[Chanting]
Radha
Ganguti, open up.
You dishonoured me in front of the entire village!
You threw me out of the house.
Caste me out in the open.
I will make you suffer for it.
I have bewitched your child!
She won't have even a single peaceful day in her life.
You are doomed for life!
Hurry up, Saie! Your pick-up van will be here any moment.
Late as usual.
Come out, already!
Saie, it's here!
Saie be quick
Bye saie
Give her way
Bye
Should I really go, doctor?
You do feel like going, don't you?
Absolutely!
Why won't I? It is the place where I grew up.
It is my village and I miss it so much!
Why the hesitation then?
When was the last you visited your village?
Do you remember?
Just before my marriage.
Mother was adamant that I come for the holy worship of the village goddess.
Do you realize,
you have visited your village merely five times in so many years?
I have noted everything everything.
I feel scared!
Don't you worry!
Nothing bad will come out of it.
Once your ancestral home is demolished,
will you be able to visit it again?
Tell me?
No.
Then?
But what if there is a recurrence of those things?
That's what the diary is for.
I hope you are writing?
Honestly, no!
That diary is your catharsis.
Penning down your fears,
your worries and anxieties in it will give you a sense of calm.
We have been practising it for long, haven't we?
Yes!
And of course,
you have these pills too!
Use them only when it gets too much.
How will I know if it's getting too much?
Your mind will tell you.
Please don't add your chorus! Let us hear the original melodious voice.
That's why I am singing you see!
Mother, give me more.
- Won't you give some of it to your father? - No
- Just a tiny portion, please! - Ok
She has finally agreed to share it with you, have it.
Wow!
Saie, please pass the bottle of water to me.
Saie, pass the bottle over.
Saie,
Should we call dad?
Yeah?
Hold on, dialling.
Hey!
We have hit the road.
It's been an hour.
What do you mean?
It is not my first time behind the wheels.
Anyway, I hope you are maintaining a timely meal schedule.
Same question?
I will ask this question every day.
Of course Saie is with me.
She's sitting at the back.
Hold on.
Baby, Its dad!
Say hi to him.
She is not in the mood.
She won't talk to you until you come back to India.
Right saie?
She has been in a very volatile state ever since you have left.
Keeps to herself, benumbed.
I have strictly warned my parents as well.
Told them not to interact with her. Not to go near her either.
She doesn't like being pampered or caressed nowadays. It irks her!
Please wrap up the project soon;
it's almost a year since you have been away.
I am completely against my father's decision
of demolishing our ancestral house for some heritage resort.
So, to bid farewell to our home,
my parents have planned this gathering.
Everybody is invited.
All my aunts, cousins,
They have already reached.
Why did this have to ring now!
No, you don't hang up.
I feel calm talking to you.
Listen, I am scared!
I mean, I know it is my ancestral home,
my home...
And yet, I am afraid.
I thought
What if it happens again?
Once I step foot in my house,
everything feels beyond my control.
Why are you so hyper?
Revati!
- Oh. - Radha, you are here.
Radha.
- How are you? - Very well.
You look so pretty!
Hey Piyu!
That is rude.
- Aren't you going to hug me? - No!
Mad at me for not calling you for a long time?
- Yes! - Not fair.
Short-tempered.
Listen, enough with your tantrums.
- Come here. - Yesss give me a hug.
Dad!
Hi Mother.
Come
Why didn't you answer our calls?
It's a long journey and you were driving too,
we get worried, Radha!
- Ohh Mom - Help me, father!
Let her come in peacefully.
Thank you, father. Thank you.
My baby is here.
She is impossible.
Saie Come inside Dear
Nowadays, it is very challenging to care and upkeep this huge house.
In earlier times, this space had a beautiful harmony.
One after the other, all the tenants moved out, taking away its glory.
I can virtually hear the space cry in agony now.
Your mother and I have decided
to come stay with you now.
Why?
wh...?
I mean, am I not managing well on my own?
You absolutely are.
However, given our age,
your mother and I need assistance now.
You should really come.
You know dad,
I have always dreamed
f a scenario where you, mom, Shekhar, Saie and I,
we are all living together.
It will be great!
Shekhar will love it too.
