Garam Hawa
Made in 1973, it is easily among the best films produced in post-Independence India. So much pain, so much waiting, each exchange rendered with enormous delicacy, as if one more harsh word or gesture would make everything absolutely unbearable.
When I posted the above note on this blog about Garam Hawa (1973), I got several messages asking me whether I knew where one might get a copy of the film. I don’t know. But today I chanced upon the qawwali from that film. What joy!
On my last visit to Delhi I went crazy looking for a DVD/VCD of Garam Hawa. Apparently the master copy of the movie has been destroyed, I hope that that is not true for it would be a terrible, terrible loss. At any rate, there’s no copy of the film available in the market as of now.
Comment by Szerelem — April 27, 2008 @ 11:35 pm
Amitava, I met MS Sathyu, Garam Hawa’s director, many times during the Chadigarh Film Festival in March 2008. He was standing outisde the goverment museum auditorium and wondering how they would screen his film without a projector. “I have only brought the master copy from Bangalore,” he said softly, exhaling. Then looking distraught, the man with silvery hair and beard murmured: “Are they going to screen it on a DVD?” So he called up the orgainser from my phone and asked the same question. The organsier said he would do something about it. In the evening, people of Chandigarh watched Garam Hawa with the film’s director in an auditorium designed by Le Corbuier on a DVD. But they did use the original film rolls to screen the movie later that night at a nearby multiplex.
The next evening I met him again at dinner at a hotel. He said he seemed tired of meeting journalists. With disdain, he said he not read anymore what they wrote about him.
Comment by sourabh — May 4, 2008 @ 10:44 am
If you wish to order a DVD copy of Garm Hawa - please contact M S Sathyu at mssathyu@gmail.com
Comment by Shaili Sathyu — May 5, 2008 @ 3:22 am
I am sorry to inform you that the DVD of Garm Hawa is currently not available. We hope that it will be released soon.
Thanks to all those who have contacted Mr.Sathyu for the DVD. We shall inform you by email as soon as the DVD is ready for sale.
Comment by Shaili Sathyu — August 9, 2008 @ 6:29 am
Hi Shaili, I had called at his Bangalore place several time, as the house in which the complete movie had shot was ours, we also loast the print of the movie, i had a talk later on Mr. Sathyu’s Mumbai number, he told me that he’s going to release the print on DVD in March 08, but i can not find any print anywhere. can you pleas help me get one
Comment by Rajat Mathur — November 5, 2008 @ 5:21 am
Iam having a very special regards towards this film Garam Hawa, Iwould be overwhelmed if Ican get the video cd/dvd any how.
Comment by shahzad — November 20, 2008 @ 4:24 am
can i get mr sathayu number.
Comment by shahzad — November 20, 2008 @ 4:27 am
Hi,
I remember watching that mivie with my maternal grandfather and he told me that my paternal grandfather, who was a freedom fighter and later on went throught the trauma of partition, had wept when he had seen this mivie on its release. That was two years before his death in 1975. I guess this masterpiece of a movie would make the best giftfor my ailing mother. If possible please can any one tell me from where to get it?
Comment by Farhan Ghani — January 6, 2009 @ 2:07 pm
I’ve read somewhere that “Garam Hawa” is one of the top ten best movies ever made in India. It is so sad to not find it anywhere. I hope Mr.Sathyu can release it on DVD or even VHS.
Maybe he can contact Amazon.co and have them make and release the movie.
Comment by M.S.Ahmed — February 2, 2009 @ 1:14 am
Is anyone able to get their hands on a cd/dvd/vhs yet ???
Comment by p talwar — February 20, 2009 @ 2:33 am
Garam Hawa is available for a free download.
I’ve broadband connection and a very new powerful computer
and it took me several hours to download a pretty good
quality video I let it start to download about 10PM and when I woke up there it was. The movie is very good.
Go to:www.veoh.com/videos/v17340972GbGmf9yQ and download.
Also, the day after I downloaded it I found the movie on amazon.com for about $20.00 so I bought.
Good luck, you will enjoy a great movie.
Comment by M.S.Ahmed — March 1, 2009 @ 1:30 am
It is nothing less than a crime that this wonderful film is not on dvd. I have a copy if anyone cannot get it elsewhere. It was shown on UK television in 1997.
Comment by M J Bowers — April 3, 2009 @ 9:10 pm
Wow, looks like we will finally have it available on DVD. http://www.induna.com/1000005494-productdetails/
Comment by B-fan — April 12, 2009 @ 8:01 am
It is not just Garam Hawa, many good movies are not available easily on DVD. Chetan Anands Neecha Nagar, Mahesh Bhatts Janam and Mani Kauls The Idiot are not available, inspite of the last starring Shahrukh Khan.
Perhaps people wud like to see our first talkie picture, Alam Ara too.
Comment by Ren — May 14, 2009 @ 1:57 pm
It is not just Garam Hawa, many good movies are not available easily on DVD. Chetan Anands Neecha Nagar, Mahesh Bhatts Janam and Mani Kauls The Idiot are not available, inspite of the last starring Shahrukh Khan.
Perhaps people wud like to see our first talkie picture, Alam Ara too.
Comment by Ren — May 14, 2009 @ 2:06 pm