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Hawaa Hawaai

2014 · 120 min

A heartwarming underdog story that celebrates friendship and perseverance, leaving you inspired and uplifted.

Directed by
Amole Gupte
Genres
Drama, Family
Starring
Makrand Deshpande, Partho A. Gupte, Neha Joshi
Overview
Hawaa Hawaai is a story of the triumph of the human spirit; friendship and enjoying the journey of making ones dream come true. Arjun 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, 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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Directed by
Amole Gupte
Genres
Drama, Family
Starring
Makrand Deshpande, Partho A. Gupte, Neha Joshi
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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • politics
  • family
  • ambition
  • healing
Places
  • big city
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour4
Realism7
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama, family
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
Makrand Deshpande, Partho A. Gupte, Neha Joshi, Saqib Saleem, Srishti Sharma, Mahesh Balraj, Rekha Kamat, Anuj Sachdeva
Runtime
120 min
Country
India
Languages
Hindi

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