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{{Infobox film
| name = Ram Balram
|name = Ram Balram
| image = Ram Balram.jpg
|image = Ram Balram.jpg
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|caption = Poster
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|director = [[Vijay Anand (filmmaker)|Vijay Anand]]
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| caption =
|producer = Tito
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| director = [[Vijay Anand (filmmaker)|Vijay Anand]]
| producer = Tito
|writer = Vijay Anand
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|starring = [[Dharmendra]]<br>[[Amitabh Bachchan]]<br>[[Zeenat Aman]]<br>[[Rekha]]<br>[[Ajit Khan|Ajit]]<br>[[Amjad Khan (actor)|Amjad Khan]]<br>[[Prem Chopra]]<br>[[Sujit Kumar]]
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| writer = Vijay Anand
| narrator =
|music = [[Laxmikant–Pyarelal]]
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|cinematography = [[Fali Mistry]]
| starring = [[Dharmendra]]<br />[[Amitabh Bachchan]]<br />[[Zeenat Aman]]<br
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|editing = Vijay Anand
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/>[[Rekha]]<br />[[Ajit Khan|Ajit]]<br />[[Amjad Khan (actor)|Amjad Khan]]<br />[[Prem Chopra]]<br />[[Sujit Kumar]]
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|distributor = Navjeevan Productions
| music = [[Laxmikant–Pyarelal]]
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|released = {{Film date|df=yes|1980|11|28}}
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| cinematography = [[Fali Mistry]]
| editing = Vijay Anand
|runtime = 169 minutes
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|country = India
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| distributor = Navjeevan Productions
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|language = Hindi
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| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1980|11|28}}
|gross = {{INR|9.5 crores}}<ref name=BOTY>{{cite web|url=https://bestoftheyear.in/movie/ram-balram/|title=Ram Balram|publisher=Best of the Year|accessdate=16 July 2021}}</ref>
| runtime = 169 mins
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| country = India
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| language = Hindi
| budget =
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'''''Ram Balram''''' is a 1980 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[action film]] directed by [[Vijay Anand (filmmaker)|Vijay Anand]], which starred [[Dharmendra]] and [[Amitabh Bachchan]] in pivotal roles along with the supporting cast including [[Zeenat Aman]] and [[Rekha]]. The film marked the third time in which [[Amitabh Bachchan]] and [[Dharmendra]] worked together after their previous films, ''[[Chupke Chupke (film)|Chupke Chupke]]'' and ''[[Sholay]]''. The movie surfaced as one of the highest-grossing films of the year,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bestoftheyear.in/movie/ram-balram/|title=Ram Balram - Lifetime Box Office Collection, Budget, Reviews, Cast, etc|website=BOTY|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-24}}</ref> and was clarified a superhit by box-office analysts.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://medium.com/@Bollywoodirect/38-years-of-ram-balram-28-11-1980-fde00c19fde2|title=38 Years of Ram Balram. (28/11/1980)|last=Bollywoodirect|date=2018-11-28|website=Medium|language=en|access-date=2019-12-24}}</ref>
'''''Ram Balram''''' is a 1980 Indian Hindi-language [[action film]] directed by [[Vijay Anand (filmmaker)|Vijay Anand]], which starred [[Dharmendra]] and [[Amitabh Bachchan]] in pivotal roles along with the supporting cast including [[Zeenat Aman]] and [[Rekha]]. The film marked the third time in which [[Amitabh Bachchan]] and [[Dharmendra]] worked together after their previous films, ''[[Chupke Chupke (film)|Chupke Chupke]]'' and ''[[Sholay]]''. The movie surfaced as one of the highest-grossing films of the year,<ref name=BOTY/> and was clarified a superhit by box-office analysts.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://medium.com/@Bollywoodirect/38-years-of-ram-balram-28-11-1980-fde00c19fde2|title=38 Years of Ram Balram. (28/11/1980)|last=Bollywoodirect|date=28 November 2018|website=Medium|accessdate=16 July 2021}}</ref>

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== Plot ==


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==Plot==
Ram and Balram 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.
Ram and Balram 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 enrolls the younger brother Balram in school and eventually sends him off to join the police force. The older brother Ram 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.
He enrolls the younger brother Balram in school and eventually sends him off to join the police force. The older brother Ram becomes a mechanic. Jagatpal has a tight hold on the boys, even when Ram 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 ([[Amitabh Bachchan]]) 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.
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.


