Kranti Prakash Jha

Based on the 2008 Delhi Batla House case, the crime thriller Batla House chronicles the police encounter and investigation of the case.

Set in Varanasi, the story revolves around a distraught brother Kaashi, who is in search of his missing sister Ganga. But, does Ganga really exist?

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.[9] Kashi is a man who belongs to a community who are involved in performing cremation rituals. Kaashi belongs to a family who are known to perform final rituals of people in Benaras he lives with his parents and sister Ganga and is very much possessive of Ganga.Devina a journalist arrives in town for her work and befriends Kaashi but soon Ganga disappears and Kaashi with help of Devina tries to trace her.Kaashi finds from friend of Ganga that she was dating Abhimanyu Pandey son of Balwant Pandey who left her pregnant Kaashi in a fit of range kills Abhimanyu and gets arrested where as Ganga's decomposed body is also recovered.Devina points to Kaashi that she must have been killed by someone else as Abhimanyu was not present in town at the time of her death during the verdict in court many witness testify that Ganga never existed. —alex.mjacko@gmail.com