Kadvi Hawa

<p>The film is based on true stories from drought prone region and the vanishing villages from coastal & region of , . The official announcement of the film was made in the first half of November 2016. Panda had been working on the script of the film for the last 8–9 years. The director says that while shooting a Documentary on climate change in in the year 2005 he learned of the villages that had disappeared from the coastal line. That incident conceived the idea of making this film. In Odisha, there were seven villages on a coastal line. They were called ‘seven brothers’. But when I reached there, I only saw two of them. I got a shock when I saw two hand-pumps inside water. I heard from people between 60-70 age group that those hand-pumps were earlier located in the middle of the village. — on the idea behind . The makers of the film had decided to cast the in-demand star , and in the film. The principal photography of the film commenced sometime in the Second quarter of 2016. The soundtrack of consists of just one song, , which was composed by Santosh Jagdale, lyrics were written by Mukta Bhatt and sung by Mohan Kannan. Sweta Kausal of gave the film a rating of 4 out of 5 saying that, “This haunting tale of farmer suicides will give you goosebumps”. Reza Noorani of gave the film a rating of 3 out of 5 and said that, “With powerful dialogues by Nitin Dixit and achingly beautiful lyrics by Mukta Bhatt, the film is an engrossing watch. For a serious film on global warming, Kadvi Hawa is non-preachy and entirely watchable.” Saibal Chatterjee of praised the acting performances of and and the direction of . The critic gave the film a rating of 3.5 out of 5 and said that, Kadvi Hawa “is designed to provoke contemplation and action, a mission that it achieves without any serious slips. Watch it because it is an important film that offers an essential takeaway.” Shubhra Gupta of gave the film a rating of 2.5 out of 5 and said that, “The Sanjai Mishra starrer feels like a stretch even at 100 minutes”. of felt that the movie was “too slow” and that its impact would have been much more with a tighter screenplay. Sreehari Nair of gave the film a rating of 4 out of 5 and said that, “This is an intensely felt, beautifully expressed, piece of cinema.” Kriti Tulsiani of praised the performances of Sanjay Mishra and Ranvir Shorey saying that, “Both Mishra and Shorey are in top form in their respective roles” and gave the film a rating of 3.5 out of 5. The Critic concluded her review by saying that, “The best part of the film perhaps is that it doesn’t intend to answer or preach on the difference between right and wrong but instead leaves you with plenty to think about. Unsettling but rightly so.” gave the film a rating of 3 out of 5 saying that, “The film is good in parts but could have been much better with a tighter and fast-paced narration. But overall it is worth watching as the content is top grade and the topic hot.”</p>