Afterall, we are all he has now.
Wow.
This sweet delicacy is heavenly!
- It has my mother's magical touch. - Wow
Aunt who cooked it?
- Take one more - enough
One for a year. How many you missed?
- One for every year. - What nonsense.
- What is this? - Have it.
- You also have one. - I don't want. Stop.
- Dont chat. Eat - Have it.
Forget the diet
Mom give him sweet.
Saie,
come lie down.
Saie, get some sleep.
Yeah, get some sleep.
See?
Even your aunt is insisting.
Hey, do you want to lie next to your aunt?
You like her, don't you?
Come my dear.
One more song...
Rasika, you have to sing.
Not fair
Suggest her one
Sing
Give her a guitar tune.
Thats what I am saying..
Singing
Singing and clapping
Wow
wow
Singing and clapping
- I don't understand. - Bice.
- Now ask her to sing. - Thank you.
Here. Come on.
- Aunt, you tell him. - Now she'll sing.
Now you sing Uncle
Me?
Younger blood should have the opportunity
Now you sing
It's been years we have heard you sing.
Younger blood..
You are too young uncle.
She also sang. I haven't heard in years.
No, sing.
- Young blood needs to be encouraged. - No, not at all.
- You are still young. - Yeah.
Saie
Hey,
which was that song
we use to sing as kids?
Oh yeah, it was one of our favourites.
We used to sing in Kindergarten
Remembering the days of kindergarten?
The Hour of play
Radha!
Singing and clapping
Saie
what are you doing here?
Radha!
(Muttering the song)
Radha!
(Muttering the song)
Radha!
(Howls)
You are doomed for life!
- Radha....
Aunt!
Sulbha. You...
What's wrong?
- We heard you scream. - Ra...dha..
Dad, look who I found!
Honestly,
Not me...
it was Saie who found her.
Isn't it dear?
Saie has named her BhaagaBai!
Such a pretty name, isn't it?
This puppet belongs to that witch.
Throw it away.
It is evil.
Mom, please!
Such regressive thinking even in today's time.
Witch and all the buff
Saie has found her and I am not at all going to discard it.
Not at all
Come dear
We will keep the puppet.
Let's go dear.
Let's give BhaagaBai a nice warm shower.
Radha
I have called you but not sure whether Radha
Allows...
She will allow dont worry
Is breakfast ready?
Its cooking.
Raut Aunty!
I am seeing you after so long.
I remember you often.
How are you here early in the morning?
Your mother sent for me.
I had to oblige.
Mother sent for you?
Just because I went upstairs last night,
you called her instantly to cast off the evil eye?
Answer me.
Haven't I told you multiple times that I don't believe in such non-sense?
We know you never had belief in these things.
Didn't you still let me perform the rituals always?
Please don't deny it today either.
Come, just sit.
Alright!
Do it.
Cast off the evil eye.
Chanting of Mantras!
May it burn.
I can't bear the stench of this.
Come dear!
Meet Raut Aunty!
Remember I told you about
how she taught me the ritual of casting off the evil eye?
Should I ask her to perform the rituals on you too?
Don't be shy!
Okay, I will perform the rituals on you myself,
come!
Come dear
Come
Sit.
I am not an expert at this like Raut Aunty of course.
Chanting of Mantras!
Of the dark person.
Of the white person.
Of the family member.
Of the one at the door.
All the evil eyes...
May burn in fire.
Dear..
Had your father been here,
I would have performed the rituals on him too.
Hey,
we haven't told your dad about BhaagaBai yet.
Should we call him now?
Come
Lets call him.
Should we admit her in a hospital?
No, please don't say that.
She will be constantly under observation is all I mean...
- But she seems fine here. - Exactly!
You don't feel the need for it now.
I urge you to be strong.
I realise her condition is frail,
but hasn't it always been like that?
The sooner we make her confront the truth of her reality,
the better it will be for her.
There can't be a better time
than this considering all of you are with her.
Also, deep down, she is aware of her reality.
She won't have to suffer much right?
Don't worry! She has my medicines.
She will feel better.
Humm
Should we proceed with this?
- Let me think. - Sure!
Call me anytime.
What did he say?
That we should confront her with reality soon.
But...
