Chanchal Chowdhury on Hawa: The film’s success lies in its simplicity and diligence in making

Bangladeshi filmmaker Mejbaur Rahman Sumon’s Hawa has created nothing short of a storm among the Bengali audience. While the film was released on July 29 in Bangladesh, the Indian audience has been waiting for its OTT release. Meanwhile, its song Sada Sada Kala Kala has garnered massive popularity. Chanchal Chowdhury, who is the lead actor in the film, told us that the success of the film lies in its portrayal of the simple life of the fishermen that attracted the audience. 

In an interview with OTTplay, the veteran Bangladeshi actor said, “In the middle of complex and layered films and web series, the common people in Bangladesh easily relate to the simplicity of Hawa. They trusted the simple lives of the fishermen and loved the innocence of the songs. That is why so much curiosity was generated.”

Hawa is a story of fishermen in the sea. Elaborating on the subject, Chanchal said, “The fishermen in our subcontinent take their trawlers and sail in the deep sea. They stay there for 15-20 days, catch fish and keep them in the in-build cold storage in the trawler, and finally, come back to the shore once the storage is full. While many trawlers come back, some don’t. Some of the trawlers face the wrath of sea storms and so on. Hawa is a story of a trawler that encounters some mysterious events. It is also a story of life – a very simple life.” 

Chanchal also pointed out that the team Hawa worked really hard to make it a successful film. “When we were working on Hawa we did not think who would watch it. The production design was such that it took nearly two years to build the script. We rehearsed and attended workshops for six months. We did not go to the water and turned into fishermen overnight. We spent time with fishermen in their village, observed them and learned from them. So, Hawa started many months back. By the time we attended the shooting, we were all prepared,” the actor said.