Hari Om (film)

Hari Om
Film poster
Directed by	Bharat Bala
Written by	Sanjay Lafont
Screenplay by	Bharat Bala
Story by	Bharat Bala
Produced by	Bharat Bala Ramesh Tuarani Kumar Sadhuram Taurani
Starring	Vijay Raaz Jean Marie Lamour Camille Natta
Cinematography	Angus Hudson
Edited by	Kanika Myer
Music by	Nitin Sawhney
Production companies	Tips Films Bharatbala Productions
Release date	2004 (2004)
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹23 crore

Hari Om is a 2004 Indian Hindi-language film directed by Bharat Bala and starring Vijay Raaz, Jean Marie Lamour and Camille Natta. ^{[1] [2]}

Cast

• Vijay Raaz as "Hari Om"
• Jean Marie Lamour as Benoit
• Camille Natta as Willowy Isa
• A. K. Hangal
• Anupam Shyam

Reception

Dennis Harvey of Variety wrote, "A game attempt at international-crossover cinema by first-time feature helmer/co-writer Bharatbala, ‘Hari Om' emerges a pleasant but formulaic effort that may be too Westernized for Indian auds and too commercially superficial for Western arthouses". ^[3] Film critic Baradwaj Rangan wrote, "The best thing about Hari Om is that it sells an India that simply is; not the India from the glossy brochures but the real India, our love affair with which goes on and on". ^[4]

Accolades

The film won the Audience Award at the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival. ^{[5] [6]} The film was selected for the Toronto International Film Festival. ^[7]

References

1. "Audiences cheer Hari Om". www.rediff.com.
2. Rohatgi, Shilpa (December 8, 2003). "Bharat Bala hopes to create a buzz at Cannes with his English-French film 'Hari Om'". India Today.
3. Harvey, Dennis (22 September 2004). "Hari Om". Variety.
4. Rangan, Baradwaj (15 September 2007). "Review: Hari Om".
5. Paquet, Darcy. "Puchon festival wraps under shadow of industry boycott". Screen.
6. Elley, Derek (25 July 2005). "PiFan shines light on 'Dark'". Variety.
7. https://www.iffigoa.org/public/pdfs/catalogue/Catalogue.pdf ^{[ bare URL PDF ]}

External links

• Hari Om at IMDb