| Name | Aarakshan |
| Release Date | Friday, August 12, 2011 |
| About 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... |
| Genre | Drama, Thriller |
| Language | Hindi |
Cast & Crew Members of Aarakshan
 Amitabh Bachchan as Prabhakar Anand |
 Saif Ali Khan as Deepak Kumar |
 Deepika Padukone as Poorvi |
 Saurabh Shukla as Mantri Baburao |
 Hema Malini as Shakuntala |
 Dorian Charnis as composer: additional music |
 Elias Constantopedos as composer: additional music |
