§ Bombay Talkies' Ashok Kumar starrer Kismet ran continuously for 196 weeks at Chitra, Kolkata. All were regular shows!

§ G P Sippy's Sholay ran for five years (269 weeks) at Minerva, Mumbai. 151 weeks were in regular shows and 118 in Matinees. For the first 75 weeks, the current booking counter remained shut as tickets were completely sold out in advance!

§ Yash Chopra's Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge broke all records by running continuously for 300 weeks at Maratha Mandir, Mumbai for 53 weeks in regular shows and rest in matinees.

§ Nasir Hussain initially signed Dev Anand for his film Teesri Manzil but due to some misunderstanding, he shifted to Shammi Kapoor. Also, Dev Anand was the first choice of Prakash Mehra for his film Zanjeer. But the actor refused & Amitabh Bachchan was offered the film. The rest is history.

§ A qawwali "Chand sa koi chehra..", sung by Kishore Kumar, Manna Dey, Bhupinder & Anand Bakshi, was recorded for the film but was neither used in the film nor released on the disc.

§ Due to censor board's objection the end of the film was re-shot and Gabbar was shown being handed over to the police. In the earlier version he was killed by Thakur (Sanjeev Kumar).

§ Initially Danny was signed for the role of Gabbar, but he rejected the offer. And before Amjad Khan was finalized Amitabh Bachchan & Sanjeev Kumar wanted to do the role.