Ibuk Vijay Anand, who had previous directed such masterpieces like Guide, Jewel Thief and Johnny Mera Naam returned in 1980 with his most commercial movie starring two of the biggest stars at the time, Dharmendra and Amitabh Bachan. Whilst it is good to see the pair return after Sholay, the movie itself isn't really upto scratch. It is a very typical masala movie with the usual lost and found formula. The story as it is revolves around Japatpal (Ajit) who falsely claims himself to be the illegitimate brother of two wealthy brothers and kills them. Then he drowns their wife, leaving him with all the wealth and the responsibility of bringing up the sons of the brothers, Ram and Balram. He decides to make Ram a cunning thief whilst Balram becomes a policeman. They get into all sorts of scrapes, meeting their leading ladies (Rekha and Zeenat Aman), getting involved with crooks before being reunited with their mother and how they seek vengeance against Japatpal forms the rest of the story leading upto a prolonged finale. It does have some strong points, the music is superb, particularly the song Ek Raasta Do Rahee (lifted off Bee gees song That's the way I like it). It also has the distinct advantage of having not one but 4 villains in the form of Ajit, Sujit Kumar, Prem Chopra and Amjad Khan in supporting roles.The leads are perfectly fine but it is Ajit as the evil Jagatpal who steals the show. I remember seeing this movie as a young child and being completely terrified of him.The only other significant movie Anand made after this was Rajput, which like Ram Balram took a long time to get made because of the star's busy schedules. All in all one might consider this movie to be a forgettable fare from a director of Vijay Anand's calibre.

silvan-desouza Ram Balram(1980) was known as the comeback of Amitabh-Dharam jodi after SHOLAY, CHUPKE CHUPKE(1975). In the former films Dharam had the main lead while Big B had the supporting role(as Dharam was a bigger star when both films were being made) but when the film released things got changed. Big B became the numero uno of Bollywood. RAM BALRAM had for once both in equal roles. The story is quite good with Evil Ajit making use of his 2 nephews to become rich, Not entirely convincing though like films of 70s and 80s but yet the film is quite well handled. There are several clapworthy scenes and good dramatic scenes. Amitabh and Dharam's chemistry makes for a good song Ek Rasta Do Raahi where both are seen driving a car, sitting over it and having a joy time, just like Yeh Dosti. The film has all the typical formula of 70s like long lost brothers, sisters and a dead mother who comes back to life and happy endingDirection by Vijay Anand is quite good, he had to face a lot of ego hassles between both the stars notwithstanding. Music by LP is fantastic, Ek Rasta is terrific with Kishore(for Big B) and Rafi's vocals suiting both, Ladki Pasand Ki, Humse Bhool Ho Gayi and other songs are fabDharmendra as usual entertains and does his role very well Amitabh Bachchan is apt in a tailormade role, he has done such roles many times Rekha and Zeenat Aman are the heroines and are good Amongst rest Ajit is suitabily villainy while Amjad Khan, Prem Chopra do well as the villains Helen is good(surprising she played Zeenat's mom when Dharam was 4 years older to her)At The Box Office, the film opened well but finally was declared semi-hit which was disappointing, after this film Amitabh and Dharam never worked again in their haydays, except guest appearances in some films,Dharam in Andha Kanoon for e.g. They re-united recently in Hum Kaun Hai?(2004)

gurdeepmann59 Amitabh Bachchan and Dharmendra team up together after SHOLAY(1975) and CHUPKE CHUPKE(1975)Amitabh Bachchan and Rekha are paired after MR NATWARLAL(1979) with Dharmendra and Zeenat Aman paired after SHALIMAR(1978) Ajit plays their mean uncle.The film is mainly about Ajit's plan to use Dharmendra to kill the smugglers and Amitabh to save him But Amitabh has a plan of his own The climax is done-to-deathThe film may not have reached the status of SHOLAY but is still very entertaining Above all the cast, Dharmendra-Amitabh are a perfect combo and have very good chemistry Zeenat Aman looks ugly with Dharam but is okay Rekha looks beautiful for Amitabh and both make a good pair Amjad Khan, Prem Chopra are typecast Ajit impresses with his evilness

Deepshika May contain spoiler, but not too sure how much detail is too much. Ram Balraam is the story about two cousins Ram (Dharmendra) and Balraam (Amitabh) who are closer than most brothers. Being orphaned at a young age, they are raised by their Mama or uncle (Ajit). The mama's purpose is to use the two boys to his own evil ends. He raises Ram as a thief and Balraam as a police officer. When the boys protest he would threaten to harm them. Mama's plan to have Ram do his dirty work and for Balraam to protect him from the law.All is going well until he reveals his plan to the two boys after both have grown up. Unfortunately for the Mama, Balraam has become an honest police office and Ram an unwilling thief. So the brothers put their heads together and try to get out of the mess their in.The rest of the story focuses (or tries to) on how the brothers discover what happened to their parents and avenge them. And as in every hindi movie, there has got to be some romance. In Ram Balraam, this comes in the form of Zeenat Aman (don't recall the name of her character) and Rekha (Shobha) respectively. Ram's romance is quite bland. But Balraam's is entertaining in some spots. The scenes between him and Shobha are quite likely the most entertaining in the film which is quite sad. The only reason for this was the chemistry between Amitabh and Rekha which surfaces in the worst of situations.The film might not have so bad as I have made it out to be. It's just that i've seen the same sort of story many times before. And it hasn't even been treated in a different way. Same dialogues, same songs, same faces, same evil guys, you get the picture.Music is not at all notable. Thats why cannot remember any of the songs. Seriously!Performances are quite disappointing. Dharmendra is getting old and looks very bored with the film himself. Amitabh is good, although I like his comedy much better than his drama. The girls are girls. All they have to do is sing and dance around trees. Rekha is the better deal of the two. She is, as always charming, funny and sweet. Her facial expressions are a delight to watch. She can never disappoint, not me at least, except maybe in her choice of this film.The most entertaining thing in the whole movie has to be everyone calling Balraam, Ballu. Everytime i heard that i was rolling on the floor. For some reason. I guess it was only because Amitabh is so tall and big and he is...Ballu (hilarious!)Anyway, overall very average. Wouldn't say I recommend it but if your really bored one night and have watched every thing else in the video store then Ram Balraam might be a decent passtime.