[light-hearted music playing]
[car engine turns]
The entire family is going away from Dakini.
But my Ayaan is right here.
How do I save him from Dakini?
[owl hooting]
I know
you've come to save your son,
but even the two of us together are weak as compared to Dakini.
We have just three days.
How will we save Ayaan from Dakini?
[owl hooting]
[disconcerting music playing]
This will be the best heritage property near Kolkata.
This property has character, history
- and most importantly... - Dakini!
[ominous music playing]
- [screaming] - No!
Help! Who's this?
- Help! - [grunting]
Ah! Who's this? Help me.
[music playing]
What is this insolence, Mr. Choudhury?
It isn't insolence, it's the truth.
[music playing]
The truth! What about?
The truth is,
this will be the world's first hotel
where a guest has already checked in before it was even built!
Dakini.
A dakini lives in this house.
Who are you?
Meera Ghosh from customer care.
No! Sorry, force of habit.
I've changed my job now. Ahem.
Meera Ghosh, maintenance manager of Rajbari.
Are you insane?
You're no manager here.
Think again.
I'm the only one who can manage Dakini.
Mr. Choudhury!
We don't wish to invest our money in a haunted property, understood?
Sir, this isn't a haunted property.
It's just a lore.
The hotel guests and investors don't appreciate such lore.
- Let's go. - Hang on! This girl's a fraud.
She's making up stories and spreading rumours.
- And... - Mr. Choudhury!
Whether she's a fraud and this is a rumour or a fact,
that's your problem.
We have nothing to do with this property. Let's go.
- Come on. Thank you! - Sir... Hear me out!, Mr. Sen!
- A hotel can't be built here until... - Dakini is here.
Till you're here!
- You came here to ruin my deal! - Hey!
- No. I've come to get something that is lost. - What?
My mother's honour.
How will you restore it? By cancelling deals?
No, by proving that Dakini is not a lore, but really exists.
And by proving my mother was right and the world's wrong.
You want to prove Dakini's existence for your mother
while I want to prove it's a lore for my mother's sake.
I want to erase the stain on her last memory.
There's no stain on this house, a dakini is here.
Just shut up, okay? There's no Dakini here.
If there's anything here, it's pain.
Given by your mother.
The pain of losing my mother.
I carry that pain too, Mr. Choudhury.
And my mother died because of you and this mansion,
and I'll prove it at all costs.
What is it you want?
Three! Just three days.
If I fail to prove that Dakini exists,
I'll tell those investors myself that I'm a fraud and a cheat.
And...
And what?
[unsettling music playing]
What?
I will accept that my mother was responsible for your mom's death
and I'll leave this village for good.
But if I am proven right,
you will say before the villagers that my mother was a saint
who lost her life trying to save yours!
My mother is no more,
but you could apologise to her memories, Mr. Choudhury.
Deal.
You'll lose.
Remember, you will lose.
Against you is a son fighting for his mother.
And against you is a daughter fighting for her mother.
[music playing]
Who made you the maintenance manager?
I did.
[music playing]
And I called her here
to save you as well.
- To save me! - Yes.
Sorry, Thakuma.
I haven't come here to save anyone.
I've come to prove my mother's innocence.
I'll do it in three days and be gone from here.
Staying or leaving is all in the Lord's hands, Meera.
Come on. Get some rest.
She won't stay here, Thakuma!
- Where will she stay then? - Where she belongs.
[music playing]
In the servant quarters.
Ishani! Come on, child.
Let's go.
[vocalisation]
'Earlier, my hands were tied from Ishu's concern.'
'But now, your mother is protecting my Ishu.'
'So, I now have a reason to come to this mansion'
'as well as the courage.'
[morbid music playing]
[door creaks open]
So, won't we be going to Kolkata, Mother Meera?
It's my fault, Ishu.
I was fleeing out of fear
but I won't any more.
Not from the evil that lives in this house
nor from the malice in people's hearts.
Unless Mom gets justice, we will fight for her.
So, tell me whose nose should I punch?
Nobody's nose needs to be punched right now
but I'll let you know when the need arises.
Will we stay here now, Mother Meera?
You said this wasn't our home.
A home is not made of bricks and stones, Ishu,
but with your loved ones.
Where you, Father
and where
Mother reside.
That is home to me.
[Ayaan] 'Staff, report to the old library.'
Thank the Goddess that Meera is back.
Let me make something for the kids, then I'll talk to her.
[fridge door opening]
[fridge door closing]
[fridge door opening]
I had shut the fridge door.
- [screaming] - [rattling, clanking]
[loud rattling]
[clanking]
[clanking continues]
[Dakini] She will die!
