''Posham Pa'' is a 2019 Indian
Hindi-language
psychological thriller film directed by
Suman Mukhopadhyay
Suman Mukhopadhyay ( bn, সুমন মুখোপাধ্যায়; born 20 November 1966) is an Indian film director.His popular films are Herbert (film), Kangal Malsat, Shesher Kobita (2014).
Career
Suman Mukhopadhyay is currently v ...
. The film stars
Mahie Gill,
Sayani Gupta,
Ragini Khanna in the main lead roles. The title generally refers to a children's rhyme but the film theme depicts the mass murder of children by serial killers.
The plot of the film based on a real true story of serial killers Anjana, and her two daughters
Seema Gavit and Renuka Shinde
Sisters Seema Mohan Gavit (born 1975) and Renuka Kiran Shinde (born 1973) are Indian serial killers convicted of kidnapping thirteen children and killing five of them between 1990 and 1996. In association with their mother Anjanabai, they wer ...
who kidnapped more than 40 children and murdered around 12 children on 19 November 1996.
Seema and Renuka received death penalty in 2014 for committing the mass murder of 12 children while their mother Anjana died in 1997 while serving her punishment at prison. The film was released via the
ZEE5 platform on 23 August 2019 and received generally positive reviews from the audience and critics.
Synopsis
The story of a psychologically disturbed mother Prajakta (Mahie Gill) who inspired and coerced her two daughters into a life of crime Regha (Sayani Gupta) and Shikha (Ragini Khanna) who murdered 5 children and are arrested for committing such mass murder. The sisters Regha and Shikha later reveal everything related to the mass murder to two documentary filmmakers Gundeep (Imaad Shah) and Nikhat (Shivani Raghuvanshi).
Cast
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Mahie Gill as Prajakta Deshpande
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Sayani Gupta as Regha Sathe
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Ragini Khanna as Shikha Deshpande
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Shivani Raghuvanshi
Shivani Raghuvanshi is an Indian actress. She made her acting debut in the 2014 dark comedy '' Titli'', she earned wider recognition for her role in the webseries '' Made in Heaven''.
Filmography
*''Shockers'' (TV Series)
*''Jaan The Jigar'' ...
as Nikhat Ismail
* Randheer Rai as Dharmesh Deshpande
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Imaad Shah
Imaaduddin Shah (also credited as Imaad Shah; born 20 September 1986) is an Indian actor and musician. He is the son of actors Naseeruddin Shah and Ratna Pathak Shah.
Early life
Imaad was born to actors Naseeruddin Shah and Ratna Pathak on 20 ...
as Gundeep Singh
* Nitanshi Goel as Regha Sathe's kid
Production
The project was announced by ZEE5 in July 2019 during the post-production stage of the film. The film director chose all female cast for the film giving prominence to women characters. Mahie Gill was roped into play the role of a psychologically disturbed mother Prajakta resembling Anjana while Sayani Gupta and Ragini Khanna were roped into play the roles as sisters resembling the mass murderers Seema and Renuka. The film was predominantly shot in a prison in
Matunga,
Mumbai where the serial killers are currently staying.
References
External links
* {{IMDb title, id=tt10645878
2010s Hindi-language films
Indian psychological thriller films
ZEE5 original films
Films shot in Mumbai
Hindi-language films based on actual events
Indian films based on actual events
2019 direct-to-video films
2019 films
Serial killer films
Films about real serial killers
2010s serial killer films
Biographical films about serial killers
Indian serial killer films