Movie Review : Hawaa Hawaai
Cast: Partho Gupte, Saqib Saleem, Anuj Sachdeva, Makarand Deshpande; Director: Amole Gupte; Rating: ***
Published: Thursday,May 08, 2014 12:50 PM GMT-06:00
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Whenever Bollywood comes out with a film based on sports, it's almost every time a masterpiece. If we look back movies like Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar, Iqbal, or the ace movie Chak De India, all have had a powerful storyline, and eventually you find yourself on the edge of your seat, during the last race or match. Amole Gupte's Hawaa Hawaai, is also a film set in the sports genre. Amole Gupte who is known for his impeccable filmmaking skills and churning out a movie like Stanley Ka Dabba, and being the creative director of Taare Zameen Par, the expectations one has from his films is always on the ascend. But his flight on this Hawaa Hawaai, suffers a mid-air crisis, and seems a half-baked dish.
Hawaa Hawaa is a story of the triumph of the human spirit; friendship and enjoying the journey of making one's dream come true. Arjun (Partho Gupte) moves to the big city along with his mother and little sister. Out there he discovers a hidden world of in-line skating through coach Lucky, who mentors kids to become skating champions. While Arjun starts nursing the dream to learn skating under Lucky (Saqib Saleem), his four friends get together to make this dream come true for him. In this endearing story of hope and aspirations, will Arjun's dreams take flight?
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There isn't much music to speak about, but the background score is quite pumping, atleast during the race sequences. Cinematography is good and captures the essence of a high flying dream well. Deepa Bhatia, who has done the edit of the film, has done a very intelligent as well as creative job. Especially the last race sequence which shows Arjun's determination to win the race amalgamated with his past where he ran miles to save his dying father; the switch of the scenes is done beautifully.
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