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