Ram Balram
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| Directed by | Vijay Anand |
| Produced by | Tito |
| Written by | Vijay Anand |
| Starring |
Dharmendra Amitabh Bachchan Zeenat Aman Rekha Ajit Amjad Khan Prem Chopra Helen |
| Music by | Laxmikant-Pyarelal |
| Cinematography | Fali Mistry |
| Edited by | Vijay Anand |
| Distributed by | Navjeevan Productions |
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Release date
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November 28, 1980 |
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Running time
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169 mins |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Ram Balram (Hindi: राम बलराम) is a 1980 Hindi action film directed by Vijay Anand. It starred Dharmendra as 'Ram' and Amitabh Bachchan as 'Balram'. The other cast included Zeenat Aman and Rekha. Ajit, Amjad Khan and Prem Chopra were the villains in the film. The film marked the third time, in which Bollywood eternal superstars (Amitabh Bachchan and Dharmendra) came together after their previous successful ventures in Chupke Chupke and Sholay. The movie had an awesome initial which opened to thunder responses all over India with cinema houses packed full. However, proccedings from the movie started to drop by the 4th week and it then went on to surface as the third highest-grossing film of the year earning a "Hit" at boxoffice. It was termed disappointing since at that time, films of Dharmendra and Amitabh were expected to earn more, who were already the most popular stars at the time. However, some boxoffice analyst rate it as 'Superhit' when taking into consideration its net gross.
Ram and Balram Singh are two young boys who live with their loving parents. Their scheming uncle, Jagatpal, however kills the boys' parents. Jagatpal lies to the boys that their parents have been killed in an accident and promises to raise them himself.
He enrols the younger brother Balram (Amitabh Bachchan), in school and eventually sends him off to join the police force. The older becomes a mechanic. Jagatpal has a tight hold on the boys, even when Ram (Dharmendra) is an adult, he still gives all his wages to his uncle and is only allowed to keep a few rupees for pocket money.
When Balram returns as a fully fledged police officer, Jagatpal finally reveals his plan. He is going to use Ram to target the biggest smugglers in India. Now that Balram is a police officer, he will protect his brother from getting arrested. Balram has reservations, but Jagatpal threatens to beat him just as he did when he was a boy; he has a needle at the edge of his cane and whenever the boys would do something Jagatpal dislikes, he would put the pointy and dangerous needle on the boys' neck.
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