Halla Bol is a Hindi film released on 11 January 2008, and directed by Rajkumar Santoshi, whose earlier films include The Legend of Bhagat Singh (2002) and Khakee (2004). Halla Bol stars Ajay Devgan and Vidya Balan in pivotal roles and 11 celebrities in the Hindi Film Industry celebrities who appear in the film as themselves.Produced by Samee Siddiqui, the film's score and soundtrack was composed by Sukhwinder Singh, whilst Nataraja Subramanian and Steven Bernard are the cinematographer and editor respectively.The film touches upon many issues that have come into the public eye in India lately, such as the Jessica Lall murder case, Aamir Khan's involvement with the Narmada Bachao Andolan, the Right to Information Act, public participation in fighting corruption. It also references 'Jan Natya Manch', whose leader, the theater activist, Safdar Hashmi was killed by political rivals while performing a street play by the same name, Halla Bol! in 1989