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‘Veeru’ romanced ‘Basanti’ on tonga along muddy jungle roads in K’taka
The New Indian Express Vishakapatnam
|November 25, 2025
KOI haseena jab rooth jati hai toh aur namkeen ho jaati hai - Veeru (Bollywood's legendary actor Late Dharmendra) romanced his lady love Basanti (Hema Malini) on Dhanno's (mare) tonga on the muddy jungle roads leading to Ramadevare Betta-a revered shrine around 50 km from Bengaluru more than half a century ago in Bollywood's magnum opus 'Sholay.'
The jingle of the embellished Dhanno's hooves as she ran along side the village kere (pond) since dried, the chase of horses on the make do roads and hills on which Veeru and Jai (Amitabh Bachchan) immortalised their legendary friendship and valour against a soulless Gabbar Singh iconised by Amjad Khan are archived in the silence of the bettas (hills) that are also home
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