Haridas (2013 film)

Haridas is a 2013 Tamil art film written and directed by G. N. R. Kumaravelan starring Kishore and Sneha in the lead roles. Musical score is by Vijay Antony. It was released onFebruary 2013 to extremely positive reviews and was moderately successful at the box office. The movie was screened at 11th Chennai International Film Festival where it wonawards. It is unofficially remade in Bengali as Force 2014 film.

Kishore dwells into the character of Sivadas a sorry father for not sparing time to his family, when it mattered most and tries to understand his sons problem step by step. He understands the fact that Autism is not a disease to brood over, it just needs the extra affection and care rather than feeling sympathetic. Over a period of time the bonding between the teacher and the student blossoms like a bright sunflower. Does the father succeed in lodging a room in his sons imagination, what happens forms the rest of the play.It was announced in 2012 that Kishore, the villain actor of Aadukalam and Polladhavan fame will play the male lead and Sneha would play the female lead. It was later speculated that Sneha might quit as she is about to get married onMay 2012 but, the shooting started fromMarch 2012 and Sneha was confirmed for the role. It is also reported that Sneha had quit Kochadaiyaan for Haridas, on asking the same to the director, he said that Sneha was extremely excited upon hearing the script and accepted the role immediately. She had reportedly said that out of the 80 odd scripts she had heard, none had excited her more. The crucial role of the boy was given to Prithviraj Das. The director about the movie The movie is about an eightyearold boys view on life and his father. The director said,For each and every child, hisher father is the first hero. This is the basic knot of the script. A different treatment has been given to the screenplay. ........

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