Deleted scene from 'Sholay' shown at Sachin Pilgaonkar's book launch

A scene, featuring Sachin Pilgaonkar, from the classic Sholay (1975) was shown at the event

Photos: Celebs at the launch of Sachin Pilgaonkar's book

Interestingly enough, the sequence was Gabbar Singh (played by Amjad Khan) kills Sachin’s character didn’t make it to the final cut -- thus providing wattage to the now famous “Itna sannata kyun hai bhai” dialogue delivered by AK Hangal’s Rahim chacha in the film.

Pic/Atul Kamble

Amitabh Bachchan and Sachin Tendulkar showed up at an event which marked Sachin Pilgaonkar’s completion of 50 years in Marathi Cinema. The event, titled Suvarna Sachin, also witnessed the launch of his autobiography by the master blaster. Also in attendance were close friends Sonu Nigam, Jackie Shroff, Suresh Wadkar, Ashutosh Rana, Sudesh Bhosle and wife Supriya Pilgaonkar.u00a0

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