RAM Balram (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Ram Balram is a 1980 Hindi-language film directed by Vijay Anand. It starred Dharmendra as 'Ram' and Amitabh Bachchan as 'Balram'. The other cast included Zeenat Aman and Rekha. Ajit, Amjad Khan and Prem Chopra were the villains in the film. The film marked the third time, in which bollywood eternal superstars (Amitabh Bachchan and Dharmendra) came together after their previous successful ventures in Chupke Chupke and Sholay. It was expected to be another Sholay, but did not live up to expectation. The movie had an awesome initial which opened to thunder responses all over India with cinema houses packed full. However, proccedings from the movie started to drop by the 4th week and it then went on to surface as the third highest grossing film of the year earning a disappointing "Semi-Hit" at boxoffice. It was termed disappointing since at that time, films of Dharmendra and Amitabh are expected to earn more especially the latter, who was already the most popular star at the time. However, some boxoffice analyst rate it as 'Superhit' or outright 'Hit' when taking into consideration its net gross.