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Banner | Raajkamal Films International |
Director | Kamal Hassan |
Writer | Kamal Hassan |
Producer | Kamal Hassan |
Production executive | D.N. Subramaniam |
Music Director | Ilaiyaraaja |
Cinematography | S. Tirru |
Film Editing | Renu Saluja |
Art Director | Sabu Cyril |
Camera Operator | |
Assistant Cameramen | |
Playback Singers | Kamal Haasan, Shruti Hassan, Rani Mukherjee, Asha Bhosle, Hariharan, Anupama, Preeti Uttam, Vibha Sharma, Ajoy Chakraborthy |
Character | Actor / Actress |
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Saketh Ram | Kamal Hassan |
Amjad Ali Khan | Shah Rukh Khan |
Aparna Ram | Rani Mukerji |
Ambujam Iyengar | Hema Malini |
Uppilli Iyengar | Girish Karnad |
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi | Naseeruddin Shah |
Goel | Om Puri |
Maharaja | Vikram Gokhale |
Manohar Lalwani | Saurabh Shukla |
Police Officer | Nasser |
Saketh Ram's Grandson | Abbas |
Shriram Abhyankar | Atul Kulkarni |
Mythili's Grandmother | Showkar Janaki |
Nafisa | Iravati Harshe |
Mythili Iyengar | Vasundhara Das |
Jr. Saket Ram | Gautham Kanthadai |
Vasantha Mami | Nagamani Mahadevan |
Rani | Shubhangi Gokhale |
Hazara Begum | Mohini Mathur |
Old Bannu Refugee | Ram Mohan |
Shaheed Suhrawardy | Arun Bali |
Altaf Tailor | Shadaab Khan |
Qureshi | Yatin Karyekar |
Jalal | Manoj Pahwa |
Mrs. Bina Lalwani | Madhuri Sanjeev |
Nathuram Godse | Sharad Ponkshe |
Himself | Tushar Gandhi |
K.T. Chari | V.S. Raghavan |
Chari | Delhi Ganesh |
Govardhan | Gollapudi Maruthi Rao |
Dr. Yegyam | Y.G. Mahendran |
Veda | Arun Mehra |
Mohan Gandhi Raman | Chandrahasan |
Mortimer Wheeler | Lewis K. Elbinger |
Vallabhai Patel's Daughter | Shruti K. Haasan |
Inspector at the Marina Hotel | K.S. Ramesh |
Altaf's Father | Umesh Sharma |
Mr. Chattopadhay | S.K. Ghosh |
Mrs. Chattopadhay | Annapoorna |
Doctor at the Delhi Hospital | Anand |
Inspector at the Delhi Hospital | Ambarish |
E.V.K. Nair | U.B.G. Menon |
Drunken Man at Calcutta | Bolai Sarkar |
Jagannathan Iyengar | Nagaraja Bhagavathar |
Blind Girl of Belliaghatta | Baby Taj |
One Eyed Chotu Ram | Bobby |
Amjad's Father | Mohammed Ali |
Sardar Vallabhai Patel | Arun Sadekar |
Abul Kalam Azad | Yunus |
Jawaharlal Nehru | Raj Patra |
Lord Mountbatten | Savar |
Dr. Babu Rajendra Prasad | Amitabh Srivastava |
Henri Cartier Bresson | Gilles |
Abha Ben | Suprithi |
Manu Ben | Rashmi |
Gopal Godse | Rahul |
Ramachandra Badge | Jayasimha |
Vishnu Narayana Apte | Vikram |
Vishnu Karkare | Sirish Purohit |
Sankar Kishtayaa | Aravind Akash |
Madanlal Pahwa | Vivek |
Shabhir | |
Sheik Ahamed | |
Amar | |
Robert | |
Old Sikh Taxi Driver | Manjit Singh |
Pyarelal | Sarfaraz Khan |
Royal Woman | Jaya Murali |
Raja's Friend | Suryanarayana |
Raja's Friend | Prof. Angamuthu |
Prasanth Nikhale | |
Arindam Sil | |
Ajay | |
Parthasarathy | A.C. Murali |
Pushpa | Nikitha Palekar |
Sikh Girl | Twinkle |
Jagannathan | Sivakumar |
Kitty Iyengar | Narasimha |
Neelakanta Iyengar | R.C. Sunder |
Cheema Iyengar | Sreenivasan |
Lavani Dancer | Prachi Shah |
Lavani Group | Maya Jadhav |
Venkataram Iyer | Venkatraman |
Mridangist | R. Varadharajan |
Car Driver | Selvaraj |
Chowkidar | Ganesh Gurang |
Pathan | Dinesh Chibber |
Doctor at the Delhi Hospital | Preeth |
Thampura Girl | Charanva |
Swathi | |
Dharthi | |
Varsha | |
Venkata Lakshmi | |
Parimala | |
Saraswathi | |
Karpagam | |
Rangam | Baby Sharanya |
Rangappa | Master Balaji |
Cheenu | Master Ambi |
Baby Sanjana Khanna | |
Baby Zara | |
Amjad's Son | Akshay Bhatiya |
Baby Ishwarya | |
Pranita Bishnoi | |
Master Prakash Balaji | |
Vaali |
Plot |
