Jagdeep's funniest scene as Soorma Bhopali in 'Sholay'; Watch

Actor Jagdeep passed away on July 8, 2020, at of 81. He has starred in more than 400 movies and has received critical acclaim for many of his performances. One of his most well-kwn roles was in cult classic movie Sholay. He played role of Soorma Bhopali in film. 

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Soorma Bhopali is someone who is supposed to help out two main characters of film - Veeru and Jai by taking m to police and collecting reward on ir tail. brors plan to split reward when y break free from jail. His most famous scene is when he is reciting a fake story about how he caught m and Veeru & Jai show up behind him.

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Soorma Bhopali paints a picture of being very brave 

In scene, Soorma Bhoopali is sitting on a high bench and reciting a story about Veeru and Jai. One of people sitting below Soorma aks him, ''y (Veeru and Jai) must have tried to run away?'' Soorma responds by sounding astonished and says, ''a try? y made a very good attempt and broke everything but I took care of m''. 

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Soorma Bhopali n exaggerates his strength by explaining how he kept  two brors contained and starts painting a fake story about how brave he was. people listening to him are amazed and ask him many questions. Suddenly Veeru and Jai appear behind Soorma but he is unaware. At this point, he starts speaking about how Veeru and Jai asked for his forgiveness and asked him to leave m alone. Veeru and Jai are patiently standing and listening to Soorma Bhopali lie.

At one point he grabs shirts of both brors and realizes that y are present re. Veeru asks him to continue when he takes a stand back and completely changes his attitude. Soorma Bhopali goes from being very brave to blaming listeners for making up a fake story. y n ask to take ir money back. This is considered one of most memorable scenes of veteran actor Jagdeep in movie. 

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