[door creaking]
[door closing]
[latch clanking]
[suspenseful music playing]
[vase shattering]
[lights flickering]
[zapping]
[cryptic music playing]
'Dakini'
[malefic vocalisation]
[lights flickering]
Forgive me.
I couldn't kill Meera in the first attempt.
My second attempt won't be in vain.
Today, Meera will die.
And you will get married to Rudrapratap.
[music stings]
[guitar strumming]
[pious music playing]
Goddess!
I want Your blessings today.
You've chosen such a difficult task.
You obviously need blessings.
Are you sure, Meera?
The story doesn't end there, child.
The poison was so lethal
that Lord Shiva couldn't handle it either.
What happened then?
Then...
'Goddess Manasa stepped in.'
'She saved Lord Shiva.'
'She took the poison out of his neck.'
'By saving Lord Shiva,'
'Goddess Manasa strengthened our faith in the divine further.'
'This is why we worship Goddess Manasa.'
'So She appears in any form'
'and protects our devotion and faith.'
Why are you so impressed with my great-grandfather?
You've dressed me like him and turned me into him!
With this moustache and wig!
I don't want to know why you did this.
You'll be leaving in a few hours.
I promised to give you fifteen minutes.
Do as you please.
Done with everything?
Or is something left?
You've wasted three minutes out of fifteen.
[suspenseful music playing]
What will you make me do?
Dance.
We only need to dance to this song, Mr. Choudhury.
What nonsense!
Mr. Choudhury, please wait.
No way!
Do you want to prove your mother wasn't a criminal with a mere dance?
You want to absolve her of all blame by dancing!
- Please hear me out. - No! I don't want to!
I get dreams about Dakini thanks to you and Thakuma!
I don't want to be a part of your plan. That's it.
You promised me, Mr. Choudhury.
Just fifteen minutes.
If you don't trust me, so be it,
but you can give me a chance at least!
I'm a liar and a cheat, fine!
You want me to accept my mistake and be gone from your life, right?
Let whatever happen to me then.
- Why do you care? - What!
I do.
Because now, I know you're not a fraud.
You're just a foolish daughter.
We process the pain of losing someone differently.
You refuse to believe your mother could do something wrong
but you're convinced
the horror story she cooked up is true!
You believe everything she said to you to be the truth.
To absolve her of the stain,
you're risking your life.
You put up with humiliation daily just to restore her honour.
Come on, Meera!
Let me tell you one thing.
When you find out that your mother wasn't right
and she was in the wrong,
you'll be very hurt. You'll be in pain.
Your heart will shatter.
You'll feel bad.
Whether my heart or faith shatter or I break a leg,
what difference does it make to you, Mr. Choudhury?
[vocalisation]
Are you mad?
We're hit by an earthquake and you're dancing!
No! You can't turn off the music!
No!
[screaming]
Don't worry, Mr. Choudhury.
She won't harm you.
[soft suspenseful music playing]
Ayaan! Ayaan...
Careful, okay?
[Bengali] What happened?
Is everyone all right? Where are Koyal and Pablo?
- I'm here. - Pablo!
- I'm here. - Okay.
[Bengali] Mom? Where's Mom?
- Look, Thakuma's here. - Ah!
Are you all right, Thakuma?
[soft menacing music playing]
That was quite an earthquake.
What are you wearing?
This isn't the time for a costume party, Ayaan!
Didn't Thakuma tell you
that Ms. Ghosh's attacker is still in the house?
What!
How's that possible?
I checked all the CCTV cameras, Ayaan.
There isn't a single footage of the attacker leaving the house.
Ah! Oh, God! So, the attacker is here somewhere!
Not just here somewhere, Aunt.
I think I saw him.
Do one thing. Please stick together.
Meera, you...
Where did Meera go?
- Mother Meera! - Meera!
Mother Meera! Where is Mother Meera?
Ishani, Meera will be back soon. Please don't be scared.
Of course, I'll be scared if Mother Meera is not around.
I want to go to Mother Meera!
Ishani!
I think Mr. Choudhury saw Dakini.
Now, he has to believe me.
Thakuma, did you hear me? Mr. Choudhury saw Dakini.
Where are you taking me?
We should be with the family, Thakuma.
We can finally win everyone's trust.
[tense music playing]
Thakuma!
I want to go to Mother Meera.
Ayaan has gone to bring Meera, Ishani.
They'll be back soon. Please stop crying.
I checked the servant quarter. She's not there.
- Ayaan! - Vayuyaan! Mother Meera!
- Where is Mother Meera, Vayuyaan? - Ishani...
Ishani, I promise I'll find Meera.
Please don't worry.
No! I know my Mother Meera has gone missing.
My Mother Meera promised me she'd never leave me.
Never!
You lost my Mother Meera, Vayuyaan.
Ishani, relax. She's not lost.
I'll find Meera.
