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Director:
Kamal HaasanProducer:
Chandrahasan, Kamal HaasanMusic:
IllayarajaLyrics :
Jibonanda DasStory:
Kamal HaasanGenres:
Drama, ActionCertification:
Parental guidance suggestedStatus:
Completed
Plot Summary
Hey Ram
The film starts with Saketh Ram as a very old man and almost immediately goes into flashback. As a young man he is among his friends, in conviviality. He has taken a Bengali wife, Aparna, and everything is wonderful in his life. But the year is 1946, and the imminent independence of India from British suzerainty is complicated by religious antagonism between the Hindu majority and the large Muslim minority, who demand their own independent state. Saketh and Aparna visit Calcutta; rioting is reported, but Saketh goes out to get some food, and he soon encounters a Hindu woman being chased by Muslim rioters.
He rescues her, but the rioters later come to his house, and brutally rape and then kill his wife. Saketh is devastated and takes to the streets, determined personally to kill as many Muslims as he can find. He meets up with Sriram Abhiyankar, who is leading a group of Hindu extremists, and Saketh becomes temporarily taken with the cause himself. At the same time, he is persuaded to take a new wife, Mythili, and life begins to stabilise for Saketh after all.
However he then falls in with an eminent Maharajah who is leading an underground group with the intention of assassination. Travelling with the Maharajah, Saketh meets one of his old friends from younger days, who has fallen on hard times. Reminiscing, and getting his old friend back on his feet deflect the process of recruiting Saketh, but only temporarily, and soon he is manipulated into committing himself to renouncin
Taglines
Hey Ram
- An experiment with truth.
Trivias
Hey Ram
- Initially Director-Producer Kamal Hassan had signed Mohan Gokhale for the role of Shriram Abhyankar, but while staying in Chennai, India, in a hotel, Gokhale died of a heart attack.
- First Indian movie to feature a soundtrack performed by a full fledged symphony orchestra. The soundtrack was performed by Laslo Kovaks of Budapest Symphonic Orchestra, Hungary.
Awards
Hey Ram
- Filmfare Awards
Event: Filmfare Awards
Result: Nominated
Category: Best Supporting Actor
Recipient(s): Atul Kulkarni - Silver Lotus Award
Event: National Film Awards, India
Result: Won
Category: Best Costume Designer
Recipient(s): Sarika - Screen
Event: Screen Weekly Awards
Result: Nominated
Category: Most Promising Newcomer - Female
Recipient(s): Vasundhara Das - Screen
Event: Screen Weekly Awards
Result: Nominated
Category: Best Actor
Recipient(s): Kamal Hassan - Screen
Event: Screen Weekly Awards
Result: Won
Category: Best Background Music
Recipient(s): Ilayaraja