Amitabh, Dharmendra were ex-Army men, Jaya, Hema's characters didn't exist when Sholay was envisioned; script was changed due to this shocking reason

Be it the friendship between Amitabh Bachchan's Jai and Dharmendra's Veeru, Sanjeev Kumar's vengeful turn as Thakur or Amjad Khan's portrayal of the dreaded dacoit Gabbar Singh that went on to redefine the Hindi film villain, Sholay has stayed at the top of th