'Meera, my child.'
'Your mom has done me so many favours.'
'No matter what I do for you, it will never be enough.'
'Come on, Meera.'
'Come with me and see for yourself.'
[tremulously] With you?
Where?
'Not where, Meera, but when.'
'I will take you back in time to that moment.'
[music playing]
[eerie vocalisation]
[music playing]
Where am I?
'If not you, who do I go to?'
'You're the only one who can save my Ayaan.'
[footsteps approaching]
[soft suspenseful music playing]
Who is that lady?
And why is she so desperate to save Mr. London?
[music playing]
[vocalisation]
That kid...
Why does he seem so familiar?
His face resembles Mr. Choudhury's!
Is this Mr. Choudhury's kid?
But he's not married.
[gasps]
The child is illegitimate!
I knew it.
Everyone from London must be like this.
Where is he though?
[ominous music playing]
Now, who's the other lady?
Excuse me.
You just mentioned Ayaan.
Were you talking about Mr. Choudhury?
Could you tell me, please?
[disconcerting music playing]
[vocalisation]
Mom!
'Why is she after my son, Nandini?'
'Out of all these people, why does she only want my Ayaan?'
Aunt!
[gasps]
Aunt really brought me to the past.
[spluttering] 'What happened?'
'What happened, Nandini?'
'I have trapped'
'Dakini for a while'
'in that scarecrow.'
'But this effigy of hay'
'won't be able to contain her for too long.'
[intense music playing]
[music fades out]
[cryptic vocalisation]
My king.
[anklets chiming]
My king.
'No!'
'He is not your king.'
'He is my son.'
'You have nothing to do with him.'
'Please spare him for God's sake.'
[sobbing] 'He's my son.'
'He's my son.'
[Dakini] 'He is my king.'
'I didn't leave this realm for a hundred years for his sake.'
'How can I leave him then?'
'I will take him with me.'
'No!'
'You are like the boy'
'who got caught with his hand in the cookie jar.'
'If you want to get your hand out, you must open your fist'
'and let go of your greed, Dakini!'
'Liberation and attachment can never go together.'
'To attain liberation, '
'you must forgo attachment, Dakini!'
'Remember.'
'King Rudrapratap'
'is no more.'
'You must leave too.'
'I will help you depart to the other world.'
'I don't want to attain liberation,'
'I want His Majesty.'
'My king!'
[ominous whispering]
'No! Stop!'
[macabre vocalisation]
'Swastika!'
[swooshing]
'There's no time!'
'Kill her before she gets to Ayaan!'
[flesh squelching]
[solemn music playing]
[cryptic vocalisation]
[dramatic music stings]
[music fades out]
[ghoulish laughter]
[grunting]
[clanking]
'My king.'
[suspenseful music playing]
'Stop, Ayaan!'
'Ayaan! Stop, Ayaan!'
'Get away from me!'
[thudding]
[music playing]
Meera...
What's happening? Say something, Meera.
[suspenseful music playing]
[eerie music playing]
[gripping music building]
Twenty-five years ago also,
you were about to become mine.
'Ayaan!'
[suspenseful music playing]
'No, Meera.'
'Don't go near him.'
'No, Meera! Meera!'
'Ayaan, what are you doing?'
[perplexing music playing]
'What's all this, Mom?'
"Even after death,"
"she vowed to unite with him."
"This is not new..."
[blood dripping]
[song continues]
[grunting]
[thudding]
'Ayaan, open your eyes.'
'Ayaan! Ayaan! Open your eyes, Ayaan!'
'Ayaan!'
Ayaan! Open your eyes, Ayaan. Please!
'What happened, Ayaan?'
'What happened? Are you all right?'
'Swastika, Ayaan is not in the protective circle right now.'
[screaming]
[Bengali] "I am yours."
[Bengali] "You are mine."
[Bengali] "Don't ever..."
Ayaan!
[Bengali] "Never leave me."
[tremulously] 'No!'
- [wincing] - [flesh squelching]
[gasps]
[macabre music playing]
'Aunt!'
[thudding]
'Swastika!'
[gasping]
'Swastika!'
'What happened to Aunt?'
'Nandini, a hundred years...'
'Dakini's hundred-year-old obsession...'
[sobbing]
'Defeated a mother's love.'
'I've lost, Nandini.'
'Nothing will happen. Hang in there, Swastika.'
- 'Swastika! - Ayaan!'
- 'Swastika!' - [gasping]
- [sharp exhale, hand thudding] - [gasps]
[eldritch music playing]
'Meera! Go and fetch your father.'
'Hurry up, child.'
'What about Ayaan?'
'Go, Meera. Go!'
[vocalisation]
[explosion]
Both your mother
and Swastika were fighting Dakini.
She bears enmity against both our families.
She is responsible for the deaths of both of your mothers.
Ayaan is still in danger, Meera.
Only you can save him, Meera,
and no one else.
Do you understand?
