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 depicts the mass murder of children by serial killers.^[3] The plot of the film is based on the 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 murders while their mother Anjana died in 1997 while serving her prison sentence.^[4] The film was released via the ZEE5 platform on 23 August 2019 and received generally positive reviews from the audience and critics.^[5][6]

Posham Pa
Film poster
Directed by	Suman Mukhopadhyay
Written by	Nimisha Misra
Produced by	Jahanara Bhargava & Seema Mohapatra
Starring	Mahie Gill Sayani Gupta Ragini Khanna
Music by	Prabuddha Banerjee
Production companies	Ten Years Younger Productions Amber Entertainment
Distributed by	ZEE5
Release date	23 August 2019 (2019-08-23)
Running time	75 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Synopsis

The story is that of a psychologically disturbed mother Prajakta (Mahie Gill) who inspired and coerced her two daughters, Regha (Sayani Gupta) and Shikha (Ragini Khanna), into a life of crime. They murdered 5 children and the sisters later reveal everything to two documentary filmmakers - Gundeep (Imaad Shah) and Nikhat (Shivani Raghuvanshi).

Cast

• Mahie Gill as Prajakta Deshpande
• Sayani Gupta as Regha Sathe
• Ragini Khanna as Shikha Deshpande
• Shivani Raghuvanshi as Nikhat Ismail
• Randheer Rai as Dharmesh Deshpande
• Imaad Shah as Gundeep Singh

Production

The project was announced by ZEE5 in July 2019 during the post-production stage of the film.^[7] The film's director chose an all-female cast for the film giving prominence to women characters.^[8] Mahie Gill was roped in to play a psychologically disturbed mother Prajakta resembling Anjana while Sayani Gupta and Ragini Khanna were hired to play the 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 lodged.^[10]