In response to the attempt on Kesar, Ram storms into Leela's house and incapacitates the guards single-handedly. Rasila is assaulted by Ram's friends, and when Dhankor Baa learns of this, she sends Bhavani and other men to assault Kesar, Meghji's widow, who manages to evade them. Leela still retains faith in Ram and sends Rasila, the widow of Kanji, to give Ram an ultimatum to take her away. Upon learning of this, Ram does the same to his own finger and visits Leela while she is asleep. In her anger, Dhankor Baa chops off Leela's finger. Leela refuses, citing that her finger is already occupied by the ring from her marriage to Ram. Meanwhile, Dhankor Baa arranges the engagement of Leela and the NRI, much to the chagrin of the pair. He is rewarded by being made the new chieftain of the Rajadis. The next morning, Leela is forcibly taken back home by Bhavani, her cousin, while Ram is hailed as a hero by the Rajadis for soiling Leela's reputation. To escape the suffering, Ram and Leela elope and marry, but just as they are about to consummate their marriage, Ram's friends trace them and betray him by inebriating him and informing Leela's family of their location. Ram and Leela develop a romance and plan to elope, but a grim turn of events follows when Kanji accidentally kills Meghji, Ram's brother, and is, in turn, killed by Ram. Ram, however, manages to convince the policemen to leave in exchange for a set of his blue films.
Leela's elder brother, Kanji Bhai, is angered by Ram's entry into the house and bribes the local police to raid Ram's house. Meanwhile, her mother, Dhankor Baa, the chieftain of the Saneras, is busy arranging a match for her daughter with a simple-minded NRI. All the Rajadi elders are irked by Ram being a vagabond who deals in stolen cars, with his mindset of making a truce with the other clan.ĭuring the festival of Holi, Ram boldly enters the house of the Sanera heads and flirts with Leela. Bhavani is almost killed by Meghji Bhai, but Ram, Meghji Bhai's younger brother, intervenes and saves Bhavani.
A violent altercation between the two occurs after Bhavani, a Sanera, fires at the son of Meghji Bhai, a Rajadi chieftain. In the fictional Gujarati village Ranjhaar, infamous for its uninhibited manufacture and sale of arms and ammunition, two clans-Rajadi and Sanera-have been at odds with each other for the past 500 years. At the International Indian Film Academy Awards, it received nine nominations, including for Best Film, and won two. Ram-Leela received eight nominations at the Filmfare Awards, winning three including Filmfare Award for Best Actress for Padukone and Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress for Pathak. Ram-Leela earned ₹220.58 crore in its theatrical run and emerged as the fifth highest-grossing Indian film of 2013 as well as one of the highest-grossing Indian films. Criticism was focused on its plot and elements of violence. It received positive reviews, with praise directed to the performances of the cast members, particularly Singh and Padukone.
The film initially titled Ram-Leela was changed to Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela in response to an order by the court, allowing it to release on the scheduled date. The film's release, scheduled on 15 November 2013, was stayed by Delhi High Court. The background score was composed by Monty Sharma, while the lyrics were written by Siddharth–Garima. Much of the filming was done on sets, despite previous plans against doing so. Principal photography began in Gujarat before moving to Rajasthan. After reviving the project in 2012, Padukone and Singh were cast in the lead roles over many other choices. Priyanka Chopra made a cameo appearance in the song " Ram Chahe Leela".īhansali conceived Ram-Leela while working on his directional debut Khamoshi: The Musical an insufficient budget led to the project being postponed. The supporting cast includes Supriya Pathak, Richa Chadda, Sharad Kelkar, Gulshan Devaiah, Barkha Bisht Sengupta, and Abhimanyu Singh. The film was jointly produced by Bhansali and Eros International's Kishore Lulla it stars Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh. A Dance of Bullets: Ram-Leela) or simply known as Ram-Leela, is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language tragic romance film a loose adaptation of 1961 film West Side story, written and directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, who also composed its original soundtrack.