Ram Lakhan

Ram Lakhan is a 1989 Indian Hindi-language masala film directed by Subhash Ghai and written by Anwar Khan with screenplay by Ram Kelkar.[2] Ram Lakhan stars an ensemble cast of Raakhee, Jackie Shroff, Anil Kapoor, Dimple Kapadia, Madhuri Dixit and Amrish Puri in lead roles.[3][4] The supporting cast includes Paresh Rawal, Anupam Kher, Gulshan Grover, Saeed Jaffrey and Satish Kaushik.[5] Music of the film was initially supposed to be composed by R. D. Burman but later after recording 2 songs, he was replaced by Laxmikant–Pyarelal, while Anand Bakshi penned the lyrics.[6] Ghai also did a special appearance in the song "Tera Naam Liya Tujhe Yaad Kiya".[7]

Made on a budget of ₹ 28.3 million (US$370,000) including production and marketing costs, the film was released theatrically on 27 January 1989 on the Republic Day weekend.[8] The film emerged as a major critical and commercial success and earned ₹ 180 million (US$2.4 million) worldwide, becoming the second highest grossing Bollywood film of 1989.[9] Considered as Ghai's best work till date, Ram Lakhan has attained a cult classic status over the years and is still remembered for its cast, direction and songs.[10] Kapoor's performance as Lakhan was much loved and is regarded as one of his best roles; the song "My Name Is Lakhan" filmed on him has become his trademark and most popular song till date.[11] At the 35th Filmfare Awards, the film was nominated for several categories out of which Raakhee won the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award and Kher and Kaushik jointly received the Filmfare Best Comedian Award.[12][13]