Ghulam (1998)

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 ... See full summary »

Director:

Vikram Bhatt

Writer:

Anjum Rajabali

Stars:

Aamir Khan, Rani Mukerji, Rajit Kapoor

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Aamir Khan	...	Siddharth Marathe
Rani Mukerji	...	Alisha
Rajit Kapoor	...	Jai, Siddhartha's brother
Mita Vasisht	...	Siddharth's lawyer (as Meeta Vashishta)
Deepak Tijori	...	Charlie
Akshay Anand	...	Jai Marathe
Bobby Sainy
Sharat Saxena	...	Ronak Singh (Ronnie)
Dalip Tahil	...	Mr. Marathe
Raju Kher
Madhu Malhotra
Ashwin Kaushal
Ashutosh Rana	...	Agrawal, Shyamsundar
Anil Rajput
Javed Rizvi Jarehavi	...	(as Javed Rizvi)

Storyline

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, terrorizing 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.

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Plot Keywords:

death of brother | daredevil | biker gang | boxing match | court case | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Details

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

19 June 1998 (India)

Filming Locations:

Kullu, Himachal Pradesh, India

Company Credits

Production Co:

Vishesh Films

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

For the climax, Aamir didn't wash his face for 8 days to look suitably battered.

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Connections

Spoofed in Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... (2001)

User Reviews

its not as bad as all that

Sure, its formulaic, but personally I think there is an element of spoof in it. Look at some of the dance routines. Especially the one where they are in a log cabin. They are not taking themselves too seriously here. And it does have a charm about it. My favorite song in it is the one about going to Chandala. And the scene where he enters her window about 16 stories up - it is completely ludicrous but is hugely entertaining and I feel for the right reasons.

Amir Khan also appeared earlier in "andaaz apna apna" which was very much a comedy, allthough it did tend to veer to much towards farce at times.

Although there was some sort of an action story and a moral theme to it, i think much of it was meant to be a light comedy romance, and those parts of the film worked quite nicely.

Sure its not a particularly memorable film and isnt ground breaking cinema, but its not actually a bad film, as long as you arent expecting too much out of it. And its quite watchable.