Raam (2005)

http://www.zshare.net/video/64081643743b661c/ - Part 1
http://www.zshare.net/video/64082570be47ec27/ - Part 2
http://www.zshare.net/video/6408345251b5bb43/ - Part 3
http://www.zshare.net/video/64084082b582bb9f/ - Part 4
http://www.zshare.net/video/640847881e54a721/ - Part 5
http://www.zshare.net/video/6408542575bfb6ce/- Part 6
http://www.zshare.net/video/64086300d1329829/ - Part 7
http://www.zshare.net/video/64087169a698e601/ - Part 8
http://www.zshare.net/video/640879290722c4e8/ - Part 9
http://www.zshare.net/video/64088557de51bf13/ - Part 10
http://www.zshare.net/video/64089365fa1f8e0b/ - Part 11
http://www.zshare.net/video/640898770d9c2204/ - Part 12
http://www.zshare.net/video/640908618f15ded1/ - Part 13
http://www.zshare.net/video/64094239be6a88bb/ - Part 14 (Final Part)
Starring: Jeeva (as Raam), Gajala (as Karthika), Saranya (as Raam's mother, Saratha), etc.
Director: Ameer Sultan
Music Director: Yuvan Shankar Raja
Award(s):
* Cyprus International Film Festival (2006):

- Jeeva as Best Actor
- Yuvan Shankar Raja for Best Music


Raam is the story of a hot-headed youth, obsessed with the quest for peace & harmony in humanity. It deals with the life of a young man whose life is shattered with the murder of his beloved mother. His ability to cope with the pain & the uttermost curiosity in finding the murderer makes the plot of the film.

The film begins at the very scene of the murder. Group of police officers & countless neighborhood citizens have gathered around the exact house where the event has taken place, all with one goal in mind: to find the killer. Inside the house, a body is laying on the ground, the white, silken sari dripping with blood. Next to her is her very own son, laying in a similar position, soundless, having forever abandoned this world -- or, has he?

In order to enter the house -- since all of the doors & windows have been securely shut -- the police officers find a tiny crack in the roof, tie a rope from the top, & one of them descends to where the two bodies are located. At first sight, he finds nothing absurd or extraordinary about what his own eyes are showing him; however, within a two minutes' time, the second body (that of the son) starts moving, he opens his eyes, helps himself up, & sits down on the chair with the bloody knife in his hand. Amazed at what he has just witnessed & unable to move, the officer screams off the top of his lungs for others to pull him up. Upon doing so, the son (Raam) is handcuffed & taken to prison for charges of murder.

The entire film, thereafter, deals with the officers' difficulty in finding the "real" murderer, having received no negative comments by Raam's friend about him being the potential killer. We are taken on a journey to the life of Raam & his mother through flashbacks, both showing such love & affection to one another. Though the flashback itself, we obtain an understanding of the real Raam: one who is quiet, yet aggressive, short-tempered, yet generous. He speaks to no one aside from his mother, nor does he expect much from others. He has only one close friend (whose father is a police inspector) & even he starts showing fear toward him when, one day, he witnesses Raam fighting with four hooligans who were in an attempt to rape a lone girl.

The police inspector's own daughter, Karthika, is also very much in love with Raam against his father's wishes. He blames Raam for this & wants his daughter to stay as far away from him as possible.

While sleeping in his cell, Raam is waken, only to find his old friend (the inspector's son & Karthika's brother) standing in front of him. He tells Raam that the best way to deal with this situation would be to turn himself in, in order to prevent future damages. While speaking, Raam notices the buttons on his friend's jacket & secretly & quietly rips one. Once his friend leaves & the inspector comes for a questioning, Raam hands him two buttons: one that had been in his hands the entire time since the murder & the new one that he had just ripped from his son's jacket -- both the same! Astonished & speechless, the inspector inquires his own son about them, only to have him admit to being the murderer. He explains that one day, while he was smoking hallucenogenic drugs, Raam's mother, Saratha, was doing laundry & noticed him hiding in his secret getaway. Threatening to call his father & notify him of his son's doings, he took the knife & killed her. While falling back, Saratha grabbed his jacket & here is when the button had fell on the ground -- later to be found by Raam.

Meanwhile, the head inspector hears everything. The minute he walks through the door & starts questioning him, the inspector's son shoots both the head officer & his own father, fleeing from the place as fast as his legs can take him.

When the public find out about the real murderer, Raam is set free & he concocts a plan to find & kill him. Eventually, he finds his friend's hiding spot, opens the door, & sees Karthika laying on the ground, shivering from fear. The movie finishes with Raam pulling the trigger on his friend, leaving us with a huge smile on his face in knowing that he has fought for justice -- for himself, for the public, &, most importantly, for his mother.