Aarakshan
- 2011
- 2h 44m
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
5.9K
YOUR RATING
The decision by India's supreme court to establish caste-based reservations for jobs in education causes conflict between a teacher and his mentor.The decision by India's supreme court to establish caste-based reservations for jobs in education causes conflict between a teacher and his mentor.The decision by India's supreme court to establish caste-based reservations for jobs in education causes conflict between a teacher and his mentor.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 9 nominations
Manoj Bajpayee
- Mithilesh Singh
- (as Manoj Bajpai)
Prateik Patil Babbar
- Sushant Seth
- (as Prateik)
Aanchal Munjal
- Muniya S. Yadav
- (as Aachal Munjal)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAjay Devgun was the original choice to play one of the main characters, but he was unavailable due to his other commitments, so the role was offered to Saif Ali Khan.
- GoofsThroughout the movie Deepak Kumar and Mithilesh Singh are shown carrying BlackBerry 9800 Torch mobile phones. The movie is set in 2008 whereas the phone was launched in 2010.
- Quotes
Prabhakar Anand: Q.E.D. stands for "Quite Easily Done."
Featured review
Worst ever ,from a Great Director...
How many times do you go to watch a movie with no or zero expectations... Never. There is always an acid test a filmmaker needs to go through for any movie. And even with Aarakshan, there would always be parallels drawn with Prakash Jha's Raajneeti. Although , quite a different subject and even if we don't compare this with his biggies like Gangajal, Apaharan and Raajneeti, still, Aarakshan is a 3 hour long duel filled with illogical set pieces, spineless storytelling and inappropriate casting that fails to convince and is impressive. Decent performances by Big B and Saif ,saves the day even as Mr.Jha fails to bring out a "Karaara Jawaab" like stellar performance from Manoj Bajpai.. Prateik Babbar hams a lot and needs to hone his linguistic skills and voice modulation ,though I strongly believe the lad will go a long distance. Deepika is simple and sober and the performance or whatever little we saw is fine.
The movie is very confusing in itself and it seems the director isn't sure what he wants to portray, a documentary, social drama,or just a comment on just the education culture. The first half shows how the long nurtured relations are destroyed and castrated even as the winds of reservation sweeps the nation ,but there's always a disconnect with the viewer and the emotions just don't come out gracefully. Although there are definitely some high voltage power packed sequences between Babbar and Saif and Saif and BigB /Bajpai..but the movie turns out to be a lecture in disguise. Even as you hope that the second half would bring in a spark of brilliance ,what you get is an inept story that dwindles to solving personal vendettas and one incessantly keeps staring at his watch as the movie drags on.. The movie deserves a 2/5 with an advice of Watch it only if you Must..or watch only if you have Quashed Each of your Desire (QED) { a mathematical formula that filmmaker has turned into a joke}
The movie is very confusing in itself and it seems the director isn't sure what he wants to portray, a documentary, social drama,or just a comment on just the education culture. The first half shows how the long nurtured relations are destroyed and castrated even as the winds of reservation sweeps the nation ,but there's always a disconnect with the viewer and the emotions just don't come out gracefully. Although there are definitely some high voltage power packed sequences between Babbar and Saif and Saif and BigB /Bajpai..but the movie turns out to be a lecture in disguise. Even as you hope that the second half would bring in a spark of brilliance ,what you get is an inept story that dwindles to solving personal vendettas and one incessantly keeps staring at his watch as the movie drags on.. The movie deserves a 2/5 with an advice of Watch it only if you Must..or watch only if you have Quashed Each of your Desire (QED) { a mathematical formula that filmmaker has turned into a joke}
helpful•47
- bhatia-apurv
- Aug 14, 2011
- How long is Aarakshan?Powered by Alexa
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- Reservation
- Filming locations
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $651,096
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $344,661
- Aug 14, 2011
- Gross worldwide
- $8,726,551
- Runtime2 hours 44 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content