

Aarakshan
2011-08-12 · 164 min · ★ 6.1
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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Production details
- Directors
- Prakash Jha
- Production companies
- Base Industries Group, Prakash Jha Productions
- Countries
- India
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 6,100,000
- Revenue
- USD 7,900,000
Top Cast
Amitabh BachchanPrabhakar Anand
Saif Ali KhanDeepak Kumar
Deepika PadukonePoorvi Anand
Manoj BajpayeeMithilesh Kumar Singh
Prateik Smita PatilSushant Seth
Aanchal MunjalMuniya S. Yadav
Hema MaliniShakuntala Thakral (Guest Appearance)
Tanvi AzmiMrs.Anand
Mukesh TiwariPolice Inspector
Yashpal SharmaShambhu Kaka
Darshan JariwalaAnirudh Prasad
Rajeev VermaDamodar Seth
Saurabh ShuklaEducation Minister
Sonal JhaShanti Bua
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