Indian-Hindi action-adventure film Sholay will be making its In Concert world premiere at London’s Royal Albert Hall as part of their Films in Concert series on Saturday 10 October. G.P. Sippy’s classic will be accompanied by The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra performing R. D. Burman’s much-loved score live to screen, conducted by Melvin Tay. 

Produced by Sippy Films and esk, the film will be projected on to a giant HD screen in the Hall’s auditorium in Hindi with subtitles in English. 

Esk is adapting the film’s sound and visuals for live performance, creating a scalable framework that ensures consistent technical and creative delivery across multiple markets.

Sholay has topped many Best Film lists including the “Film of the Millennium” by BBC India (1999), British Film Institute’s “Top 10 Indian Films” of all time poll (2002), Time Magazine’s “Best of Bollywood” list (2010) and voted the greatest Indian movie in a Sky Digital poll of one million British Indians (2004). Most recently, Time Out ranked it #1 on its “100 Best Bollywood Movies” list in 2023.  

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Format Film screening with live orchestra

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Content Recently restored 4K version of the film with its’ original cut that had been banned by the Indian censor board in 1975. This version of the film will only be available theatrically for the next couple of years.

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Delivery Tour ready, scalable technical and orchestral framework

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Audience & Market Large venues, international touring

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Status Available for global presentation