Haami

This film will take you back to the innocent world of 5-year-olds, who are ignorant of the intricate connotations of adult actions and gestures. Bhutu and Chini, two Class I students in a co-ed school are at the center of the plot. Their virtuousness and camaraderie fall prey to their parent's judgment, creating a big scandal for the school. Coming from the different socio-economical backgrounds the friendship of Bhutu and Chini was an instant hit from the moment of inception. On Friendship day Chini ties a know on Bhutu’s wrist and in return Bhutu out of sheer innocence gives a peck on Chini’s cheeks. This blameless act is misapprehended by the adults and all hell breaks loose.

The film shows endearing teachers and a sensible principal trying to keep the peace as parents overreact to the tiniest of issues that are blown out of proportion. But the sweet friendship between Bhutu and Chini wins in the end, as the parents are taught to see their world through non-judgemental eyes.

The film addresses the relevant burning issues like safety in schools and tried to re-establish the trust between the schools and parent fraternity. The film proves it’s exceptionality by addressing this ultra-sensitive issue from a different perspective with a social message in it.

• 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

The music of the film is directed and composed by Anindya Chatterjee. Bhutu Bhaijan, the song made on the lead character Bhutu 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 was an instant hit in digital platforms and social media from the time of its inception. Till date, they have earned millions of views on Youtube and other digital platforms and a special album has also been released. The music of Haami has also earned Mirchi Best Music Award of the Year (2018).All lyrics are written by Anindya Chatterjee.

Haami was released on 11^th May 2018 and was premiered in Nandan. The film was initially shown in Navina Cinema and few other halls after it was rejected by 7 prime halls of Kolkata but this film instantly had struck the right chord of the audience and became a runaway hit. The movie was houseful in theatres for 60 consecutive days and is still considered the biggest blockbuster of the year 2018.

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 has earned 1 crore business from the movie. Haami has 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 Bhavan etc for their students.  

• 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.

The popularity of the name, Haami became so magnanimous that Windows has taken trademark on the name Haami and has formed Haami Club. Haami films has also been opened as a sister production house of Windows. They 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 the renowned actor Prosenjit Chatterjee will be featuring in Haami 2 along with the same cast of Haami.

Almost 750 kids had participated in the making of this movie. A month long workshop was organised for the kids to groom 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.  

Almost all famous schools of Kolkata have participated in the making and shooting of this movie like South Point, Ballygunge Shiksha Sadan, Patha Bhavan, Nava Nalanda and many more.

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