''Ho Sakta Hai!'' ( en, It could happen) is a 2006 Indian

horror film Horror is a film genre that seeks to elicit fear or disgust in its audience for entertainment purposes. Horror films often explore dark subject matter and may deal with transgressive topics or themes. Broad elements include monsters, apoca ...

directed by Wilson Louis and produced by Ashok Kotwani. The film stars

Khalid Siddiqui Khalid Siddiqui ( ur, خالد صدیقی) (born 1 February 1974) is an Indian film and television actor & model. Siddiqui has worked in a number of television shows and Bollywood films. He had a supporting role in '' Ghajini''. Recently he wo ...

Hazel Crowney Hazel Crowney, also spelt as Hazel Croney, is a British model and film actress who has appeared in many ad campaigns and some Bollywood films. Early life Crowney was born in London, United Kingdom, to English parents Karin and Phil Crowney. she ...

Victor Banerjee Victor Banerjee is an Indian actor who appears in English, Hindi, Bengali and Assamese language films. He has worked for directors such as Roman Polanski, James Ivory, Sir David Lean, Jerry London, Ronald Neame, Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen, Shya ...

in important roles. The film focuses on a family living their lives peacefully until they discover that they are falling prey to

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. The film was screened in many international

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s, albeit was a " major flop" at the Indian box-office.

Cast

as Dr. Mohan *

as Claire *

as Mohan's grandfather *

Mukesh Tiwari Mukesh Tiwari (born 24 August 1969) is an Indian actor, who has worked predominantly in Bollywood. and few Tamil films. He is known for playing negative and comic side roles. He entered the film industry in the year 1998 with the movie '' China ...

as Kushaba (face reader) *

Neena Kulkarni Neena Kulkarni (''neena'' Joshi) is an Indian actress. She began her acting career in the 1970s on the Marathi professional stage and Hindi experimental stage, along with fashion shows and modelling simultaneously. She met Pt Satyadev Dubey, h ...

as Shakuntala *

Jaya Bhattacharya Jaya Bhattacharya is an Indian television actress. She is known for playing antagonistic roles in TV serials. She has also done small roles in movies. Best known for playing Payal in soap opera ''Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi'', she also play ...

as Snehal * Pinky Campbell as Parvati (credited as Mohini) * Master Dharmik as Tanya (Mohan's son)

Critical reviews

Taran Adarsh Taran Adarsh (born 13 June 1965) is an Indian film critic and trade analyst. He is best known for giving trade figures and box office updates on social media. Career Taran Adarsh started his journalism career at the age of 15 with ''Trade Gui ...

from

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rated the film 1.5 out of 5 praising Banerjee's performance along with Khalid and Hazel. Joginder Tuteja from IndiaGlitz praised the visual effects of the film. Parbina Rashid from

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praised the performances of Banerjee and Mohini (Campbell).

Accolades

''Ho Sakta Hai'' was screened at

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(2005) and Filmpur Film Festival in

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(2005). The film was nominated within Best Three Films at the

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Awards. and won a Seagate Technical Award for Best Visual Effects.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, id=1029314 *
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' at WilsonLouisFilms portal *
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