Balram is still unhappy with Jagatpal's plan, so he tells his superiors in the police force that his brother intends to infiltrate the smuggler's underworld so that Balram can arrest them. Ram becomes a police informer for Balram.
Balram is still unhappy with Jagatpal's plan, so he tells his superiors in the police force that his brother intends to infiltrate the smuggler's underworld so that Balram can arrest them. Ram becomes a police informer for Balram.


The plan goes well. Ram becomes one of the lieutenants of one of the biggest smugglers Sulaiman ([[Amjad Khan (actor)|Amjad Khan]]) and Balram's excellent arrest rate makes him one of the force's most successful officers. Jagatpal becomes enormously wealthy from Ram's illicit gains.
The plan goes well. Ram becomes one of the lieutenants of one of the biggest smugglers Sulaiman and Balram's excellent arrest rate makes him one of the force's most successful officers. Jagatpal becomes enormously wealthy from Ram's illicit gains.
The brothers also find love. Balram with Shobha ([[Rekha]]), the daughter of a college professor and Ram with Madhu ([[Zeenat Aman]]), a girl who has moved to the area with her mother ([[Helen (actress)|Helen]]) looking for her father. Unbeknownst to Ram, the girl believes her father to be Jagatpal. She, along with her courtesan mother, attempt to extort money for Jagatpal but he refuses to believe he is the father. His suspicions are confirmed when he catches the mother paying off a former customer. The man is confronted by Jagatpal and confesses that the girl is not Jagatpal's daughter.
The brothers also find love. Balram with Shobha, the daughter of a college professor and Ram with Madhu, a girl who has moved to the area with her mother looking for her father. Unbeknownst to Ram, the girl believes her father to be Jagatpal. She, along with her courtesan mother, attempt to extort money for Jagatpal but he refuses to believe he is the father. His suspicions are confirmed when he catches the mother paying off a former customer. The man is confronted by Jagatpal and confesses that the girl is not Jagatpal's daughter.


Jagatpal's plan comes unstuck however when the boys' mother returns. She did not die after all. She reveals Jagatpal's actions to the two brothers and they unite to take him down.
Jagatpal's plan comes unstuck however when the boys' mother returns. She did not die after all. She reveals Jagatpal's actions to the two brothers and they unite to take him down.


== Cast ==
==Cast==
*[[Dharmendra]] as Ram
*[[Dharmendra]] as Ram
*[[Amitabh Bachchan]] as Inspector Balram
*[[Amitabh Bachchan]] as Inspector Balram
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==Soundtrack==
==Soundtrack==
Music composed by [[Laxmikant–Pyarelal|Laxmikant-Pyarelal]]. Lyrics penned by [[Anand Bakshi]].
Music composed by [[Laxmikant–Pyarelal|Laxmikant-Pyarelal]]. Lyrics penned by [[Anand Bakshi]].
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:95%;"
! Song !! Singer
!Song!!Singer
|-
|-
| "Ek Rasta, Do Rahi, Ek Chor, Ek Sipahi"
|"Ek Rasta, Do Rahi, Ek Chor, Ek Sipahi"
| [[Mohammed Rafi]], [[Kishore Kumar]]
|[[Mohammed Rafi]], [[Kishore Kumar]]
|-
|-
| "Ladki Pasand Ki Mushkil Se Milti Hai, Mil Gayi, Mil Gayi"
|"Ladki Pasand Ki Mushkil Se Milti Hai, Mil Gayi, Mil Gayi"
| [[Mohammed Rafi]], [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
|[[Mohammed Rafi]], [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
|-
|-
| "Ab To Ram Hi Jaan Bachaye, Bera Paar Lagaye"
|"Ab To Ram Hi Jaan Bachaye, Bera Paar Lagaye"
| [[Mohammed Rafi]], [[Asha Bhosle]], [[Dilraj Kaur]]
|[[Mohammed Rafi]], [[Asha Bhosle]], [[Dilraj Kaur]]
|-
|-
| "Humse Bhool Ho Gayi, Humka Maafi Dai Do"
|"Humse Bhool Ho Gayi, Humka Maafi Dai Do"
| [[Kishore Kumar]], [[Asha Bhosle]]
|[[Kishore Kumar]], [[Asha Bhosle]]
|-
|-
| "Yaar Ki Khabar Mil Gayi, Pyar Ki Nazar Mil Gayi"
|"Yaar Ki Khabar Mil Gayi, Pyar Ki Nazar Mil Gayi"
| [[Kishore Kumar]], [[Asha Bhosle]]
|[[Kishore Kumar]], [[Asha Bhosle]]
|-
|-
|}
|}


