Aaja Nachle
About the movie
An unexpected phone call shakes Dia (Madhuri Dixit) out of her dance rehearsal in New York. Her teacher, her guru, is dying and she must return to India. The town where she grew up, the town where she learnt to live and to dance. Also the town she left on an impulse, severing ties with her parents and her people. It is a poignant and troubled return; not only has her guru passed away but the institution that he so lovingly nurtured is in decay and under threat of demolition. Ajanta theatre, the once vibrant hub of the community, the place where Dia’s fondest memories are embedded must now be brought down because the local political authorities feel it a waste of prime real estate. Dia picks up the gauntlet to turn this ruin into a vibrant and bustling theatre that was once the soul of her little town, while fighting discrimination, resentfulness and her own demons.
Director
Anil Mehta (1)
Cast
Madhuri Dixit
Darshan Jariwala
Raghuvir Yadav
Divya Dutta
Vinod Nagpal
Akshaye Khanna
Irrfan Khan
Akhilendra Mishra
Kunal Kapoor
Konkona Sen Sharma
Ranvir Shorey
Vinay Pathak
Sushmita Mukherjee
Yashpal Sharma
Jugal Hansraj
Asha Sachdev
Tom Gribby
Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Divyendu Sharma
All cast
Akhilendra Mishra (11)
Akshaye Khanna (12)
Asha Sachdev (5)
Dalai (1)
Darshan Jariwala (16)
Divya Dutta (18)
Divyendu Sharma (4)
Felix D'Alviella (1)
Irrfan Khan (21)
Jugal Hansraj (4)