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{{Infobox film
| name = Halla Bol
| image = Halla Bol.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Rajkumar Santoshi]]
| producer = Abdol Samee Siddiqui
| story = Rajkumar Santoshi
| screenplay = Rajkumar Santoshi
| starring = [[Ajay Devgn]]<br>[[Vidya Balan]]<br>[[Pankaj Kapur]]
| music = [[Sukhwinder Singh]]
| cinematography = [[Natarajan Subramaniam]]
| editing = Steven H. Bernard
| distributor = Indian Films<br>Sunrise Pictures Pvt. Ltd.
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2008|1|11|}}
| runtime = 150 mins
| language = Hindi
| country = India
| budget = {{INRConvert|210|m}})
}}

'''''Halla Bol''''' (''Raise Your Voice'') is an Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[drama film]] directed by [[Rajkumar Santoshi]]. ''Halla Bol'' stars [[Ajay Devgn]] and [[Vidya Balan]] in pivotal roles and a number of celebrities from the Hindi and other film industries appear as themselves.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sridevi returns with Raj Kumar Santoshi's HALLA BOL|work= 11 celebrities are making guest appearances in Halla Bol|url=http://www.glamsham.com/movies/scoops/07/jul/07_sridevi_returns_with_raj_kumar_santoshis_halla_bol.asp|access-date=7 July 2007}}</ref> Produced by Samee Siddiqui, the film's score and soundtrack was composed by [[Sukhwinder Singh]], while Nataraja Subramanian and Steven Bernard were the cinematographer and editor respectively. It was released on 11 January 2008.

The film touches upon the [[Jessica Lall]] murder case, [[Aamir Khan]]'s involvement with the [[Narmada Bachao Andolan]], the [[Right to Information Act]], and public participation in fighting corruption. It also references the theatre group [[Jan Natya Manch]], whose leader, theatre activist [[Safdar Hashmi]], was killed by political rivals while performing a street play by the same name, ''Halla Bol!'', in 1989.

==Plot==
Ashfaque ([[Ajay Devgn]]) is a small town boy aspiring to be a film star in the Hindi film industry. He joins a street theatre group run by a reformed [[dacoit]] Sidhu ([[Pankaj Kapur]]), who uses street theatre as a medium to bring about an awakening in the masses. Ashfaque struggles to give a creative vent to the actor in him in order to realise his dreams. Ashfaque's determined struggle pays off and he gets a break in films. He gets a new screen name – Sameer Khan. He moves up the success ladder in a very short time.

Soon, he becomes Sameer Khan the superstar. Amidst all the adulation and applause, he slowly loses his own identity. He forgets his [[real self]] and imbibes all characteristics of the various roles played by him on screen. Corruption overtakes his entire system, alienating him from all loved ones, including his wife Sneha ([[Vidya Balan]]).

==Cast==
* [[Ajay Devgn]] as Ashfaaq Khan / Sameer
* [[Vidya Balan]] as Sneha Khan
* Rahul Kanawat as Ranveer
* [[Pankaj Kapur]] as Sidhu
* [[Darshan Jariwala]] as Ganpatrao Gaekwad
* [[Sanjai Mishra]] as Sameer's manager
* Abhay Bhargava
* [[Anupam Shyam]]
* [[Aanjjan Srivastav]] as Amanullah Khan
* [[Sulbha Arya]] as Nazma Khan
* Iqbal Dosani as a Police Commissioner
* Deepak Pandit as Police Inspector Rathod
* Arun Behll as a Reporter
* Sitaram Panchal
* Rushita Singh
* [[Mukesh Tiwari]]
===Special appearances===
* [[Prabhu Chawla]] as himself
* [[Lekh Tandon]] as himself
* [[Tusshar Kapoor]] as himself
* [[Sana Khan]] as herself
* [[Jackie Shroff]] as himself
* [[Ruby Bhatia]] as herself
* [[Sayali Bhagat]] in the song "Is Pal Ki Soch"
* [[Pahlaj Nihalani]] as himself
* [[Kareena Kapoor]] as herself
* [[Neeraj Vora]] as himself
* [[Amjad Sabri]] as himself at Dargah

Special appearances at the award ceremony (in order of appearance):
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* [[Javed Jaffrey]]
* [[Rishi Kapoor]]
* Ranjit Kapoor
* [[Randhir Kapoor]]
* [[Vinod Khanna]]
* [[Kabir Bedi]]
* [[Mammootty]]
* [[Mohanlal]]
* [[Ritesh Deshmukh]]
* [[Abhishek Bachchan]]
* [[Katrina Kaif]]
* [[Prabhu Chawla]]
* [[Arshad Warsi]]
* [[R. Madhavan]]
* [[Shilpa Shetty]]
* [[Preity Zinta]]
* [[Anil Kapoor]]
* [[Sridevi]]
* [[Boney Kapoor]]
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==Casting==
[[Priyanka Chopra]] was the original choice for the lead actress role. However, she opted out of the film to work on another film that too was to be directed by [[Raj Kumar Santoshi]], ''[[London Dreams]]'' (2009) although she was replaced by [[Asin Thottumkal]] in that film.<ref name="mantra">https://www.bollywoodmantra.com/news/salman-khan-wants-girlfriend-katrina-to-replace-priyanka-in-london-dreams/1258/</ref> Raj Kumar Santhoshi left that film and Priyanka Chopra was removed from ''[[London Dreams]]''.<ref name = "mantra"/>

== Soundtrack==
The film's music was composed by Singer and Composer [[Sukhwinder Singh]].

* "Jab Tak Hai Dum" – [[Sukhwinder Singh]]
* "Shabad Gurbani" – [[Sukhwinder Singh]]
* "Is Pal Ki Soch" – [[Harshdeep Kaur]]
* "More Haji Piya" – [[Amjad Farid Sabri]]
* "Barsan Lagi" – [[Sneha Pant]]
* "Halla Bol Theme" - Instrumental

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{official website|http://hallabol.indiatimes.com}}
* {{IMDb movie}}
* {{Bollywood Hungama movie|halla-bol}}

{{Rajkumar Santoshi}}

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[[Category:Films about Bollywood]]
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