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Halo is a 1996 India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n film directed by Santosh Sivan

Santosh Sivan

Santosh Sivan is an Indian cinematographer, film director, and producer who has worked in Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil, and Hindi cinema....

. It tells the story of Sasha (Benaf Dadachandji

Benaf Dadachandji

Benaf Dadachanji is an Indian actress who appears on Hindi television. She played the lead role of Baby, a physically handicapped young girl. in the highly popular TV serial "Baa Bahoo Aur Baby"...

) who is searching for her lost puppy in the streets of Mumbai

Mumbai

Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...

and the variety of people that she meets.

Awards

1996: National Film Award for Best Children's Film
National Film Award for Best Children's Film
The National Film Award for Best Children's Film is given annually as part of the National Film Awards ceremony in India. It is given to the film the jury panel of the awards deem the best feature that deals with themes surrounding children....
1996:National Film Award – Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Feature Film)-Benaf Dadachandji
Benaf Dadachandji
Benaf Dadachanji is an Indian actress who appears on Hindi television. She played the lead role of Baby, a physically handicapped young girl. in the highly popular TV serial "Baa Bahoo Aur Baby"...
2001: Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie
Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie
The Filmfare Awards are the oldest and most prominent film awards given for Hindi films in India. The yearly awards started in 1953. Movie awards were first given by popular vote...

Plot

Halo revolves around a seven year old girl, Sasha (Benaf Dadachandji), who is in quest of her lost puppy. Having lost her mother in childhood, she yearns for mother’s love and always feels lonely even though, there is a doting father in Rajkumar Santoshi. During vacation, when all other kids are busy playing, she sits silently and doesn’t even eat properly. So, the gluttonous servant fabricates a story that a miracle will happen in form of a Halo. There comes a street dog and Sasha believes it to be the miracle, the God sent Halo. She adopts it and names it Halo. Now her life revolves around it. She sleeps, she drinks, she eats with it. Her father doesn’t object. One day Halo is lost. Sasha is terribly upset. The quest of her lost puppy takes her through the terrifying streets of Mumbai to the neurotic editor of a newspaper, for smuggling, a police commissioner (Mukesh Rishi) and a colorful gang of street urchins.

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