Isn't it inevitable?
It has come this far only because we have been playing along.
Did you inform him about the puppet?
What about it?
It's that witch's puppet.
That is irrelevant here.
Listen, you are well aware of the dark things the witch did in that room.
You are stuck in time while the world has rapidly progressed.
It's been so many years to that incidence.
Now the world has changed.
Please get out of this superstition bubble
and look after our daughter.
Else, we might lose her forever.
It happened again.
Tell me?
Radha went upstairs
She found the doll
I am clueless now.
I really don't know what to do.
Should we perform the holy-fire ritual once again?
No.
Let me do the purification of the house first.
[Chanting]
Hey, make sure my necklace is properly visible.
Click now
We have a similar picture from our childhood, remember?
Yup
Mother!
We are draped in nine-yard sarees.
Aunty helped us drape them.
All of you look very beautiful but Radha, someone's here to see you.
Who is it?
Oh!
Upadhyay Guruji!
Give me your blessings.
May the god bless you with a happy married life with eight children.
Not sure of eight,
but I definitely don't mind another one.
And the god has already blessed me with a beautiful spouse.
Now you know how bad the situation is.
[Chanting]
Tie this holy thread to her hand.
May it shield her from evil.
Promise me you won't take this off.
Sure!
I promise to flaunt it till my death.
There's no need for ill-omened talk.
I will take it off right away then.
Mom,
please give me the keys to the loft.
Why?
You have dumped all my childhood stuff there.
I want to check it out.
But not now.
- It must be dark at the loft. - Mom,
it is always dark at the loft.
Are you going to go up there wearing this nine-yard saree?
The loft is very dusty.
Get your precious saree dry-cleaned after.
You have so many sarees
Radha...
Mom! Give me the keys right now.
Take it from the tin box in the kitchen.
At least take a torch-light with you and please don't go alone.
Priya, Revati, please go with her.
Ok
Lets go.
Radha -
Radha
(laughs)
You startled me.
Come, take a look at this.
see
Our box
See this..
Wasn't this your favourite book?
Yes!
Hey, you used to always read this one.
Gals, look what I found.
Wow.
Planchet beads.
Our aunt had sent it to us from America.
Radha,
do you remember that soul?
ChindhiBai!
That's a title of a short story by a famous novelist.
Wasn't she the one you had summoned during the ritual?
I had not summoned her.
She had come by her own will.
Shut up!
Stop your theatrics.
Dont scare me
Even back then,
you used to say that the spirit of the woman would come
and take one of us with her.
Nonsense
Your mother had given you a nice beating for it.
Hey,
Humm
should we do the ritual again?
No!
I don't mind.
But what if a spirit or a soul actually shows up?
I have heard that the spirits summoned during the ritual refuse to leave.
Don't be stupid.
There's no such thing as spirits or souls.
You are saying they don't exist?
Of course not!
Why even attempt the ritual then?
Exactly!
If we decide to do the ritual now,
it has to be with utmost belief.
Alright!
Yes.
Hold my hand.
Shut your eyes!
And remember,
once shut, you can't open your eyes mid-way.
Because once we plead them for their presence,
they begin looming around us.
Radha,
please don't scare me.
I am not trying to.
Just strengthening the belief!
Piyu, don't worry!
Please begin, Radha.
Spirits in the surrounding atmosphere,
we appeal to you for your presence.
Reveal yourself.
Oh deceased souls!
Tell us about your unfulfilled desires
and we shall help you fulfil them.
Oh deceased souls, we appeal to you.
Reveal yourself.
Check the syllables.
Let me see
F-T-E-N-M-A
Whats that?
It doesn't make any sense.
Roll the dice again.
And let us appeal with more intent.
Yeah
Lets Do it!
Futinum! (Laughs)
Spirits in the surrounding atmosphere,
we appeal to you...
It was a pigeon.
Just a pigeon.
Whats this
You guys are faking it.
(Laughs)
Sister
Humm
How long will Radha's condition remain this way?
As long as her parents do not intervene.
Apparently, the doctor has strictly instructed to...
The doctor can keep instructing, but someone should act on it.
No point discussing it.
Aunty,
do you remember the female tenant we had in our house?
Who?
