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Released
2000 · FILM

Hey Ram

A man driven by the murder of his wife during the Calcutta riots becomes consumed by vengeance, setting out to kill Mahatma Gandhi, believing him responsible for the chaos tearing the nation apart.

“An Experiment With Truth”

Directed by
Kamal Haasan
Written by
H Banerjee, Kamal Haasan
Runtime
199 min
Language
TA
CrimeDramaHistory

Synopsis

Saketh Ram's wife is raped and killed during the Direct Action Day riots in Calcutta. He becomes convinced that Mahatma Gandhi is responsible for the problems occurring in the country and decides to set out to kill him.

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The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 16

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Suraj KaveeShot by S TirruScored by Ilaiyaraaja

Box Office

2000 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.3× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$4.9M

Budget$3.9M
Worldwide gross$4.9M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening week (7-day): $192K

Peak 36 theaters

Also known as

  • Hey Ram - Augenblicke der Zärtlichkeitde

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