Ram Aur Shyam

Infobox Film
name = Ram Aur Shyam


caption = Film poster
director = Tapi Chanakya
producer = Chakrapani
B. Nagi Reddi
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writer = Kaushal Bharati
D.V. Narasaraju
starring = Dilip Kumar
Waheeda Rehman
Mumtaz, Pran
music = Naushad
cinematography = Marcus Bartley
editing = C. P. Jambulingam
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released = 1967
runtime = 171 min.
country = India
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language = Hindi
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imdb_id = 0062177

"Ram Aur Shyam" is a 1967 Indian Hindi feature film, directed by Tapi Chanakya. Its producer B. Nagi Reddy previously produced "Ramudu Bheemudu", a Telugu film starring N.T. Rama Rao, in 1964; "Ram Aur Shyam" is Nagi Reddi's Hindi version.

"Ram Aur Shyam" has music by Naushad and lyrics by Shakeel Badayuni, it stars Dilip Kumar (in his first dual role), Pran, Waheeda Rehman, and Mumtaz.

The theme owes its origins to Alexandre Dumas, père's story "The Corsican Brothers": twins separated at birth who grow up with very different temperaments and then exchange places, leading to the villain being taught a lesson. [http://www.stardustindia.com/display_Standard.asp?section=classics&subsection=&xml=July2005_classics_standard82 ] Like "The Corsican Brothers", which has been adapted into several feature films, "Ram Aur Shyam" has inspired remakes in Hindi movies too, with "Seeta Aur Geeta" (featuring female twins, played by Hema Malini) in 1972; "Chaalbaaz" (starring Sridevi) in 1989; and "Kishen Kanhaiya" (starring Anil Kapoor) in 1990.

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