Ram Aur Shyam (1967)

Directed by

Tapi Chanakya

Genre

drama film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 51m

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A timid man switches places with his bold identical twin brother. They each deal with the other's problems and enemies.

lightheartedcomedicdramaticfamily-orientedsentimentalmusicalentertaining

What happens

Ram Aur Shyam (English: Ram And Shyam) is a 1967 Indian Hindi-language comedy-drama film directed by Tapi Chanakya. The film is a remake of Chanakya's 1964 Telugu film Ramudu Bheemudu. It stars Dilip Kumar in a dual roles of identical twin brothers, alongside Waheeda Rehman, Mumtaz, Nirupa Roy, Pran. The music was composed by Naushad, with lyrics written by Shakeel Badayuni. Ram Aur Shyam was the second highest-grossing Indian film of 1967, domestically in India and overseas. It was listed at number 15 in the "Top 50 Film of Last 50 years" list compiled by Box Office India magazine in 2011 which featured all-time highest-grossing Bollywood films by using gold-price inflation. The film received 3 nominations at the 15th Filmfare Awards, including Best Actress for Waheeda Rehman and Best Supporting Actress for Mumtaz and won Best Actor for Dilip Kumar. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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