The one who indulged in black magic.
Yes!
She had cast a dark spell on Radha!
Don't poke your nose everywhere.
And what were the three of you up to in the morning?
Shouting out appeals to the spirits?
We tried to summon the spirits,
but none revealed itself.
Spirits in the surrounding atmosphere,
we appeal to you for your presence.
Reveal yourself.
Oh deceased souls!
Tell us about your unfulfilled desires
and we shall help you fulfil them.
Reveal yourself.
Oh deceased souls, we appeal to you.
Reveal yourself.
- Reveal yourself. - Reveal yourself.
Reveal yourself.
Radha!
- Reveal yourself. - Radha!
Radha!
Hey girls, come downstairs
Coming aunty.
Let's go downstairs.
Let me see the beads.
I want to see which soul has appeared.
Both of you are such cowards.
Yes we are
Let me see atleast
(Whispering)
We couldn't check the syllables after all.
Saie,
what are you doing here at this time?
I was chatting with BhaagaBai.
It's late, let's sleep.
Mom,
Won't BhaagaBai sleep as well?
She doesn't like to sleep,
she's up all night.
Have you packed everyhting?
Yes..
Reva, please help me with the luggage.
Yes.
Its a bit heavy be careful.
Why don't you stay a couple of days more?
I can't.
I have an extremely busy week.
I should be back by 3 pm.
Saie,
where are you? We have to leave.
Radha, you should have a driver for you.
Don't speed-up just because you have to reach on time.
Mom, please!
Your constant concern suffocates me at times.
I am forgetting something important in all this chaos.
Of course!
I had to call Shekhar.
And now he must have slept already.
You always divert my mind
Hope he hasnt slept.
Hello
Shekhar Can you listen me?
I will call you back
Sorry! I am calling late
Are you asleep?
You are awake, aren't you?
We are just about to leave from here.
What do you mean why we are late?
- Yes, we had our breakfast. - Radha
One moment dad, talking to Shekhar!
What was there for breakfast? Mother had made Thalipeeth.
Oh, is it Shekhar?
We had tea just now.
Please pass the phone, I want to have a word with him.
Pass me the phone.
Shekhar,
dad says he wants to talk to you.
Yeah...
He says he is busy at the moment; you can call him later.
Yes, yes.
I won't take long.
Give me the phone.
Listen...
Do you want have a word shekhar?
I am telling him.
It's late in the night there,
He won't be bale to talk to you now, father.
Radha, I haven't heard from him in long,
just want to say hi.
Give me the phone!
Why Baba?
Give me the phone
Baba!
Give it to me.
Baba, don't...
Don't do this to me.
Baba, please. Don't do this to me huh.
Were you talking with Shekhar?
Baba, why?
Don't you want me to be live peacefully?
She has finally agreed to share it with you, have it.
Careful
see you tomorrow.
Coming.
Just a moment dear.
Welcome!
Did you eat your lunch?
Don't start watching television immediately.
Change your clothes, freshen-up first.
Then watch the tv.
How many years has it been since the accident?
18 months maybe.
No! It's been two years to be definite.
Few months preceding the covid outbreak.
So yeah, two years.
Two. Right.
Yeah.
What is the pill for?
Its prescribed by my earlier doctor.
Stress relief.
So, you couldn't take the loss,
and started imagining the whole episode.
That your husband is still alive?
Are you that imaginative?
I mean, we are all imaginative to a certain extent...
But, to conceive an idea,
embrace it fully as if it is real and to centre your life around it...
Its nothing short of genius.
Do you paint?
No.
Do you like to write?
Sometimes.
I maintain a diary.
What do you write?
Diary!
What do write in that diary?
Sorry, but I don't remember it at this moment.
It's okay.
How old is your daughter?
How is she coping with
he whole accident episode and losing her father?
Honestly,
I don't know.
She doesn't speak to anyone.
She seems lost in her own world.
The good part here is that you have clarity!
And that is very rare in such situations.
You were very sure that you don't want to seek treatment.
All you want is someone to talk to.
Yeah.
Exactly!
Go on then.
You can share whatever you feel like.
Its alright!
You take your time.
Yeah.
Exactly!
Thank you for understanding.
I think I am not ready yet.
