Saturday, August 2, 2008

Ram-Jaane

Ram Jaane (Devanagari: राम जाने, Nastaliq: رام جانے, translation: "Ram Knows" or "God Knows") is a 1995 Indian Bollywood movie directed by Rajiv Mehra about an unnamed kid (portrayed by Shahrukh Khan) who grows up to become a gangster. He uses the name Ram Jaane after meeting with a priest who in response to the kid asking about his name said "Ram Jaane" (God knows).

Synopsis
Ram Jaane is arrested by a security guard after stealing cargo from a train with his best friend. He is shortly released and becomes one of the biggest hustlers in the city. After a deadly shootout, he is arrested by a corrupt police department and sent to jail again. After a few years of serving jail time, he goes back to the streets and to his friend's place. There he decides to help him raise the local kids in the area so they won't be corrupted by the streets. He quickly falls in love with a childhood girlfriend Bela (Juhi Chawla), but also goes back to his old ways.
Ram Jaane
It was not spelled out in the film about what his name meant but my wife quickly told me the meaning of Ram Jaane. The film almost glorifies the name with nearly constant repetition. I might even be able to say it to others and have them understand my accent. Ram Jaane does after pleading from his friend to influence his impressionable followers to reject his lifestyle. I tend to not watch films for the kung fu aspects but this film had plenty of really bad action scenes with obvious fake punches. I would recommend this film to all my friends.

Ram-Jaane

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