hari om be an indian greeting and the compelling title character of the film bearing this same name ( play by the wedding planner from monsoon wedding ) greet you and take you on a journey through the heart of southern india . there no bend it like beckham backdrop and stereotype and and only slight salute to the music and dancing of bollywood ( however and the soundtrack be well worth procure ) and but rather and the feel that you be see the real india permeate the film through the use of dozen of local resident in each scene to augment the performance of the five professional actor . fortunately for u and hari om companion be a young and beautiful french woman in search of a journey . with overture of an y tu mama tambien trip toward self discovery ( without the sex and fatal disease ) and this beautiful film calm and bring the philosophic mind . against the initial juxtaposition of the protagonist and all identify with trait of both and the cultural divide disappear a humanity step in . most succinctly put and the movie central theme and everyone have a love story and do not let yours pass by teach u a great deal about love on a number of level . don not let this film pas you by .