Sure!
Thank you for understanding.
Take care.
Yes, Priyanka!
I know I have changed the doctor
but I think it was much needed.
The earlier doctor knows me too well.
I have been seeing him since my childhood.
He still thinks of me like a child and I don't want that.
I just want to have conversations, share things.
I don't need treatment, I need counselling.
In fact, the new doctor I am seeing is really good.
A column she writes is pretty popular.
Her name is Rashmi Pandit.
Please don't be worried about me so much.
I am set in my ways now.
I go for a run every morning, do Yoga.
Saie comes back home around eleven.
And then it's me and her.
Speaks in Spanish.
BhaagaBai was all alone in her life.
Alone in the morning,
alone in the noon,
alone in the night.
She was just alone constantly.
Tired of being alone,
BhaagaBai then decided to crawl into people's dreams in the night.
My Baby
I think she slept
Hello!
Where are you dear?
Mom, I am out for a run, I will call you later.
You always say that but I never get a call-back from you.
I just said I will call you back later.
Radha,
please call your father once.
He was crying last night.
Alright, I will.
Where the hell are these voices coming from?
What's going on?
I just want some calm and quiet.
What is it now?
You startled me.
I am terrified myself!
What's wrong?
Madam, I beg of you,
please get rid of that puppet.
What has it done to you?
I am scared of it
It looks so hideous.
Also, it keeps changing places.
Once here, then in some other corner.
It doesn't change places on its own.
Saie must have carried it downstairs before leaving for school.
Saie is almost glued to BhaagaBai! Not a moment without her.
Don't call it by that name.
It makes it feel like a living being.
I will make a change in my timings.
I will come only when you are home.
Why?
I feel scared alone.
I constantly feel someone is watching me.
Like someone will crawl from behind and jump on me.
No
Changing the time won't work.
Also, you are not an infant to be so scared while being alone in the house.
But...
What but?
Saie comes home at twelve.
I need to have my lunch before that.
If you come late, how will you get enough time to cook?
I will be quick.
Food will need it's time to cook, right?
Plus, my work shift begins at two
before which I have to get Saie's things sorted.
You will have to be on time.
At least get rid of that puppet then.
I will decide what to do with it.
Tell me if it is possible for you to come at the same time,
else, I will look for a different maid.
I will be on time.
No, Madhav. It's not
Possible. I don't understand. Why did she call you?
Because he seemed pretty convinced that day.
Yes.
Madhav, try to understand. My team is small.
I have only five developers.
Yes.
So...
How am I going to complete it before coming Monday?
But...
Who did this?
Saie who has made this mess?
Get up!
Mom.
- Come with me. - Mom, I want to play with BhaagaBai!
Nothing doing.
Come.
I want to play with BhaagaBai!
(Radha shouting at Saie.)
What the hell is this?
Sorry, baby!
I said I am sorry dear.
Why did you scare your mom?
Why did you hang-up that monkey doll?
I didn't.
BhaagaBai did.
She suggested we play a prank on you.
Saie,
BhaagaBai is just a puppet.
She is non-living,
so she can't talk.
Haven't you learnt it in school?
Saie answer me.
Saie, what's wrong?
BhaagaBai is not non-living.
She is alive.
She plays with me, talks to me, she dances and even sings.
Mom, I don't want you to come.
Not at all.
I am doing good on my own.
Don't be mad!
It's just that I feel pressured around you.
Anyway, I have reached my counsellor's place, let's talk later.
Yeah, bye.
Feeling better now?
Shall i ask you something?
Humm
Do you believe in paranormal?
Interesting!
First tell me
What do you think?
Come on,
tell me?
I feel there is some presence in my house.
No, its not here.
I mean...
Its not the same like me imagining after the accident.
It's something different,
it's real.
Do you believe in these things?
Absolutely not!
Rather, I know that spirits/ghosts don't exist.
But, there's another Radha residing within me.
She feels
the world would have been so entertaining had ghosts been real.
I used to read a lot as a child.
Horror was my favourite genre.
In fact, I have also tried to write a horror story.
About what?
About a witch
who brings the dead back into this world.
But you know what?
She isn't really a witch.
She is someone who has lost her husband.
