Halla Bol (2008)

A popular Bollywood actor witnesses a murder but refuses to come forward to identify the killer(s).

Director:

Rajkumar Santoshi

Writers:

Ranjit Kapoor (dialogues), Dushyant Kumar (lyrics),

Stars:

Ajay Devgn, Vidya Balan, Pankaj Kapur

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ajay Devgn	...	Ashfaque Khan / Sameer Khan
Vidya Balan	...	Sneha
Pankaj Kapur	...	Siddhu
Darshan Jariwala	...	Ganpatrao Gaekwad (as Darshan Zariwala)
Abhay Bhargav	...	(as Abhhay Bhaargava)
Shiva Natrajan
Anjan Srivastav	...	Amanullah Khan (as Aanjjan Srivastava)
Sulabha Arya	...	Nazma Khan
Iqbal Dosani	...	Police Commissioner
Deepak Pandit	...	ACP Rathod
Sitaram Panchal
Sanjay Mishra	...	(as Sanjai Mishra)
Anupam Shyam	...	(as Anupam Shayam)
Viju Khote	...	Mangesh (as Vijoo Khote)
Sanaa Khan	...	(as Sannah Khan)

Storyline

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. Ashfaque struggles to give a creative vent to the actor in him in order to realize 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, the roles start becoming better and he moves up the success ladder in a very short time. Soon, he becomes Sameer Khan the superstar - one who can enact any role with finesse, get under the skin of any and every character with ease and walk away with audience applause. Sadly, amidst all adulation and applause, he slowly loses his own identity. He forgets his real self and imbibes all characteristics of the various roles essayed by him on screen. Corruption takes over his entire system, alienating him from ...

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Plot Keywords:

actor | murder | party | police | mentor | 

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

11 January 2008 (India)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Indian Films, Pyramid Saimira Group, Sunrise Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

242 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The plaques and awards displayed in Ashfaque/Sameer Khan's home office are actually Ajay Devgn's own awards won over the years. You can see Silver Jubilee (25 weeks) plaques for Ajay's films Vijaypath, Dilwale etc. displayed in the showcase of his home office.

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Soundtracks

"Is Pal Ki Soch"
Performed by Harshdeep Kaur
Music by Sukhwinder Singh
Lyrics by Sameer
Music on T-Series

User Reviews

Kudos to RajKumar Santoshi

The story has been treated very well, the issue has been brought up very nicely and the way a person standing against norm has to suffer has been very well portrayed. At the same time options for a person to fight against such evils are also presented. The story also presents that we Indians are so engrossed in our daily lives and also doesn't want to be a part of any controversy even when it concerns other people life. The characters are realistic ans presented extremely. A lot of study has been done in understanding the whole case and then the characters have been developed bringing the miserable plight of all the people who were involved in the case. The director and all the actors has done a gr8 job and played their parts really well. Congrats to the whole team!!!