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'''Hansa''' is a 2012 [[Hindi]] feature film directed by [[Manav Kaul]]. The directorial debut film is set in a village in Uttarakhand, where Hansa and his elder sister Chiku look for their missing father. Upon its release the film receive critical acclaim.<ref>{{cite web | title = Movie Review: Hansa|author=Renuka Vyavahare|date=28 December 2012| url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-review/Hansa/movie-review/17794400.cms | accessdate = 2014-05-09 | work = The Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = 'Hansa' Movie review: Won from the heart | publisher = Deccan Chronicle | author = Khalid Mohammed | date = 30 December 2012 | url = http://archives.deccanchronicle.com/121230/entertainment-movie-reviews/article/hansa-movie-review-won-heart | accessdate = 2014-05-09 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140512221633/http://archives.deccanchronicle.com/121230/entertainment-movie-reviews/article/hansa-movie-review-won-heart | archive-date = 12 May 2014 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

Astonishingly, this movie was made with a budget of mere 5 Lakh INR(approx. $8000).

Also during an [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tT6hieqwu34&t=3s interview]<ref>{{Citation|last=The Lallantop|title=उस एक्टर के किस्से जो 50 रुपये महीना डांस सिखाता था {{!}} The Lallantop|date=2017-01-25|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tT6hieqwu34&t=3s|accessdate=2017-08-23}}</ref> on [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx8Z14PpntdaxCt2hakbQLQ Lallantop](Indian online news channel), director Manav Kaul mentioned that the movie<ref>{{Citation|last=aRANYA Group|title=Hansa 2012 {{!}} A Film By Manav Kaul {{!}} HD|date=2015-10-02|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qSV-RXUKuc|accessdate=2017-08-23}}</ref> is freely available on YouTube.

==Plot summary==
The movie revolves around a little boy, Hansa and his sister, Cheeku. Their father has mysteriously disappeared while the mother is pregnant and about to deliver. Their father disappeared with outstanding loans and now it is left to young Cheeku has to prevent her house from getting sold and is at the receiving end of a powerful villagers lecherous advances while little Hansa is too restless and distracted to pay attention to all the trouble his sister is facing. For Hansa his troubles revolve around a small red tennis ball which has got entangled in a huge inaccessible tree, a five rupee coin stolen from a local bully and all the travails of a boy and his closest friend Raku playing hokey from school and asking the time....

== Cast ==
*[[Kumud Mishra]]
* Abhay Joshi
* Trimala Adhikari as Chiku
* Suraj Kabadwal as Hansa
* Bhushan Vikas
* Ashish Pathode
* Ghanshyam Lalsa

== Release and critical reviews ==
The film was released in [[India]] by [[PVR Pictures]] as part of their "[[PVR Pictures#Director.27s Rare|Director's Rare]]" film package on 28 December 2012.
Hansa has received good critical acclaim after its premiere at the 2012 [[Osian's Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema|OSIAN CINEFAN]]'s [[List of film festivals|International Film Festival]]<ref>http://cinefans.osians.com{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Hansa was awarded Best Film Audience Vote and Best Film Critics Award.

Hansa has also been cited by [[BBC]] as one of the must watch Hindi films of 2012 in India.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/hindi/entertainment/2012/12/121230_independent_films_2012_ks.shtml फिल्में जो नहीं देखी...तो देखिए! (Hindi)] BBC Hindi, 30 December 2012.</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|2182726}}
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qSV-RXUKuc Hansa: Full video officially free] on YouTube

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