''Posham Pa'' is a 2019 Indian

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-language

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film directed by Suman Mukhopadhyay. The film stars

Mahie Gill Rimpy Kaur "Mahie" Gill (born 19 December 1975) is an Indian actress, working in the Hindi and Punjabi film industries. She is best known for her role of ''Paro'' in Anurag Kashyap's critically acclaimed Hindi film '' Dev.D'', a modern take on ...

, Sayani Gupta,

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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 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

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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

as Prajakta Deshpande * Sayani Gupta as Regha Sathe *

as Shikha Deshpande * Shivani Raghuvanshi as Nikhat Ismail * Randheer Rai as Dharmesh Deshpande *

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 S ...

as Gundeep Singh

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,

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where the serial killers are currently staying.

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* {{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 Films about real serial killers 2010s serial killer films Biographical films about serial killers Indian serial killer films