Haami

Haami
Directed by	Nandita Roy and Shiboprosad Mukherjee
Written by	Nandita Roy and Shiboprosad Mukherjee
Screenplay by	Nandita Roy
Story by	Nandita Roy
Produced by	Windows Production
Starring	See below
Cinematography	Supriyo Dutta
Edited by	Moloy Laha
Music by	Arindam Chatterjee Anindya Chatterjee
Production company	Windows Production House
Distributed by	Windows Production and Eros International
Release date	11 May 2018 (2018-05-11)
Country	India
Language	Bengali
Budget	₹85 lakhs
Box office	₹7.40crore

Haami is a 2018 Bengali film directed by Nandita Roy and Shiboprosad Mukherjee. The movie is produced by Windows and is distributed regionally by the same. As per the figures provided by trade magazine. Film Companion, it was the highest grosser in Bengali cinema in 2018. Haami is an innocent tale of two friends, Bhutu and Chini, who comes from entirely different backgrounds. Before Haami, Nandita Roy and Shiboprosad Mukherjee came up with Ramdhanu which also dealt with the story of harried parents and what they go through in order to put their children in good schools. Haami could well be considered as a sequel to this, where Laltu and Mitali’s characters are played by the same cast i.e Shiboprosad Mukherjee and Gargi Roy Chowdhury.The Malayalam rights of this movie have been acquired by Rajesh Nair, who made Salt Mango Tree, based on the same film..

Plot[]

Laltu Biswas (Shiboprosad Mukherjee) and Mitali Biswas (Gargi Roy Chowdhury) are the parents of Bhutu (Broto Banerjee). Mitali is a homemaker and Laltu is a rich furniture showroom owner. Their son, Bhutu, studies in one of the top schools of Kolkata, where he meets his best friend, Chini (Tiyasha Pal). Contrary to Bhutu's background, Chini comes from a highly intellectual and sophisticated family where her parents, Srinjoy Sen (Sujan Mukhopadhyay) and Rina Sen (Churni Ganguly), are both academicians. Bhutu being a diehard Salman Khan fan like his father, happens to know all the antics from Salman Khan films. He is the self-proclaimed 'bhaijaan' at school and gets into a scuffle with a classmate because of his antics. Bhutu thinks that he should let Chini know about his feelings towards her and tells her that he loves her and wishes to marry her someday. Chini ends up telling this to her parents. Keeping Chini's involvement in mind the school authorities summon Chini's parents as well which leads to a confrontation between the parents, who end up having a brawl. The Sens decide to change Chini’s school and take her away from Bhutu. After getting a good scolding from his mother, Bhutu decides not to speak to Chini anymore and stops sitting beside her at school, which hurts Chini. Soon their sections are also changed. However, after watching someone getting married on TV, Bhutu decides to marry Chini by putting sindoor on her. Meanwhile, another child from the class, stands witness to this plan and reports it to the class teacher, who is again forced to take it up with the principal. Both set of parents are summoned again. Though the parents are miffed with each other and the school, they realise at the end how innocent and pure Bhutu and Chini’s bonding is.

Cast and Crew[]

• Broto Banerjee as Bodhiswata Biswas/Bhutu/Bhaijaan
• Tiyasha Pal as Tanuruchi Sen/Chini
• Abhiraj Karan as Ajat Shotru Rakshit/Kuchu
• Tanushree Shankar as Principal
• Aparajita Auddy as Arundhati, School Councellor
• Shiboprosad Mukherjee as Laltu Biswas, Bhutu's father
• Gargi Roychowdhury as Mitali Biswas, Bhutu's mother
• Koneenica Banerjee as Shyamoli Rakshit, Ajat Shotru's mother
• Kharaj Mukherjee as Dilip Rakshit - Ajat Shotru's father and local MLA
• Masood Akhtar as Chacha jaan
• Sujan Mukhopadhyay as Srinjoy Sen, Chini's father
• Churni Ganguly as Rina Sen, Chini's mother
• Debolina Dutta as Jhumur Paul's mother
• Devlina Kumar as Sohini, Bhutu and Chini's class teacher
• Shreyan Bhattacharya in a special appearance as himself

Soundtrack[]

The music of the film is directed and composed by Anindya Chatterjee. Bhutu Bhaijan, the song based on Bhutu that became an overnight sensation, has been composed by Arindam Chatterjee. All the other songs of the movie have been sung by children, which is rare in Bengali cinema. Only a promotional song that is not in the film has been sung by Babul Supriyo. Every song of Haami touched a chord with the audience both on social media and digitalplatforms. Till date, they have earned millions of views on Youtube and other digital platforms and a special album was also released. The music of Haami also earned Mirchi Best Music Award of the Year (2018). All lyrics are written by Anindya Chatterjee.

