Suparno |date=6 April 2018 |title=Sholay actor Raj Kishore latest among Bollywood celebs who died in 2018 |work=International Business Times |location=India |url=https://www.ibtimes.co.in/sholay-actor-raj-kishore-passes-away-85-766026 |url-status=live |access-date=6 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180406160230/https://www.ibtimes.co.in/sholay-actor-raj-kishore-passes-away-85-766026 |archive-date=6 April 2018}}</ref>
* [[Arvind Joshi]] as elder son of Thakur Baldev Singh<ref>{{Cite news |title=Sharman Joshi father Arvind Joshi workedin Amitabh Bachchan-Dharmendra Sholay |publisher=TimesNowHindi.com |url=https://www.timesnowhindi.com/entertainment/bollywood/article/sharman-joshi-father-arvind-joshi-worked-in-amitabh-bachchan-dharmendra-sholay/290925 |access-date=12 October 2020 |archive-date=22 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122125347/https://www.timesnowhindi.com/entertainment/bollywood/article/sharman-joshi-father-arvind-joshi-worked-in-amitabh-bachchan-dharmendra-sholay/290925 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Sharad Kumar as Ninni, younger son of Thakur Baldev Singh<ref>{{Cite news |title=Biography: Sharad Kumar |publisher=Amazon.com |url=https://www.amazon.com/prime-video/actor/Sharad-Kumar/nm0474886/ |access-date=12 October 2020 |archive-date=22 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022104355/https://www.amazon.com/prime-video/actor/Sharad-Kumar/nm0474886/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Gita Siddharth]] as Geeta, Thakur Baldev Singh's daughter in law<ref>{{Cite news |title=Parichay And Sholay Actor Gita Siddharth Kak Passes Away |publisher=India.com |url=https://www.india.com/entertainment/parichay-and-sholay-actor-gita-siddharth-kak-passes-away-3878236/ |access-date=12 October 2020 |archive-date=14 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014034125/https://www.india.com/entertainment/parichay-and-sholay-actor-gita-siddharth-kak-passes-away-3878236/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Om Shivpuri]] as a police officer investigating Gabbar's attack in  the village. 
*Horse as Dhanno<ref>{{cite web |title=Dhanno to Tuffy: Showstealer animals in Bollywood movies |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/dhanno-to-tuffy-showstealer-animals-in-bollywood-movies/photostory/99388026.cms |website=The Times of India |date=11 April 2023}}</ref>
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