'' Pihu '' is a 2017 Indian drama thriller film written and directed by Vinod Kapri and jointly produced by Ronnie Screwvala , Siddharth Roy Kapur and Shilpa Jindal . It stars Pihu ( Myra Vishwakarma ) , a two year old girl , in the title role , who gets trapped inside her house with no escape . '' Pihu '' was premiered at the 2017 International Film Festival of India in the Panorama section and was screened at the Fajr International Film Festival . It won the Grand Prize for Best Feature Film in the International Competition category and the People 's Choice award for Best Film at the 14th Trans-Saharan International Film Festival . The film 's official trailer was released on 24 October 2018 , and was released theatrically on 16 November 2018 . The film was shot in the Gandharav society of Greater Noida.gia The movie starts on the day after Pihu 's ( Myra Vishwakarma ) second birthday party . She wakes up and finds that her mother , Pooja , ( Prerna Sharma ) is not waking up . Her father , Gaurav ( Rahul Bagga , voice only ) has left for Kolkata for a conference . She feels hungry and tries to wake her mother up , but she does not wake up , causing Pihu to cry . Pooja commits suicide after a fight with Gaurav , and her face and hands are bruised indicating domestic violence . Gaurav had come late for Pihu 's birthday party which made Pooja angry . Moreover , she thinks that her husband is having an affair with her friend , Meera , which aggravates their fight . She kills herself due to the domestic problems , leaving a suicide note on the bedroom mirror , saying that she would 've killed Pihu too , but could n't bring herself to do it . Gaurav continuously attempts to call Pooja , but to no response . Pihu manages to pick up the phone but her father is not able to understand what Pihu wants to say , asking to speak to Pooja . Gaurav says that he has left the iron switched on and asks her to turn it off because Pihu might touch it . Shortly after , Pihu burns her fingers . She also almost electrocutes herself with exposed wires and burns two rotis in the microwave and on the stove . She turns on the geyser ( water heater ) , which after a few hours explodes , causing a large bang that concerns the other tenants of the apartment block and she hangs on the balcony railing in order to get her fallen doll . Luckily , a lady sees Pihu hanging dangerously and persuades her to get down . The electricity also fluctuates multiple times . The tap water overflows and comes out of the main door . Neighbors see the water , but they think the owners are on holiday
Fajr International Film Festival
Fajr International Film Festival
Pihu