And she really wants is to just once is to connect with him.
Are you alright?
Yes!
Will you let me read the story you have written?
I wrote it in my childhood.
Don't really know where the diary is now.
I think you should stop taking these pills.
Have you cooked rice for Saie?
No, I haven't.
Why not?
She did not eat yesterday and even the day earlier,
so I thought its not good to waste food every day.
Is it your money that's wasted by this?
No, right?
Just do what's been told to you.
Saie was craving for a burger day before yesterday.
And she slept in a foul mood yesterday as I refused to let her play with toys.
Now who will cook?
I will cook myself.
I will do the home chores
and my office work too.
Just tell me what you are going to do and do that.
Idiot woman.
Instead of doing what has been told
She messed up things.
Hi Radha!
Yes Dr. Uncle
You haven't come to see me in a while?
Doctor, I feel I don't need treatment any longer.
I am taking counselling sessions.
You continue with those by all means but don't stop your treatment.
I am really concerned for you.
Come and visit me once.
I had strictly warned you against bringing this puppet to your room Saie!
Saie, you are supposed to answer me.
Hadn't I?
I didn't bring it here.
Then?
Did it climb itself up?
Saie, don't imagine things.
Please don't imagine things like I do!
Promise me you won't take this off.
I promise to flaunt it till my death.
There's no need for ill-omened talk.
So,
this is your horror story!
Do you believe in bewitchment?
Bewitchment?
Black magic.
I was bewitched when I was a kid.
What?
Who did?
This woman who was a tenant in our house.
I don't know her real name
but everyone just called her Ganguti!
How much longer are you going to let that witch stay in your house?
Everyone from the village believes she has an ill-fated tongue.
How can we just throw her out?
She is all alone, where would she go?
But then she will ruin your...
Hey,
dare call me a witch, you scoundrel.
I might be a tenant here but its still my house.
What I do is none of your business.
I don't need anybody's permission
to practise black magic in my own house.
I will do whatever i want.
You scoundrel!
You will be doomed.
Listen carefully.
If you don't stop with your dirty rituals immediately,
I will throw you out of the house today itself.
Don't know where she is from.
I took pity on her and let her stay in the house.
Not now.
This is a final warning to you.
Lets see
Who kicks me out
Do you dare
I will ruin your family overnight
Even a powerful demon will not dare to cross me.
I will burn your house down.
chanting
Why was I thrown out?
What had I done?
Why did you leave me?
Are you listening?
Yes you are.
I will annihilate that house.
I give you, my word.
Shall I seek?
I left some of my stuff in my room.
I will quickly go and take it.
Please be kind and don't tell anyone.
I will be quick.
Market is crowdy these days?
Can you hear?
[Chanting]
Radha?
Lets see.
Radha.
Ganguti!
Open the door
I have bewitched your child!
She won't have even a single peaceful day in her life.
You are doomed for life!
I fell sick immediately after that incidence.
I use to wake in the middle of the night in shock.
I had high fever for days.
My mom and dad tried all kinds of remedies.
From medication to spirituality.
Mother was sure
that Ganguti was responsible for my condition.
What happened to Ganguti after that?
A few villagers spotted her dead body floating on the river soon after.
No one really knows how she died.
There was a lot of speculation among the villagers.
I must leave now.
Saie is at our neighbour's house.
Cant keep her there for a long.
Can I keep this diary with me?
Sure!
Radha,
I need your previous doctor's number.
I forgot. I will share it soon.
Why don't you share it with me now?
Actually...
Oh!
My cell is out of network.
Just tell it to me. I will note it down.
93235
3236. Okay.
I am not going to contact him.
Our methodology and practising ways are very distinct,
but you are the common factor between us.
So having his number might come handy.
All of these are evil Mantras.
These are very Dangerous mantras.
All this is very risky.
You shouldn't mess with these things.
These have the power to wake up dead.
Saie,
it's getting late.
Come to bed soon.
Yes. In a moment.
Hello
am I speaking to Mr. Dhananjay Kulkarni?
No. You have dialled the wrong number.
Apologies!
Do you by any chance know a certain Radha Paranjape?
Of course. I am her cousin.
My name is Priyanka. And you are?
