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Hari Om

Bharatbala GANAPATHY

India2004 106min 35mm Color Asian Premiere

Synopsis

Watching a road movie gives you the feeling that you are actually on a journey. Because of the specificity of the genre, the screen is filled with beautiful landscape scenery. The film is a journey of India. A Frenchwoman who comes to India with her boyfriend and a driver of Lyksya takes them around India. Isa goes to India with her lover, Benoit, who is on a business trip. For her, India is a new world filled with a lot of fascinating things. At last, Isa decides to go on a trip alone while Benoit finishes a meeting. She gets on the Lyksya of Hari Om. Seeing the landscape of India, she misses the train that she rode on with her boyfriend. She asks Hari Om to take her to her boyfriend’s next destination. Hari Om consents because he can't go home after being chased by gangsters. Their journey starts........ Trip opens the mind... She makes a friend wherever she goes and listens to them. Then she thinks about her boyfriend who doesn't listen to her. Since her mind is unsteady, she feels charmed by Hari. India’s landscape spreads out and every scene is filled with wonderful scenes and moving people. In addition, the music of India fills the whole film.

Diretor

Bharatbala GANAPATHY

Bharatbala, a filmmaker with a distinctive visual style, has directed films with path -breaking images of India over the years. The ability to create and translate a simple emotion into a big idea is his style. Bharatbala is the first India director to work on the Lmax fomat. The film titles "Taj Mahal - the heart of India" is currently under production and due for a worldwide release in 2004