

Aarakshan
Genres
Overview
The decision by India's supreme court to establish caste-based reservations for jobs in education causes conflict between a teacher and his mentor.
Details
Budget
$6100000
Revenue
$7900000
Runtime
164 min
Release Date
2011-08-12
Status
Released
Original Language
Hindi
Vote Count
39
Vote Average
6.1
Amitabh Bachchan
Prabhakar Anand
Saif Ali Khan
Deepak Kumar
Deepika Padukone
Poorvi Anand
Manoj Bajpayee
Mithilesh Kumar Singh
Prateik Babbar
Sushant Seth
Aanchal Munjal
Muniya S. Yadav
Hema Malini
Shakuntala Thakral (Guest Appearance)
Tanvi Azmi
Mrs.Anand
Mukesh Tiwari
Police Inspector
Yashpal Sharma
Shambhu Kaka
Darshan Jariwala
Anirudh Prasad
Rajeev Verma
Damodar Seth
Saurabh Shukla
Education Minister
Sonal Jha
Shanti Bua
Sumeet Vyas
Teacher
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