Halo (1996 film)

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Halo
File:Halo (1996 film).jpg
Directed bySantosh Sivan
Produced byChildren's Film Society, India
Written by
Starring
Music byRanjit Barot
CinematographySantosh Sivan
Edited byKanika Myer Bharat
Release date
7 February 1996
Running time
92 min
CountryIndia

Halo is a 1996 Indian drama film directed by Santosh Sivan. It tells the story of The loneliness in a motherless Sasha’s life is filled by her puppy Halo. When Halo gets lost Sasha has only one thought on her mind to find him at any cost. This seven year old girl’s search for her puppy in the byzantine streets of Mumbai turns into Alice’s ride down the rabbit hole as she encounters one idiosyncratic person after another. Does Sasha find her little puppy?[1]

Plot[edit]

The film starts with the school's nun-teacher (Mehr Vakil) being frustrated at the ringing of school bell which was indicates the end of the school and the start of the vacations. The story now turns to Sasha (Benaf Dadachandji), a motherless child who yearns of mother's love despite having Mr. Deshpande (Rajkumar Santoshi), her doting father and a criminal lawyer. Her friend Thomas (Kavin Dave) has gone to London to undergo a surgery.

During vacation, when all the other kids are busy playing, she sits silently and doesn't even eat properly. So, the gluttonous servant fabricates a story that a miracle will happen in form of a Halo. There comes a street dog and Sasha believes it to be the miracle, the God-sent Halo. She adopts it and names it Halo. Now her life revolves around him. She sleeps, she drinks, she eats with him. Her father doesn't object even though he doesn't like dogs. Her father, through a Satyavadi and follows the principles of Gandhiji he observes a fast the another day. Once, when Halo is missing, she finds it inside and outside but to no avail.

She firstly asks Police Commissioner (Mukesh Rishi) who uses her for his own use to capture a gang of notorious smugglers led by Smuggler Raja (Tinu Anand), a dumb notorious smuggler but the credit goes to Sasha for capturing the smuggler. She also takes help of Ranga (Wasim Khan), who leads a group of street urchins.

Eventually, she is able to find Halo but the dog is now owned by an old couple (Dr. B. M. Banerji and Mrs. Banerji) for their physically disabled grandson Abdul (Yazad Mohedji).

At the end of the movie, Sasha happily gives the dog to Abdul.

Cast[edit]

Awards[edit]

Public viewing[edit]

The movie was first relayed on Children's Day in 1996 on Doordarshan.

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Verma, Suparn (4 April 1997). "I want to make films only I can make". Rediff On The Net.
  2. ↑ Gulzar, Govind; Saiba Nihalani (2003). "Biography: Sivan, Santosh". Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema. Encyclopædia Britannica (India). p. 633. ISBN 81-7991-066-0.

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