Aarakshan

Aarakshan (Reservation) 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.

Hindi आरक्षण
Directed by Prakash Jha
Produced by A. A. Nadiadwala
(Presenter),
Firoz Nadiadwala,
Prakash Jha
(Executive Producer)
Written by Prakash Jha
(Dialogue)
Screenplay by Anjum Rajabali,
Prakash Jha,
Ravinder Randhawa
(Associate Writer)
Story by Kamalesh Pandey
Starring Amitabh Bachchan,
Saif Ali Khan,
Manoj Bajpayee,
Deepika Padukone,
Prateik Babbar
Music by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
Production company Base Industries Group,
Prakash Jha Productions
Distributed by Reliance Entertainment
Release date 12 August 2011
Running time 164 minutes
Country India
Language Hindi
Budget ₹420 million(US$6.5 million)
Box office ₹424.3 million(US$6.6 million)
(domestic net)

Cast

Amitabh Bachchan as Prabhakar Anand
Saif Ali Khan as Deepak Kumar
Deepika Padukone as Poorvi Anand
Manoj Bajpayee as Mithilesh Singh
Prateik Babbar as Sushant Seth
Tanvi Azmi as Mrs.Anand
Hema Malini as Shakuntala Thakral (Tai)-guest appearance
Mukesh Tiwari as Inspector
Yashpal Sharma as Shambhu Kaka
Darshan Jariwala as Anirudh Prasad
Rajeev Verma as Mr.Seth
Saurabh Shukla as Education Minister 

Chetan Pandit, 

Vinay Apte,

Anita Kanwar, 

S. M. Zaheer

Aanchal Munjal as Muniya S. Yadav
Rahul Daksh as Surendar
Sumeet Vyas as Teacher
Sachin Chaubey
Amit Singh Thakur as Principal

Soundtrack

Aarakshan
Soundtrack album by Shankar Ehsaan Loy
Released 11 July 2011
Recorded 2011
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Language Hindi
Label Sony BMG
Producer Prakash Jha

Shankar Ehsaan Loy chronology
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara Aarakshan Don 2: The Chase Continues

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.

Track listing

No. Title Singer(s) Length
1. "Achha Lagta Hai" Mohit Chauhan,
Shreya Ghoshal 3:57
2. "Mauka" Mahalakshmi Iyer,
Raman Mahadevan,
Tarun Sagar,
Gaurav Gupta,
Rehan Khan 4:51
3. "Kaun Si Dor" Channulal Mishra,
Shreya Ghoshal 5:45
4. "Roshanee" Shankar Mahadevan 4:37
5. "Saans Albeli" Channulal Mishra 3:14
6. "Mauka (Remix)" Mahalakshmi Iyer,
Raman Mahadevan,
Tarun Sagar,
Gaurav Gupta,
Rehan Khan 3:26