Mola Ram was a Thuggee High Priest who is the main antagonist in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.
Overview
Mola Ram was obsessed with finding all 5 Sankara Stones believing that they would empower the Thuggee to destroy their British persecutors and establish his god Kali's reign on Earth. At Pankot Palace he became allied with Chatter Lal, the Prime Minister of Pankot Palace. Ram used the blood of Kali to control Pankot's ruler Maharajah Zalim Singh, and then began to restore the palace's long-neglected Kali temple. The Thuggee Cult and set up a mining operation beneath the palace, with the intent of locating the remaining stones. However, Mola Ram's plans were destroyed when Indiana Jones, Willie Scott, and Short Round arrived in Pankot, freeing the slaves and stealing the three stones in Ram's possession. Following Jones to a rope bridge, the archealogist cut the ropes and sent most of the Thuggee cult to their deaths in the gorge below. Ram, who hung onto the bridge as it fell, was got off guard when he grabbed a burning-hot Sankra Stone from Jones, and fell off the broken bridge. Dashed against jagged rocks on the way down, Ram plummeted to his death and was eaten by crocodiles.
Mini-figure Description
The Mola Ram minifigure has completely new elements (besides his legs). His skin is a light brown color, has a red stripe on his head, and an angry expression. His torso is a mix of black and red Thuggee robes and a necklace of what appears to be teeth. With plain arms the color of his head, Mola Ram has normal black legs. The most striking feature of this mini-figure is the headdress which is made up of three parts. The two horn pieces are connected to the main part which features a brown head with a frowning face.
Appearances
Video Game Appearances
Movie Appearances
- LEGO Star Wars: Bombad Bounty (Cameo)
Notes
- In both Video games Mola Ram has black hair when he picks up hats, although in the movie he is bald.
- In the movie he dies from a stone. In the first game, Indiana Jones knocks him off a cliff. In the second game, he grabs a stone head and walks across a bridge The extra wieght make the bridge break.
- The video game headdress features details like in the movie, but the actual molded headdress has a minifigure head instead of an idol head molded on it.
Trivia
- Mola Ram's first mini-movie appearance is in the Star Wars video "Bombad Bounty" as a customer in Mos Eisley Cantina. During the video he precedes to be sucked into Jar Jar Binks 's vacuum cleaner.
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