'Hawaa Hawaai' - which released in theatres last Friday, has become a talking point amidst the cinema lovers. This little movie with a big heart carries a hefty tale about living your dreams. Director Amole Gupte has ingeniously captured the life of Arjun, played sensitively by Partho Gupte, and his four other friends, who have made an impact on their viewers. Post its release, 'Hawaa Hawaai' has gained highly positive reviews, making it stand out amongst the competition.

Saibal Chatterjee from NDTV says,`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.`

Madhureeta Mukherjee from Times of India has said, `Amol Gupte's story is soulful, heart-breaking and hopeful - moving you from tears to deep-thought. He skillfully creates a portrait of the lives of deprived children - with profundity and playfulness.`

JuhiChawla tweeted, `Hawaa hawaai... Warm... Amusing... Inspiring..lovely for family viewing.. take the kids.. Today!!...`

GlamSham's Martin D'Souza says, `Hawaa Hawaai: Amole Gupte's film is refreshing, unique, charming, challenging & uplifting!` Popular movie critic Taran Adarsh wrote,`Hawaa Hawaai is a gem that shouldn't be missed. A wonderful creation with heartrending emotions, this one's inspirational and motivating. Strongly recommended!`

`Drag every kid you care about to this movie,` is what Raja Sen wrote about the movie.

With Karan Johar, Juhi Chawla, Riteish Deshmukh, Punit Malhotra, Tarun Manshukani, Genelia Deshmukh, Aditi Rao Hydari, Sudhir Mishra, Soumik Sen, Nikhil Advani, Ayushmann Khurana being just some of the people giving this movie a thumbs up, it's clear that amongst the sea of competition, Hawaa Hawaai is the movie to watch!


'Hawaa Hawaai' is a story of the triumph of the human spirit; friendship and enjoying the journey of making one's 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? The film stars Partho Gupte and Saqib Saleem . Presented by Fox Star Studios and written, produced and directed by Amole Gupte, the film released on 9th May, 2014, and is touted to be the first film on in-line skating in the world.