Shah Rukh Khan buys remake rights of Kamal Haasan’s classic ‘Hey Ram’

Out of all Kamal Haasan films that we hold priceless, ‘Hey Ram’ is one. But that’s also the film featured Shah Rukh Khan in one of his finest forms. Many of you might not know that he received nothing but a wristwatch as his remuneration because Haasan, also the producer, had no money left to pay him.

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After all these years, he is now to gain some more from the film as he has now bagged the remake rights of the film. Kamal Haasan confirmed the same to Mumbai Mirror.

“Shah Rukh only got a wristwatch for acting in my film at the time because by the end of it, I had nothing left in hand. Now, he is the brand ambassador for a watch brand. I am glad that he got the Hindi rights of ‘Hey Ram’ from Bharat bhai (co-producer Bharat Shah). He should have some memory of the film as he gave his friendship and service for it,” he said. (Also Read: BlackMail: Shah Rukh, Salman and Aamir come together for the Irrfan Khan-starrer)

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‘Hey Ram’ is a widely celebrated political thriller revolving around archaeologist Saket Ram on his death bed, on the context of the seventh anniversary of Babri Masjid demolition.  It also starred Rani Mukerji, Naseeruddin Shah and Om Puri to name a few.

Ranjini Maitra

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