Mayasabha

Fantasy Thriller Hindi

The monsoons have washed Mumbai. RAVARANA has just come out on parole. He is nothing but a security guard in Mumbai. He, along with his sister Zeenat, lives a life in Chawl. Every day is a struggle and existence is hand to mouth. Both are in their late 30s and life seems to be an exercise in defeat.One day they meet a bizarre boy, Vasu.

Cast:	Javed Jaffrey, Veena Jamkar, Deepak Damle, Mohammad Samad,
Director:	Rahi Anil Barve
Writer:	Rahi Anil Barve
Editor:	Aasif Pathan
Camera:	Kuldeep Mamania

Guild Reviews

जावेद जाफरी चमके, पर फिल्म फीकी

Upma Singh | Navbharat Times

Sat, January 31 2026

लोककथा पर आधारित ‘तुम्‍बाड’ जैसी शानदार पीरियड हॉरर फिल्म के निर्देशक अनिल राही बर्वे करीब 8 साल के लंबे इंतजार बाद लौटे हैं। उनकी इस दूसरी फिल्‍म का नाम ‘मयसभा: द हॉल ऑफ इल्यूजन’ है। शुक्रवार, 30 जनवरी 2026 को सिनेमाघरों में रिलीज हुई यह फिल्‍म कुछ मायनों में ‘तुम्बाड’ की यादें भी ताजा करती है, क्योंकि इसकी दुनिया भी सोना और इंसानी लालच के इर्द-गिर्द ही बुनी गई है। हालांकि, बावजूद इसके यह तुम्‍बाड वाला असर नहीं छोड़ पाती।

An Original But Less-Than-Affecting Psychological Drama

Rahul Desai | The Hollywood Reporter India

Fri, January 30 2026

Rahi Anil Barve’s intriguing second film after 'Tumbbad' is set in a rundown movie theatre, but gets consumed by the stagey-ness of it all

In Tumbbad director Rahi Anil Barve’s second film, stories are told in a cinema hall. Quite literally. A few characters reminisce, rage, narrate, perform and lie in a decrepit Mumbai movie theater named Mayasabha; they may be projecting, but the blank screen is witness to the telling and untelling of their stories. The place looks halfway abandoned between suffocating reality and misty mythology: like a penniless single-screen auditorium that gave up on its own allegorical significance (as Mahabharata’s Hall of Illusions). It is also “home” to a once-famous and now-unhinged film producer, Parmeshwar Kumar (Jaaved Jaaferi). He lives in the past but scoffs at history.