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Halo is a 1996 Indian drama film directed by Santosh Sivan. It tells the story of how the loneliness in seven-year-old Sasha’s life is filled by her puppy Halo. When Halo gets lost, Sasha aims to find him at any cost. Sasha's search for her puppy on the byzantine streets of Mumbai leads her down a rabbit hole as she encounters one idiosyncratic person after another.[1]

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Halo
Directed by	Santosh Sivan
Written by	Santosh Sivan Sanjay Chhel
Produced by	Children's Film Society, India
Starring	Benaf Dadachandji Rajkumar Santoshi Viju Khote Mukesh Rishi Tinnu Anand
Cinematography	Santosh Sivan
Edited by	Kanika Myer Bharat
Music by	Ranjit Barot
Release date	7 February 1996
Running time	92 min
Country	India

Plot

The film starts with the school's nun-teacher (Mehr Vakil) being frustrated at the ringing of the school bell, which indicates the end of school and the start of summer vacation. The story then turns to Sasha (Benaf Dadachandji), a motherless child who yearns of a mother's love despite having Mr. Deshpande (Rajkumar Santoshi), her doting father who works as a criminal lawyer. Her friend Thomas (Kavin Dave) has gone to London to undergo a surgery.

During vacation, while all the other kids are busy playing, Sasha sits silently, not eating. So, a servant fabricates a story that a miracle will happen in form of a halo. A street dog comes along and Sasha believes it to be the miracle, the God-sent halo. She adopts it and names it Halo. Sasha's life now revolves around the dog. 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 following the principles of Gandhiji, observes a fast. One day, Halo goes missing, and Sasha searches inside and outside for him but to no avail.

She first asks the police commissioner (Mukesh Rishi) who uses her for his own plan to capture a gang of notorious smugglers led by Smuggler Raja (Tinu Anand). However, the credit for capturing the smugglers goes to Sasha. She also gets help from Ranga (Wasim Khan), a leader of a group of street urchins.

Eventually, she finds Halo under the care of an old couple (Dr. B. M. Banerji and Mrs. Banerji) with their physically disabled grandson Abdul (Yazad Mohedji).

At the end of the movie, Sasha happily gives the dog to Abdul.

Cast

Awards

• 1996: National Film Award for Best Children's Film[2]
• 1996:National Film Award – Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Feature Film)-Benaf Dadachandji
• 2001: Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie

Public viewing

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

References

External links

• Official website from the Children's Film Society, India Archived 7 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
• Film's official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 12 August 2001)
• Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles
• Rediff article on Halo

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