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Director: Rajkumar Santoshi
Starring: Ajay Devgan, Vidya Balan, Pankaj Kapoor,
Ishteyak, Ruby Bhatia, Mukesh Tiwari, Lekh Tandon
Halla Bol is a honest story
essaying a spoilt superstar who has come up the hard
way. A shocking incident changes everything, rocking the
superstar's lifestyle. His inner voice wakes him up… He
is caught between his human self on one side and his
corrupted superstar image on the other.
Rajkumar Santoshi, the director attempts to tell you
that corruption has become a part of our everyday life.
However, a lone voice raised against injustice can
multiply into millions progressively. The film tells you
that all's not lost, that honesty, integrity and courage
still have an advantage.
Ashfaque (Ajay Devgan) 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 Kapur), who uses street
theatre as a medium to bring about an awakening in the
masses.
Vidya Balan
While in a party, Sameer
Khan witnesses a murder being committed. First reaction:
he stays quite since he wouldn't want to get entangled
in a mess, and would not want to tarnish the name and
fame he has achieved after a long struggle.
Initially Sameer thinks it
futile to get into it after toiling day and night for
his success. Furthermore, the culprits being sons of a
politician and a liquor baron have top level
connections, puts him off. Sameer Khan's inner voice is
awakened by his guru Sidhu (Pankaj Kapur) who still
enacts street plays and it was his helping hand which
led him to growth in his profession.
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Determination and struggle
pays off and Ashfaque gets a break in films. He dons a new
screen name -- Sameer Khan (trying his luck with the Khan
surname?). Consistent hard work pays off and he gets
better roles and in a very short time, he moves up the
success ladder. Now, he becomes Sameer Khan "The
superstar". Being talented, helps him to enact any role
with finesse, and even get under the skin of any and every
character with ease and walk away with audience
appreciation.
To achieve something, one loses something. Thus our Khan
superstar gradually loses his own identity, amidst all
adulation and applause. He loses his own individuality,
forgeting his real self and virtually imbibes all
personalities of a variety of roles essayed by him in
films.
With success, he is isolated from all his loved ones,
including his wife Sneha (Vidya Balan). He is now a
materialistic, corrupt, opportunist and whatever one
becomes with stardom.
Ajay Devgan and Vidya Balan
Finally he decides to jump in
the game. Now he is willing to go all out to bring justice
to the family of the innocent girl who was brutally
murdered in the party. With constant powerful speeches
from Pankaj Kapur, he is determined and ready to fight all
the powerful forces against him. We have an instance of
the police too conniving against him.
Pankay Kapur brilliantly plays the character of Sidhu, who
stages a street plays in his attempts to bring about an
awakening among the masses. Ajay Devgan is highly
resourceful all throughout ups and downs in his struggles
and success in the movie. The charming Vidya Balan is
realistic in this movie with a straightforward
performance.
A lone voice raised against injustice and corruption
gradually but strongly gets support of millions of voices
and finally the truth prevails.
The film is a hard hitting drama and bears a strange
resemblance to the Jessica Lal murder case (some years
back in Delhi). Rajkumar Santoshi succeeds in stirring and
pricking the viewer's conscience. Remember Rang De Basanti?
When will this generation awake?
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Amarjeet
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CAST
Ajay Devgan - Ashfaque/ Sameer Khan
Vidya Balan - Sneha
Kareena Kapoor - (in a footage from Omkara)
Pankaj Kapoor - Sidhu
Darshan Jariwala - Gaekwad
Sridevi - Special Appearance (as herself)
Boney Kapoor - Special Appearance (as himself)
Jackie Shroff - Special Appearance (as himself)
Pahlaj Nihalani - Special Appearance (as himself)
Neeraj Vora - Special Appearance (as himself)
Tusshar Kapoor - Special Appearance (as himself)
Ranjit Kapoor - Special Appearance (as himself)
Mukesh Tiwari, Lekh Tandon, Sayali Bhagat, Ishteyak, Ruby
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CREDITS:
Crew
Director: Rajkumar Santoshi
Producers: Abdol Samee Siddiqui, Suresh Sharma
Written by: Rajkumar Santoshi
Music Directors: Sukhwinder Singh, Vanraj Bhatia
Writer: Rajkumar Santoshi
Lyrics: Sameer, Shri Dushyant Kumar, Mehboob
Original Music - Himesh Reshammiya
Makeup Department - Harish Wadhone
Sound Re-recording mixer - Leslie Fernandes
Visual Effects by - Ilamuruguselvan
Still Photographer - Nath Gupta
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