Hawaa Hawaai (2014)

Hindi 2 hrs 30 mins Comedy
78 %
Total Reviews: 49
Sahi: 38 Nahi: 11

Review Summary: Hawaa Hawaii is an awesome movie.. Referesing and fun to watch!

Average Critic Rating: (3.20)
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Est. Budget: 11.8 CR
Est. Box Office Collection: 11.1 CR

Plot: The plot centres around Arjun Harishchand Waghmare ( Partho Gupte ) and his dream to skate. The film chronicles his coach Aniket Bhargava ( Saqib Saleem ) and Arjun's journey towards being a champion skater.... Read more

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The perfect blend of emotions and drama
FilmFare
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,
Times of India
Spoilers AlertAt 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 lu
NDTV 
The film is a slim story told with a heart
IBN 
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?
Times of India
Wish it had been a better film
Indian Express
Cast: Partho Gupte, Saqib Saleem, Anuj Sachdeva, Makarand Deshpande Direction: Amole Gupte Rating: ****‘Hawaa Hawaai’ is a delightful tale, striking just the right chords that tug at your heartstrings. Amole Gupte has infused so much personality and emoti
Yahoo India
HAWAA HAWAAI is a gem that shouldn't be missed. A wonderful creation with heartrending emotions...
Bollywood Hungama
So while Hawaa Hawaai isn’t entirely satisfying, I still recommend that you see it. It is a timely reminder of the intractable horrors that children in this country face on a daily basis.
Hindustan Times 
HAWAA HAWAAI is a gem that shouldn't be missed. A wonderful creation with heartrending emotions...
Bollywood Hungama
Worth a watch!
Koi Moi
Razzak Khan, Anuj SachdevaDirector: Amole GupteHawaa Hawaai, directed by Amole Gupte, is about a poor fatherless boy who works at a tea stall, but nurses dreams of skating like the rich kids in the neighborhood. Like in his earlier film, 2011’s Stanley K
Rajeev Masand
His name is Arjun Harishchandra Waghmare (Partho Gupte), but the tea stall owner who has employed him calls him Raju. It’s convenient that way, even if undignified. The boy, who should ideally be in school, will now work there 10 hours a day if not more.
SIFY
You could skip it!
Yahoo India
Amol Gupte's grip over how children think, behave and feel is far beyond any other director in the film industry. Which is why his films, though about children, are never actually childish.
First Post
Instead of a sentimental cinema with a positive message Amole Gupte's 'Hawaa Hawaai' is a squirmingly squishy so predictable unconvincing forced sentima (read cinema) that lacks the stamina to please the major or concerned audience.
India Glitz
After his much acclaimed outing, Stanley Ka Dabba, filmmaker Amol Gupta is back with his another venture in Hawaa Hawaai. Starring Saqib Saleem and PartHo Gupte in the lead roles, this movie has hit the screens today. Let’s see what it has in store for th
Bollywood 3
Worth a watch!
DNA India
It seems that director Amole Gupte has a natural ability to work with children and bring out their best performance. After ‘Taare Zameen Par’ and ‘Stanley Ka Dabba’ he once again brings us a film based around children but not necessarily for children only
Full review on Bollywood Mantra
Bollywood Mantra
Plot: कहानी:हवा हवाई कहानी है अर्जुन(पार्थो गुप्ते) की जो कि एक दुकान में चाय बांटने वाले का काम करता है। इस काम से उसे जो भी पैसे मिलते हैं, वो उन पैसों से अपनी मां और भाई की देखभाल करता है। इस काम के दौरान ही अर्जुन को स्केटिंग क्लासेस के बारे में प
Bhaskar
Hawaa Hawaai is an earnest, important and evocative film, says Raja Sen.It is a rare and wondrous thing when students genuinely admire a teacher.I remember sniggering cruelly many years ago when my kid brother, extolling the virtues of one of those self-a
Full review on Rediff 
Rediff 
Hawaa Hawaai makes you laugh, smile, brood and almost cry too. And of course root for the little champion!
Now Running
Story:A gripping tale, the story begins with a boy called Raju (partho) who takes up job as a servant at a tea-stall. His father (makrand) is a farmer who is no more. One day, Raju comes across Lucky (saqib) who is a coach for the rollerblading sport and
Full review on Bharat Student
Bharat Student
Hawaa Hawaai featuring Partho Gupte, Saqib Saleem, Makrand Deshpande, and Neha Joshi which is written and directed by Amole Gupte is a film that must be seen by every person young or old who has ever dreamt.Hawaa Hawaai never lets you down. Sure it has it
Full review on OneIndia
OneIndia
What it’s about: Bollywood ignores two genres of films. sports and children’s films. Amole Gupte brings both the genres together in one moving, touching and an emotional tale of a boy’s dream. Hawaa Hawaai is the story of a boy Arjun (Partho Gupte) who mo
Bollywood Life
Harishchandra Waghmare (Makrand Dehpande) lits the lamp and a small room suddenly becomes alive, full of hope and faith. The father imbibes this learning into his son Arjun (Partho Gupte), a lesson to never loose hope. This opening shot of Amol Gupte’s Ha
