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Aarakshan

  • 2011
  • 2h 44m
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
6K
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Amitabh Bachchan, Tanvi Azmi, Manoj Bajpayee, Saif Ali Khan, Saurabh Shukla, Mukesh Tiwari, Rajeev Verma, Deepika Padukone, and Prateik Patil Babbar in Aarakshan (2011)
DramaThriller

The decision by India's supreme court to establish caste-based reservations for jobs in education causes conflict between a teacher and his mentor.The decision by India's supreme court to establish caste-based reservations for jobs in education causes conflict between a teacher and his mentor.The decision by India's supreme court to establish caste-based reservations for jobs in education causes conflict between a teacher and his mentor.

  • Director
    • Prakash Jha
  • Writers
    • Prakash Jha
    • Anjum Rajabali
  • Stars
    • Amitabh Bachchan
    • Saif Ali Khan
    • Manoj Bajpayee
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    • IMDb RATING
    6.2/10
    6K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Prakash Jha
    • Writers
      • Prakash Jha
      • Anjum Rajabali
    • Stars
      • Amitabh Bachchan
      • Saif Ali Khan
      • Manoj Bajpayee
    • 48User reviews
    • 20Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 9 nominations

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    Amitabh Bachchan
    Amitabh Bachchan
    • Prabhakar Anand
    Saif Ali Khan
    Saif Ali Khan
    • Deepak Kumar
    Manoj Bajpayee
    Manoj Bajpayee
    • Mithilesh Singh
    • (as Manoj Bajpai)
    Deepika Padukone
    Deepika Padukone
    • Poorvi
    Prateik Patil Babbar
    Prateik Patil Babbar
    • Sushant Seth
    • (as Prateik)
    Tanvi Azmi
    Tanvi Azmi
    • Kavita P. Anand
    Saurabh Shukla
    Saurabh Shukla
    • Mantri Baburao
    Darshan Jariwala
    Darshan Jariwala
    • Anirudh Chaudhary
    Yashpal Sharma
    Yashpal Sharma
    • Shambhu Yadav
    Mukesh Tiwari
    Mukesh Tiwari
    • Police Inspector
    Rajeev Verma
    Rajeev Verma
    • Damodar
    Indira Tiwari
    Indira Tiwari
    • Tabela Topper Student
    S.M. Zaheer
    • Prof. Kantaprasad
    Chetan Pandit
    Chetan Pandit
    • Prof. Dinkar
    Vinay Apte
    Vinay Apte
    • Neta Bhishamber
    Aanchal Munjal
    Aanchal Munjal
    • Muniya S. Yadav
    • (as Aachal Munjal)
    Hema Malini
    Hema Malini
    • Shakuntala
    Nitosh N.
    • Director
      • Prakash Jha
    • Writers
      • Prakash Jha
      • Anjum Rajabali
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    • Trivia
      Ajay Devgun was the original choice to play one of the main characters, but he was unavailable due to his other commitments, so the role was offered to Saif Ali Khan.
    • Goofs
      Throughout the movie Deepak Kumar and Mithilesh Singh are shown carrying BlackBerry 9800 Torch mobile phones. The movie is set in 2008 whereas the phone was launched in 2010.
    • Quotes

      Prabhakar Anand: Q.E.D. stands for "Quite Easily Done."

    User reviews48

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    this movie Title should be Family or Tutions not Aarakshan !!

    ha! i saw Aarakshan yesterday. i was expecting some thrill and political drama.it is there but only 10%, I'm not gonna recommend this film to any one. specially no need to theater.and if u like family drama and if u r not interested in any AARAKSHAN type of stories.u may watch this movie. Movie is all about Mr.bacchan.and he has done a very good job, deepika and saif were good. in first half an hr movie goes very very slow with unnecessary songs. after that, till interval it gets more slow. but after an interval movie speed like...more slow.Movie takes speed when people running out of theater.

    STORY : story was so so. (5/10) DIALOGS : too much! (4/10) ACTING : every one was awesome (9/10) Speed : very boring ... too slow (2/10) TITLE : Nothing about arakshan (1/10) SONGS : so irritating .. (1/10)
    • taunt-maru
    • Aug 12, 2011
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    • Release date
      • August 12, 2011 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • India
    • Languages
      • Hindi
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Reservation
    • Filming locations
      • Oriental College, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
    • Production companies
      • Base Industries Group
      • Prakash Jha Productions
      • Zeal Z Entertainment services
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $651,096
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $344,661
      • Aug 14, 2011
    • Gross worldwide
      • $8,726,551
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 44 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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