''Hare Ram'' is a 2008 Indian Telugu-language

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directed by Harshavardhan, and produced by Kalyan Ram, under N.T.R. Arts. It stars Kalyan Ram in a

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, along with Priyamani, Sindhu Tolani,

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. Mickey J Meyer composed the music, C. Ram Prasad handled the cinematography, and

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edited the film. The action sequences were choreographed by Stunt Silva and Ram-Lakshman. The narrative revolves around a conflict between Hari and Ram,

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separated at birth. When their parents part ways, Hari grows up to become an honest cop while Ram becomes a mentally unstable and violent man ready to kill anyone smarter than him, including his own brother. When Ram's killing spree begins, Hari takes charge and decides to arrest him within 24 hours or lose his job at the 25th hour. The film was released on 18 July 2008 and became a commercial success. In 2011, it was dubbed into

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-language as ''Julmo Ka Tandav'' () and in Odia under the same name. Later in an interview for his 2013 action thriller '' Om 3D'', Kalyan Ram revealed ''Hare Ram'' to be the first Telugu-language film to make use of a flycam.

Plot

The film is about an IPS officer Hari ( Kalyan Ram) who is busy investigating the murders of a news reporter Rajeev (Prabhakar Podakandla) and a well-known doctor GK Reddy ( Rajeev Kanakala). He discovers that the murders are done by his twin, Ram (Kalyan Ram). The story goes that Ram has a problem with his brain and is unable to control his hyper emotions about few things, which makes him a beast at times. He would not even hesitate to kill and does not like anyone being praised or belittling him. In this process, he builds a grudge against his own brother, who is good at everything and tries to kill him right during their childhood. Their mother ( Seetha) is unable to tolerate all this and takes it upon herself to change Ram, so she takes him away from Hari to avoid further hatred, but not much change happens in Ram's nature even after they grow up. Meanwhile, Hari is often chased by Anjali ( Priyamani), who poses as a bank employee but is actually a CBI officer who comes to arrest Hari since she suspects his hand in the killings. Apparently, GK Reddy happens to be the younger brother of the health minister Siva Reddy (

), and from then on, Siva Reddy is closely on the heels of the killer. Anjali finally manages to arrest Hari through a plan of hers, and soon she realizes her folly when she chances upon his mother and understands the entire story of Hari and Ram. Ram is initially thought to have committed the murders. A occurs: Sravani ( Sindhu Tolani), a journalist and Ram's love interest, was jointly killed by Rajeev and Siva Reddy when she exposes their plans of running a health mafia. Ram attacked GK Reddy to seek revenge. GK Reddy injected Ram with the deadly virus, and Ram, deciding to sacrifice himself to save the people around him, fell under Hari's car. He then asked Hari to shoot him to save the others; with no other alternative left, Hari did so. Hari then decided to kill the culprits by impersonating Ram. Hari is released from jail by the court for the purpose of catching. He then kidnaps Siva Reddy in a van and takes him to a lonely place. When the policemen and the others gather there, Hari escapes from the van via the sewage pipe and gets into the public. He then triggers a bomb in the van. Ram's mother thinks that Ram sacrificed his life for the country and feels proud of him. The films ends with Hari explaining to the taxi driver Nijam (

) how he escaped from CBI custody.

Cast

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Mickey J. Meyer and released by Mayuri Audio.

Home media

''Hare Ram'' is currently streaming on Aha.

References

External links

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2008 films 2000s Telugu-language films 2008 action thriller films Indian action thriller films Indian police films Films scored by Mickey J Meyer Films about twin brothers Indian films about revenge Twins in Indian films 2000s police films