About Bhakshak Movie (2024) Vaishali Singh (Bhumi Pednekar), a struggling local journalist decides to investigate and uncover the harrowing truth of abuse being covered up at a shelter for young girls. Bhakshak is a Netflix crime-drama film about a TV reporter fighting for justice for girls abused at a shelter home. The film is loosely based on the Muzaffarpur Shelter Home Rape case, but also draws from other true stories of human trafficking. A struggling local journalist begins a dogged investigation into harrowing cases of abuse being covered up at a shelter for young girls. The Muzaffarpur shelter case served as the inspiration for the 2024 Indian Hindi-language criminal thriller Bhakshak . Starring Bhumi Pednekar, Sanjay Mishra,