Ghulam (film)

Siddharth "Siddhu" Marathe, a boxing champion from Mumbai, lives an aimless life. Overshadowed by his older brother Jai, the right-hand man of local gangster Raunak "Ronnie" Singh. Siddhu befriends and falls in love with Alisha, unaware that her brother, Hari, a principled social worker, opposes Ronnie's reign of terror. When Siddhu unwittingly lures Hari into a fatal ambush orchestrated by Ronnie, he is overcome with guilt but initially refuses to testify against Ronnie due to his loyalty to Jai. After losing a boxing match on Jai's orders to protect Ronnie's illegal activities, Siddhu confronts his family's history of cowardice and resolves to fight injustice. Despite personal and emotional losses, including a breakup with Alisha and Jai's eventual murder by Ronnie, Siddhu testifies in court against Ronnie. Siddhu challenges Ronnie to a public boxing duel, defeating him and inspiring the local community to stand against Ronnie's tyranny. The collective resistance forces Ronnie and his gang to flee, signaling the community's empowerment and Siddhu's transformation into a courageous leader. ==Cast==

• Aamir Khan as Siddharth Marathe "Siddhu" • Rani Mukerji as Alisha Mafatlal (voice dubbed by Mona Ghosh Shetty) • Deepak Tijori as Charlie • Sharat Saxena as Ronak Singh "Ronnie" • Akshay Anand as Harihar "Hari" Mafatlal, Alisha's brother. • Rajit Kapoor as Jaidev "Jai" Marathe, Siddharth's brother. • Mita Vashisht as Siddharth's lawyer Fatima madam • Dalip Tahil as Vishwanath Marathe, Siddharth's father. (special appearance) • Raju Kher as Ashok Mafatlal, Alisha's father. • Ashutosh Rana as Shyamsundar Agrawal (special appearance) • Kamlesh Oza as Avinash • Daya Shankar Pandey • Amin Hajee as Black Tiger (boxing champion) • Prithvi Zutshi • Sheikh Sami • Rahul Singh == Production ==

Filming for Ghulam began in June 1997. By mid-August, a week-long schedule at a specially erected set at Film City in Mumbai was completed. Dubbing Rani Mukerji's voice was dubbed by Mona Shetty, who had a much more high-pitched voice. When asked if the director's decision to not use her voice in the film affected her, she said that her voice was dubbed as it "did not suit the character". Stunts A sequence in the film shows Aamir running on a rail track towards an oncoming train, which misses him by a few feet as he jumps off the tracks. 1.3 seconds was the only difference between Aamir and the train. This stunt was actually performed by Aamir himself. At the 44th Filmfare Awards, it won the Best Scene of the Year award, but Aamir later criticized himself for taking such an unnecessary risk. Editor Waman Bhonsle's work in this scene is considered among the best in Hindi cinema to date. ==Soundtrack==

The music was composed by Jatin–Lalit. Lyrics were handled by Indeevar, Nitin Raikwar, Sameer and Vinod Mahendra. The film's soundtrack album sold 2.5million units in India, making it the year's fifth best-selling Bollywood soundtrack album. ==Reception==

The film was declared a "hit" by Box Office India and its total gross was 242 million. ==Awards==

The film was remade in Tamil in 2000 as Sudhandhiram. The remake rights were sold for . ==References==