Movie: Ghulam
Director: Vikram Bhatt
Time: 1998
Genre: Crime, Action, Drama, Romance
Stars: Aamir Khan, Rani Mukherjee, Rajit Rapoor and Sharat Saxena

Snapshot of the story

This is the story of a young man Siddharth, (played by Aamir Khan) who is an acting member of the mafia that terrorizes local people and asks for protection money from vendors. Then happens the series of incidents as he stands against the mafia to protect the local vendors.

Theme of Story

Siddhartha is an amateur boxer and arm of the mafia run by Ronnie (played by Sharat Saxena) who uses muscle power against those who do not give protection money. The local people and vendors are terrified by them and are also backed by political power who override the law and order. Aamir Khan’s brother Jai (played by Rajit Kapoor) takes care of Ronnie’s accounts of all the extorted money. There is a social activist who raise the voice against Ronnie and tries to build a team against the mafia but in the process gets killed by them. Siddhartha becomes the lone eye witness of this murder and from that day he starts to keep his distance from Ronnie.
Aamir Khan meets Alisha (played by Rani Mukherjee) who is member of the biker’s gang and this is the most romantic part of the story where they start dating and fall in love. Aamir gained popularity with a real stunt which runs against the speeding train to win the bet with biker’s gang as to jump off the track as late as possible.
After meeting Rani Mukherjee, Amir Khan comes to know that the social activist was the brother of Rani and decides to file the lawsuit. Ronnie want Rajit Kapoor (being elder brother) to convince Aamir Khan not to do so and take as much money he want but he reject the offer and as result Ronnie kills Aamir’s brother. Revenge in his mind, Aamir challenges Ronnie for one to one fight. These action scenes were pictured very well and connect with audience.

Aamir Khan Raise the Voice No To Be: Ghulam

On Screen Chemistry

As always Aamir Khan gave his best, this was the 2nd movie of Rani Mukherjee and she also impresses with his screen presence. Duo Jatin-Lalit worked hard to create the romantic music and song rendered by Aamir Khan “Aati Kya Khandala…” was the chart topper for long time. Stand amongst the finest movie makers Vikram Bhatt is a versatile director that has made comedy, horror, drama and this time he tried action movie but could not justify with Ghulam with weak story line and direction.
Conclusion

Ghulam gives the loud and clear message to raise the voice against wrong doing and mafia which is danger to every ones independence. Movie does not run on the flat note and has many high and low in the story that some time spoil you experience but Aamir Khan with his strong and emotional performance made a hit.

Rating
7/10