== References ==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
*{{IMDb title |id=0081401 }}
*{{IMDb title|0081401}}

{{Vijay Anand}}
{{Vijay Anand}}

[[Category:1980 films]]
[[Category:1980s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:1980s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]

Revision as of 02:30, 16 July 2021

Ram Balram
Poster
Directed byVijay Anand
Written byVijay Anand
Produced byTito
StarringDharmendra
Amitabh Bachchan
Zeenat Aman
Rekha
Ajit
Amjad Khan
Prem Chopra
Sujit Kumar
CinematographyFali Mistry
Edited byVijay Anand
Music byLaxmikant–Pyarelal
Distributed byNavjeevan Productions
Release date
  • 28 November 1980 (1980-11-28)
Running time
169 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Box office₹9.5 crores[1]

Ram Balram is a 1980 Indian Hindi-language action film directed by Vijay Anand, which starred Dharmendra and Amitabh Bachchan in pivotal roles along with the supporting cast including Zeenat Aman and Rekha. The film marked the third time in which Amitabh Bachchan and Dharmendra worked together after their previous films, Chupke Chupke and Sholay. The movie surfaced as one of the highest-grossing films of the year,[1] and was clarified a superhit by box-office analysts.[2]

Plot

Ram and Balram 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 enrolls the younger brother Balram in school and eventually sends him off to join the police force. The older brother Ram becomes a mechanic. Jagatpal has a tight hold on the boys, even when Ram 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.

Balram is still unhappy with Jagatpal's plan, so he tells his superiors in the police force that his brother intends to infiltrate the smuggler's underworld so that Balram can arrest them. Ram becomes a police informer for Balram.

The plan goes well. Ram becomes one of the lieutenants of one of the biggest smugglers Sulaiman and Balram's excellent arrest rate makes him one of the force's most successful officers. Jagatpal becomes enormously wealthy from Ram's illicit gains. The brothers also find love. Balram with Shobha, the daughter of a college professor and Ram with Madhu, a girl who has moved to the area with her mother looking for her father. Unbeknownst to Ram, the girl believes her father to be Jagatpal. She, along with her courtesan mother, attempt to extort money for Jagatpal but he refuses to believe he is the father. His suspicions are confirmed when he catches the mother paying off a former customer. The man is confronted by Jagatpal and confesses that the girl is not Jagatpal's daughter.

Jagatpal's plan comes unstuck however when the boys' mother returns. She did not die after all. She reveals Jagatpal's actions to the two brothers and they unite to take him down.

Cast

Soundtrack

Music composed by Laxmikant-Pyarelal. Lyrics penned by Anand Bakshi.

Song Singer
"Ek Rasta, Do Rahi, Ek Chor, Ek Sipahi" Mohammed Rafi, Kishore Kumar
"Ladki Pasand Ki Mushkil Se Milti Hai, Mil Gayi, Mil Gayi" Mohammed Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar
"Ab To Ram Hi Jaan Bachaye, Bera Paar Lagaye" Mohammed Rafi, Asha Bhosle, Dilraj Kaur
"Humse Bhool Ho Gayi, Humka Maafi Dai Do" Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle
"Yaar Ki Khabar Mil Gayi, Pyar Ki Nazar Mil Gayi" Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle

References

  1. ^ a b "Ram Balram". Best of the Year. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  2. ^ Bollywoodirect (28 November 2018). "38 Years of Ram Balram. (28/11/1980)". Medium. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
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