#Hey ram movie movie#

While his wedding is being celebrated across the village, Ram tells his childhood friends Vedha and Yegham that he has no reason to be happy since the world's biggest political divorce is going on with the separation of Pakistan in the north. He is then married to the daughter of family friends, Mythili. Outside his house, Ram runs into Shriram Abhyankar, a Thanjavur Marathi who is part of a Hindu nationalist group and assassinate Mahatma Gandhi for what they perceive to be his treachery towards Hindu-dominated India.Д«ack in his hometown of Thanjavur, Ram's brother Bashyahm and sister Vasantha urge him to remarry. Saket, unable to cope with his tragic loss, kills the Muslims who raped and killed his wife in revenge. When he returns to his house, he finds a group of Muslims entering his house. While out to get some food, Ram manages to save an innocent Sikh girl from the hands of a Muslim gang. On his way home, he witnesses the riots and chaos over the issue of the formation of Pakistan and the call by Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of modern Pakistan, for 'Direct Action'. Although many Indian Muslims plan to move to Pakistan, Amjad decides to stay in India as he believes it is his homeland and he does not wish to live under Sharia law.ДЄfter the archaeological site is shut down out of fear of riots, young Ram returns to Calcutta to be with his wife, Aparna. Saket and Amjad do not approve of partition and the creation of Pakistan. Relations are good between the Indians and the English. The scene cuts to the 1940s, when Ram and his Pathan Muslim friend, Amjad Ali Khan are archaeologists working together under Mortimer Wheeler, in Mohenjo-daro in the Sindh province, in what was then North-West India. As his grandson narrates the story, the dying Saket Ram relives it. The younger Ram explains how he grew up listening to his grandfather's stories and proceeds to narrate one of his grandfather's strange stories that he plans to use for his next novel. He is being taken care of by his grandson (also named Saket Ram) who is a famous novelist who writes historical fiction, and their family doctor, Munawar.

#Hey ram movie movie#

The movie begins in the present, with Saket Ram, an 89-year-old Hindu man at his death bed in Madras. Internationally, the film was screened at the 25th Toronto International Film Festival and at the 2000 Locarno Festival. The film has garnered three National Film Awards. The film was screened at the International Film Festival of India and selected by Film Federation of India as its submission to the Oscars in the year 2000, but was not nominated. The Hindi version was distributed by Shah Rukh Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment. It is an alternate history film that depicts India's Partition and the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi by Nathuram Godse. The film's soundtrack and score were composed by Ilaiyaraaja. Shah Rukh Khan plays a supporting role, making his debut in Tamil cinema. It was simultaneously made in Tamil and Hindi languages. Hey Ram is a 2000 Indian historical drama film written, directed and produced by Kamal Haasan, who also acted as the protagonist.