Promise you won't cry.
Pinky promise.
[sobs]
Aren't you strong?
You can fight.
You trust Vayuyaan, right?
I will find Mother Meera, okay?
Listen, stay here with the family. Okay?
Ayaan! Where are you going?
Dad, please understand. There's a criminal in the house.
No one will go anywhere. I'll go and find him.
Ayaan! Ayaan, hear me...
Thakuma, I think Mr. Choudhury must be looking for us.
We should go to him.
That wasn't your song.
Rudrapratap isn't yours. How could you go to him?
Thakuma, Mr. Choudhury is your grandson. Why are you...
You are not destined to dance with His Majesty to that song, girl!
[unsettling music playing]
[spluttering] No.
[spluttering] Thakuma, not here. This is a dangerous place.
Please let's go from here.
Thakuma! Thakuma, please.
Thakuma, please!
Thakuma!
Ah!
[door creaks open]
[thudding]
[menacing music playing]
[cryptic vocalisation]
[eldritch cry]
[malefic music playing]
[music fades out]
Thakuma! Thakuma, please.
Please, Thakuma.
[Bengali] I am not Thakuma.
[Bengali] I'm an assistant.
I am
Dakini's assistant.
No!
No! Thakuma, Dakini can't snatch you from us.
No, Thakuma.
Thakuma, please.
Mr. Choudhury, Pablo, Koyal, Sagarika...
Everyone loves you. And you love them too.
Thakuma, you love me too.
Please! Please don't let Dakini control anything, Thakuma.
[spluttering] Thakuma...
Tha...
Thakuma, please...
[crying]
Please, Thakuma. [sobs]
[suspenseful music builds]
[sobs]
[spluttering] Mr...
Ayaan!
Meera!
Meera! Where are you, Meera?
I'm going to look for Mother Meera.
No, Ishani! Wait here.
No! I want to look for Mother Meera.
Ishani, it's not safe for you to go inside.
We all must stay here.
Absolutely not, Sagarika.
We should go inside and look for Ms. Ghosh.
We can't help her by staying outside.
- We can't help her anyway, Pablo. - Sagarika...
Then who will help Mother Meera?
The one who helps everyone.
We'll pray to Goddess Manasa.
Ah! Pray to the Goddess!
Will that avert the danger?
- No, it will still be upon us. - Hmm.
But if we pray, the Goddess will be concerned.
The auspicious time is upon us.
I'll light the lamp.
Okay.
- [temple bell ringing] - [conch blowing]
[Meera] 'Please, Thakuma.'
The family's waiting for us downstairs.
It's time to perform Goddess Manasa's 'puja'.
Please let's go downstairs.
This is not my time to go downstairs,
but your time to go to heaven!
[sobbing]
[eldritch music playing]
[screaming]
[door rattling]
[rattling continues]
[anklet chiming]
[chiming continues]
[conch blowing]
[unanimous ululating]
[anklet chiming]
[indistinct whispering]
[chiming continues]
[ominous music building]
Meera!
She's not answering the phone or responding to my texts.
She could share her live location! Meera!
[sobs]
Don't worry, Ishani.
Goddess Manasa is the deliverer from poison.
Lord Shiva created her from his mind.
She protects the entire world.
Is my Mother Meera in this world too?
Yes, that's why Goddess Manasa will surely protect your Mother Meera.
Will She come to protect my Mother Meera?
Certainly, child.
The Goddess resides within every girl.
If Goddess Manasa can't come Herself,
she will awaken the power within Meera.
Don't worry. Everything will be fine.
I just hope her powers are not in deep slumber.
Goddess Manasa!
Please bring my Mother Meera back.
[tense music playing]
[music intensifies]
'What's this, Your Majesty?'
'King Rudrapratap's wealth, Madhumati.'
'Today, all I have is'
'two sacks of foodgrains'
'and my life.'
'But everything I have'
'is just yours.'
[sentimental vocalisation]
'I'm dressed like a king,'
'but I have the fate'
'of a pauper.'
'Would you like for our destinies to intertwine?'
'Will you'
'marry me?'
[music playing]
'You've said it,'
'so consider our destinies intertwined.'
'I will marry you, Your Majesty.'
'Not just in this lifetime,'
'I'm yours in every lifetime, Your Majesty.'
[music playing]
[screaming]
[menacing music playing]
[screaming]
[tremulous breathing]
Whether a hundred years pass or a thousand,
the king will have to fulfil his promise.
It is our wedding
in two days on the new moon night.
But you won't be alive
to witness it!
Hurry up, Dakini.
Kill me.
My death will bring my mother's truth to light.
Ayaan will leave Rajbari.
And your wedding will never take place.
Never!
Ah!
[cryptic vocalisation]
I won't kill you.
Your Thakuma will kill you.
Assistant!
[vocalisation]
[music playing]
[melancholic music playing]
[music fades out]