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Hey Ram

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Hey Ram
Theatrical release poster
Directed byKamal Haasan
Written by
Screenplay byKamal Haasan
Story byKamal Haasan
Produced by
StarringKamal Haasan
Rani Mukerji
Hema Malini
Vasundhara Das
CinematographyTirru
Edited byRenu Saluja
Music byIlaiyaraaja
Production
company
Distributed by
Release date
  • 18 February 2000 (2000-02-18)
Running time
210 minutes (Tamil)[1]
207 minutes (Hindi)
CountryIndia
Languages
  • Tamil
  • Hindi
Budget₹11 crore[2]
Box office₹11.3 crore

Hey Ram is a 2000 Indian historical crime drama film written, directed, and produced by Kamal Haasan, that stars him in the title role. It was simultaneously made in the Tamil and Hindi languages.

The film's soundtrack and score were composed by Ilaiyaraaja. It is an alternate history film that depicts India's Partition, Direct Action Day and the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi by Nathuram Godse. The Hindi version was distributed by Khan's Dreamz Unlimited.[3][4] The title of the film was derived from Gandhi's alleged last words.

Hey Ram received positive reviews but failed commercially at the box office. It was screened at the International Film Festival of India and selected by the Film Federation of India as its submission to the Oscars in the year 2000 but was not nominated. The film has garnered three National Film Awards. Internationally, the film was screened at the 25th Toronto International Film Festival and at the 2000 Locarno Festival.

Plot

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In 1999 Chennai, 89-year-old Saket Ram lies on his deathbed under the care of his grandson, Saket Ram Jr.—a historical fiction novelist—and their family physician, Dr. Munawar. To comfort his grandfather, Ram Jr. begins narrating a complex, personal story from the old man's youth that he intends to transform into his next novel. As the narration begins, the elderly Ram relives the tumultuous memories of his past.

In 1946, a young Saket Ram works as an archaeologist in Mohenjo-daro under Mortimer Wheeler alongside his closest friend, Amjad Ali Khan, a Pathan Muslim. Both men deeply oppose the impending Partition of India. Unlike many of his peers, Amjad firmly resolves to remain in India, viewing it as his true homeland. When rising communal tensions force the archaeological site to shut down, Ram returns to his wife, Aparna, in Calcutta. He arrives in the middle of the horrific Direct Action Day riots. While out searching for food, Ram rescues a young Sikh girl from an aggressive Muslim mob. However, upon returning home, he is taken hostage by a group of rioters led by his family tailor, Altaf. The men brutally rape Aparna and slit her throat when they hear the police approaching. Devastated and unhinged by the loss, Ram hunts down Altaf and executes him without mercy.

Driven by vengeance, Ram roams the bloody streets killing rioters until he encounters Shriram Abhyankar, a Thanjavur Marathi leading a militant Hindu faction. Recognizing Ram's absolute grief and anger, Abhyankar recruits him into his militia, radicalizing him with banned literature and framing Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi as the sole traitor responsible for the slaughter of Hindus and the division of the nation. In 1947, Ram returns to his ancestral home in Thanjavur. Pressured by his family, he agrees to remarry and weds Mythili, the daughter of close family friends. Despite the festive environment, Ram remains hollow, viewing the marriage through the lens of the country's violent political divorce. He is further disturbed to learn that Mythili and her family are devout followers of Gandhi.

Ram leaves for Calcutta alone to confront his grief, joining a mob that corners Gandhi and Bengal's Prime Minister, Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy. When the leaders beg the crowd for forgiveness, the mob relents, but Ram remains secretly unyielding. Over time, Ram returns home and genuinely falls in love with Mythili. However, during their honeymoon in Bombay, they cross paths with a disguised Abhyankar, who introduces them to a wealthy, dethroned Maharaja. Alongside a traumatized Sindhi refugee named Manohar Lalwani, the extremist fundamentalists stoke Ram's dormant hatred. They convince him that Gandhi must be eliminated to protect the Hindu population, tasking Ram with the assassination. After a horse-riding accident leaves Abhyankar paralyzed, Ram swears a solemn oath to renounce his personal life and fulfill the mission.

In the present day, the elderly Ram's health deteriorates rapidly. As his grandson and Dr. Munawar rush him to the hospital, their vehicle is halted by violent citywide riots marking the anniversary of the Babri Masjid demolition. Forced by a police officer to take cover in an underground bunker, Ram listens to the chaos above and reflects on the cycle of hatred that governed his youth.

