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{{Infobox film
| name = Hawaizaada
| image = Hawaizaadai Film Poster..JPG
| image_size =
| alt =
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| native_name =
| director = [[Vibhu Puri]]
| producer = {{Plain list|
*[[Reliance Entertainment]]
*Vibhu Puri
}}
| writer =
| screenplay = {{Plain list|
*Vibhu Puri
*Saurabh Bhave
}}
| story =
| based_on = 
| narrator =
| starring = {{Plain list|
*[[Ayushmann Khurrana]]
*[[Mithun Chakraborty]]
*[[Pallavi Sharda]]
}}
| music = '''Score:''' [[Monty Sharma]] '''Songs:''' [[Rochak Kohli]] Mangesh Dhakde [[Ayushman Khurrana]]
| cinematography = Savita Singh
| editing = Shan Mohammed
| studio = Trilogic Media Ltd. Film Farmers
| distributor = [[Reliance Entertainment]]
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2015|01|30}}
| runtime = 157 minutes
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget = {{INR|250 million|link=yes}}{{citation needed|date=May 2015}}
| gross = 
}}
'''''Hawaizaada''''' ({{translation|'aeroplane'}}) is a 2015 Indian [[Hindi]] [[drama film]] written, directed and produced by [[Vibhu Puri]] along with [[Reliance Entertainment]].<ref>{{cite web|title='Hawaizaada' special film for Ayushmann Khurrana|url=http://www.mid-day.com/articles/hawaizaada-special-film-for-ayushmann-khurrana/15332194|website=mid-day.com|accessdate=7 June 2014|date=28 May 2014}}</ref> Inspired by the biography of [[Shivkar Bapuji Talpade]], the film stars [[Ayushmann Khurrana]], [[Mithun Chakraborty]] and [[Pallavi Sharda]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/features/type/view/id/7846|title=Featured Movie News – Featured Bollywood News – Bollywood Hungama|first=Bollywood|last=Hungama|website=Bollywood Hungama}}</ref> Set in Bombay, 1895, it follows the purported story of Talpade who is credited with having constructed India's first unmanned plane.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/A-flight-over-Chowpatty-that-made-history/articleshow/890055.cms|title =Shivkar Bapuji Talpade unmanned plane 'Marutsakha' |work =The Times of India }}</ref>

The film released on 30 January 2015. The film was declared tax-free in [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Hawaizaada-declared-tax-free-in-Uttar-Pradesh/articleshow/46050475.cms|title=Hawaizaada declared tax free in Uttar Pradesh – Times of India ►|website=The Times of India|access-date=21 January 2020}}</ref>

==Plot==
During the era of the [[British Raj]], a happy-go-lucky school drop-out named [[Shivkar Bapuji Talpade]] ([[Ayushmann Khurrana]]), a.k.a. Shivi, falls in love with a local stage dancer named Sitara ([[Pallavi Sharda]]). This makes Shivi's father throw him out of the house. Shivi bumps into a crazy scientist, Pandit Subbaraya Shastri ([[Mithun Chakraborty]]). Shastri is constantly being chased by British soldiers for his weird experiments, but unbeknownst to them, Shastri is secretly building a flying machine. Seeing Shivi's great knowledge of the [[Vedas]], Shastri shares with Shivi a [[Vaimānika Shāstra|secret book of ancient Indian aeronautics]], which he is using to build an aeroplane. Shastri offers to let Shivi be his assistant, but Shivi refuses. Shivi later proposes to Sitara, but Sitara resists on the grounds that society will not accept their marriage. She goes away to Hyderabad.

Heartbroken, Shivi goes back to Shastri and accepts his offer to assist him. Together they work for several months on the flying machine, but they fail again and again. On running out of funds, they ask a local king to sponsor their experiments. Finally, they manage to build a small aeroplane and have a successful unmanned test flight in the presence of eyewitnesses — but it crashes within a few seconds. Shivi later learns that Sitara is back in Bombay, living in poverty and debt. In order to get Sitara out of debt, Shivi sells Shastri's secret book to a British officer. Feeling betrayed, Shastri does not survive this trauma and dies. Shastri's death makes Shivi feel so guilty that he (along with Sitara and Shivi's nephew Narayan) decides to fulfill Shastri's dream.

In his quest to build a perfect flying machine, Shivi goes to [[Banaras]] to meet a guru, to whom Shastri used to refer. The guru gives Shivi a code, "4121", which helps Shivi figure out that [[Mercury (element)|mercury]] will be the best fuel for his engine, since in Hindi the word for "mercury" ({{lang|hi|पारा}}) looks like the number 4121. Before Shivi can complete his machine, British officers arrest him on a complaint made by his brother. After being rescued by a freedom fighter, Shivi finally takes the aircraft to the beach. Before the soldiers can arrest him, Shivi flies away with Sitara, thus becoming the first people to ride in a flying machine.

