Hey Ram

The movie tells the story of Saket Ram who witnesses the violence and tensions leading up to the partition of India and eventually becomes a follower of Gandhi. Hey Ram is a 2000 Indian Tamil-language Drama History movie featuring Kamal Haasan, Shah Rukh Khan, Hema Malini, Rani Mukherjee, Rani Mukerji, Girish Karnad and Bobby Bedi. Raaj Kamal Films International was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Kamal Haasan, Bharat S Shah and Chandrahasan. Hey Ram is written by Kamal Haasan and Manohar Shyam Joshi and it is directed by Kamal Haasan. Raaj Kamal Films International acquired the distribution rights for the motion picture. Hey Ram was released on 18th February 2000 and takes a screen time of 210-207 minutes. Hey Ram was made on a budget of ₹9 crore and at the box office it grossed only ₹5 crore. The screenplay for the movie was written by Kamal Haasan. Cinematography was done by Tirru and editing by Renu Saluja. The music was composed by National Award winner Ilaiyaraaja. At the 2001 South Filmfare Awards It won an award for Best Actor (Kamal Haasan). At the 2000 National Film Awards It also won 3 awards including: Best Supporting Actor (Atul Kulkarni), Best Costume Designer and Best Special Effects.