As a child I loved Subash Ghai's films, I loved his Karz, Karma and Saudagar. Ram Lakhan is Subhash Ghai at his best. Unfortunately these days he has fallen on hard times, I thought Pardes was average, Taal was a bore, Yaadein was awful and Kisna was no better. The main influence for Ram Lakhan was the 1975 Yash Chopra classic Dewaar. Subhash Ghai however added his own unique touches to the story.
The story was that of two brothers Ram and Lakhan (Jackie Shroff and Anil Kapoor) who live with their parents ( Dilip Tahil and Rakhee Gulzar) and their grandfather. Their grandfather dies but before he died he mistakingly signed an agreement saying that his property would go to Amrish Puri. They get forced out of their house and then Dilip Tahil dies leaving Rakhee to bring up her sons on her own.
Years later Jackie Shroff becomes a police inspector and Anil Kapoor is a good for nothing. Seduced by money Anil Kapoor starts working for Amrish Puri and his smuggling racket. When Ram finds out they fall out. It soon transpire that Lakhan is only working for Amrish Puri so that he could get their house back. Cue lots of fun, songs and action. The songs are just fabulous. My favourites are My name is Lakhan or mere do anmol ratan. The scripting was great, all the actors performed well. Rakhee Gulzar as their Mother stole the show as the vengeful mother, in fact she got stuck in that role (Sugandh, Karan Arjun, Baazigar, Solider, Sham Ghanshyam). Awesome, simply awesome.
The story was that of two brothers Ram and Lakhan (Jackie Shroff and Anil Kapoor) who live with their parents ( Dilip Tahil and Rakhee Gulzar) and their grandfather. Their grandfather dies but before he died he mistakingly signed an agreement saying that his property would go to Amrish Puri. They get forced out of their house and then Dilip Tahil dies leaving Rakhee to bring up her sons on her own.
Years later Jackie Shroff becomes a police inspector and Anil Kapoor is a good for nothing. Seduced by money Anil Kapoor starts working for Amrish Puri and his smuggling racket. When Ram finds out they fall out. It soon transpire that Lakhan is only working for Amrish Puri so that he could get their house back. Cue lots of fun, songs and action. The songs are just fabulous. My favourites are My name is Lakhan or mere do anmol ratan. The scripting was great, all the actors performed well. Rakhee Gulzar as their Mother stole the show as the vengeful mother, in fact she got stuck in that role (Sugandh, Karan Arjun, Baazigar, Solider, Sham Ghanshyam). Awesome, simply awesome.