==Cast==
* [[Ayushmann Khurrana]] as [[Shivkar Bapuji Talpade]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/entertainment-others/ayushmann-plays-a-marathi-scientist-in-bambai-fairytale |title=Ayushmann plays a Marathi scientist in Bambai Fairytale |work=The Indian Express}}</ref>
* [[Pallavi Sharda]] as Sitara<ref>{{cite web|title=Pallavi to play a tamasha dancer|url=http://www.asianage.com/bollywood/pallavi-play-tamasha-dancer-840|website=Asian Age|date=19 May 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714121300/http://www.asianage.com/bollywood/pallavi-play-tamasha-dancer-840|archivedate=14 July 2014}}</ref>
* [[Mithun Chakraborty]] as Pandit Subbaraya Shastri
* Naman Jain as Narayan
* [[Jeffrey Goldberg]] as Wilson
* [[Krutika Deo]] as Champa
*[[Jayant Kripalani]] as Gopal Talpade

== Production ==

=== Development and filming ===
The film was originally titled ''Bambai Fairytale''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/ayushmann-khurranas-bambai-fairytale-gets-new-title/lite/|title=Ayushmann Khurrana's 'Bambai Fairytale' gets new title|website=Indian Express |date=22 May 2014|access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref> Interested in creating a realistic 1895 setting, the filmmakers re-created an entire city from scratch in [[Gondal, India|Gondal]], [[Gujarat]]. The team also recreates several antiques. Director Vibhu Puri stated in an interview, "Many artefacts that we read about aren’t available in this day and age. So, we used our imagination and recreated them. We even designed the plane based on how it was described in the books."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Hawaizaada-makers-re-create-the-1895-Era/articleshow/46018222.cms|title=Hawaizaada makers re-create the 1895 Era – Times of India ►|website=The Times of India|access-date=21 January 2020}}</ref>

The makers of ''Hawaizaada'' recreated a plane from scratch as Puri wanted to depict [[Shivkar Bapuji Talpade|Shivkar Talpade]]'s first plane in all authenticity. For this, the team of ''Hawaizaada'' did extensive research on the products used in ancient times for making the plane that is shown in the film. The team used velvet, wood and canvas that was available at that time including all natural colors in painting the plane, and had to create about 25–30 models before finalizing the plane for the film. From these samples, only 2 small planes will be seen in the film. Also, In order to maintain the authenticity of the era and avoid fabrication, the makers kept every single detail in mind to re-create the plane.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Hawaizaada-team-create-an-entire-plane-from-scratch/articleshow/46028311.cms|title=Hawaizaada team create an entire plane from scratch|website=The Times of India|access-date=21 January 2020}}</ref>

The team was keen to install the plane at [[Girgaon Chowpatty]], as that was where Shivkar Talpade’s first plane had taken off. But since the makers denied permissions from the authorities, the sequence was shot at [[Versova Beach]] in [[Mumbai]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Hawaizaada-team-to-recreate-Shivar-Talpades-first-flying-experience/articleshow/45819408.cms|title=Hawaizaada team to recreate Shivar Talpade's first flying experience|website=The Times of India|access-date=21 January 2020}}</ref>

Nearly 3,000 technicians had worked in this film for almost two years. The director insisted to bring "magical realism" for the audience.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Hawaizaada-introduces-magical-realism-to-the-audience/articleshow/46002625.cms|title=Hawaizaada introduces 'magical realism' to the audience – Times of India ►|website=The Times of India|access-date=21 January 2020}}</ref>

=== Characterisation ===
Ayushmann Khurrana learned Marathi lines for the film, based on the character of Marathi-scientist [[Shivkar Bapuji Talpade]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/marathi/movies/news/Ayushmann-is-learning-Marathi/articleshow/45615730.cms|title=Ayushmann is learning Marathi|website=The Times of India|access-date=21 January 2020}}</ref>

=== Costume design ===
Director Puri and his team did many look tests for [[Ayushmann Khurrana]] and [[Mithun Chakraborty]], and the former tried on nine different hairstyles for this film. Sahil Kochhar, was the costume designer of the film. He and his team designed outfits according to the fabrics and colours available in that era. They made sure we didn’t use any nylon outfits as it had not been invented then. Similarly, the colour pink wasn't used then.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Ayushmann-Khurrana-tried-nine-hairstyles-for-Hawaizaada/articleshow/46029292.cms|title=Ayushmann Khurrana tried nine hairstyles for Hawaizaada – Times of India ►|website=The Times of India|access-date=21 January 2020}}</ref>

