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Hawa (2003)

Hawa poster
Directed by
Guddu Dhanoa
Genre
horror film
Country
India
Runtime
2h
Rated
A
Rating
4.0 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A mother and her two children are trapped in a house that appears to be haunted by a supernatural force. The film follows their struggle to survive and understand the ghostly presence.

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What happens

Hawa (transl. Wind) is a 2003 Indian Hindi-language supernatural horror film directed by Guddu Dhanoa. Starring Tabu, it is an unofficial remake of the 1983 American film The Entity, and was filmed in Manali, a location selected by Dhanoa after his car broke down over a narrow bridge during the shoot of Jaal: The Trap (also featuring Tabu), and prompted him to make a horror film situated there. Tabu signed on for the lead role of a mother with two children holed up in a haunted house, as she wanted to understand what ghosts and the supernatural were all about. It also marked Hansika Motwani's on-screen debut as a child artist. Hawa was released on 4 July 2003. It was later dubbed into Telugu as Naa Intlo Oka Roju and in Tamil as Raja Leelai. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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