Published 13:50 IST, November 23rd 2020

Is 'Pihu' based on real story? Who was Pihu's story based on in real life?

Is 'Pihu' based on real story? Who was Pihu's story based on in real life? Was there a toddler who was locked inside its home in real life? Read on to know.

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Pihu is a heart-wrenching drama-thriller about a toddler who is left home alone. movie is directed by Vinod Kapri and released in year 2018 is available to watch Netflix. However, story of film is based on true events that took place in Delhi, India, a few years prior to film's release.

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Pihu: Plot

story of film Pihu is about a 2-year-old toddler who wakes up next to her deceased mor. Pihu’s far is away on business, leaving no one to monitor Pihu and prevent her from everyday dangers in her house. Pihu assumes that her mor is asleep, goes about her day watching TV, plugging in sockets, leaving taps open and even closing herself inside a refrigerator.

movie has scenes of Pihu trying to heat food for herself in microwave and gas stove, invertently putting herself in harm. movie sees neighbours trying to break in after seeing smoke coming from house. Gaurav, her far, too returns home immediately after Pihu tells him that her mor has been sleeping all day. While Pihu is unharmed in film, question lingers, how will a toddler survive on its own if parents die unexpectedly?

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Is Pihu movie based on a true story?

storyline of Pihu is not for faint-hearted people. movie is actually based on a real-life incident that took place in Delhi. According to a report in Filmstories.co.uk, director of film talked about inspiration for film.

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Reportedly, director and writer of film, Vinod Kapri h always wanted to work on a film with a single character and with a small kid. According to his statements given to media portal, Pihu is based on a real-life incident he re about in news. Reportedly, news was about a four-year-old boy who stayed in a house with corpse of his mor for a night in Delhi.

Details of film

film released in year 2018 and is written and directed by Vinod Kapri. movie stars Myra Vishwakarma in titular character of Pihu. movie also casts Prerna Vishwakarma as Pihu’s mor, Pooja and Rahul Bagga as Gaurav and Hrishita Bhatt as Meera.

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13:50 IST, November 23rd 2020