: राम जाने, Nastaliq: رام جانے, translation

Translation

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: "Ram Knows" or "God Knows") is a 1995

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 Indian

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 Bollywood

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 movie directed by Rajiv Mehra about an unnamed kid (portrayed by Shahrukh Khan

Shahrukh Khan

Shahrukh Khan , often credited as Shah Rukh Khan, is an Indian film actor, as well as a film producer and television host. Often referred to as "the King of Bollywood", Khan has acted in over 70 Hindi films....

) 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). The movie ranks the 8th highest grossing Hindi movie of 1995 and is also the fourth time Shahrukh Khan is playing a negative role and a dying character after Baazigar

Baazigar

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, Darr

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and Anjaam

Anjaam

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. The film is inspired by James Cagney's Angels With Dirty Faces

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.

Synopsis

A nameless boy, who was abandoned at a very young age faces taunts from the other children in his village. He asks the priest what his name is to which the priest answers "Ram Jaane" (God knows) which the boy accepts as his name. Ram Jaane and his friend Murli are caught stealing from a train by corrupt police officer, Inspector Chewte (Puneet Issar). Chewte beats Ram Jaane in prison but he is released without charge. Years later, Ram Jaane (Shahrukh Khan) is working under Sameer Sanwla (Tinnu Anand) - Sanwla is murdered by Chewte and when Ram Jaane attempts to kill Chewte, he is again put in prison. When released from prison, Ram Jaane is taken by Murli (Vivek Mushran) to 'Apna Ghar', a home set up for the homeless - Murli believes that this is the best way to reform him, it is here where Ram Jaane is reunited with his childhood friend Bela (Juhi Chawla) whom he is in love with.

However even in Apna Ghar, Ram Jaane still remains a criminal and even manages to influence the children in the house to follow in his footsteps. Apna Ghar is soon targeted by Baweja (G.P. Singh), who encourages his gang to attack Apna Ghar and all its residents, which Ram Jaane is able to stop. Ram Jaane is then seen shooting Baweja in the head. Chewte learns of Baweja's death and is determined to have his murderer put in prison - he approaches Apna Ghar and starts beating one of the children which leads to Murli and the others attacking Chewte and his fellow officers. In the riot, one of the children is killed. Murli blames Ram Jaane for this tragedy and Ram Jaane runs away, he attempts to make Bela run away with him (as he believes she loves him) but she refuses. Bela is, in fact, in love with Murli - Murli realised this all along and reciprocated her feelings but did not show it as he realised that Ram Jaane also loved her. Murli begs Bela to attempt to reform Ram Jaane. However, whilst trying to reform him, Bela only begins to dislike him for his criminal ways. Bhau (Gulshan Grover), Ram Jaane's rival and Technicolour (Pankaj Kapur), Ram Jaane's former partner in crime hatch a plot to kill Ram Jaane - when he hears of their plan, he kills them both and then rushes to Apna Ghar to stop their henchmen from killing anyone. Eventually Chewte arrives but is shot by Ram Jaane.

Ram Jaane is taken to court where he confesses to all of his sins - the court decides that he must be sentenced to death. On the day of his death, Bela rushes to stop him but is too late - after his death, she and Murli read a letter from Ram Jaane to Bela which states that he feels guilty for everything he had done.

Cast

• Shahrukh Khan
  Shahrukh Khan
  Shahrukh Khan , often credited as Shah Rukh Khan, is an Indian film actor, as well as a film producer and television host. Often referred to as "the King of Bollywood", Khan has acted in over 70 Hindi films....
  
   as Ram Jaane
• Juhi Chawla
  Juhi Chawla
  Juhi Chawla is an Indian actress, film producer and television presenter.After being crowned as the winner of the Miss India beauty contest in 1984, Chawla pursued an acting career...
  
   as Bela
• Vivek Mushran
  Vivek Mushran
  Vivek Mushran is an Indian actor. He studied at Sherwood College, Nainital. He started his career in 1991 with blockbuster Hindi movie Saudagar. He acted in many movies including Ram Jaane, First Love Letter, and Anjaane...
  
   as Murli
• Pankaj Kapoor
  Pankaj Kapoor
  Pankaj Kapur is an Indian theatre, television and film actor from Ludhiana, Punjab, India. He has appeared in several television serials and films. His most acclaimed film roles to date have been that of Dr...
  
   as Pannu Technicolor
• Puneet Issar
  Puneet Issar
  Puneet Issar is an Indian actor and director, most famous for his role as Duryodhana in the TV adaptation of the Mahabharata, and directing Garv: Pride and Honour starring Salman Khan. His other notable roles are in Border, 1997 war film, directed by J. P...
  
   as Inspector Chewte
• Tinnu Anand
  Tinnu Anand
  Tinnu Anand is an Indian actor and director from Bollywood, who is most known as the director of Amitabh Bachchan's movies including, Kaalia , Shahenshah , Main Azaad Hoon and Major Saab .He is the son of veteran writer Inder Raj Anand and uncle of director Siddharth Anand.Anand recently...
  
   as Sameer Sanwla
• Gulshan Grover
  Gulshan Grover
  Gulshan Grover is an Indian actor, who has acted in over 400 films through a career spanning over 30 years.Gulshan Grover is one of the first Indian actors to have made a successful transition from Bollywood into Hollywood and international Cinema....
  
   as Bhau
• Ali Asghar
  Ali Asgar (comedian)
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   as Taxi Driver
• Masum Ali as Nandu Sargam Gang

Soundtrack

#	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1	"Ram Jaane"	Udit Narayan Udit Narayan -Career:King of melody, Udit Narayan Jha was born on 1 December, 1955 in a village called Bhardaha in the Saptari district , Nepal. His father was Hare Krishna Jha and his mother was Bhuwaneshwari Devi.Narayan studied at P.B... , Sonu Nigam Sonu Nigam Sonu Nigam is an Indian playback singer whose songs have been featured in numerous Hindi movies, as well as films in Assamese, Punjabi, Bengali, Marathi and Kannada language. He has also released numerous Indi-pop albums and acted in a few Hindi feature films... , Alka Yagnik Alka Yagnik Alka Yagnik is an Indian singer who is ranked among the best Hindi playback singers of all time. She is a seven-time winner of the Filmfare Best Female Playback Award as well as a two-time recipient of the prestigious National Film Awards...	07:35
2	"Ram Jaane (Sad)"	Udit Narayan	01:01
3	"Pump Up The Bhangra"	Bali Brahmbhatt	06:16
4	"Phenk Hawa Mein Ek Chumma"	Abhijeet, Anupama	06:20
5	"Ala La La Long... Pehla Love Song"	Udit Narayan	06:15
6	"Chori Chori O Gori"	Udit Narayan, Sadhana Sargam Sadhana Sargam Sadhana Sargam is an acclaimed Indian playback singer. She is a recipient of the prestigious National Film Award and Filmfare Awards.Sargam has sung in many Indian languages for films, television serials and music albums. She is well known for her 90s Hindi songs and recent South Indian songs. She...	06:49
7	"Bum Chiki Chiki Bum"	Udit Narayan, Abhijeet, Sadhana Sargam	05:52