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Posham Pa (2019)

Posham Pa poster
Directed by
Suman Mukhopadhyay
Genre
crime, drama, thriller
Country
India
Runtime
1h 15m
Rated
U
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A film based on a true story about a mother and her two daughters who kidnap and murder children. It follows the investigation into their crimes and the eventual conviction of the killers.

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What happens

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. The title generally refers to a children's rhyme but the film depicts the mass murder of children by serial killers. 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. Seema and Renuka received death penalty in 2014 for committing the murders while their mother Anjana died in 1997 while serving her prison sentence. The film was released via the ZEE5 platform on 23 August 2019 and received generally positive reviews from the audience and critics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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