When discussing the pantheon of classic cinema, few films stand as tall as Sergio Leone’s 1966 epic, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly . Starring Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, and Eli Wallach, this film redefined the Western genre. For decades, Indian audiences who weren't fluent in English or Italian missed out on the gritty dialogues and the iconic "Ecstasy of Gold" whistling.

: The Hindi version is officially certified as AK's Good Bad Ugly . Critical Reception