Back in 1947, a radicalized Ram abandons a pregnant, distraught Mythili and travels to Varanasi to perform a ritualistic renunciation of his worldly ties. He heads to Delhi to execute the plot, unknowingly lodging in the same hotel as another fundamentalist, Nathuram Godse. When a sudden police raid targets Godse, a paranoid Ram hides his firearm on a delivery truck bound for a soda factory in Chandni Chowk.

When Ram goes to retrieve the weapon, he unexpectedly reunites with Amjad, who is protecting a group of displaced Muslim families—including his own wife, Nafisa, and their children—hiding inside the factory. When the refugees discover Ram is searching for a gun, a misunderstanding triggers a brutal riot in the neighborhood. As they attempt to escape the surrounding mobs, Amjad discovers Ram's true plot to murder Gandhi. He begs Ram to let go of his vengeance, revealing that his own father was killed by Hindus, yet he chooses peace over hatred.

The two are cornered by a violent Hindu mob. Despite Ram's desperate attempts to shield his friend, Amjad is struck in the head with a hammer. Ram kills the attackers and carries the mortally wounded Amjad back to safety, helping defend the factory until the military arrives. Amjad dies in the hospital, holding Ram's hand and lying to the police that Ram is his true brother who saved his life.

Deeply shaken by Amjad's sacrifice, Ram encounters his father-in-law, who introduces him directly to Gandhi. Having heard of Ram's bravery in protecting Muslim families, Gandhi invites him to join his upcoming peace march to Pakistan. Confronted by Gandhi's genuine aura of love and non-violence, Ram's hatred evaporates. He realizes the error of his radicalization and prepares to confess his assassination plot to the leader. Gandhi warmly tells him they will talk during their journey. Seconds later, Godse steps forward and assassinates Gandhi. Ram tries to shoot the assassin but is stopped by the grief-stricken crowd as Godse is arrested. From that day forward, a reformed Ram dedicates his life to Gandhian principles.

In the bunker, as the modern riots subside, the elderly Saket Ram whispers his final words to his grandson and peacefully passes away. At his funeral, Gandhi's great-grandson, Tushar Gandhi, visits the family. Saket Ram Jr. brings him to a private room filled with historical archives and hands over Gandhi's spectacles and footwear, which his grandfather had recovered from the assassination site and treasured for the rest of his life as a symbol of redemption.

Cast

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Production

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Development

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Kamal Haasan had spent all of 1998 on filming Marudhanayagam, which ended up in production hell due to lack of funds, and did not act in any other film during the period (barring Kaathala Kaathala), much to the dismay of his fans. To please them, he sought to begin and finish another film before resuming work on Marudhanayagam, which became Hey Ram.[5][6] Another motivation for Haasan to do the film was because, although he was born in a family of people devoted towards Mahatma Gandhi, he himself was not initially a devotee, and had a critical view of Gandhi even as a teenager.[7] Haasan initially intended to title the film as Satya Sodanai (transl. Experiments With Truth), a reference to the title of Gandhi's autobiography, published in English as The Story of My Experiments with Truth, but later decided on Hey Ram,[8] the last words allegedly spoken by Gandhi when he was assassinated by Nathuram Godse.[9][10] The film was produced by Haasan and his brother Chandrahasan under their banner Raaj Kamal Films International, and was the company's first film to be shot simultaneously in Tamil and Hindi. The dialogues for the Hindi version were written by Manohar Shyam Joshi. Cinematography was handled by Tirru, and editing by Renu Saluja.[5][1]

Casting

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Haasan chose the Hindi actor Shah Rukh Khan to portray the Pathan character Amjad Ali Khan, partly because the actor's father was a Pathan who was from Peshawar. Though not a native Tamil speaker, Khan dubbed in his own voice. It marks Khan's debut in Tamil cinema.[11] He did not ask for any remuneration from Haasan, as he considered it an honour and privilege to work with one of his mentors.[12] The Marathi actor Mohan Gokhale was initially cast as Shriram Abhyankar; he had started working on the film in Madras but died suddenly due to a heart attack. Haasan later chose Atul Kulkarni, another Marathi actor, to do the role.[13][14] Hema Malini, who had reduced acting in films by then, accepted to act as Ambujam after being offered the role by Haasan.[11][15] For the role of Ambujam's daughter Mythili, Haasan initially wanted Malini's daughter Esha Deol; the role ultimately went to Vasundhara Das.[16][15] It is her first major appearance in a Tamil film.[17] Hassan's daughter Shruti made her acting debut, portraying Vallabhai Patel's daughter.[15]

