Ghulam (film)
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| Directed by | Vikram Bhatt |
| Produced by | Mukesh Bhatt |
| Written by | Anjum Rajabali |
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Aamir Khan Rani Mukerji Deepak Tijori Sharat Saxena |
| Music by | Jatin-Lalit |
| Cinematography | Teja |
| Edited by | Waman Bhonsle |
| Distributed by | Vishesh Films |
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Release date
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1998 |
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Running time
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162 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
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| Studio album by Jatin-Lalit | ||||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Length | 33:12 | |||
| Language | Hindi | |||
| Label |
Tips Music
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Ghulam (translation: Slave) is a 1998 Indian action crime drama film directed by Vikram Bhatt starring Aamir Khan, Rani Mukerji and Deepak Tijori in the lead roles. The film was inspired by Elia Kazan's On the Waterfront (1954). It is the remake of Vishesh Films first production Kabzaa starring Sanjay Dutt. Ghulam did well at the box office and was declared as 'Hit'.
Siddharth "Siddhu "Marathe (Aamir Khan) is a Mumbai tapori, a boxing champion. His brother, Jaidev "Jai" (Rajit Kapur), is the accounts manager and right hand man for Raunak "Ronnie" Singh (Sharat Saxena), a former boxing champion who ostensibly runs a travel agency but in reality rules the local community by terrorising people and stealing money from innocent merchants. Other than his boxing practice, Siddhu leads a relatively aimless and wanderlust life. In his spare time, he hangs out with friends, occasionally stealing money from rich people. Siddhu is financially dependent on his elder brother Jai, who lives in Raunak Singh's house but occasionally visits Siddhu and tops up his finances.
The opening scene features a female lawyer Fatima Madam (Mita Vashisht) defending Siddhu in court against accusations of small-time theft. The lawyer tries to convince the judge to show leniency towards Siddhu on account of his disadvantaged background as an orphan. The judge points out that Siddhu has already been shown leniency four times, and is greeted with laughter by everybody, including Siddhu. In the commotion, Siddhu steals Rs. 400 from his own lawyer's purse. Siddhu is let free. Later, when he asks the lawyer what her fees are, she asks him for a fees of Rs. 400, and he is thus forced to part with the money he has just stolen. The lawyer gives no indication of awareness that Siddhu had stolen an equal amount of money. Later, Siddhu, while joking around with friends, gets angry when one of his friends suggests that the lawyer may be receiving sexual favours from Siddhu in exchange for defending him in court.
A few days later, Raunak Singh hires Siddhu to deliver a letter to a local cricket player, and to beat up the player if he shows signs of resisting. Unknown to Siddhu, the letter contains instructions to the player to get out after scoring a certain number of runs, so that Ronnie can win a bet. Siddhu delivers the letter and intimidates the cricket player into agreeing to follow the instructions, breaking the player's bat in the process. Later, while returning, he gets into a motorcycle speed race with a motorcycle gang led by Charlie (Deepak Tijori), which escalates into a dare game to run towards a moving train at night. Siddhu beats Charlie's past record in the game. Charlie chooses to run again, but falls on the train tracks, and seems to be headed for death as the train approaches him. Siddhu rescues Charlie at considerable personal risk. In the process, Siddhu becomes friends with Alisha (Rani Mukerji), also part of the gang, and their friendship blossoms into love. The famous song Aati Kya Khandala is situated during this period, when Siddhu is trying to cheer Alisha up after a fight with her father.
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