Pune Highway(2024)

Storyline

Three childhood friends from Mumbai are shaken when a dead body is discovered far away in a lake. This event impacts each of them differently. As they struggle to hold their friendship together, a harsh truth closes in on them all.

“Three friends. One secret. The truth is catching up.”

Vibe & Tags

Cast & Crew

#1

S

Shishir SharmaMadhuaudhan Mansekar

→

#2

D

Deepali GargSeema

→

#3

A

Anuvab PalNicholas Thomas (Nicky)

→

#4

M

Manjari FadnnisNatasha Khandewal

→

#5

R

Rajit KapoorDr. Mahesh

→

#6

H

Himanshu BalpandeBabu Bhonsle

→

#7

Jim SarbhVishnu Sehgal

→

#8

S

Sudeep ModakInspector Prabhakar Pethe

→

#9

S

Swapnil AjgaonkarSub Inspector Godbole

→

#10

A

Abhishek KrishnanArvimd Saple Jr.

→

#11

B

Bugs Bhargava KrishnaDirector

→

#12

R

Rahul daCunhaCrew

→

Trivia

• The film's title refers to the real-life Pune-Mumbai Expressway, a key location where the story's central mystery unfolds.
• Director Bugs Bhargava Krishna is also a noted casting director, and he cast several first-time actors in supporting roles for this film.
• Principal photography took place extensively in Mumbai and along the actual highway, using guerrilla-style filming for some tense sequences.
• The script was workshopped for over a year with the three lead actors to build their on-screen friendship naturally.
• The film's score uses ambient sounds recorded from the highway and lakeside to create its unsettling atmosphere.
• It had a very limited theatrical release, focusing instead on a direct-to-digital premiere strategy.
• The lake scenes were shot at a reservoir near Lonavala, a hill station between Mumbai and Pune.