[sniffling]
Sorry, Thakuma.
I can't help Mr. Choudhury in any way.
I'm leaving with Ishani.
No.
[music playing]
Ayaan, to fix your mood, I got you some mang...
[solemn music playing]
[dreadful music playing]
Ayaan!
- Ayaan! - No, Meera.
Have mercy on us, Meera.
If you leave, everything will be finished, Meera.
Please stay.
We need you, Meera.
Mother Meera, please listen to Thakuma.
You said we must help everyone.
Bad manners.
I'll show you what bad manners are! Come without making a fuss.
Meera! Meera...
[dramatic music playing]
'Arnab!'
'Hear me out, Arnab.'
'Arnab, you and your family's lives are in danger.'
'Mrs. Choudhury!'
'Why isn't anyone listening? Mrs. Choudhury!'
'Mom, you've been calling out to them for so long.'
'They won't come.'
'Let's go home, Mom.'
No, Meera.'
'I can't leave.'
'I can't let that mother's sacrifice be in vain.'
'I must save Ayaan's life.'
'Stay here, child.'
[sad music playing]
'What are you doing, Mom?'
[sad music continues]
'Who will you kill now?'
'No!'
[spluttering] 'I didn't kill anyone.'
'Why don't you understand?'
[spluttering] 'That innocent little boy's life is in danger.'
'This family is cursed.'
'She must have done some black magic!'
'No, I didn't do any black magic.'
- 'I really didn't... - Quiet!'
'First, you killed their daughter-in-law.'
'Now, you're after an orphan.'
'I didn't do anything.'
'Sparing her life is a sin!'
- 'Kill her! - Yes, kill this girl.'
- 'Everyone, kill her. - Kill her!'
The lives of all my family members are in your hands, Meera.
First, she will take Ayaan and then, finish everyone off.
Only you can save them.
I beg you for their sake.
I'll give you anything you want.
Don't go, Meera.
Can you give me everything, Thakuma?
Just say the word, child.
I want my mother.
You people are 'zamindars'.
This land belongs to you.
And people like us
toiled for you, were loyal to you.
We gave you everything you wanted.
And since you said
you'd give me anything I asked for, then fine.
I want my mother, Thakuma.
Bring her back.
If you can't bring me my mom, then fine.
Bring Mr. Choudhury's mother back
who showed faith in me and my mother.
Go, bring her!
And if you can't bring her either,
then fine.
Answer my questions.
[solemn music playing]
Mr. Choudhury's mother sacrificed her life to save him.
Why was my mother punished for it, Thakuma?
Don't you want me to stay?
When the whole village called my mother a witch
and burned her alive,
why didn't you stop them, Thakuma?
Tell me why!
Uncle has been calling my mother a murderer for twenty years.
When Mr. Choudhury accused my mother of it today,
why didn't you retaliate, Thakuma?
And you want me to save him!
You 'zamindars' put a price on land,
but not conscience.
[sad music playing]
Even today, your conscience doesn't prick you, Thakuma.
My mother was mercilessly killed because of your grandson
and you want me to save his life!
If you ask for my life, I'll gladly give it to you, Meera.
But please save my family...
Neither was my mother a murderer
nor am I one.
I don't want anyone's life.
I know, my child.
- I know. - You know, but no one else does!
And no one else believes it, Thakuma!
Then stay to convince them, child.
What Swastika, Nandini and I could not do,
you can, Meera.
These people are blinded to the truth
and call us superstitious,
but you can help them see the truth.
If you do this,
no one will call your mother a murderer or witch.
Prove to all these people that your mother was innocent.
What will I gain by convincing
the people who consider us nothing, of the truth, Thakuma?
And not just now,
Ishu and I have always known
that our mother has never done anyone any harm.
And that's enough for me.
Meera, you take after your mother.
You can't see others suffer. Please don't be heartless.
You know how dangerous she is
and that Ayaan's life is in danger.
And you know too
that my father's life is in danger, Thakuma.
If you're trying to save your family,
don't I have the right to save mine?
My mother and father were always indebted to you,
but it has been a long time since they upheld their obligations.
So, the time has come
for this loyalty also to come to an end.
Forgive us,
but we won't be able to help your family any further.
Let's go, Ishu.
No...
[gate creaks open]
[cryptic vocalisation]
[cryptic music playing]
[door opening]
[malefic music playing]
Dakini!
[cryptic vocalisation]
'Cordial Invitation'
[tremulously] What's this, Thakuma?
It is written in blood.
'Cordial invitation.'
'King Rudrapratap...'
[disconcerting music playing]
'And'
'long-lived Madhumati...'
'Are getting married.'
'Everyone is cordially invited!'
'Time of wedding.'
'New moon day.'
New moon!
The new moon day
is in five days, Thakuma.
Oh, Goddess!
[tremulous breathing]
[ghoulish laugh]
[gate creaks shut]
[ghoulish laugh continues]
[thunder rumbling]
[dramatic music stings]