Seeing Sunny Deol in "Chup" reminded me of the one other movie in which he was memorable to me, but I couldn’t remember the name of the movie 😛

It was a masala western.

In case you’re wondering, a masala western is an Indian movie which deals with “cowboy”/western themes, similar to Sergio Leone’s spaghetti westerns. Sometimes, it’s just the theme of the movie without visible “cowboy” elements, but sometimes a movie will have people riding horses, in full cowboy getup etc. I used to love these 🙂

I just learnt today (or maybe I knew this but forgot) that they are also called “curry cowboy” movies, but somehow that feels pejorative to me 😛 So I’ll stick to masala westerns, thank you very much.

Anyway, I believe the Sunny Deol movie in question was “Joshilaay” (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089382) but I can’t be sure since the synopsis on IMDB doesn’t trigger any memories and I have no recollection that Anil Kapoor was in the movie I was thinking of.

All I remember is a single scene where Sunny Deol rides up on a horse in jeans, (chequered?) shrit, and maybe even a hat. And that’s all I remember now ...

But now I’d like to see another masala western … I guess it’s a dying (or dead?) breed these days?

#Movies #Bollywood #MasalaWestern #SunnyDeol

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On a personal, related, note: I remember watching Sholay as an adult for the first time since I was a kid. I really enjoyed it as an homage to the Westerns. Something I totally missed as a child.

Also: I like your term Masala Western. 👍🏽

@aijaz Yep, I’ve always enjoyed the western homage in “Sholay” too 🙂 Of course, haven’t seen it in a long time, but the songs haunt me every now and then. And of course, even today you can’t escape a Gabbar Singh reference, if you watch enough movies 😛

Good times, and simpler times.