All lyrics are written by Anindya Chatterjee.

Release and Screening[]

Haami was released on 11^th May 2018 and was premiered in Nandan. The film was initially shown in Navina Cinema and a few other halls after it was rejected by 7 prime theatres of Kolkata but that didn't stop it from becoming a runaway hit. The movie ran houseful in theatres for 60 consecutive days and is the biggest blockbuster of the year 2018 in Bengali cinema.

Haami tops the list of Hoichoi’s Most Watched Film from all-time hits. Haami ran for 100 days.

Navina, a single screen theatre in Kolkata, alone made a 1 crore business from the movie. Haami also earned the highest BARC rating (824) after the television premiere. Haami’s popularity and audience attraction were more than all the big-budget pre-puja releases of 2018. Special screenings were organized by all renowned schools of Kolkata like South Point, Ballygunge Siksha Sadan, Nava Nalanda, Patha Bhavaan etc for their students.

Awards[]

• Most Popular film of the year by WBFJA (2018)
• Mirchi Best Music Award of the Year(2018).
• Most watched film all time by Hoichoi.
• Best Music Album of the year.
• Best Music Composer of the year.
• Best  Lyricist – Anindya Chatterjee.
• Best Female Vocalist of the year.
• Best Child Actor.

Other Recognition and Achievements[]

• 100 days theatrical Run.
• 60 consecutive days of houseful in Nandan.
• Airborne rights in 6 major airlines.
• Airborne run for 15 months.
• Television Barc Rating 824.
• Available simultaneously in Hotstar, Hoichoi and Star Jalsha.
• Haami Merchandise sponsored by Max Fashion.
• 17 brands associated with single film like Mukhorochok Chanachur, P C Chandra, Priya Gopal Bishoyee, City Style, Shoppers Stop and many more

Haami Brand-Trademark and Merchandise[]

So popular was the title, Haami, that Windows took the trademark on the name and formed Haami Club. 'Haami Films' has also been opened as a sister production house of Windows. Nandita Roy and Shiboprosad Mukherjee have decided to come up with new projects under the banner of Windows and Haami films. All these will have children as their lead cast.

Windows and Haami Films have already announced the making of Haami 2 and Haami 3. They have also announced that renowned actor Prosenjit Chatterjee will be featuring in Haami 2, along with the same cast of Haami.

Production[]

Almost 750 kids had participated in the making of this movie. A month-long workshop was organised for the kids to train them under experienced groomers. Teachers from various schools were a part of this workshop. Extreme precautions were taken to ensure the safety, security and the psychological comfort in doing this work with the children. For the production house it became a humongous task to manage them as well as ensuring their safety. The fun fact is, the real parents of the kids acted as their parents in this film.

Many famous schools of Kolkata have participated in the making and shooting of this movie like South Point, Ballygunge Shiksha Sadan, Patha Bhavan and Nava Nalanda, among others.

References[]

• https://www.anandabazar.com/supplementary/anandaplus/haami-will-not-be-released-at-7-cinema-hall-of-kolkata-1.792762
• https://m.timesofindia.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/haami-is-the-biggest-blockbuster-of-2018-so-far/amp_articleshow/64158959.cms
• https://twitter.com/iammony/status/1253567908002828288?s=09
• https://www.anandabazar.com/supplementary/anandaplus/haami-will-not-be-released-at-7-cinema-hall-of-kolkata-1.792762
• https://m.timesofindia.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/haami-is-the-biggest-blockbuster-of-2018-so-far/amp_articleshow/64158959.cms

External links[]

• Haami at IMDb