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      Hey! Ram

      Released Feb 18, 2000 3h 6m History Drama List
      Reviews 79% Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings This fictional Indian drama tells the story of Saketh Ram (Kamal Hassan), a disillusioned man who tries to kill Mohandas Gandhi (Iravathi Hershe). After sectarian violence claims the life of his wife, Aparna (Hema Malini), Saketh becomes a Hindu extremist, and, although Muslims are responsible for his wife's death, he begins to blame Gandhi and his tolerant approach to religious differences. Concerned only with his idea of vengeance, Saketh is consumed with hatred and zealotry. Read More Read Less

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      Priyan B Overlong but nice 8.5/10 Rated 4 out of 5 stars 04/16/24 Full Review Manoharan k Absolutely awesome. A brilliant composition from Ilayaraja. A great frame work from Kamal haasan. A solid 4.5 off 5. Must watch of all times. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 11/18/23 Full Review jordan m Perhaps I should've went into this with a different mindset. I was aware that it was a 3-hour long foreign movie, but I don't think I was truly ready to sit and read subtitles for 3 hours. Roughly an hour into it I realized that a whole lot of what they were showing could've been done as a montage, making the excessive length a huge flaw. There was also something inherently uninteresting in knowing this was historical fiction and a depiction of the fringe belief that Gandhi actually sucked, and seeing the guy change his mind almost as soon as he met the man was exasperating. I will say that they seemed to make good use of their budget to have managed to shoot so many different scenes without any of them looking significantly worse than the others. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member A masterpiece by Kamal Haasan, an Indian cinema legend who has starred in more than 200 films, but this time as a writer-director. In his sophomore directorial Haasan takes on Indian partition and Gandhi's role in it. The film is written with nuance and directed with an eye for details. Well shot and staged, Haasan proves himself as someone who knows his craft. The conceit is interesting enough to justify the long runtime. Though I understood the point of the surreal moments in the film I didn't really care for it. Haasan himself stars as the lead with an ensemble to envy for ages. Everyone does their part well, especially Haasan and Vasundhra Das. Overall Hey Ram is an experience rather than a film. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Audience Member Best movie by Kamal Haasan my rating for this movie 9.6/10 Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member One of the best indian movies Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis This fictional Indian drama tells the story of Saketh Ram (Kamal Hassan), a disillusioned man who tries to kill Mohandas Gandhi (Iravathi Hershe). After sectarian violence claims the life of his wife, Aparna (Hema Malini), Saketh becomes a Hindu extremist, and, although Muslims are responsible for his wife's death, he begins to blame Gandhi and his tolerant approach to religious differences. Concerned only with his idea of vengeance, Saketh is consumed with hatred and zealotry.
      Director
      Kamal Hassan
      Producer
      Kamal Hassan, Chandrahasan
      Screenwriter
      Kamal Hassan, Manohar Shyam Joshi
      Production Co
      Raajkamal Films International
      Genre
      History, Drama
      Original Language
      Hindi
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Feb 18, 2000, Original
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Nov 30, 2016
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $274.7K
      Runtime
      3h 6m
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