Kaashi in Search of Ganga is a Bollywood suspense thriller film directed by Dhiraj Kumar starring Sharman Joshi and Aishwarya Devan in lead roles. The film is a Bollywood debut for Aishwarya Devan. In supporting roles the film also stars Govind Namdev, Akhilendra Mishra, Paritosh Tripathi, Manoj Joshi and Manoj Pahwa. The film is directed by Dhiraj Kumar and written by Manish Kishore.
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Directed by | Dhiraj Kumar |
Produced by | Dhiraj Kumar, Shravan Agarwal, Sanjay Surana, Manish kishore, Sandesh Suvarna, Vinit Singh |
Written by | Manish Kishore |
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Release date | 21 September |
Country | India |
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Plot
The movie is about two siblings, Kashi (Sharman Joshi) and his sister Ganga. The film is set in the Indian city of Benaras, also known as Kashi. Kashi is a man who belongs to a community who are involved in performing cremation rituals.[9][5]
Cast
- Sharman Joshi as Kaashi
- Aishwarya Devan as Devina
- Govind Namdev as a politician
- Paritosh Tripathi as Rangeela
- Kranti Prakash Jha as Babina
- Akhilendra Mishra
- Manoj Joshi
- Manoj Pahwa as a judge
- Gauri Shankar as Inspector Ghanshyam Yadav[10]
- Mugdha Meharia as Shruti
- Priyanka Singh as Ganga
- Joginder Tiwari
- Shahnawaz Khan
Shooting locations
Some known locations for shoots of the film are in Benaras where shooting took place for over a month such as Assi Ghat and the bylanes of Benaras.[5]
Controversies
During the shoot of the film, a fight broke out leaving a crew member hospitalised and a FIR was filed. [11][12]
Release
The film is scheduled to be released in India on September 21st, 2018.[13]