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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|2019 Indian psychological crime drama thriller television film directed by Suman Mukhopadhyay}}<br />
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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Posham Pa<br />
| image = Posham Pa poster.jpg<br />
| caption = Film poster<br />
| director = [[Suman Mukhopadhyay]]<br />
| producer = [[Dhirajj Vinodd Kapoor]]<br />
| writer = Nimisha Misra<br />
| starring = {{plainlist|<br />
* [[Mahie Gill]]<br />
* [[Sayani Gupta]]<br />
* [[Ragini Khanna]]<br />
}}<br />
| music = <br />
| cinematography = <br />
| editing = <br />
| studio = Ten Years Younger Productions<br/>Amber Entertainment <br />
| distributor = [[ZEE5]]<br />
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2019|08|23}}<br />
| runtime = 75 minutes<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Hindi<br />
}}<br />
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'''''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.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Mahie Gill, Sayani Gupta team up for all-female thriller Posham Pa|url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/stories/news/2019/jul/16/mahie-gill-sayani-gupta-team-up-for-all-female-thriller-posham-pa-13002.html|website=The New Indian Express|date=16 July 2019|access-date=2021-01-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Khan|first=Atif|date=2019-09-19|title=Ragini Khanna on her new Zee5 original 'Posham Pa'|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/ragini-khanna-independent-streak/article29457475.ece|access-date=2020-05-15|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> The title generally refers to a children's rhyme but the film theme depicts the mass murder of children by serial killers.<ref name="indiatoday">{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/mail-today/story/what-s-the-story-behind-posham-pa-ask-sayani-1590630-2019-08-23|title=What's the story behind Posham Pa? Ask Sayani - Mail Today News|website=India Today | date=2019-08-23 | author=Suhani Singh|accessdate=2020-12-20}}</ref> 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.<ref name="indiatoday"/> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Zee5's Posham Pa Wilts Under The Weight Of Its Own Psychology|url=https://www.filmcompanion.in/posham-pa-zee-5-review-sayani-gupta/|date=2019-08-21|website=Film Companion|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-15}}</ref> The film was released via the [[ZEE5]] platform on 23 August 2019 and received generally positive reviews from the audience and critics.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Posham Pa movie review: Zee5 film about serial killer sisters plods under the weight of its ambition- Entertainment News, Firstpost|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/posham-pa-movie-review-zee5-film-about-serial-killer-sisters-plods-under-the-weight-of-its-ambition-7206611.html|date=2019-08-23|website=Firstpost|language=en|access-date=2020-05-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=‘Posham Pa’ review: More fiction than fact in film based on real-life serial killers|url=https://scroll.in/reel/934718/posham-pa-review-more-fiction-than-fact-in-film-based-on-real-life-serial-killers|last=Ramnath|first=Nandini|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-15}}</ref><br />
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== Synopsis ==<br />
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).<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
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* [[Mahie Gill]] as Prajakta Deshpande<br />
* [[Sayani Gupta]] as Regha Sathe<br />
* [[Ragini Khanna]] as Shikha Deshpande<br />
* [[Shivani Raghuvanshi]] as Nikhat Ismail<br />
* Randheer Rai as Dharmesh Deshpande<br />
* [[Imaad Shah]] as Gundeep Singh<br />
* Nitanshi Goel as Regha Sathe's kid<br />
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== Production ==<br />
The project was announced by ZEE5 in July 2019 during the post-production stage of the film.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Zee5 announces psychological thriller Posham Pa - Exchange4media|url=https://www.exchange4media.com/industry-briefing-news/zee5-announces-psychological-thriller-posham-pa-98132.html|website=Indian Advertising Media & Marketing News – exchange4media|language=en|access-date=2020-05-15}}</ref> The film director chose all female cast for the film giving prominence to women characters.<ref>{{Cite web|title='Posham Pa': A violent thriller with an all-female cast|url=https://zeenews.india.com/bollywood/posham-pa-a-violent-thriller-with-an-all-female-cast-2219336.html|date=2019-07-15|website=Zee News|language=en|access-date=2020-05-15}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Upadhyay|first=Karishma|date=2019-08-16|title=Dealing with female toxicity in 'Posham Pa'|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/how-mahie-gill-sayani-gupta-and-ragini-khanna-geared-up-for-some-extreme-female-toxicity-in-the-psychological-thriller-posham-pa/article29109400.ece|access-date=2020-05-15|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> The film was predominantly shot in a prison in [[Matunga]], [[Mumbai]] where the serial killers are currently staying.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Posham Pa is kind of like Breaking Bad: Mahie Gill|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/web-series/the-anger-within-5942627/|date=2019-08-28|website=The Indian Express|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-15}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb title|id=tt10645878}}<br />
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[[Category:2010s Hindi-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian psychological thriller films]]<br />
[[Category:ZEE5 original films]]<br />
[[Category:Films shot in Mumbai]]<br />
[[Category:Hindi-language films based on actual events]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films based on actual events]]<br />
[[Category:2019 direct-to-video films]]<br />
[[Category:2019 films]]<br />
[[Category:Serial killer films]]<br />
[[Category:Films about real serial killers]]<br />
[[Category:2010s serial killer films]]<br />
[[Category:Biographical films about serial killers]]<br />
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