Shah Rukh Khan acquires right to remake the 2000 Tamil Hindi bilingual ‘Hey Ram’

Despite ‘Hey Ram’ being a bilingual, Actor Shah Rukh Khan bought the Hindi remake rights of the movie. ‘Hey Ram’ was written, directed and produced by Kamal Haasan. He had also played the role of a protagonist. According to the reports, Shah Rukh Khan who was also part of the original project acquired the rights from the co-producer Bharat Shah. ‘Hey Ram’ was a political drama which was based on India’s partition and the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi by Nathuram Godse. The film also starred Rani Mukerji, Vasundhara Das, Hema Malini, Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri, Atul Kulkarni and Vikram Gokhale in prominent roles. The film was screened at the International Film Festival of India, and was selected by Film Federation of India as its submission to the Oscars in the year 2000, but was not nominated.