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The movie begins at present day with Saket Ram (Kamal Haasan), an 89-year-old Hindu man at his death bed. The scene reverts to the past as Saket remembers the 1940s, when he and his good friend, Amjad Ali Khan (Shah Rukh Khan) are archaeologists working together under their boss, Mortimer Wheeler, in Mohenjo-daro (Indus Valley Civilization) in the then North-West India. Relations are pleasant between the Indians and the English, and Saket and Amjad do not approve of Partition and the creation of Pakistan. Aparna Ram (Rani Mukerji), Saket's simple Bengali wife, is a school teacher. She lives in Calcutta in the midst of riots and chaos over the issue of the formation of Pakistan and the call by Mohammad Ali Jinnah for "Direct Action". Saket goes to Calcutta and is swept into the madness. In one instance, Saket saves an innocent Sikh girl from the hands of a barbaric Muslim gang. When he returns to his house, he finds a group of Muslims entering his house. They brutally rape and murder Aparna. Saket, unable to cope with his tragic loss, kills the Muslims who raped and killed his wife in a fit of rage. Outside his house, he runs into Sriram Abhyankar (Atul Kulkarni), who is part of a Hindu militant group determined to fight the Muslims' malice with similar brute force, and assassinate Gandhi for what they perceive to be his treachery towards Hindu dominated India (Gandhi wanted Hindus and Muslims to co-exist peacefully with hope of winning over the hearts of the rioters through sheer self-pity). However, Abhyankar and his fellow extremists had lost patience at what they deemed Mahatma Gandhi's unreasonable stand to appease Pakistan, who had already invaded Kashmir by that time. Gandhi was pressuring the newly founded Indian state to pay Rs. 62 Crore to Pakistan and some territorial concessions as well. Urged by family to remarry, he weds Mythili (Vasundhara Das). However, on a trip to Maharashtra, he reunites with Abhyankar and becomes a part of his militant organisation that plots to do away with Gandhi. Due to an horse-riding accident, Abhyankar is left a quadriplegic and has Ram swear that he will carry on his work, that of killing the Mahatma. Saket comes to the belief that Mahatma Gandhi (Naseeruddin Shah) is solely responsible for the division of India and of the two religions and also of having supported whom they viewed as the enemy. Hindu fundamentalists, including Saket, are furious and plot to murder Gandhi. However, Saket, after several incidents surrounding and leading to Amjad's death (with whom he reunites briefly in a congested Delhi area), changes his mind about Gandhi. He decides against assassinating the leader, and attempts to beg for forgiveness. Soon afterwards, Gandhi is killed by another assassin, Nathuram Godse. Ironically, Gandhi dies without his famous last words: "Hey Ram!" as popularly believed, and as in Richard Attenborough's film Gandhi (film). Then on, Saket Ram lives by Gandhian principles. As the 89-year-old Saket Ram is being taken to the hospital, he is told of bomb blasts in the city due to Hindu-Muslim communal riots. He asks "Innuma (even now)?". They are forced by the police to be taken into an underground shelter for their security, but Saket Ram dies there. In his funeral,Gandhiji's grandson comes and sees Saket's private room which is full of historical photos. Saket's grandson hands over Gandhi's footwear and spectacle which Saket had previously collected from the place of shootout and had treasured it all the while.", |
Release date | 18-Feb-2000 |
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Budget | |
Revenue |
Filmfare Awards 2001 Filmfare Award Best Supporting Actor Atul Kulkarni Filmfare Awards South 2001 Filmfare Award - Tamil Film Industry Best Actor Kamal Hassan National Film Awards, India 2000 Silver Lotus Award Best Costume Designer Sarika Best Special Effects Manthra Best Supporting Actor Atul Kulkarni Screen Weekly Awards 2001 Won Screen Best Background Music Ilayaraja Screen Best Actor Kamal Hassan Best Art Direction Sabu Cyril Best Cinematography S. Tirru Best Sound Recording Shrivastav Best Supporting Actor Atul Kulkarni Most Promising Newcomer - Female Vasundhara Das |
Soundtrack
Lyrics: Sameer | Music: Ilaiyaraaja
1. Hey Ram | हे राम
Voice: Kamal Haasan, Shruti Hassan
2. Akashe Jyotsna | आकाशे ज्योत्स्ना
Voice: Rani Mukherjee, Asha Bhosle, Hariharan
3. Janmon Ki Jwala | जन्मों की ज्वाला
Voice: Asha Bhosle, Hariharan
4. Asa Ga Madan | असा गा मदन
Voice: Anupama, Preeti Uttam
5. Chahe Pandit Ho | चाहे पंडित हो
Voice: Hariharan, Jolly Mukherjee, Kamal Haasan
6. Vaishnav Jana To | वैष्णव जाना तो
Voice: Vibha Sharma
7. Har Koi Samjhe | हर कोई समझे
Voice: Ajoy Chakraborthy
8. Sanyaas Mantra | संन्यास मंत्र
Voice: Kamal Haasan
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