International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Colombo

cordially invites you

to a screening of the film

Hey! Ram

Cast: Kamal Hassan ShahRuk Khan, Rani Mukherjee, Vasundhara Das Direction: Kamal Hassan

"Hey Ram!" tells the story of how Saket Ram, an archaeologist, is pushed to the edge, caught unawares by the

Calcutta riots prior to Partition, during which his wife murdered after being gang raped and he himself newly

sodomised. Here he meets Abhayankar and is persuaded by the force of his eloquent logic that it is a "civil war"

they are fighting, in which they themselves are the Law, with Gandhi and the Muslims on one side and Hindus on the

other. Saket eventually joins the movement and is chosen to kill Gandhi. Towards the end of the film. he rejects the

notion of securing (Hindu) rights through violence, rejects also the idea that Gandhi should die. Saket regains his

former humanity as passes through the tragic epiphany of his (Muslim) friend Amijad's death. Into this basic story

are woven numerous other details.

on Friday. April 28. 2000 at 5:00 pm.

at the

ICES Auditorium, 2, Kynsey Terrace. Colombo 8