Bollywood Life
A wi wiwi wiwi wiwi.. it's so wannabe.. a perfect case of tout more robust than its clout.. Amole Gupte's next after Stanley Ka Dabba (overeaten by frogs in the well type critics and left over by the audience) comes a squirmingly squishy, so predictable, unconvincing, forced sentima (read cinema) that tries so hard to fly but fails to even take off resulting in an ultimately unclassifiable piece of work that neither entertains nor enlightens.
Full review on India Glitz
India Glitz
What it’s about: Bollywood ignores two genres of films. sports and children’s films. Amole Gupte brings both the genres together in one moving, touching and an emotional tale of a boy’s dream. Hawaa Hawaai is the story of a boy Arjun (Partho Gupte) who mo
Bollywood Life
Very early in this wonderful film we see the extraordinarily talented young hero Partho Gupte in prayer with his screen-father, played by the redoubtable Makarand Deshpande.
MSN India
Worth a watch!
OneIndia
Cast:Partho Gupte, Saqib Saleem, Pragya Yadav, Makarand Deshpande, Devraya Gole, Neha Joshi, Rekha Kamat Director: Amole Gupte Rating:*** Before going ahead with the critical analysis of recently released "Hawaa Hawaai" I would like to specifica
Santa Banta
Hawaa Hawaai makes you laugh smile brood and almost cry too. And of course root for the little champion!
Now Running
If you liked Stanley Ka Dabba, you'll also like this.
Hindustan Times 
Fox Star Studios and Amole Gupte Cinema’s Hawaa Hawaai is a story of grit and determination. Arjun Harishchandra Waghmare (master Partho Gupte) is a bright student from a poor family. He loses his father (Makarand Deshpande) under tragic circumstances and
Komals Reviews
Hawaa Hawaai is the ideal combination of comedy and drama
BookMyShow
Nevertheless, the adorable performances are enough to warranty this clean and from-the-heart movie a dekho.
Bolly Spice
If the 2011 release Stanley Ka Dabba filmmaker Amole Gupte struck a chord with you then, you will be impressed with Hawaa Hawaai too. Having mastered the art of working with kids, Gupte once again has his son playing the lead.
India Today
Very early in this wonderful film we see the extraordinarily talented young hero Partho Gupte in prayer with his screen-father, played by the redoubtable Makarand Deshpande.;Immediately, you sense you are in the midst of an exceptionally serene, nurtur
Full review on Zee News
Zee News
Writer-director Amole Gupte’s forte is working with children. In films like Taare Zameen Par and Stanley Ka Dabba, he presented children in all their heartbreaking vulnerability and complexity.
Full review on Bollywood.Com
Bollywood.Com
We all love stories of the underdogs, the great thing about them is despite knowing their victory is imminent we want to see how it pans out and in a way we too own their victories. Hawa Hawaai is yet another movie in that category though it would find it
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If there is anyone in India who truly understands children and the issues which plague them, it is Amol Gupte. Having written a decade defining film like Taare Zameen Par and having directed one of the biggest sleeper hits of 2011 Stanley Ka Dabba, expect
Full review on Indicine
Indicine
It's rare to see a film with characters neatly crafted. Rarer still where every actor is a possible protagonist and no single actor is given a 'favored treatment'. That is the beauty of a well-made film. It also speaks volumes about the vision of the pers
Glam Sham
Arjun Harishchandra Waghmare (Partho) is a champion, but he doesn't know it yet. He is convinced that his father (Deshpande) was a champion when he was alive. That he chooses the sport of skating to be closer to his father is incidental; it could have b
Mumbai Mirror
At first glance, this movie seems like a typical underdog-success story we have all seen on the screen so many times. But the fact that Amole Gupte has lent his magic to this venture is enough reason in itself to check out what Hawaa Hawaai is all about.C
Bolly Spice
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IBN 
With STANLEY KA DABBA Gupte stamped his class on a very mature yet childlike issue. With HAWAA HAWAAI he gives wings nay wheels to those who dare to dream...
Glam Sham
Movie: Hawaa Hawaai Release Date: 9th May 2014 Star Cast: Saqib Saleem, Partho Gupte, Makrand Deshpande Director: Amole Gupte Rating: The last time we saw the father-son duo work together was in a film called ‘Stanley Ka Dabba’. Now, after almost four y
Full review on Bollywood Mixer
Bollywood Mixer
Hawaa Hawaai has an ordinary soundtrack that could have been better if the music was more energetic, writes Joginder Tuteja.A sports film should have energetic and uplifting music. The music of Hawaa Hawaai -- composed by Hitesh Sonik with lyrics by Amol
Full review on Rediff 
Rediff 
Director: Amole Gupte
India Today