Sholay

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Burman sang 'Mehbooba Mehbooba' himself, layering Shivkumar Sharma's santoor over the sound of half-filled beer bottles, alongside the evergreens 'Yeh Dosti' and 'Holi Ke Din'. Ramesh Sippy's film opened on 15 August 1975, and its soundtrack became the first platinum disc in Indian cinema, still the country's best-selling film album years later.