Awards: Bangkok International Film - New Voices Award

About the title: it’s one of the most important of chants, a chant supposed to bring spiritual peace to those who repeat it. It's also the name of a rickshaw driver (Vijay Raaz); his rickshaw is a sort of van, he an Indian version of a Yellow Cab driver. While trying to avoid some thugs to whom he owes money, he picks up a French woman (Camille Natta) who missed the train on which she was to meet her boyfriend. Together they embark on a tour of Rajasthan. Hari Om then becomes a road film in which cultures clash, love very quietly blossoms, and the characters learn much about themselves. It's also, at moments, a very funny comedy. If an Indian filmmaker had deliberately set out to make a film that would appeal to Western audiences, it would look much like Hari Om. ~ Nick Salerno

Principal Cast: Jean-Marie Lamour, Vijay Raaz, Camille Natta,
A. K. Hangal

Producer: Kumar Taurani, Ramesh Taurani, Bharatbala Ganapathy
Cinematographer: Angus Hudson
Editor: Kanika Myer
Music: Nitin Sawhney

Shows: Saturday, Oct. 8 at 3:30 pm and Tuesday, Oct. 11 at 8:10 pm

Official Website: www.hariomfilm.com