Archive · 28 Nov 2025
Sholay's Hidden Five-Star Hotels on Set
The famous Bollywood film Sholay was shot in a very hot and dry place.
The actors like Dharmendra and Amitabh Bachchan had to work in very hot conditions.
To make them comfortable, the filmmakers built special places to stay that looked like small houses from the outside but were like fancy hotels inside.
These places had air conditioning and other comforts.
The actors could rest and change there.
A long time later, an actor named Sachin Pilgaonkar told everyone about these secret hotel-like places.
It's interesting because no one knew about them for many years, even though they were right there in the film.
Sholay was filmed in a hot and dry location in Rampur.
The filmmakers built accommodations that looked like small houses from the outside but were like five-star hotels inside.
These hidden hotels had air conditioning and other comforts for the actors.
Actors like Dharmendra and Amitabh Bachchan used these places to rest and change.
The secret was revealed by actor Sachin Pilgaonkar many years later.
- Who
- Dharmendra, Amitabh Bachchan, and other Sholay actors
- What
- Hidden five-star hotel-like accommodations on the set of Sholay
- When
- During the filming of Sholay (1975)
- Where
- Rampur, where the film was shot
- Why
- To provide comfort to the actors in the hot weather without revealing the facilities in the film
- Film
- Sholay
- Actors
- Dharmendra, Amitabh Bachchan
- Set Location
- Rampur
- Hidden Facilities
- Five-star hotel-like accommodations
- Revealed By
- Sachin Pilgaonkar