Halla Bol is an Bollywood Hindi drama film released on 11 January 2008, and directer is Rajkumar Santoshi. Halla Bol Film Leading star cast is starring Ajay Devgan and Vidya Balan.
This film based received references from 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.
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.
- Directer : Rajkumar Santoshi
- Producer : Suresh Sharma,Abdol Samee Siddiqui
- Screenplay : Rajkumar Santoshi
- Story : Rajkumar Santoshi
- Starring : Ajay Devgn,Vidhya Balan,Pankaj Kapoor
- Music : Sukhwinder Singh
- Cinematography : Natarajan Subramaniam
- Editor : Steven H. Bernard
- Distributer : Indian Films,Sunrise Pictures Pvt. Ltd.
- Release date : 11 January 2008
- Running time : 150 mins
- Country : India
- Language : Hindi
Halla Bol Film Trailer :
Story of the film :
Ashfaque khan (Ajay Devgn) is a small village boy aspiring to be a film star in the Bollywood 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 society.
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).
Star Cast of the film :
- 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
- Arun Behll as a Reporter
- Sitaram Panchal
- Rushita Singh
- Mukesh Tiwari
Song / Music of the film :
The film’s music composer / Singer is Sukhwinder Singh.
- “Jab Tak Hai Dum” : Sukhwinder Singh
- “Shabad Gurbani” : Sukhwinder Singh
- “Is Pal Ki Soch” : Harshdeep Kaur
- “More Haji Piya” : Amjad Farid Sabri
- “Barsan Lagi” : Sneha Pant
- “Halla Bol Theme” : Instrumental
Jab Tak Hai Dum : Film song :
Review of the film :
Mixed Review Mostly from all critics, Very Good Plot/Story But unable to attaract overall. Pankaj Kapoor solid acting are praises by all critics.
Box Office Collection of the film :
- First Day : Rs. 1.87 crores
- Saturday : Rs. 1.98 crores
- Sunday : Rs. 2.42 crores
- First Weekend : Rs. 6.28 crores
- Monday : Rs. 0.85 crores
- Tuesday : Rs. 0.78 crores
- First Week : Rs. 9.27 crores
- Second Week : Rs. 2.85 crores
- Third Week : Rs. 0.47 crores
- All-time India (net) : Rs. 13 crores
- Worldwide Gross : Rs. 20 crores
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