Ghulam
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| Ghulam ग़ुलाम غلام |
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| Directed by | Vikram Bhatt |
| Produced by | Mukesh Bhatt |
| Written by | Anjum Rajabali |
| Starring | Aamir Khan, Rani Mukerji |
| Music by | Jatin Pandit, Lalit Pandit |
| Distributed by | T-Series |
| Release date(s) | June 19, 1998 |
| Language | Hindi/Urdu |
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Ghulam (Hindi: ग़ुलाम, Urdu: غلام, translation: Slave) is a 1998 Bollywood film directed by Vikram Bhatt. The film made average Box Office business. Although, not well known the movie is a direct lift of the 1954 classic On the Waterfront starring Marlon Brando.
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[edit] Synopsis
Ghulam means a slave. Sidharth (Aamir Khan) is an amateur boxer who does not work, preferring to loaf about with friends. His older brother Jai (Rajit Kapoor) works with a gangster who rules the neighborhood, terrorising merchants and demanding protection money. As a child Sidharth idolized his father, an ex-freedom fighter, whom he saw committing suicide in guilt after a visit from an old acquaintance. Sidharth meets a girl, Alisha (Rani Mukerji), who rides with a motorcycle gang, and Hari, a social worker. The film tells the story of Sidharth's romance with Alisha and his reformation.
[edit] Cast
- Aamir Khan...... Siddharth Marathe
- Rani Mukherjee...... Alisha
- Deepak Tijori...... Charlie
- Sharat Saxena...... Raunak Singh (Ronnie)
- Akshay Anand...... Jai Marathe
- Rajit Kapoor...... Jai, Siddhartha's brother
- Meeta Vasisht...... Siddharth's lawyer
- Dilip Tahil...... Siddharth's father
- Raju Kher
- Madhu Malhotra
- Ashwin Kaushal
- Ashutosh Rana...... Shyamsundar Agrawal
- Daya Shanker Pandey
- Umesh
- Razzak Khan
- Kiran Randhawa
- Mukhtar Ahmed
- Shaikh Sami
- Rakesh
- Prithvi Zutshi
- Amin Hajee...... Black Tiger (Champion Boxer)
- Robert Slater
- Prithvi
[edit] Music
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| Aankhon Se Tune Kya | Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik | 5:05 | Aamir Khan, Rani Mukherjee |
| Aati Kya Khandala | Aamir Khan, Alka Yagnik | 4:12 | Aamir Khan, Rani Mukherjee |
| Jadu Hai Tera Hi Jadu | Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik | 7:43 | Aamir Khan, Rani Mukherjee |
| Ab Naam Mohabbt | Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik | 5:19 | Aamir Khan, Rani Mukherjee |
| Saath Jo Tera Mil Gaya | Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik | 5:26 | |
| Tujko Kya | Udit Narayan, Jojo, Surjeet | 6:07 | Aamir Khan |
[edit] Trivia
- Rani Mukerji became known as the "Khandala Girl" after the hit song "Aati Kya Khandala". [1]
- This was the only movie in which Rani Mukerji's voice was dubbed.[citation needed]
- Rani Mukerji's role was first offered to Pooja Bhatt.[2]
- Adapted from Marlon Brando starrer On the Waterfront.
- A sequence in the film shows Aamir Khan running on rail tracks towards an oncoming train, which misses him by a few feet as he jumps off the tracks. 1.3 seconds was the only difference between Aamir and the train. This stunt was actually performed, and by Aamir himself. It won him the Best Stunt award, but he later criticized himself for taking such an unnecessary risk. [3]
