Halo (1996 film)

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]

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

Plot

The film starts with the school's nun-teacher (Mehr Vakil) being frustrated at the ringing of the school bell, which was indicates the end of the school and the start of summer vacation. The story then 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, drinks, and 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
  • Benaf Dadachandji as Sasha Deshpande
  • Bulang Raja as Anil
  • Rajkumar Santoshi as Advocate Deshpande, Sasha's father
  • Pooja Punjabi as Mamta
  • Mukesh Rishi as Police Commissioner
  • Tinu Anand as Smuggler Raja
  • Harish Patel as Astrologer
  • Mehr Vakil as Nun
  • Dolly Chainani as Girl 1
  • Tamana Gulrajani as Girl 2
  • Vinita Chainani as Girl 3
  • Supriya Pathak as Mother
  • Chintu Mahapatra as Chintu
  • Dimple Ghosh as Lata
  • Mr. Punjabi as Doctor
  • Poocha as Tiger
  • Kavin Dave as Thomas
  • Marukh Dadachandji as Thomas's mother
  • Sahil as TV Host of BadBad talk show
  • Anamika Ghosh as Videographer
  • Dipankar as Prabhu Deva
  • Goldie Singh as Goldie
  • Ajit as Tabla Player
  • Ashok Narayan as Mr. Pappu, the 99-year-old man
  • Halo as Halo
  • Farookh Dadachandji as Veterinarian
  • Bala (Nandlal) as Newspaper Editor
  • Prakash Mahapatra as Assistant Newspaper Editor
  • Sagar as Photographer
  • Kanika Nandlal as Secretary
  • Suhas Gujrathi as Office Boy
  • Suresh Bhagwat as Dog Catcher
  • Vijay Khote as Constable 1
  • Anand as Constable 2
  • Ajay as Constable 3
  • Snehendra as Constable 4
  • Abdulkayyam as Journalist
  • Anil Sharma as Smuggler 1
  • Yogesh as Smuggler 2
  • Javed Khan as Washer Boy
  • Babu as Ranga's Assistant
  • Wasim Khan as Ranga
  • Hari as Dog Owner
  • Dr. B. M. Banerji as Old Man
  • Mrs. Banerji as Old Woman
  • Yazad Mohedji as Abdul
  • Sajana Sivam as Kid in Riots

Awards

Public viewing

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

References
  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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