Bhubaneswar, Dec. 1 -- A restored version of the iconic Hindi blockbuster 'Sholay' with its original ending will be released across theatres in India soon, eminent poet, lyricist and scriptwriter Javed Akhtar said on Saturday.
Akhtar, who had a huge role in the making of the film including character creation to shaping the plot and dialogue, said the final scene of 'Sholay' had to be altered as the Censor Board in 1975 had objected to the concept of a law abiding former police officer taking law into his own hands to kill a criminal though Director Ramesh Sippy had planned it that way.
The scene had to be changed and the film, which was hailed as one of the most iconic in the history of Indian cinema, had shown the police officer Thakur B...