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Slide 1: PRAKASH JHA’S ‘AARAKSHAN’ HAS A SOCIAL MESSAGE Bollywood film maker, Prakash Jha who is known to make films based on social issues, is all set with his next film, ‘Aarakshan’ that addresses the reservation system in educational institutions and government jobs. The film is slated for release on 12th August and has Amitabh Bachchan, Saif Ali Khan and Deepika Padukone in the lead roles. The film also features the likes of Manoj Bajpai, Prateik Babbar as Sushant, Shabana Azmi, Tanvi Azmi, Hema Malini, Chetan Pandit, Mukesh Tiwari, Yashpal Sharma, Darshan Jariwala, Saurabh Shukla, Vinay Apte, Anita Kanwar, S.M. Zaheer and Aanchal Munjal. A major part of the film has been shot in Bhopal, the capital of Madhya Pradesh, an Indian province. Bollywood composers, Shankar- Ehsaan-Loy have composed the music for the film. Lyricist Prasoon Joshi has written the lyrics for the songs and also composed the music of the title track of the film, Kaun si Dor which has been sung by Pandit Chunnulal Misra. Aarakshan is the story of Dr. Prabhakar Anand, a utopian college principal and a non-believer of casteism. But turn of events lead to him being labeled as a casteist by all including his favourite student Deepak Kumar played by Saif Ali Khan. Deepak is also in love with Dr. Anand’s daughter, Poorbie, essayed by Deepika Padukone. Misunderstandings come in between the young lovers when Poorbie finds out that Deepak, who is a dalit is also pointing fingers at her father. About his character, Amitabh Bachchan said, his character does not believe in casteism but also feels that reservations are meant to be opportunities to weaker sections to move forward. The film also broaches the subject of how opportunities for education are becoming increasingly commercialized.
Slide 2: Saif Ali Khan who plays a major role in the film says that the movie Aarakshan has changed his perspective towards reservation policies. He says he was strongly against reservation but after playing a Dalit in the movie and knowing the deeper realities of the poor people from that cast, he now believes reservations should exist. Get your daily dose of entertainment on NyooTV.com. With a fresh new look and feel and more than 1,70,000 videos, NyooTV is your one stop shop for web entertainment. You can find full length Bollywood movies, trailers of forthcoming Bollywood movies, TV shows (old and new), music videos (old and new) and watch them in high definition for free. NyooTV’s innovative technology renders superfast loading of videos, thereby giving a buffer-free experience to users. You can get daily updates on Bollywood events and gossips as you check out videos on all Bollywood Events, Bollywood Parties, Music Launch, Bollywood trailers. Add social media to the mix and what you get is India’s First Online Social TV Network, which brings together entertainment with social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and MySpace. Viewers can share their favorite videos with their friends on their Facebook walls and Twitter update. Users can invite their friends to join them on NyooTV.com for some fun and entertainment as they can choose to like, dislike or share a video with their friends and have loads of entertainment only on NyooTV.com! Watch Aarakshan Trailer at NyooTV.com. You can also watch latest bollywood films, online bollywood movies, action movies, comedy movies, latest music videos, upcoming bollywood movies information etc. To watch free online bollywood movies and free music videos, please visit to www.nyootv.com.