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Aarakshan

  • 20112011
  • 2h 44m
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
5.6K
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POPULARITY
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2,751
Amitabh Bachchan, Tanvi Azmi, Manoj Bajpayee, Saif Ali Khan, Saurabh Shukla, Mukesh Tiwari, Rajeev Verma, Deepika Padukone, and Prateik Babbar in Aarakshan (2011)
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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.
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
5.6K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
41,948
2,751
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    • Director
      • Prakash Jha
    • Writers
      • Prakash Jha
      • Anjum Rajabali
    • Stars
      • Amitabh Bachchan
      • Saif Ali Khan
      • Manoj Bajpayee
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Prakash Jha
    • Writers
      • Prakash Jha
      • Anjum Rajabali
    • Stars
      • Amitabh Bachchan
      • Saif Ali Khan
      • Manoj Bajpayee
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 48User reviews
    • 20Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 7 nominations

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    Manoj Bajpayee and Saif Ali Khan in Aarakshan (2011)
    Aarakshan (2011)
    Amitabh Bachchan, Manoj Bajpayee, Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone, and Prateik Babbar in Aarakshan (2011)
    Amitabh Bachchan, Manoj Bajpayee, Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone, and Prateik Babbar in Aarakshan (2011)

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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 Babbar
    Prateik 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
    • Tabela Topper Student
    S.M. Zaheer
    • Prof. Kantaprasad
    Chetan Pandit
    Chetan Pandit
    • Prof. Dinkar
    Vinay Apte
    Vinay Apte
    • Neta Bhishamber
    Anita Kanwar
    Anita Kanwar
    • Mrs. Kantaprasad
    Aanchal Munjal
    • Muniya S. Yadav
    • (as Aachal Munjal)
    Hema Malini
    Hema Malini
    • Shakuntala
    • Director
      • Prakash Jha
    • Writers
      • Prakash Jha
      • Anjum Rajabali
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Whilst shooting in the heat, the cast/crew member used to bring an umbrella over Amitabh Bachchan. He would move away from the shade of the umbrella, and when he was asked why he didn't want to come under the shade from the blistering heat, Bachchan replied he didn't want to get used to such things whilst working.
    • 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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    6/10
    movie lost track in the 2nd half
    movie lost track in the 2nd half. it was a movie about aarakshan which was truly portrayed in the initial part of the movie but lost its track in the 2nd part. Aarakshan follows the same rules of the games, where the filmmaker attempts to take an incisive look at India's policy of reservation and its impact on the Indian education system. At least that's the issue he begins with and focuses on in the first half of the film.As long as the film concentrates on the key concern, it is full of high drama, with powerful encounters between the prime players.As a film on the issue of reservation, Aarakshan was rocking till the first half. But as an omnibus on the travails of India's education system, it flounders into no-man's land. Watch it for the intermittent high drama and the gritty performances, scattered as they are
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    • Oct 30, 2011

    Details

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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
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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
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 44 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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