==Critical reception==
[[Subhash K. Jha]] gave the film 4.5 stars out of 5, and stated "Hawaizaada, a film that soars into the skies with its overweening ambitions and miraculously manages to stay airborne as it chronicles the life a man who wanted to fly."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/reviews/hawaizaada-review-a-masterpiece-about-a-dreamer/article1-1312036.aspx|title=Hawaizaada review: A masterpiece about a dreamer|date=30 January 2015}}</ref> ''[[The Times of India]]'' rated the film 2.5 out of 5 stating "Hawaizaada works because this story about India’s unsung hero needs to find its place. But this realm depends heavily on performances – the histrionics could be several notches higher."<ref>{{Citation|title=Movie Hawaizaada 2015, Story, Trailers {{!}} Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-reviews/hawaizaada/movie-review/46066072.cms|access-date=21 January 2020}}</ref> [[Rajeev Masand]] of CNN-IBN gave the film 2 out of 5 stars, stating that "The film is an interesting idea that never takes flight."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/hawaizaada-review-the-film-is-jingoistic-melodramatic-nave-and-often-illogical/525781-47-84.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150201182942/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/hawaizaada-review-the-film-is-jingoistic-melodramatic-nave-and-often-illogical/525781-47-84.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2015-02-01|title=News18.com: CNN-News18 Breaking News India, Latest News Headlines, Live News Updates|website=News18}}</ref> [[Anupama Chopra]] gave the film 2 out of 5 stars, stating "Vibhu has designed Hawaizaada to be an all-purpose vehicle that has romance, comedy and drama . But the writing is flat and the telling, clumsy. Ayushmann, who is in nearly every frame, trembles with fervour. Mithun matches him. The respite here is Pallavi Sharda, who lifts this film."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/reviews/hawaizaada-review-by-anupama-chopra-it-s-flat-and-clumsy/article1-1312254.aspx|title=Hawaizaada review by Anupama Chopra: It's flat and clumsy|date=31 January 2015}}</ref>

[[Bollywood Hungama]] gave it 1.5 out of 5 stars stating that "If you watch the film with a feeling that you will be transported into the world of invention of the first ever man made ''desi'' flight, then, take our word for it that, you will be sorely disappointed, because the film actually is an extravagant 'costume musical'. The film barely touches upon anything that's got to do with the story pertaining to the first manmade Indian flight and is far away from reality. It is instead loaded with melodrama. At the end of the film, one really feels sorry for the film's producer because the over-expense was just not needed!"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/moviemicro/criticreview/id/728307|title=Hawaizaada Review – Bollywood Hungama|first=Bollywood|last=Hungama|website=Bollywood Hungama}}</ref> [[Koimoi]] gave the same rating noting the work of the design team in recreating the 1800s, but faulted the script for focusing on a fictional love story and too many songs rather than the historical story of the aeroplane's flight. Then stated that "Hawaizaada turned out to be a sheer disappointing watch. It has a yawn-inducing storyline which makes it difficult to watch even as it drags for over two hours. It is low on historical knowledge and even the execution is not top notch."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.koimoi.com/reviews/hawaizaada-review/|title=Hawaizaada Review|date=30 January 2015}}</ref>