Haasan initially considered having British actor Ben Kingsley, who portrayed Gandhi in a 1982 film, to reprise the role in Hey Ram but dropped the idea as he felt "it would be cliched and the film wouldn't be honest".[16] He later approached Naseeruddin Shah,[11] who portrayed Gandhi in the 1998 play Mahatma vs Gandhi and had unsuccessfully auditioned for the 1982 film.[18][19] Shah was initially reluctant due to the long hours of makeup required, but eventually accepted. Haasan wanted a Bengali woman to portray Saket Ram's Bengali wife Aparna, and chose Rani Mukerji, also because of her Hindi cinema stardom. Saurabh Shukla was cast as a Sindhi character Lalwani after Haasan was impressed with his performance in Satya (1998). Girish Karnad, who portrayed Saket Ram's father-in-law Uppili Iyengar, recommended Sharad Ponkshe, who portrayed Godse in the Marathi play Me Nathuram Godse Boltoy, to Haasan for reprising his role in the film.[11] Gandhi's great-grandson Tushar wanted to join the film, and Haasan accepted; Tushar plays himself.[11][16] Mohini Mathur, who was 13 years old when witnessing Gandhi's assassination,[13][15] accepted Haasan's request to play Amjad Ali Khan's mother Haajra.[15][16]

Filming

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Principal photography began on 22 March 1999.[20] The then Shankaracharya of Kanchi had filmed an interview scene for the film but later requested that his portions be removed to avoid controversy.[5][8] To achieve on-site dubbing of dialogues, Haasan hired Srivastav from Mumbai.[5] Production of the film cost a total of ₹11 crore (worth ₹92 crore in 2021 prices), excluding Haasan's salary.[2] To show Mohenjodaro of ancient times, the crew recreated a set at a village near Chennai as the original location was located in Pakistan which the crew felt was impossible to go to, for political reasons.[15] Sabu Cyril recreated the set of Birla Mandir at Ooty. In order to recreate the ambience of late evening in winter for the scene where Gandhi got assassinated, Thiru "had to get the special lights, rig the whole area, create a scaffolding end bring in the amber look. We could also manage the sunlight-peeping-through-the-trees effect".[21]

Soundtrack

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Initially Haasan chose L. Subramaniam to compose music for the film. Haasan completed shooting the whole film along with the song sequences that were composed by Subramaniam. According to Haasan, when he approached Subramaniam for the final sound for mixing, he had asked for ₹1 crore, which was not the amount agreed upon earlier.[7][22] So Haasan went to Ilaiyaraaja to help him solve this situation. Haasan told Ilaiyaraaja that the songs had already been shot with the music composed by Subramaniam and he wanted to remove the songs and re-shoot them with Ilaiyaraaja's. On hearing that, Ilaiyaraaja told Haasan that he could fix it without Haasan needing to re-shoot any footage or songs; Haasan agreed after initial reluctance.[23][24] Subramaniam said he left the project, fearing that his association with the film may offend Hindu people due to its contentious storyline.[8]

The lyrics for the songs were not changed, but Ilaiyaraaja composed new tunes for the songs that would be in sync with the already shot footage. The background music and the songs were recorded in Hungary's Budapest Symphony Orchestra and thus Hey Ram became the first Tamil film and the second Indian film to be re-recorded with a foreign symphony orchestra. The first one was Ilaiyaraaja's own score for the Malayalam film Guru (1997).[7][25] The song "Isaiyil Thodangudhamma" was not present initially, but Ilaiyaraaja had seen an opportunity for a possible song in the scene and asked Haasan to give him a chance to add one. But Haasan, being the writer-director of the film, did not see it. Then Ilaiyaraaja convinced Haasan to trust him with this and brought Hindustani singer Ajoy Chakrabarty to sing "Isaiyil Thodanguthamma" and also writing the lyrics for the same.[24] Chennai Online wrote, "The album, with its rich acoustic score, is one of his [Ilaiyaraaja's] best efforts".[26] S R Ramakrishna of The Music Magazine wrote "Ilaiyaraja's score brings back the grandeur, allusiveness and haunting beauty of his best work. Hey Ram is an exciting album".[27]

