Halla Bol

{{for|the play by Safdar Hashmi|Safdar Hashmi}}

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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 = Pankaj Kapur

Ajay Devgn

Vidya Balan

| music = Sukhwinder Singh

| cinematography = Natty Subramaniam

| editing = Steven H. Bernard

| studio = Pyramid Saimira
Sunrise Pictures Pvt. Ltd.

| distributor = Indian Films through Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision{{cite web | title=Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Ltd. | website=Wayback Machine | url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150228010219if_/http://www.ashtavinayakindia.com/films/previous_release_fd.htm | access-date=2024-12-26}}

| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2008|1|11|}}

| runtime = 142 minutes

| language = Hindi

| country = India

| budget = {{INR}} 270 million{{cite web|url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=180|title=Halla Bol – Movie|publisher=Box Office India}}

| gross = {{INR}} 193.9 million

}}

Halla Bol (Raise Your Voice) is a 2008 Indian Hindi-language drama film written and directed by Rajkumar Santoshi. Halla Bol stars Pankaj Kapur, Ajay Devgn and Vidya Balan in pivotal roles and a number of celebrities from the Hindi and other film industries appear as themselves.{{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|archive-date=19 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219051747/http://www.glamsham.com/movies/scoops/07/jul/07_sridevi_returns_with_raj_kumar_santoshis_halla_bol.asp|url-status=dead}} Produced by Samee Siddiqui, the film's score and soundtrack was composed by Sukhwinder Singh, while Natty Subramaniam and Steven Bernard were the cinematographer and editor respectively. It was released on 11 January 2008. The film was remade with an adapted story in Bengali in 2010 named Pratidwandi.

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.{{cite web | url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2008/jan/11halla.htm | title=Santoshi's back with Halla Bol }}{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-reviews/halla-bol/movie-review/2693447.cms | title=Halla Bol Movie Review {3/5}: Critic Review of Halla Bol by Times of India | website=The Times of India }}{{cite web | url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/movie-reviews/review-halla-bol/story-CK0FF3CqKkN56HGVuYY6JP.html | title=Review: Halla Bol | date=11 January 2008 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/halla-bol/critic-review/halla-bol-movie-review/ | title=Halla Bol Review 3/5 {{pipe}} Halla Bol Movie Review {{pipe}} Halla Bol 2008 Public Review {{pipe}} Film Review | website=Bollywood Hungama | date=11 January 2008 }}{{cite web | url=https://planetbollywood.com/displayReview.php?id=f041908124250 | title=Halla Bol – movie review by Aakash Gandhi – Planet Bollywood }}