Hava Aney Dey
(Let the Wind Blow)
A film by Partho Sen-Gupta
Hindi/35mm/93 minutes
Stl ENG
2004

Best Film Award (Durban International Film Festival)
Best Film - BBC Audience Award (Commonwealth Film Festival)
Special Jury Mention Firebirds Award (Hong Kong International Film Festival)

At the height of nuclear tensions between India and Pakistan, eighteen-year-old student Arjun and his best friend Chabia, a garage mechanic, are restless. Privileged lifestyles are within their sight but out of reach, and the two are tempted to apply for work in the Persian Gulf, where wages are high. Chabia is generally resigned to his fate, but Arjun must weigh the value of finishing college and a cerebral career against the mere pursuit
of money. Conflicted over his choices and overwhelmed by the nihilistic atmosphere of the nuclear standoff, Arjun seeks the company of a privileged young woman. Sen-Gupta alludes to the Bhagavad Gita and Krishna’s counsel to Arjuna, as Arjun is forced to consider the philosophical, and possibly tragic, ramifications of his indecision.

-from the MoMA catalogue

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Hava Aney Dey (Let the Wind Blow). 2004. screening at the Museum of Modern Art, New York on Thursday, January 17 2008, 18:00;
Wednesday, January 23 2008, 20:00. T2

Global Lens 2008 now in its fifth year, will première at the MOMA (Museum of Modern Art), New York in January, before embarking on year-long tour of over 50 cities across the United States.

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HAVA ANEY DEY’ (Let the Wind Blow) IS PART OF GLOBAL FILM INITIATIVE'S GLOBAL LENS 2008 FILM LINEUP -16th August 2007

The Global Film Initiative announced today ten award-winning narrative, feature films from Argentina, China, Croatia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Lebanon, Philippines and South Africa that will headline the Global Lens 2008 film series.

“The films selected for Global Lens 2008 are beautiful, powerful stories that represent the best of cinema from around the world-they must be seen and experienced,” says Susan Weeks Coulter, Board Chair of The Global Film Initiative.

Global Lens 2008, now in its fifth year, will première at the MOMA (Museum of Modern Art), New York in January, before embarking on year-long tour of over thirty cities across the United States.

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CAST
Arjun -Aniket Vishwasrao
Chabia - Nishikant Kamat
Mona - Tannishtha Chatterjee
Salma - Rajshri Thakur

CREW
Director - Partho Sen-Gupta
Writer - Partho Sen-Gupta - Yogesh Vinayak Joshi
Executive producer - Rakesh Mehra
Producer - Marie-Cécile Destandau / Brij Rathi
Production Designer - Agnès Vergne
Cinematographer - Jean-Marc Ferriere
Editor - Annick Raoul
Sound - Jacques Sans
Music - Eryck Abbecassis