Halla Bol shows us, close up, how one man’s death and life are intertwined with the stories of many people. Safdar Hashmi (Hindi सफ़दर हाशमी; * 12. Januar 1989 in Neu-Delhi) war ein indischer Dramatiker, Theaterregisseur und Schauspieler.Er gehörte zu den bedeutendsten Vertretern des linkspolitischen indischen Straßentheaters.Bis zu seinem Tod hatte Hashmi etwa 4000 Auftritte in 24 verschiedenen Stücken. There were corporation elections in Uttar Pradesh, and the performance at Jhandapur was part of the campaign for comrade Ramanath Jha. Through Halla Bol: The Death and Life of Safdar Hashmi, his colleague and friend Sudhanva Deshpande has brought to painful life the gentleness, good … Halla Bol stars Ajay Devgn and Vidya Balan in pivotal roles and a number of celebrities from the Hindi and other film industries appear as themselves. Halla Bol, Raise Hell, was the name of the play that street theatre activists of Jan Natya Manch, Janam, were performing on January 1, 1989, when Safdar Hashmi and his troupe of actors were attacked. Produced by Samee Siddiqui, the film's score and soundtrack was composed by Sukhwinder Singh, while Nataraja Subramanian and Steven Bernard were the cinematographer and editor respectively. Halla Bol (Raise Your Voice) is an Indian Hindi drama film released on 11 January 2008, and directed by Rajkumar Santoshi. An excerpt from Sudhanva Deshpande’s upcoming book 'Halla Bol: The Death and Life of Safdar Hashmi'. For a generation that grew up without knowing Safdar Hashmi, Halla Bol renders his passion, humour and humanism into an intimate portrait. It shows the intersections between cultural practice and working-class politics, the profound link between ideology and real-life struggle. The Untimely Death of Playwright Activist Safdar Hashmi. Theatre activist Safdar Hashmi was killed in Ghaziabad while staging his play, ‘Halla Bol’ in 1989. April 1954 in Delhi; † 2.