===Box office===
The film grossed {{INRConvert|5|m|lk=r|year=2015}} on the opening day,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/box-office/Hawaizaada-box-office-Film-flies-low-earns-Rs-3-crore-in-first-week/articleshow/46076092.cms|title=Hawaizaada box office: Film flies low, earns Rs 3 crore in first week|website=The Times of India|access-date=21 January 2020}}</ref> with {{INRConvert|6|m|year=2015}} on Saturday<ref name=":0" /> and {{INRConvert|7.5|m|year=2015}} on Sunday,<ref name=":0" /> with grossing {{INRConvert|18.5|m|year=2015}} on the opening week.<ref name=":0" /> Then facing a drop on Monday, grossing {{INRConvert|3.5|m|year=2015}}, total up to {{INRConvert|23|m|year=2015}} in 4 days.<ref name=":0" /> The film grossed {{INRConvert|30|m|year=2015}} in the first week,<ref name=":0" /> {{INRConvert|0.8|m|year=2015}} in the second week and in the third week,<ref name=":0" /> it grossed {{Indian Rupee}}80,470 at the box office.<ref name=":0" /> [[Bollywood Hungama]] reported US$13,440 as the earnings for the first weekend.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/box-office/overseas/id/563|title=Dull response for Hawaizaada, Khamoshiyan – Bollywood Hungama|first=Bollywood|last=Hungama|date=2 February 2015}}</ref> According to the Indian trade website [[Box Office India]], the film closing collections were {{INRconvert|35.3|m|lk=r|year=2015}}.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=http://www.koimoi.com/box-office-bollywood-films-of-2015/|title=Box-Office Verdicts Of Major Bollywood Releases Of 2015|publisher=Koimoi}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = Hawaizaada
| type = [[soundtrack]]
| artist = [[Rochak Kohli]], Mangesh Dhakde, [[Ayushmann Khurrana]] and [[Vishal Bhardwaj]]
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| released = 29 December 2014
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| genre = [[Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = 41:02
| language = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
| label = [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]]
| producer = [[Reliance Entertainment]]
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The soundtrack of ''Hawaizaada'' features ten songs with three of them were composed by [[Rochak Kohli]] and four by Mangesh Dhakde. Actor [[Ayushmann Khurrana|Ayushlmann Khurrana]] had composed and sung a popular [[ghazal]] of [[Ghalib|Mirza Ghalib]] titled "Dil-E-Nadaan" which is sung by the late ghazal maestro [[Jagjit Singh]]. He practised hard for singing and composing the number, and he composed it in overnight during the film's shoot.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/music/news/Ayushmann-Khurrana-composes-records-and-sings-a-song-overnight-for-his-film-Hawaizaada/articleshow/45953787.cms|title=Ayushmann Khurrana composes, records and sings a song overnight for his film Hawaizaada|website=The Times of India|access-date=21 January 2020}}</ref> The song also has a reprise version, which is also composed and sung by Khurrana along with [[Shweta Subram]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Ayushmann-Khurrana-practiced-hard-for-the-Ghalib-song-in-Hawaizaada/articleshow/45657717.cms|title=Ayushmann Khurrana practiced hard for the Ghalib song in Hawaizaada|website=The Times of India|access-date=21 January 2020}}</ref> [[Vishal Bhardwaj]] was invited as a guest composer for the song "Dil Todne Ki Masheen" which is sung by [[Rekha Bhardwaj|Rekha Bharadwaj]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Vishal-and-Rekha-Bhardwaj-gift-Hawaizaada-director-a-song/articleshow/45965625.cms|title=Vishal and Rekha Bhardwaj gift Hawaizaada director a song|website=The Times of India|access-date=21 January 2020}}</ref> The background score for the film is composed by [[Monty Sharma]]. Lyrics for all the songs, have been written by director [[Vibhu Puri]].{{Track listing
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| title1 = Hawaizaada
| length1 = 3:58
| lyrics1 = [[Vibhu Puri]]
| music1 = [[Rochak Kohli]]
| extra1 = Rochak Kohli
| title2 = Daak Ticket
| length2 = 4:07
| lyrics2 = Vibhu Puri
| music2 = Rochak Kohli
| extra2 = [[Mohit Chauhan]], [[Javed Bashir]]
| title3 = Maazaa My Lord
| length3 = 5:31
| lyrics3 = Vibhu Puri
| music3 = Mangesh Dhakde
| extra3 = Mohit Chauhan, [[Neeti Mohan]]
| title4 = Dil-E-Nadaan
| length4 = 4:12
| lyrics4 = [[Mirza Ghalib]]
| music4 = [[Ayushmann Khurrana]]
| extra4 = Ayushmann Khurrana
| title5 = Udd Jayega
| length5 = 3:11
| lyrics5 = Vibhu Puri
| music5 = Mangesh Dhakde
| extra5 = [[Sukhwinder Singh]], Ranadeep Bhasker
| title6 = Dil Todne Ki Masheen
| length6 = 4:44
| lyrics6 = Vibhu Puri
| music6 = [[Vishal Bhardwaj]]
| extra6 = [[Rekha Bhardwaj]]
| title7 = Yaadein Gatthri Mein
| length7 = 1:32
| lyrics7 = Vibhu Puri
| music7 = Mangesh Dhakde
| extra7 = [[Harshdeep Kaur]]
| title8 = Turram Khan
| length8 = 3:56
| lyrics8 = Vibhu Puri
| music8 = Rochak Kohli
| extra8 = [[Papon (Assamese singer)|Papon]], Ayushmann Khurrana, [[Monali Thakur]]
| title9 = Dil-E-Nadaan (Reprise)
| length9 = 4:00
| lyrics9 = [[Mirza Ghalib]]
| music9 = Ayushmann Khurrana
| extra9 = Ayushmann Khurrana, [[Shweta Subram]]
| title10 = Teri Dua
| length10 = 3:51
| lyrics10 = Vibhu Puri
| music10 = Mangesh Dhakde
| extra10 = Wadali Brothers, Lakhwinder Wadali, Harshdeep Kaur, Ravindra Sathe, Ranadeep Bhasker, Sukhwinder Singh
| total_length = 41:02
}}

==See also==

* [[2015 Indian Science Congress ancient aircraft controversy]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=4338154}}

[[Category:2015 films]]
[[Category:Indian aviation films]]
[[Category:2010s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian biographical films]]
[[Category:Reliance Entertainment films]]
[[Category:2010s biographical films]]

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