Hey Ram
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Tamil Poster of the film
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| Directed by | Kamal Haasan |
| Produced by | Kamal Haasan Bharat Shah Charuhasan Chandrahasan. |
| Written by | Kamal Haasan (Tamil Dialogue) Manohar Shyam Joshi (Hindi dialogue) |
| Screenplay by | Kamal Haasan |
| Story by | Kamal Haasan |
| Starring |
Kamal Haasan Shah Rukh Khan Rani Mukerji Hema Malini Atul Kulkarni Abbas Girish Karnad Naseeruddin Shah Saurabh Shukla Vikram Gokhale Aravind Akash Vaali Showkar Janaki |
| Music by | Ilaiyaraaja |
| Cinematography | Tirru |
| Edited by | Renu Saluja |
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| Distributed by | Raajkamal Films International Red Chillies Entertainment (Hindi Rights) |
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Running time
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210 minutes (Tamil version) 207 minutes (Hindi version) |
| Country | India |
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Tamil Hindi |
| Budget | ₹9 crore |
| Box office | ₹11.3 crore |
Hey Ram (translation: Oh Ram! or Oh God!) is a 2000 Indian period crime drama film simultaneously made in Tamil and Hindi languages. The film was written, directed and produced by Kamal Haasan, who also acted as the protagonist in the film. The film's soundtrack and background score were composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The semi-fictional plot centres on India's Partition and the murder of Mahatma Gandhi by Nathuram Godse. The film was selected by India as the its submission to the Oscars in the year 2000, but was not nominated. The rights to this film are owned by Red Chillies Entertainment.
The film is about a protagonist's journey from religious hatred to love with the theme of the partition of Bengal in the background. Its relevance in the present environment clouded by religious extremism was widely unrecognised. This is the story of Saket Ram, as narrated by his grandson. The film takes place as Ram, a retired archaeologist, lies on the deathbed, on 6 December 1999, the 7th anniversary of the destruction of the Babri Mosque in Ayodhya.
The movie begins at present day with Saket Ram (Kamal Haasan), an 89-year-old Hindu man at his death bed in Madras. He is being taken care of by his grandson Saket Ram Junior, a famous novelist who writes historical fiction, and their family doctor, Munawar. Ram Jr. explains how he grew up listening to his grandfather's stories. He then narrates one of his grandfather's strangest stories that he plans to use for his next novel. As Ram Jr. narrates the story, Ram is reminded of it.
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