Meera will die!
[loud rattling]
[screaming and gasping]
[loud clanking and rattling]
Meera!
Dakini! Me...
[book thudding]
[cryptic music playing]
- [book thudding] - [gasps]
[suspenseful music crescendos]
[music concludes]
[tremulous breathing]
[gasps]
[tremulous breathing]
[gasps]
Meera!
[tremulous breathing]
[screams]
No!
[screams]
Uh...
[cryptic music playing]
[tremulous breathing]
[gasps]
[disconcerting music building]
[eldritch vocalisation]
[music fades out]
Ishani!
Will you play a game with me?
No, I'm cross with you.
Cross! Why?
Why are you cross with me?
Because you...
One, two, three, five, six,
seven, eight, nine, ten!
You've said horrible things more than ten times to us.
Hey, I would never do that.
I'm your friend.
Vayuyaan, right?
We're friends. We pinkie-promised each other.
Do you remember?
To Mother Meera. She's my best friend.
And she's better than good. She's the best.
Ow!
I know how "best" she is!
You're the best.
Come on, play with me and prove you're the best.
Come on, let's play.
No, thank you.
I want to go to Mother Meera.
[disconcerting music playing]
[tremulous breathing]
[gasps]
[coughs]
Meera!
"Written on the pages of love"
"is a story unfulfilled."
"It is not new."
"It started years ago."
"There was a king."
"And there was a queen."
"And there was an ardent lover."
[song continues]
[song concludes]
Are you all right?
I'm... I'm so sorry. I didn't know you had asthma.
I threw the duster on your face. You were working in dust.
You knew, right? You could've told me.
What if something happened to you?
- It's okay. - It's not!
- You could've... - It's okay.
It's not your fault.
I was attacked by Dakini.
You're using your condition to convince me of the truth!
You're the one taking the truth for a lie.
[spluttering] I'm not using anything.
Disgusting!
Until when won't you believe it, Mr. Choudhury?
You can walk away from me,
but not the evidence.
[door creaks shut]
Meera!
Meera! Are you all right, my child?
Are you okay?
Yes, Thakuma. I'm fine.
Why do you look scared?
I... I was trying to warn you for so long
but Dakini didn't let me get to you.
Listen to me carefully, Meera.
The new moon night is nearing.
And the danger is increasing for you.
Dakini only cares about her obsession.
The more you try to stop her,
the more maniacal she will behave.
Then let her, Thakuma.
I will keep getting in her way
until she completely loses it.
[cryptic music playing]
People make a mistake when they lose their temper.
Until now, Dakini was hiding from Mr. Choudhury very smartly.
Now, I'll record all her movements.
Then Mr. Choudhury and his father
will have to believe that Dakini exists
and the accusation against my mother is false.
[music intensifies]
[door creaks open]
"Even after death,"
"she vowed to unite with him."
"This is not new,"
"their story is an old one..."
[music fading out]
[anklets chiming]
- [door creaks shut] - [gasps]
[melancholic music playing]
[anklets chiming]
'Rudrapratap'
Rudrapratap!
'Rudrapratap'
[melancholic music playing]
[gasps]
I told you numerous times
to heed my warning.
Dangerous it was for you
to stay over here!
Ishu!
Ishu, get up.
Ishu, I'm so sorry. Sorry.
Sit here.
Did you get hurt? Are you fine?
Yes, I drink milk daily.
I'm very strong, Mother Meera.
Are you sure you're not hurt, Ishu?
Hmm.
Did you have a bad dream?
I've had nightmares many times, Ishu,
but this dream
felt terrifyingly real.
I read in Mom's diary
that Dakini visits you in your dreams
and tells you facts at times.
Ishu, I forbade you from reading this.
You'll get scared and frighten me too.
I've read it already. Should I scare you?
"Not everyone becomes a dakini."
"When a powerful woman"
"dies with an unfulfilled desire,"
"she turns into a dakini."
"Dakini wanders for centuries"
"to complete her unfulfilled desires."
"And until she gets what she wants,"
"she spares no one."
[disconcerting music playing]
Hmm.
Ms. Ishani Ghosh!
Fighting Dakini and reading books is my job.
Go and read your books. Do you understand?
Mother Meera!
Hmm!
[sighs]
'Then the time will come'
'when Dakini will need help.'
'She will pick one assistant after another and build an army.'
An army of assistants!
Assistant...
'It has the power to gain control of humans.'
'Once someone becomes Dakini's assistant,'
'they lose all sense and control.'
'They only follow Dakini's orders.'
[clanking]
[eldritch music playing]
Kill Meera.
[cryptic music playing]
[music intensifies]
[music fades out]