Ram Jaane

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Ram Jaane
Directed by	Rajiv Mehra
Starring	Shahrukh Khan, Juhi Chawla, Vivek Mushran
Music by	Anu Malik
Release date(s)	1995
Language	Hindi / Urdu
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Ram Jaane (Devanagari: राम जाने, Nastaliq: رام جانے, translation: "Ram Knows" or "God Knows") is a 1995 Bollywood movie directed by Rajiv Mehra about an unnamed kid (portrayed by Shahrukh Khan). He uses the name Ram Jaane after meeting with a priest who in response to the kid asking about his name said "Ram Jaane" (God knows). The movie is quite clearly influenced by the James Cagney classic, Angels with Dirty Faces.

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Ram Jaane is arrested by a security guard after stealing cargo from a train with his best friend. He is shortly released and becomes one of the biggest hustlers in the city. After a deadly shootout, he is arrested by a corrupt police department and sent to jail again. After a few years of serving jail time, he goes back to the streets and to his friend's place. There he decides to help him raise the local kids in the area so they won't be corrupted by the streets. He quickly falls in love with a childhood girlfriend Bela (Juhi Chawla), but also goes back to his old ways.