Welcome Home is a 2020 Indian Hindi-language crime drama thriller film inspired by a real-life incident in Nagpur, Maharashtra. It stars Kashmira Irani, Swarda Thigale, Boloram Das, Shashi Bhushan, and Tina Bhatia. The film was written by Ankita Narang and directed by Pushkar Mahabal. The music was compose by Meghdeep Bose, with cinematography by Saee Bhope, and editing by Pushkar Mahabal. Produced by veteran actor Paresh Rawal and his wife and actor Swaroop Rawal, Welcome Home premiered on SonyLIV in 2020. As of May 2024, the film is no longer available on Sony LIV for unknown reasons.
Welcome Home 2020 Full Cast & Crew
Cast of Welcome Home 2020
- Kashmira Iran: Anuja / teacher
- Swarda Thigale: Neha / teacher (as Swarda Thigle)
- Shashi Bhushan: Ghanshyam
- Boloram Das: Bhola
- Tina Bhatia: Prerna
- Akshita Arora: Leela
- Siddhesh Wanikar: Naru Kewle
- Hardish Pandya: Man in Outhouse
- Swapnil Abhyankar: Amol / Maths teacher
- Sarang Abhyankar: Supervisor
- Mahesh Raipurkar: Landlord
- Romil K. Sharma: Vaibhav / Anuja’s fiancé
Produced by
- Pushkar Mahabal: producer
- Ankita Narang: executive producer
- Paresh Rawal: producer
- Swaroop Sampat: producer
- Hemal Thakkar: producer
Other Details
- Director: Pushkar Mahabal
- Writer: Ankita Narang
- Music by : Meghdeep Bose
- Cinematography by: Saee Bhope
- Editing by : Pushkar Mahabal
- Art Direction by: Ankita Narang
- Costume Design by: Saee Bhope
Makeup Department
- Nitin Jha: special makeup effects artist
- Galib Shaikh: makeup artist
Story of Welcome Home 2020
The story revolves around two young women, Anuja (Kashmira Irani) and Neha (Swarda Thigale), who are high school teachers and have been task to collect population data for the census. On their way to collect data, they come across a deserted house where a pregnant woman named Prerna (Tina Bhatia) welcomes them. When asked about the people who reside there, Prerna answers that there are four people in the house; Prerna, her grandmother, an old guy, and Bhola(the cook).
The two women ask her if it was her first child and Prerna replies no, saying that after being born all the kids cry for some time and then die. Although skeptical, the two women leave. And then for some reason, they decide to go back; but this time there is heavy rain, so they take shelter in her house for the night. At night, one of the women sees the old guy going to a small hut kind of thing from the window. In the meantime, Bhola hears them talking on the phone about how no one knows where they are.
After Interval
Bhola is seen then asking the old guy whom he calls “bhayya” (although the relation is not specified). The two women try to escape the night. They check the hut and see a bloodied man chained. They realize they don’t have their phones and hence, go back to the house. The next day they leave but before they can get out, the “grandmother” is seen asking the old guy if he’s letting them go, to which he nods his head after which she informs him that they went out the previous night. The women are taken hostage by the old man.
They get assault, struggle to survive, and eventually split up. It is revealed that the old guy is Prerna’s dad, and Prerna has been manipulated and abused by them. She has been manipulate into being obedient and getting sexually assault by her dad, and all the kids have been a result of it. The old guy then kills the newborns (and somehow the grandmother is alright with this).
Conclusion
Overall, the cast of “Welcome Home” played a pivotal role in making the movie a gripping and unsettling experience for viewers. Their collective efforts helped the film stand out in the thriller genre, leaving a lasting impression on the audience.