Hey Ram

"An Experiment With Truth"

2000 3h 19m TA

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★7.1TMDB · 67

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Synopsis

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Saketh Ram's wife is raped and killed during direct action day riots in Calcutta. He is convinced that Mahatma Gandhi is responsible for all the problems happening in the country. He sets out to kill him.

“An Experiment With Truth”

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Cast

Kamal Haasan
Saket Ram
Shah Rukh Khan
Amjad Ali Khan
Hema Malini
Ambujam
Rani Mukerji
Aparna Ram
Vasundhara Das
Mythili Iyengar
Girish Karnad
Uppilli Iyengar
Naseeruddin Shah
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Om Puri
Goel

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Kamal Haasan
Writers: Kamal Haasan, Kamal Haasan
Languages: Hindi, Tamil
Countries: India

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RUNTIME

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At 199 minutes, this is a three-hour-plus commitment — longer than 95% of films ever made.

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MONEY

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Shot for just $3.9M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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ERA

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26 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Hindi, Tamil.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Kamal Haasan, shot by S. Thirunavukkarasu. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Ilaiyaraaja. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Renu Saluja shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Kamal Haasan and Shah Rukh Khan and Hema Malini carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Kamal Haasan directs. S. Thirunavukkarasu behind the camera. Ilaiyaraaja scores. Renu Saluja cuts. A long sit — settle in. Profitable at the box office. Produced in India. Dialogue in Hindi, Tamil.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1At 199 minutes, this is a three-hour-plus commitment — longer than 95% of films ever made.
2Shot for just $3.9M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
326 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
4Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Hindi, Tamil.
5Directed by Kamal Haasan, shot by S. Thirunavukkarasu. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Ilaiyaraaja. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Renu Saluja shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Kamal Haasan and Shah Rukh Khan and Hema Malini carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "An Experiment With Truth".
10IMDB entry: tt0222012 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Only 67 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
12Classified under 9 themes, including "assassination", "muslim", "hindu", "mahatma gandhi".