
Aarakshan
About the movie

Following the Mandal Commission report and the Supreme Court of India’s decision to maintain a 27 percent reservation for Dalits and lower/backward castes, right-winged political parties organize protests. The Principal of Shakuntala Thakral Mahavidyalal, a non-government college which is exempt from this mandate, gets in the limelight when it’s Principal, Prabhakar Anand, endorses the decision – much to the ire of the trustees as well as the newly appointed Vice-Principal Mithilesh Singh, who has invested Rs.1200 Crores in private coaching classes. Prabhakar refuses to change his stand and ends up tendering his resignation, taking his family, consisting of his wife, Kavita and daughter, Poorbi, to live near Shambhu Yadav’s Tabela after they find their family home being taken over by Mithilesh’s coaching classes. Attempts to evict Mithilesh’s staff will be in vain and will not only end up alienating the family from everyone but Prabhakar will also be summoned and possibly arrested for vandalizing the premises of the coaching class and threatening it’s staff.
Director
Prakash Jha (6)
Cast

Amitabh Bachchan

Saif Ali Khan

Manoj Bajpayee

Deepika Padukone

Tanvi Azmi

Saurabh Shukla

Darshan Jariwala

Yashpal Sharma

Mukesh Tiwari

Rajeev Verma

Chetan Pandit

Vinay Apte

Anita Kanwar

Hema Malini

Sonal Jha

Amit Singh Thakur

Sumeet Vyas
All cast
Aanchal Munjal (2)
Amit Singh Thakur (2)
Amitabh Bachchan (41)
Amitosh Nagpal (2)
Anita Kanwar (2)
Chetan Pandit (5)
Darshan Jariwala (16)
Deepika Padukone (17)
Gary Tantony (3)
Gyanesh Pandey (3)