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actress Tisca Chopra is all set for her directional debut release, Saali Mohabbat on Zee5. The Zee5 original feature film will star Radhika Apte and Divyenndu Sharma in the lead role along with Anurag Kashyap, Anshumaan Pushkar, Sauraseni Maitra and Sharat Saxena. Though makers are yet to announce the release date of the film, it has already been premiered at IFFI last year and the Chicago South Asian Film Festival this year.
Tisca Chopra's directional debut to premiere on Zee5
Produced by Jio Studios and Manish Malhotra’s Stage5 Production, this thriller-drama is about Smita (played by Radhika Apte), a small-town housewife whose ordinary life turns into infidelity, deceit, and moral ambiguity with sudden changed circumstances. It is set to premiere exclusively on ZEE5 later this year.
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