Actor Sachin Pilgaonkar has fondly remembered his work as a teenage actor in the 1975 blockbuster, Sholay, adding that director Ramesh Sippy actually gave him the chance to call the shots for a sequence.

"I was 17 years old when 'Sholay' was being made, but the work for the movie had started when I was 16. Before 'Sholay' happened, I was learning editing under the guidance of one of my gurus, Hrishikesh Mukherjee, a very renowned editor at that time, and we all know he went on to become one of the renowned directors. So, during 'Sholay', I would sit behind Ramesh Sippy sir's chair and notice the way he directed, took each shot, cut, and edited them," recalled Sachin.