Halla Bol
| Halla Bol | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Rajkumar Santoshi |
| Screenplay by | Rajkumar Santoshi |
| Story by | Rajkumar Santoshi |
| Produced by | Suresh Sharma Abdol Samee Siddiqui |
| Starring | Ajay Devgn Vidya Balan Pankaj Kapoor |
| Cinematography | Natarajan Subramaniam |
| Edited by | Steven H. Bernard |
| Music by | Sukhwinder Singh Vanraj Bhatia |
| Distributed by | Indian Films Sunrise Pictures Pvt. Ltd. |
Release date | 11 January 2008 |
Running time | 150 mins |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹210 million (US$2.6 million)) |
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.[1] 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.
Plot
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.
Soon, he becomes Sameer Khan the superstar. Amidst all the adulation and applause, he slowly loses his own identity. He forgets his real self and imbibes all characteristics of the various roles played by him on screen. Corruption overtakes his entire system, alienating him from all loved ones, including his wife Sneha (Vidya Balan).
Cast
- Ajay Devgn as Ashfaaq Khan / Sameer
- Vidya Balan as Sneha
- Pankaj Kapoor as Sidhu
- Darshan Jariwala as Ganpatrao Gaekwad
- Sanjai Mishra as Sameer's manager
- Abhay Bhargava
- Anupam Shyam
- Aanjjan Srivastav as Amanullah Khan
- Sulbha Arya as Nazma Khan
- Iqbal Dosani as a Police Commissioner
- Deepak Pandit as Police Inspector Rathod
- Sitaram Panchal
- Rushita Singh
- Mukesh Tiwari
Cameo appearances:
- Prabhu Chawla as himself
- Lekh Tandon as himself
- Tusshar Kapoor as himself
- Sana Khan as herself
- Jackie Shroff as himself
- Ruby Bhatia as herself
- Sayali Bhagat in the song "Is Pal Ki Soch"
- Pahlaj Nihalani as himself
- Kareena Kapoor as herself
- Neeraj Vora as himself
Special appearances at the award ceremony (in order of appearance):
Soundtrack
The film's music was composed by Sukhwinder Singh.
- "Barsan Lagi" – Poornima
- "Is Pal Ki Soch" – Harshdeep Kaur
- "Jab Tak Hai Dum" – Sukhwinder Singh (Lyrics- Sameer Dushyant Kumar)[2]
- "More Haji Piya" – Amjad Farid Sabri
- "Shabd Gurbani" – Sukhwinder Singh
- "Halla Bol Theme"
References
- ^ "Sridevi returns with Raj Kumar Santoshi's HALLA BOL". 11 celebrities are making guest appearances in Halla Bol. Retrieved 7 July 2007.
- ^ "PlanetRadiocity-lyrics_Jab_Tak_hai_dum".
