Ram Tamilyogi - Hey

Hey Ram is fundamentally a film about Saketh Ram acts outside the law, fueled by righteous anger, to kill a man he deems evil. The film relentlessly argues that shortcuts in morality—violent shortcuts—destroy the soul.

After his wife is brutally raped and murdered during the riots, Saketh Ram develops a seething hatred for Muslims. He is radicalized to the point of deciding to assassinate Mahatma Gandhi, whom he blames for appeasing minorities. The film follows his journey from rage to realization, culminating in a philosophical twist. Hey Ram Tamilyogi

On the one hand, you have Hey Ram —Kamal Haasan’s 2000 magnum opus. It is arguably one of the most intellectually ambitious, controversial, and profound films ever made in India. A historical drama that dissects the Partition, the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, and the cycle of religious violence, it is a film treated with academic reverence. Hey Ram is fundamentally a film about Saketh