Ranked #1
Halla Bol | Preview
Halla Bol | Preview
Safdar Hashmi was killed in 1989 for doing a play. In his death, he became an icon — for freedom of expression, for sta... Read more
20 Apr 2021
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13mins
Ranked #2
Halla Bol | Episode 1: The Attack
Halla Bol | Episode 1: The Attack
January 1, 1989. A crisp, sunny, winter day, perfect for street theatre. The play is disrupted by a procession. It seems... Read more
22 Apr 2021
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28mins
Ranked #3
Halla Bol | Episode 2: Hide and Seek
Halla Bol | Episode 2: Hide and Seek
January 1, 1989. Safdar is grievously injured in the attack. Three Janam actors move him from hospital to hospital, to t... Read more
27 Apr 2021
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48mins
Ranked #4
Halla Bol | Episode 3: Farewell, Comrade
Halla Bol | Episode 3: Farewell, Comrade
January 2, 1989: Safdar dies; January 3: Thousands bid him goodbye, in anger and rage; January 4: Janam returns to the s... Read more
30 Apr 2021
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29mins
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Ranked #5
Halla Bol | Episode 4: Joining Janam
Halla Bol | Episode 4: Joining Janam
Summer, 1987. The young narrator joins Janam and makes a disastrous debut in street theatre. And then discovers that he ... Read more
4 May 2021
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34mins
Ranked #6
Halla Bol | Episode 5: The Growing-Up Years
Halla Bol | Episode 5: The Growing-Up Years
How Safdar, like the proverbial grasshopper, joined college only one year after his brother, elder to him by four years.... Read more
7 May 2021
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56mins
Ranked #7
Halla Bol | Episode 6: Love in the Time of Emergency
Halla Bol | Episode 6: Love in the Time of Emergency
Janam is formed in 1973, and the Emergency is declared in 1975. Safdar leaves Delhi, and falls in love. Moloyashree and ... Read more
11 May 2021
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45mins
Ranked #8
Halla Bol | Episode 7: Newspaper of the Poor
Halla Bol | Episode 7: Newspaper of the Poor
Janam’s street plays are a hit. Audiences are gobsmacked by this new type of theatre. Safdar starts thinking about the t... Read more
14 May 2021
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41mins
Ranked #9
Halla Bol | Episode 8: Hit the Streets
Halla Bol | Episode 8: Hit the Streets
Janam actors are a colourful bunch. Safdar plays a catalyst’s role in getting Ritwik Ghatak’s films to the world. A spec... Read more
18 May 2021
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45mins
Ranked #10
Halla Bol | Episode 9: Kitaben
Halla Bol | Episode 9: Kitaben
Janam tries to write a play on caste – and fails. Safdar begins writing for children; he writes plays and poems, includi... Read more
21 May 2021
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46mins
