Mohalla Assi is a 2015 Hindi-language Comedy Drama movie directed by Chandraprakash Dwivedi and produced by Vinay Tiwari under the banner of Crossword Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. Based on Dr. Kashinath Singh's Hindi novel 'Kashi Ka Assi', a religious satire based on the commercialization of the pilgrimage city, and fake gurus who lure the visitors and tourists. Assi Ghat is a burning ghat on the river banks of Ganges flowing into the middle of Banaras, India. The film is based in a famous, historical locality by the ghat, on the southern end of Banaras (Varanasi). Written by itsuvie. Mohalla assi features Sunny Deol in the lead role along with an ensemble cast including Sakshi Tanwar, Ravi Kishan, Saurabh Shukla, Mukesh Tiwari, Mithilesh Chaturvedi and Rajendra Gupta. The screenplay is written by Chandraprakash Dwivedi which is inspired from Kashi Ka Assi by Dr. Kashinath Singh. The music was composed by Amod Bhatt. Cinematography was done by Vijay Kumar Arora and editing by Aseem Sinha. It was released on 16th November 2018. The movie made a box office gross of ₹2 crore. Distribution rights for the motion picture were acquired by White Lion Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.