What is "ghulam"

Ghulam (translation: Slave) is a 1998 Indian action crime drama film directed by Vikram Bhatt starring Aamir Khan, Rani Mukerji and Deepak Tijori in the lead roles. The film was inspired by Elia Kazan's On the Waterfront (1954). It is the second remake of On the Waterfront after Kabzaa starring Sanjay Dutt. Ghulam did moderately well at the box office and was declared as 'SuperHit'.

Ghulam is an Arabic word meaning servant, boy, youth. It is used to describe young servants in paradise. It is also used to refer to slave-soldiers in the Abbasid, Ottoman, Safavid and to a lesser extent, Mughal empires, as described in the article Ghilman, which is the plural form of the word.

It can be used as the first element of a Muslim male given name, meaning servant of .., or in modern times as an independent surname. Particular uses as a name element are:

Ghulam also written as Gholam is an Arabic word meaning servant, boy, youth. The plural is Ghilman.

Ghulam or Gholam may also refer to:

• Gholam, Iran, a village in Iran
• Ghulam (film), 1998 Indian action crime drama film directed by Vikram Bhatt and starring Aamir Khan
• Ghulami, 1985 Hindi-language Indian feature film directed by J.P. Dutta
• Murder of Anooshe Sediq Ghulam, Afghan refugee in Norway, killed by her husband in an "honor killing"