Tamil version
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Ram Ram"Kamal HaasanKamal Haasan, Shruti Haasan 
2."Nee Partha"Kamal Haasan, Jibanananda DasAsha Bhosle, Hariharan, Rani Mukherjee 
3."Pollatha Madhana Paanam"Vaali, Jagdish KhebudkarMahalakshmi Iyer, Anupama Deshpande 
4."Vaaranam Aayiram (Vaishnava Janatho)"Narsinh Mehta, Andal, GnanakoothanKanapadikal, Vibha Sharma 
5."Isaiyil Thodanguthamma"IlaiyaraajaAjoy Chakrabarty 
6."Sanyaas Mantra" Kamal Haasan, Hema Malini 
7."Ramaranalum"VaaliKamal Haasan, Jolly Mukherjee, Hariharan 
Hindi version
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Hey! Ram"SameerKamal Haasan, Shruti Haasan 
2."Janmon Ki Jwala" (poem of Jibanananda Das recited by Rani Mukherjee)SameerAsha Bhosle, Hariharan 
3."Asa Ga Madan Ban Ghusla Kasa"Sameer, Jagdish KhebudkarPreeti Uttam, Anupama Deshpande 
4."Sanyaas Mantra" Kamal Haasan 
5."Chahe Pandit Ho"SameerKamal Haasan, Hariharan, Jolly Mukherjee 
6."Prem Bann" Preeti Uttam 
7."Vaishnav Jana To"Andal, Gnanakoothan, SameerVibha Sharma 
8."Har Koi Samjhe"SameerAjoy Chakrabarty 

Release

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Hey Ram was released simultaneously in Tamil and Hindi on 18 February 2000. A digitally remastered version of the film was released on 8 November 2019 on Amazon Prime Video.[7][28] Internationally, the film was screened at the 25th Toronto International Film Festival and at the 2000 Locarno Festival.[29] In 2015, Hey Ram was screened at the Habitat Film Festival.[30][31] The film was re-released at Sathyam Cinemas on 8 November 2019.[32][7]

Controversies

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There were protests and press releases by political parties in select centres against the perceived negative depiction of Gandhi.[33][34]

Critical reception

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Hey Ram received widespread critical acclaim.[35] T. Krithika Reddy from The Hindu wrote, "Live sound, prosthetic make-up (Micheal Westmore), splendid cinematography (Thiru), magnificent art work (Sabu Cyril) and painstakingly designed costumes (Sarika) are some of the other highlights of this magnum opus, which is distinct in style and content...The chemistry between Kamal and Rani is explosive to say the least. Shah Rukh Khan, as usual comes up with an impeccable performance. Vasundhara, as the stoic second wife makes an impressive debut. Naseerudin Shah as Gandhi steals a clear march over the others in supporting roles."[36] Dinakaran wrote, "The starting of 2000 itself has given a great joy to Tamil cinema! A Tamilian has created a film that caters to international standards."[37] Methil Renuka of India Today praised the film's "technical wizardry" and cast performances but called it "difficult to categorize".[38] K. N. Vijiyan of New Straits Times said, "To this writer, the message of the need for unity among various religious faiths was well told by Kamalhaasan".[39] S. Chandramouli of Kalki praised the acting of Kamal Haasan, crisp dialogues, art direction for recreating old times, symbolism but felt other characters speaking different languages gives an impression of watching a film from other language while also felt Kamal who slowly built up his character realistically went hurried with the character's change of heart and concluded saying this film will be enjoyed by urban audience but language will definitely be an issue in villages in spite of that, if this film wins, it will be good for the country and for the world of Tamil cinema.[40] Kala Krishanan Ramesh of Deccan Herald wrote, "Hey Ram is a film not to be missed. For though it`s too long and too simplistic it is part of us, and a landmark for every thinking Indian".[41]

Box office

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The Hindi version of Hey Ram grossed ₹8.91 crore in India and $550,000 overseas.[42][43]

India

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The Hindi version opened on 18 February 2000 across 115 screens and netted ₹2.39 crore in opening week and ₹5.32 crore lifetime.[42] It was the 35th-highest-grossing film of 2000 in India.[44]

Overseas

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At the overseas box office, the Hindi version grossed $350,000 in opening week and $550,000 lifetime.[42][45]

Accolades

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Ceremony Category Nominee(s) Outcome Ref.
47th National Film Awards Best Supporting Actor Atul Kulkarni Won [46]
Best Costume Design Sarika Won
Best Special Effects Manthra Won
48th Filmfare Awards South Best Actor – Tamil Kamal Haasan Won [47]
46th Filmfare Awards Best Supporting Actor Atul Kulkarni Nominated [48]
7th Annual Screen Awards Best Background Music Ilaiyaraaja Won [49]
Best Actor Kamal Haasan Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Atul Kulkarni Nominated
Best Sound Recording Srivastav Nominated
Best Cinematography Tirru Nominated
Best Art Direction Sabu Cyril Nominated
Most Promising Newcomer (Female) Vasundhara Das Nominated
64th Annual BFJA Awards Most Outstanding Work of the Year Kamal Haasan Won [50]

See also

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