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Ram Balram is a film of genre Drama directed by Vijay Anand with Dharmendra
Ram Balram (1980)
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Add to a movie listRam Balram (Hindi: राम बलराम) is a 1980 Hindi action film directed by Vijay Anand. It starred Dharmendra as 'Ram' and Amitabh Bachchan as 'Balram'. The other cast included Zeenat Aman and Rekha. Ajit, Amjad Khan and Prem Chopra were the villains in the film. The film marked the third time, in which Bollywood eternal superstars (Amitabh Bachchan and Dharmendra) came together after their previous successful ventures in Chupke Chupke and Sholay. The movie had an awesome initial which opened to thunder responses all over India with cinema houses packed full. However, proccedings from the movie started to drop by the 4th week and it then went on to surface as the third highest grossing film of the year earning a "Hit" at boxoffice. It was termed disappointing since at that time, films of Dharmendra and Amitabh were expected to earn more, who were already the most popular stars at the time. However, some boxoffice analyst rate it as 'Superhit' when taking into consideration its net gross.
Synopsis
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.Actors
Dharmendra
(Ram / Bholuram)
Amitabh Bachchan
(Police Inspector Balram Singh)
Zeenat Aman
(Madhu)
Rekha
(Shobha)
Amjad Khan
(Suleiman Seth)
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