Hey Ram

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 and sets out to kill him. Hey Ram is a 2000 Indian Tamil-language Drama History movie featuring Kamal Haasan, Shah Rukh Khan, Rani Mukerji, Vasundhara Das, Atul Kulkarni, Girish Karnad and Nawazuddin Siddiqui. Raaj Kamal Films International was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Bharat S Shah, Kamal Haasan, Chandrahasan and Charuhasan. Hey Ram is written by Kamal Haasan and Manohar Shyam Joshi and it is directed by Kamal Haasan. Raajkamal Films International acquired the distribution rights for the movie. Hey Ram was released on 18th February 2000 in Tamil and Hindi languages 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.