Ram Shastra

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Ram Shastra
RamShastra.jpg
Release poster
Directed by Sanjay Gupta
Produced by Firoz Nadiadwala
Starring
CinematographyThomas A. Xavier
Edited byAfaque Husain
Music byScore:
Aadesh Shrivastava
Songs:
Anu Malik
Release date
  • 10 November 1995 (1995-11-10)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget3.25 crore [1]
Box office4,61 crore [1]

Ram Shastra (transl.: Weapon of Ram) is a 1995 Indian Hindi-language action film directed by Sanjay Gupta. The cast of the film includes Jackie Shroff, Aditya Pancholi, Manisha Koirala and Deepti Bhatnagar in the lead roles.

Contents

The film's theme is inspired from the 1990 American film Hard To Kill and had earlier been remade in 1994 as Cheetah . [2]

Story

Dhonga, a wealthy criminal, plans on assassinating the Police Commissioner, but his attack is foiled with his younger brother being killed by Ram Sinha, an unemployed individual. Dhonga goes to prison for five years and swears to avenge the humiliation and murder of his brother. Ram Sinha becomes an inspector, joining fellow inspector Kavi in imprisoning various drug dealers and pimps, including those who work for Dhonga. While Ram marries Kavi's sister Anjali and fathers a son, Dhonga returns from prison and plots to legally run his criminal empire with the help of some cops and his lawyer Srivastav, aiming to get the respect of the Police Commissioner. Dhonga's other brother Satpal hatches a plot to murder Anjali, and plants heroin and cocaine in his house, so that Ram gets arrested. Ram escapes his arrest with the help of Ritu, proves his innocence to the Commissioner, and kills all his enemies while rescuing his son and Kavi, who both were kidnapped by Dhonga.

Cast

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Anu Malik and released by Tips Music. The background score was composed by Aadesh Shrivastava.

Ram Shastra
Soundtrack album by
ReleasedApril 1995
Recorded1995
Genre Soundtrack
Length53:10
Label Tips Music
Producer Anu Malik
Anu Malik chronology
Yaraana
(1995)
Ram Shastra
(1995)
Namak
(1996)
Track list
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Tujhe Maanga Tha" Rahat Indori Vinod Rathod, Alka Yagnik 9:03
2."Tera Chehra Na Dekhun Agar" Indeewar Vinod Rathod, Alka Yagnik7:46
3."Pyar Pyar Mujhe Pyar Ho Gaya" Dev Kohli Alka Yagnik8:35
4."O Main Tera Tum Mere"Dev Kohli Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik7:22
5."Chak Lange" Maya Govind Gurdas Mann, Sunita Rao 6:44
6."Love Machine"Dev Kohli Usha Uthup 5:54
7."Tera Chehra Na Dekhun Agar (Female) ft. Deepti Bhatnagar"IndeewarAlka Yagnik7:46
Total length:53:10

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References

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  2. Aroon Purie, ed. (October 1996). India Today. Living Media India Limited. p. 87.