Ram Balram

Ram Balram is a 1980 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Vijay Anand, which starred Dharmendra and Amitabh Bachchan in pivotal roles along with the supporting cast including Zeenat Aman and Rekha. The film marked the third time in which Dharmendra and Bachchan worked together after their previous films, Chupke Chupke and Sholay. The film was started in 1975, but faced several delays due to production issues, health issues to Bachchan and Ajit and the Emergency. It was finally released on 28th November 1980 and was a critical and commercial success, earning at the box office and was the third highest grossing film of 1980. It also remains the only film in which Rekha and Zeenat Aman acted together and where Dharmendra and Bachchan had equal screen sharing. Plot Ram and Balram are two young boys who live with their loving parents. Their scheming uncle, Jagatpal, however, kills the boys' parents. Jagatpal lies to the boys that their parents have been killed in an accident and promises to raise them himself. He enrolls the younger brother Balram in school and eventually sends him off to join the police force. The older brother Ram becomes a mechanic. Jagatpal has a tight hold on the boys, even when Ram is an adult, he still gives all his wages to his uncle and is only allowed to keep a few rupees for pocket money.