Posham Pa

Posham Pa is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language psychological thriller film directed by Suman Mukhopadhyay. The film stars Mahie Gill, Sayani Gupta, Ragini Khanna in the main lead roles.[1][2] The title generally refers to a children's rhyme but the film theme depicts the mass murder of children by serial killers.[3] 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.[3] 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.[4] The film was released via ZEE5 platform on 21 August 2019 and received generally positive reviews from the audience and critics.[5][6]

Posham Pa
Film poster
Directed bySuman Mukhopadhyay
Produced byDhirajj Vinodd Kapoor
Written byNimisha Misra
Starring
Production
company
Ten Years Younger Productions
Amber Entertainment
Distributed byZEE5
Release date
  • 21 August 2019 (2019-08-21)
Running time
75 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

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 Sikha (Ragini Khanna) who murdered 5 children and are arrested for committing such mass murder. The sisters Regha and Sikha later reveal everything related to the mass murder to two documentary filmmakers Gundeep (Imaad Shah) and Nikhat (Shivani Raghuvanshi).

Cast

Production

The project was announced by ZEE5 in July 2019 during the post-production stage of the film.[7] The film director chose all female cast for the film giving prominence to women characters.[8] 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.[9] The film was predominantly shot in a prison in Matunga, Mumbai where the serial killers are currently staying.[10]

References
  1. "Mahie Gill, Sayani Gupta team up for all-female thriller Posham Pa". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
  2. Khan, Atif (2019-09-19). "Ragini Khanna on her new Zee5 original 'Posham Pa'". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
  3. MumbaiAugust 23, Suhani Singh; August 23, 2019UPDATED:; Ist, 2019 06:33. "What's the story behind Posham Pa? Ask Sayani". India Today. Retrieved 2020-05-15.CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. "Zee5's Posham Pa Wilts Under The Weight Of Its Own Psychology". Film Companion. 2019-08-21. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
  5. "Posham Pa movie review: Zee5 film about serial killer sisters plods under the weight of its ambition- Entertainment News, Firstpost". Firstpost. 2019-08-23. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
  6. Ramnath, Nandini. "'Posham Pa' review: More fiction than fact in film based on real-life serial killers". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
  7. "Zee5 announces psychological thriller Posham Pa - Exchange4media". Indian Advertising Media & Marketing News – exchange4media. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
  8. "'Posham Pa': A violent thriller with an all-female cast". Zee News. 2019-07-15. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
  9. Upadhyay, Karishma (2019-08-16). "Dealing with female toxicity in 'Posham Pa'". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
  10. "Posham Pa is kind of like Breaking Bad: Mahie Gill". The Indian Express. 2019-08-28. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
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