Hawaa Hawaai(2014)

Hawaa Hawaai(2014)
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The movie is a trial of simple dreams turning into passion. Arjun, the son of a deceased farmer, turns a child labor to earn a living for his family. Dragging his life through the potholes of struggle, Arjun seeks a dawn when Lucky (his coach) and the eagerness towards skating becomes his passion for life.
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A family living in peace in the inner skirts of Maharashtra suddenly gets devastated as the earning man of the family (Makarand Deshpande) dies of a tragic incident. Moving their base to the city of dreams Mumbai, Arjun (Partho Gupte) along with his mom (Neha Joshi), little sister and aged grandmother tries to bring their train back on the track. Seeing the train getting derailed, Arjun has to take control by working at a tea stall to earn them a living. With situations taking away the childhood he deserves, the poor soul finds a ray of hope as he gets introduced to the world of skating that stands firm in the dusk when the students gather to practice in front of his tea stall. Serving tea to the people, Arjun in return starts to pick up not only the empty cups but, the talent as well. His amusement turning into passion, it is his friends who help him out by building skates from scrap, and the dreamer flies starts flying high upon them. Nourishing the passion, Arjun gets to master the skills when Lucky (Saqib Saleem), a skating coach agrees to train the lad at his best. But as iron needs to go through fire to take a shape, the champ too has to pass through thorns to reach his destiny.
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One Line Review: Emotional delight with enthusiasm to garnish the serve. Positive Points: Unique script, amazing performances, brilliant screenplay, sheer art direction and the list concludes by proving the film to nearly be a flawless feature. Negative Points: Finding it hard to find, a couple of long stretched shots freezes the frame, but a blink bring the motion back on track. Emphasizing bit more up on its music could have had added moons to its glory. Plot: The curtain raise up to a young boy Arjun (Partho Gupte) living in the slums of Dharavi along with his mother, a little sister and an aging grandmother. The situation there itself depicts that the family lacks the shadow of the earning man, his father. As the reel continues, the young lad has to fill the gaps left out by his dad and start working at a tea stall to earn his leaving along with his mom working as a maid. Gelled up with his routine, Arjun finds peace in the company of a bunch of friends leading a same life (child labor) alike him. Dragging his trial ahead, Arjun finally hits a rock of astonishment when he sees his workplace, which is a plush parking lot turning into a skating arena in the dusk. Dozens of children perfecting their skills on wheels, Lucky (Saqib Saleem) nurtures their talent as a coach. Dreaming with wide eyes, Arjun has now created a world of himself in the sounds of dragging wheels and his friends plan to make it a reality. Grabbing things from scrap, the kids finally build a pair of skates but what desperately was required was the expertise, Lucky sir. Arjun showcasing his talent on the 'kaam chalau' skates which impresses the master, Lucky and hence his journey towards becoming a champ rolls ahead. Merely, as iron rests in coal to get the perfect shape, Arjun's journey too heats up as the hammer of success nears to carve his future. Direction and Other Technical Aspects: Producer/ Writer/ Director Amole Gupte is back with yet another delicious treat with his favorite specialty, kids. It's second in a row when the Gupte dynasty, Amol and his son Partho would be sharing their skills together after 'Stanley Ka Dabba'. Amol seems to have mastered his forte of children oriented films thus, clearly flashes on screen. Amol has done a lot of home work with his script to gain good grades and so does with his direction. The screenplay is nearly flawless and runs smoothly throughout the end. Editing too has done wonders, which makes the motion a treat to watch. The unfolding backdrop of the characters keeps the viewers glued to their seats along with amazing penning of some heart touching dialogues which are simple and casual yet say a lot through it, for example when a kid is asked, "Don't you feel you to go to a school, then why are you working" and the poor soul clearly replies back, "Kaam pe nahi jaayega toh khayega kya... Kitab!" merely depicts the emotion simultaneously broadens your lips to a smile. Many such simplicities have created a unique texture all together and has kept the feature simple yet triumphs to win hearts. Performances: The beauty of the film lies here, where the characters are brought to life with some astonishing performances from the actors. Starting off the sail, Partho Gupte, the face of the film essaying Arjun, the son of dead farmer is brilliant. Young blood has splashed gems out of his performance of a poor, need yet dreamy guy who wants to make it big but, totally upon his courage and passion. Second in the row, Saqib Saleem as the coach Lucky perfectly suits the character with his athletic body type. Yet another gem from the younger lot of marvelous performance, Saqib nails the stroke with his dual shaded character portraying emotions of a sound gentle guy along with toughness of a superlative coach, Saleem fits in the shoes of the character perfectly. Nevertheless, the supporting star cast, Makarand Deshpande as Arjun's father along with four kids (Arjun's friends) and Arjun's mother portrayed by Neha Joshi, has delivered some finest performance that has made this flick climb up the success ladder. Music: Amole Gupte seems to be in no mood to leave a segment untouched, so what the talent house has landed up in to the recording studio as well. Composing the tracks for his home production, Amol has been brilliant here as well with a decent track list merely, just a couple like "Ghum Gayi" and "Sar Uthake Jee" are the tracks that remain at the back of your head among the whole track list of five tracks. The background score too equally rubs the motion well enough to create warmness and hence could be called up to the mark, declaring Amole to be a 'jack of all trades'. Final Verdict: Indian cinema has been criticized for the typical masala outings, singing and dancing around the trees and so on for decades now... however, new bunch of talents have changed the scenario forever and this feature is one among them that surely adds a feather of glory to the hat of cinema dawned by our nation in its 100th year. Simple yet motivating, the feature gulps the thirst of ace filmmaking.
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I love underdogs. Who doesn't? Especially those who come from disadvantaged backgrounds and show the privileged what's what. And even more so when they are played by a bunch of endearing fellows, led by a lad who has a flame in his eyes, and a pleasing steadiness of purpose. Partho Gupte's second outing in his father's second directorial venture 'Hawaa Hawaai', should have been a clear winner by rights: he is excellent; so are several of the other performances, but the film doesn't match up.
At first blush, the plot premise of Hawaa Hawaai may sound unpromising and hackneyed. But the film has just enough wind in its sails to make it across the finish line with some effort to spare. To put it in one line, the film is about a luckless Dharavi boy who surmounts a mountain of hurdles to realize an unlikely dream kindled and nurtured by a skating coach. Writer-director Amole Gupte employs the standard tropes of a triumph-of-the-underdog tale to deliver a warm, sensitive and rousing slice-of-life drama. The young boy whose story Hawaa Hawaai is, as well as the four street children who stand by him come hell or high tide, are completely believable and affecting characters that grow on the audience as the film gets into its stride.
Story: Young slumboy Arjun's only dream is to own a pair of shiny roller skates and be a champion of this sport-on-wheels. But is this little dream too big for his battered boots? Review: Even slumdogs have dreams bundled away in their crumbling chawls, beneath piles of garbage and atop roofless homes. So what if it's not about millions and mansions, chateaus or chartered planes. Their sapna is made of strong stuff too. As kadak as the chai Arjun Harishchandra Waghmare (Partho), serves daily at the tea-stall for meagre wages.
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