Ram Balram (1980)

Name: Ram Balram
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Released: 1980-04-12

2h 49m

Running Time

Plot.

Ram and Balram are 2 young boys who live with their loving parents. Their scheming uncle, Jagatpal, however kills the boy's father and mother. 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 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.

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Details.

Release Date
April 12, 1980

Original Name
राम बलराम

Status
Released

Running Time
2h 49m

Genres
Action Comedy Drama

Last updated: 2024-09-18

Wiki.

Ram Balram is a 1980 Indian Hindi-language action thriller 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 Dharmendra and Bachchan worked together after their previous films, Chupke Chupke and Sholay.

The film was started in 1975, but faced several delays due to production issues, health issues to Bachchan and Ajit and the Emergency. It was finally released on 28th November 1980 and was a critical and commercial success, earning ₹9.5 crores at the box office and was the third highest grossing film of 1980. It also remains the only film in which Rekha and Zeenat Aman acted together and where Dharmendra and Bachchan had equal screen sharing.