Ram & Leela (2013)

Ram and Leela, their love, lust and the drama afterwards. Modern adaptation of William Shakespeare's 'Romeo & Juliet'.

Director:

Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Writers:

Sanjay Leela Bhansali (screenplay), Garima (screenplay)

Stars:

Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh, Supriya Pathak

29 wins & 90 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview:
Deepika Padukone	...	Leela
Ranveer Singh	...	Ram
Supriya Pathak	...	Dhankor
Sharad Kelkar	...	Kanji Bhai
Richa Chadha	...	Raseela (as Richa Chadda)
Abhimanyu Singh	...	Meghji Bhai
Barkha Bisht	...	Kesar
Gulshan Devaiah	...	Bhavani
Homi Wadia	...	Radhu Bhai
Raza Murad	...	Sarpanch
Jameel Khan	...	Vanka
Master Mohammed Faizan	...	Goli
Krishna Singh Bisht	...	Keshav
Aanshul Trivedi	...	Mandar
Vivan Bhatena

Storyline

Ram and Leela, their love, lust and the drama afterwards. Modern adaptation of William Shakespeare's 'Romeo & Juliet'.

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Plot Keywords:

death of lovers | death | falling into water | balcony | tragedy | 

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Taglines:

The Floppest movie of ever in the Bollywood

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Genres:

Drama | Musical | Romance

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Certificate:

12

Details

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

21 November 2013 (Germany)

Also Known As:

Ram & Leela

Filming Locations:

Udaipur, Rajasthan, India

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$1,449,174 (USA) (15 November 2013)

Gross:

$2,633,885 (USA) (29 November 2013)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Eros International, SLB Films Pvt. Ltd.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

150 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Deepika won best actress award at Filmfare Awards.

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Goofs

Even after Ram and Leela's finger are chopped off, we see their full fingers in some of the scenes that follow.

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Quotes

Ram: There are hundred reasons to die, but only one to live.

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Soundtracks

Dhoop
Performef by Shreya Ghoshal

User Reviews

Mindless, colorful movie without a strong storyline

When a new movie releases we often look at the rating provided by other reviewers and decide on watching the same. But sadly the 5 star or 7.2 star rating provided to this movie may be based on the directors previous works and not the current one! Ram Leela is a good misdirection done by Mr. Sanjay Leela Bansali. Even Houdini would have to bow to him if this movie turns out to be a hit. Having watched many variations of the classic Romeo and Juliet, the last being one with Leonardo Di Caprio and Claire Danes, I can very well say that Ram Leela is clearly not a variant of this. Most likely the reviewer has been primed to think so. With an absolutely no story line, the movie relies on raunchy scenes between Deepika and Ranvir to carry the show. There's mindless violence, ridiculous camera work used for portraying mayhem against women, cheap dialogue's to show coolness. To take your attention off the plot, Mr. Bansali uses these misdirections very well. The eyes see colorful Gujarati Garbha dances, a clear desert, some good architecture around Gujarat, and the mind forgets that the movie has a story to tell! An item song by Priyanka Chopra is also thrown in to save the day. The rating 3 of watchable is mainly to see our Hansaben, Supriya Pathak. Her portrayal of Baa is mind blowing and dialogue delivery is great. Those used to seeing regular Baa's in our TV serials, now get to see a different Baa! Deepika had made a good choice with Chennai Express, where her acting skills were utilized. In Ram Leela she's there to dance and whine! One does not see the boldness Aish portrayed in HDDCS or the damsel deeply in love Aish portrayed in Devdas. I guess Mr Bansali wanted to see a mixture of both in Deepika. But sadly the story line does not call for it! Ranvir still has remnant parts of Band Baaja Baraat and Ladies Vs. Ricky Behl. In most of the scenes either he is full carefree or full sentimental (literally crying). A talent like Richa Chadda is wasted. To conclude, its sad to see Mr Bansali following Ram Gopal Verma's footsteps wherein camera work and raunchy scenes are used as misdirection for a bad storyline