Hawaizaada

2015

2h 28m

Drama

History

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In 1895, Shivkar Bapuji Talpade (Ayushmann Khurrana) constructs and flies India's first unmanned plane, despite having the odds stacked against him.

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Shubhra Gupta

The Indian Express

The only thing that soars is its music, but for that, I wouldn't have had to see it, would I?

Rated: 1/5

Jul 5, 2016

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Rachel Saltz

New York Times

"Hawaizaada" often fails to soar. Mr. Puri works hard, but the strain shows and so do the movie's seams.

Feb 2, 2015

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Manjusha Radhakrishnan

Gulf News (UAE)

The premise was promising, but the film never soars dramatically.

Rated: 2/5

Sep 5, 2017

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Shilpa Jamkhandikar

Reuters

Just like his set, Puri's film also focuses on the theatrics, the frills, the melodrama, and not on the actual story, which makes for a very tedious watch.

Jul 5, 2016

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Mihir Fadnavis

Firstpost

Puri attempts to infuse Hawaizaada with a child-like sense of wonder. Regrettably he manages to render a film that is childish.

Jul 5, 2016

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Saibal Chatterjee

NDTV

A well-intentioned but stodgy cinematic fleshing out of an obscure footnote in aviation history, Hawaizaada takes eons to climb to cruising altitude.

Rated: 2/5

Jul 5, 2016

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Day: Friday Date: 8 May 2015 Time: 9.30 pm With: Maa, Azeem On: HDTV

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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Completely disappointing account of a pioneer which becomes a bland fairy tale instead of an inspiring biopic. The premise of Hawaizaada had potential to be a really interesting account of Shivkar Bapuji Talpade who is believed to have flown an airplane even before the Wright brothers. While the motives of debut-director Vibhu Puri are in place but not enough importance is given either to writing a good screenplay or to dwell upon actual facts and science. What we get is dozens of needless songs stuffed in with a poor romance story and juvenile attempts at humor. I don't know how a talented lad like Ayushmann Khurrana ended up in this travesty. Ayushmann plays Shivkar Talpade who is not very good studies and hence has been failing in the same class for years now. He is very intelligent though when it comes to building things and practical knowledge. But before we can see him go on building an aircraft we have to sit through an atrocious hour of romance with his lady-love Sitara (Pallavi Sharda) and a couple of boring songs. Both of them belong to different classes which angers Shiv's father removing him from his house and Sitara also leaves him believing it is not suitable for them to marry. After all that clichéd melodrama finally Shiv meets an old science-enthusiast Shastri (Mithun Chakraborty) who is trying to build the first ever flying vehicle with help of verses from ancient Vedas. He sees the spark in Shiv when Shiv makes a model he Shastri built take-off with his knowledge. They both start working together and Shiv leans a lot about Vedas from Shastri. Then our hero's lady love is back in the story to stuff in more melodrama and songs. I really don't understand why Bollywood needs to have romance and dozens of songs in every film no matter of the subject or genre. The film runs for a dragging length of 2 and half hours and by the time we see Shiv fly away I was waiting badly for the credits to start rolling to put an end to the boredom. The positives that here are the glamorous sets filled with glitter and colors. But they do seem a lot artsy to give the historic feel required. The British people shown are ridiculous and the independence propaganda is also thrown in making the screenplay way too out of place. Not much heed is given in the script to actual science behind the airplane models rather the characters speak one- dimensional dialogues consisting of nothing more than 'Your plane will fly, keep your hopes alive'. Ayushmann tries his best but poor dialogues overshadow his commitment. Mithun as the typical mentor adds nothing new and Pallavi's career flight is yet to take off with back-to-back disasters Besharam and this one. Only silver lining I could spot is the child actor Naman Jain portraying Shivkar's nephew. Lot of work was needed in the editing department, the script could have been stretched up to two hours maximum. Hawaizaada pursues for the flight for too long that making the actual flight tasteless. It has its heart at the right place but unfortunately that's the only thing going its way. Utterly disappointing. RATING: [1/5]

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/18/23

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nekait a

Hawaizaada ranks at par with what you can expect. Good acting by the leads but acting by Mithun and the kid, are above expectations. Claimed to be an almost genuine story, the storyline needed some garnish of good comic timings rather than all seriousness and science. I rate it at an average of what one can expect of such movies.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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I was looking forward to this so much ! Trailer looked awesome ! Unfortunately they completely dropped the ball on this in every department except music, lyrics and cinematography!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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Shivkar (ayushmann) is a lazy and imbecile person who is snubbed by his father (jayant) constantly. His studies are so poor that he ends up in the same class as his nephew (naman jain). Things change when Shivkar sees Sitara (pallavi) and falls in love with her. Knowing this, his father drives him away and Shivkar lands with the eccentric scientist Shastri (mithun) who wants to build an aeroplane. He grooms Shivkar seeing the potential but there comes a situation when Shivkar has to choose between love and loyalty. What happens after that forms the rest. The director has come up with an interesting storyline and while the presentation was nice, the narrative was good and slow in parts. The dialogues were alright. The script was great and the screenplay was ambitious and erratic in parts. The background score was very nice but songs can be avoided,only dil e nadan impressed.Cinematography was amazing.Editing was required at key places mostly in 2nd half.Costumes were well designed to suit the backdrop while the art department was very impressive. Ayushmann Khurrana gave a committed performance,it his career best. Pallavi looked beautiful but needs to work a lot on her expressions and body language. Mithun Chakraborty was the best, he is the life of the film,Naman Jain was adorable. Others didnâ??t get much scope. The film came in with a lot of hype owing to the tale of Shivkar Talpade the man who tried to build an aeroplane before the Wright Brothers. However this film seemed more like a fairytale than a biopic. The film has many flaw,but its intention and heart are in the right place.In this, the first half goes around with elements of comedy, some romance and some very interesting moments .The interval bang was okay but the second half failed to take off, it was slow and give the required energy, but ending was good.Overall, this is a film which might have its flaw but needs to be saluted for its noble intentions,because even though the film has so many flaws, one enjoys the film. It evokes patriotism, makes one feel that maybe Shivkar Talpade was the one who flew the first ever plane. So if you want to see bombay like never before beautiful ( dir has a saawriya hangover but thats not a bad thing because 1800s look so beautiful in those types of sets),or ayshuman/mithun with amazing performance and if you want to get a sense of pride for your nation,watch Haawaizaada its worth the ticket price for those reasons. 3.25/5* or 6.5/10

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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Synopsis

In 1895, Shivkar Bapuji Talpade (Ayushmann Khurrana) constructs and flies India's first unmanned plane, despite having the odds stacked against him.

Director: Vibhu Puri
Screenwriter: Vibhu Puri, Saurabh R. Bhave
Genre: Drama, History
Original Language: Hindi
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 28, 2020
Runtime: 2h 28m

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