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Aarakshan
Aarakshan

Aarakshan

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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.

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Budget

$6100000

Revenue

$7900000

Status

Released

Original Language

Hindi

Runtime

164 mins

Rating

6.2/10

Release Date

12 August 2011

Country

India

Cast

Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan

Prabhakar Anand

Saif Ali Khan

Saif Ali Khan

Deepak Kumar

Deepika Padukone

Deepika Padukone

Poorvi Anand

Manoj Bajpayee

Manoj Bajpayee

Mithilesh Kumar Singh

Prateik Smita Patil

Prateik Smita Patil

Sushant Seth

Aanchal Munjal

Aanchal Munjal

Muniya S. Yadav

Hema Malini

Hema Malini

Shakuntala Thakral (Guest Appearance)

Tanvi Azmi

Tanvi Azmi

Mrs.Anand

Mukesh Tiwari

Mukesh Tiwari

Police Inspector

Yashpal Sharma

Yashpal Sharma

Shambhu Kaka

Darshan Jariwala

Darshan Jariwala

Anirudh Prasad

Rajeev Verma

Rajeev Verma

Damodar Seth

Saurabh Shukla

Saurabh Shukla

Education Minister

Sonal Jha

Sonal Jha

Shanti Bua

Sumeet Vyas

Sumeet Vyas

Teacher

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