 Sholay inspired many films and pastiches , and spawned a subgenre of films , the " Curry Western " , which is a play on the term Spaghetti Western . It was an early and most definitive masala film , and a trend @-@ setter for " multi @-@ star " films . The film was a watershed for Bollywood 's scriptwriters , who were not paid well before Sholay ; after the film 's success , script writing became a more respected profession . 
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Sholay inspired many films and pastiches , and spawned a subgenre of films , the " Curry Western " , which a play on the term Spaghetti Western . It was an early and most definitive masala film , and a trend @-@ setter for " multi @-@ star " films . da film was a watershed fir Bollywood  scriptwriters , was not paid well before Sholay ; after the film  success , script writing became a more respected profession .