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Halla Bol is a film of genre Drama directed by Rajkumar Santoshi released in USA on 11 january 2008 with Ajay Devgn
Halla Bol (2008)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 11 january 2008
Length 2h30
Directed by Rajkumar Santoshi
Genres Drama
Themes Films about television
Rating59%
Halla Bol (Raise Your Voice) is a Hindi drama film released on 11 January 2008, and directed by Rajkumar Santoshi. Halla Bol stars Ajay Devgan and Vidya Balan in pivotal roles and a number of celebrities from the Hindi film industry appear as themselves. Produced by Samee Siddiqui, the film's score and soundtrack was composed by Sukhwinder Singh, while Nataraja Subramanian and Steven Bernard were the cinematographer and editor respectively.
The film touches upon the Jessica Lall murder case, Aamir Khan's involvement with the Narmada Bachao Andolan, the Right to Information Act, and public participation in fighting corruption. It also references the theatre group Jan Natya Manch, whose leader, theatre activist Safdar Hashmi, was killed by political rivals while performing a street play by the same name, Halla Bol!, in 1989.
Synopsis
Ashfaque (Ajay Devgn) is a small town boy aspiring to be a film star in the Hindi film industry. He joins a street theatre group run by a reformed dacoit Sidhu (Pankaj Kapoor), who uses street theatre as a medium to bring about an awakening in the masses. Ashfaque struggles to give a creative vent to the actor in him in order to realise his dreams. Ashfaque's determined struggle pays off and he gets a break in films. He gets a new screen name – Sameer Khan. With the passage of time, he moves up the success ladder in a very short time.Actors
Ajay Devgn
(Ashfaque A. Khan / Sameer Khan)
Vidya Balan
(Sneha Chauhan / Sneha A. Khan)
Pankaj Kapur
(Siddhu)
Darshan Jariwala
(Ganpatrao Gaekwad)
Sanjay Mishra
(Sameer's manager)
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