Ghulam (Hindi: ग़ुलाम, Urdu: غلام, translation: Slave) is a 1998 Hindi film directed by Vikram Bhatt and starring Aamir Khan. The film was inspired by Elia Kazan's On the Waterfront (1954). It is the second remake of On the Waterfront after Kabzaa starring Sanjay Dutt.^[1] Ghulam did moderately well at the box office and was declared an Above Average Grosser.^[2]

Story[link]

Siddharth (Aamir Khan) is a Mumbai tapori, a boxing champion. His brother, Jai, makes money through a former boxing champion who now rules the community by terrorizing people and stealing money from innocent merchants. Siddharth saw his father's death when he was a child which mentally affected him throughout his life. His father's words remained with him, though he had only been with his father for a little while. Siddharth meets a young woman, Alisha (Rani Mukerji), who rides with a motorcycle gang and Charlie (Deepak Tijori). This is a flavor for some comedy and a brilliant scene in which Siddharth is running towards a train and as the train is only a few feet away he jumps out of the way.

Siddharth and Alisha meet for the first time and fall in love, and the typical love story follows. Siddharth meets another person who reminds him of his father, Hari. He learns a bit more from this man of wisdom and helps him in his truth. How he does this and the how the message Anyone can swim with stream but a true human is one who succeeds against stream, of Hari and his father is carried out is what the movie tries to convey.

Cast[link]

• Aamir Khan...... Siddarth Marathe (Sidhu)
• Rani Mukherjee...... Alisha
• Deepak Tijori...... Charlie
• Sharat Saxena...... Raunak Singh (Ronnie)
• Akshay Anand...... Hari
• Rajit Kapoor...... Jai, Siddhartha's brother
• Mita Vashisht...... Siddharth's lawyer
• Dalip Tahil...... Siddharth's father
• Raju Kher ...... Alisha's Father
• Ashutosh Rana...... Shyamsundar Agrawal
• Amin Hajee...... Black Tiger (Champion Boxer)
• Prithvi

Music[link]

Soundtracks were composed by Jatin-Lalit. Lyrics handled by Indeevar, Nitin Raikwar, Sameer, Vinod Mahendra.

Reception[link]

The film was declared as above average and its total gross was 20 crores.^[2]

Stunts[link]

A sequence in the film shows Aamir Khan running on rail tracks towards an oncoming train, which misses him by a few feet as he jumps off the tracks. 1.3 seconds was the only difference between Aamir and the train. This stunt was actually performed, and by Aamir himself. It won him the Best Stunt award, but he later criticized himself for taking such an unnecessary risk.^[3]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Ghulam (film) at the Internet Movie Database

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