Aarakshan

<p dir="ltr"><b><i>Aarakshan</i></b> (<i>Reservation</i>) is a 2011 Indian Hindi drama film starring Amitabh Bachchan, Saif Ali Khan and Deepika Padukone. Directed by Prakash Jha, the film is a socio-political drama based on the controversial policy of caste based reservations in Indian government jobs and educational institutions. The film also stars Prateik Babbar and Manoj Bajpayee and was released on 12 August 2011 to mostly mixed reviews. However Aarakshan fails to score at the box office.<br /> <br /> </p><p dir="ltr"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/38/Aarakshan.jpg"><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Aarakshan.jpg"></a><br /> <br /> </p><p dir="ltr">Hindi आरक्षण<br /> Directed by Prakash Jha<br /> Produced by A. A. Nadiadwala<br /> <b>(Presenter)</b>,<br /> Firoz Nadiadwala,<br /> Prakash Jha<br /> <b>(Executive Producer)</b><br /> Written by Prakash Jha<br /> <b>(Dialogue)</b><br /> Screenplay by Anjum Rajabali,<br /> Prakash Jha,<br /> Ravinder Randhawa<br /> <b>(Associate Writer)</b><br /> Story by Kamalesh Pandey<br /> Starring Amitabh Bachchan,<br /> Saif Ali Khan,<br /> Manoj Bajpayee,<br /> Deepika Padukone,<br /> Prateik Babbar<br /> Music by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy<br /> Production company Base Industries Group,<br /> Prakash Jha Productions<br /> Distributed by Reliance Entertainment<br /> Release date 12 August 2011<br /> Running time 164 minutes<br /> Country India<br /> Language Hindi<br /> Budget ₹420 million(US$6.5 million)<br /> Box office ₹424.3 million(US$6.6 million)<br /> (domestic net)<br /> <br /> <br /> </p><p dir="ltr"><b>Cast</b><br /> </p><p dir="ltr">Amitabh Bachchan as Prabhakar Anand<br /> Saif Ali Khan as Deepak Kumar<br /> Deepika Padukone as Poorvi Anand<br /> Manoj Bajpayee as Mithilesh Singh<br /> Prateik Babbar as Sushant Seth<br /> Tanvi Azmi as Mrs.Anand<br /> Hema Malini as Shakuntala Thakral (Tai)-guest appearance<br /> Mukesh Tiwari as Inspector<br /> Yashpal Sharma as Shambhu Kaka<br /> Darshan Jariwala as Anirudh Prasad<br /> Rajeev Verma as Mr.Seth<br /> Saurabh Shukla as Education Minister </p><p dir="ltr">Chetan Pandit, </p><p dir="ltr">Vinay Apte,</p><p dir="ltr">Anita Kanwar, </p><p dir="ltr">S. M. Zaheer</p><p dir="ltr">Aanchal Munjal as Muniya S. Yadav<br /> Rahul Daksh as Surendar<br /> Sumeet Vyas as Teacher<br /> Sachin Chaubey<br /> Amit Singh Thakur as Principal<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> </p><p dir="ltr"><b>Soundtrack</b><br /> </p><p dir="ltr"><i>Aarakshan</i><br /> Soundtrack album by Shankar Ehsaan Loy<br /> Released 11 July 2011<br /> Recorded 2011<br /> Genre Feature film soundtrack<br /> Language Hindi<br /> Label Sony BMG<br /> Producer Prakash Jha<br /> </p><p dir="ltr"><i>Shankar Ehsaan Loy</i> chronology<br /> <a href="/search?q=Zindagi%20Na%20Milegi%20Dobara">Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara</a> <b>Aarakshan</b> <a href="/search?q=Don%202">Don 2: The Chase Continues</a><br /> </p><p dir="ltr">The soundtrack is composed by Shankar Ehsaan Loy. The album consists of six tracks. The soundtrack features the vocal talents of Mohit Chauhan, Shreya Ghoshal, Mahalakshmi Iyer, Raman Mahadevan, Shankar Mahadevan and classical singer Channulal Mishra. The concept of song "Kaun Si Dor" was of Prasoon Joshi, the songwriter of the album who came up with the first lines of the song. The trio then went on to develop the song and roped in Channulal Mishra who agreed to sing the song as per their request. The soundtrack was released on 11 July 2011.<br /> </p><p dir="ltr"><b>Track listing</b></p><p dir="ltr">No. Title Singer(s) Length<br /> 1. "Achha Lagta Hai" Mohit Chauhan,<br /> Shreya Ghoshal 3:57<br /> 2. "Mauka" Mahalakshmi Iyer,<br /> Raman Mahadevan,<br /> Tarun Sagar,<br /> Gaurav Gupta,<br /> Rehan Khan 4:51<br /> 3. "Kaun Si Dor" Channulal Mishra,<br /> Shreya Ghoshal 5:45<br /> 4. "Roshanee" Shankar<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shankar_Mahadevan"> </a> Mahadevan 4:37<br /> 5. "Saans Albeli" Channulal Mishra 3:14<br /> 6. "Mauka (Remix)" Mahalakshmi Iyer,<br /> Raman Mahadevan,<br /> Tarun Sagar,<br /> Gaurav Gupta,<br /> Rehan Khan 3:26</p>

Aarakshan

Aarakshan  ( Reservation ) is a 2011 Indian Hindi drama film starring Amitabh Bachchan, Saif Ali Khan and Deepika Padukone. Directed by Prak...

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