Kaashi in Search of Ganga

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Kaashi in Search of Ganga
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Theatrical release poster
Directed byDhiraj Kumar
Written byManish Kishore
Produced byDhiraj Kumar
Manish Kishore
Shravan Kumar
Sanjay Surana
Sandesh Suvarna
Nishant Dayal
Vinit Singh
Starring
Sharman Joshi
Aishwarya Devan
Priyanka Singh
Govind Namdev
Akhilendra Mishra
Manoj Joshi
Cinematography Attar Singh Saini
Edited byParth Y. Bhatt
Music by Ankit Tiwari
Vipin Patwa
Raaj Aashoo
Dj Emenes
Production
company
Insite India
Release date
  • 26 October 2018 (2018-10-26)
Running time
125 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹2 Crores
Box office₹93 Lakhs

Kaashi in Search of Ganga is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language suspense thriller film directed by Dhiraj Kumar starring Sharman Joshi and Aishwarya Devan in lead roles. The film is a Hindi film debut for Aishwarya Devan. [1] In supporting roles the film also stars Govind Namdev, [2] [3] Akhilendra Mishra, Paritosh Tripathi, Manoj Joshi and Manoj Pahwa. [4] [5] The film was written by Manish Kishore. [6] [7] and produced by Insite India. [8] It is set in the Indian city of Benaras also known as Kashi. [9]

Contents

The movie follows two siblings, Kaashi (Sharman Joshi) and his sister Ganga (Priyanka Singh). When Ganga goes missing, Kaashi starts a search to find her, but the main problem arises when people seem to have completely forgotten about Ganga's existence.

Plot

Kaashi lives a happy life with his parents and sister, Ganga. One night, his sister fails to return home from college. Kaashi immediately starts looking for Ganga and enlists the help of Devina (Aishwarya Devan). He files a police report later that night and keeps his own search going. Kaashi then makes a visit to her college the next day. The college principal checks the student records but is unable to find any evidence that Ganga had gone to school there. On the way home, some men claim to have information on Ganga's whereabouts. They refuse to divulge this information and get beaten up by Kaashi.

Elsewhere, Devina finds one of Ganga's college friends. Although she is ready to help, she seems frightened. She tells Devina that Ganga was having an affair with the son of a local strongman, Abhimanyu (Mehul Surana). Ganga's friend had not seen her since she got pregnant. Enraged, Kaashi threatens Abhimanyu's father, Balwant (Govind Namdev), to return his sister. Balwant tells him that Abhimanyu is in Mussoorie prompting Devina and Kaashi to start a journey there.

In Mussoorie, Kaashi finds Abhimanyu with another woman in a hotel room. While interrogated by Kaashi, Abhimanyu claims to not know who Ganga is. This leads Kaashi to kill him and eventually leads to his arrest.

The disfigured body of a girl is found and identified to be Ganga based on the clothes she was wearing. The case moves to court as lawyers fight things out. While some witnesses deny the existence of Ganga and her parents, others testify that they do. Kaashi's parents are also not found at home. Kaashi also believes that Balwant killed Ganga as Abhimanyu was in Mussoorie at the time. Amidst the confusion, a psychiatrist talks to Kaashi and diagnoses him with schizophrenia. After an argument breaks out between him and Balwant in court, Kaashi grabs a gun and kills Balwant.

Admitted to a psychiatric facility, Kaashi starts to question his sanity. It is revealed that Devina was the one behind it all. Remorseful, Devina confides to the girl who was earlier identified as Ganga's friend. Devina reveals she wanted revenge but not at Kaashi's cost. She goes and meets Kaashi and tells him the whole story.

Devina had identified his mental condition at the moment they met. She reveals to Kaashi that his parents and sister had been dead for quite some time. She goes on to state that Balwant was her father's business partner and killed her family 15 years ago. She used Kaashi and fabricated the story of Ganga's disappearance to carry out her revenge. Ganga's "college friend" is shown to be Devina's sister. Kaashi, now full of anger and sadness, admits that he loves Devina and wants to spend his life with her. He then kills Devina and is shown lying next to her dead body.

In the final scene Kashi is an inmate of a psychiatric ward but he believes(hallucinates) that he is living happily with Devina and his family.

Cast

Soundtrack

Kaashi: in Search of Ganga
Soundtrack album by
Ankit Tiwari, Vipin Patwa, Raaj Aashoo and DJ Emenes
Released11 October 2018 (2018-10-11) [14]
Recorded2018
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length31:23
Language Hindi
Label Zee Music Company
External audio
Nuvola apps arts.svg Official Audio Jukebox on YouTube
Ankit Tiwari chronology
FryDay
(2018)		Kaashi in Search of Ganga
(2018)		 Amavas
(2019)
Track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1."Bam Bam Bole Kaashi" Shabbir Ahmed Vipin Patwa Daler Mehndi, Swati Sharma, Divya Kumar 3:52
2."Tujhe Dhoond Raha Dil" Shabbir Ahmed Raaj Aashoo Yasser Desai5:28
3."Woh Rishta"Abhendra Kumar Upadhyay Ankit Tiwari Ankit Tiwari, Deepali Sathe4:10
4."Ranjha"Shabbir AhmedDJ EmenesPayal Dev, Neeraj Shridhar 3:59
5."Betahasha"Abhendra Kumar UpadhyayAnkit Tiwari Sonu Nigam, Palak Muchhal 4:31
6."Bam Bam Bole Kaashi" (Reprise)Shabbir AhmedVipin PatwaAditya Dev (Music Producer)2:46
7."Woh Rishta" (Reprise)Abhendra Kumar UpadhyayAnkit TiwariDeepali Sathe2:03
8."Betahasha" (Reprise)Abhendra Kumar UpadhyayAnkit TiwariVaseem Ahmed, Palak Muchhal4:34
Total length:31:23

Release

The film was released in India on 26 October 2018. [10] [15] The motion poster for the movie was released on 18 September 2018. [16] The trailer for the movie was released on 19 September 2018. [17] [18]

Reception

On the basis of 54 user ratings, the movie got 3.5/5 stars on Bollywood Hungama. [19] Renuka Vyavahare of The Times of India gave the movie 1.5/5 stars saying that the film is a "mockery of suspense'" and that the "film ends up as an unintentional comedy"; but she adds, "Sharman Joshi and Manoj Joshi are perhaps the only actors that try to infuse some meaning to this inane story." [20] [21] Kunal Guha of Mumbai Mirror gave the movie 1.5/5 stars, writing that the "film lacks logic in its writing", but added that Aishwarya Devan is "fairly convincing for the large part". The average readers rating in Mumani Mirror for the movie was 3/5. [22]

Indo-Asian News Service gave the movie 3/5 stars, saying that the movie "is a layered tale of revenge with a good dose of romance and suspense." [23] [24] Saumya Gourisaria of 'The Live Mirror' gave the movie 0.5/5 stars saying that the movie "is so outrageous that it will make you laugh". [25]

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