I am Rashmi Pandit, her counsellor.
- Dr. Rashmi Pandit. - Now listen to me very carefully.
I need her doctor's number urgently.
But why?
I think Radha is going to be in serious trouble.
I want to tell you one thing, doctor.
Right now, Radha is dealing with some very dangerous stuff.
I went through Radha's diary just now
and the last entry in it is alarming.
Her current state is extremely fragile,
making her a risk to both herself and those around her.
Her house is close to yours;
will you please go and check on her?
But..
Radha
Radha, open the door.
Radha I have come back
Radha!
Even if you wont open the door I can enter
I am imagining this.
This is not true.
I am imagining this.
Radha, open the door.
Radha.
Mom!
Saie. Saie.
Radha.
I had dumped this puppet out of the house.
How did it get back up?
Saie, we have to leave from here immediately.
Come on. Hurry up, Saie.
(Ganguti laughing)
Kill her
Just kill her
Radha, open the door.
Open the door right now.
Open the door
Radha, open the door.
Calm down Radha!
What are you doing? It's me, Shekhar.
Please stop it.
Mom
Saie
I left some of my stuff in my room.
Ganguti Laughs
Saie
Radha
(Singing song...)
Should we let your mother join our little game?
(Singing song...)
radha
I am shekhar
Shekhar?
You are hallucinating, Radha!
They are merely your hallucinations!
Hallucinations?
Kill them off.
Kill them?
Humm
Yes, I will kill them.
Put that thing away Radha!
You will hurt yourself.
Kill them.
Dont you understand? Kill them.
- No!
- She is real.
She is not my hallucination. She is real.
- You don't realise it.
Kill her.
She does exist.
She is real.
She is not real.
Kill her!
She is not for real.
Kill her.
- Radha, hand me the knife.
- Kill her!
Don't you tell me what to do.
Give it to me. Come on.
Control yourself.
You can do it Radha!
Radha, it's me Shekhar.
Your Shekhar.
He is not real.
He died right in front of you.
He has returned as a ghost.
Kill him. Kill him.
The Dead are Ghosts better to kill them.
Radha. Radha, listen to me.
Radha, stop.
Let go.
Radha.
Leave me.
Radha, stop.
Radha, don't do this.
She is real.
Radha!
You can overcome this, Radha!
Here comes the king of pig
Doesn't even know how to wipe his own ass
In fact i was wrong
I should have killed him earlier
You were scared of me even when I was a kid.
What are you going to do to me now?
Relax.
Go and eat the goo in the gutter. You dog!
Do whatever you want
I am not going to spare her.
Radh we can overcome this.
Radha.
We have done it earlier
Why kill me?
You should have killed him?
Why kill me?
Kill him.
Saie
- Mother, give me more.
Won't you give some of it to your father?
- Just a tiny portion, please!
She has finally agreed to share it with you, have it.
Saiee..
Radha was an uncommon individual even as a child.
She was more imaginative than other people.
She was engaged in daydreaming
She started to believe that false reality as a true one.
Then that Incident of Jarann.
That Incident had a greater impact on Radha's life.
Then Ganguti became integral part of Radha's life.
Ganguti just became the reason of it.
It could have been someone else if not her.
The black-magic,
bewitchment
is nothing but plain superstition.
Doctors can call us superstitious all they want.
But we have had to go through all the sufferings.
I have been a witness to the torment my child went through.
I was never against religious faith.
But it was a matter of life or death for my child.
When her health worsened,
I had to take her to a doctor.
Even a powerful demon will not dare to cross me.
I will burn your house down.
Radha's father was in my favour
so we continued her treatment scientifically.
And it turned out to be fruitful.
Radha's condition improved.
Let the doctor say whatever he wants.
(Chanting Mantras)
Radha's condition improved
only after we performed the holy fire ritual.
I don't mind if Radha's mother believing
that her condition got better by other things.
We had a love marriage.
Radha had very honestly told me everything about her childhood.
I had agreed to marry her in spite of it.
But her past resurfaced after the accident.
I want you out of my life right now.
I no longer care if you live or die.
You are dead for me anyway.
You you..
Shekhar tried his best to support Radha during the time.
However, the truth is, Radha never recovered from her trauma.
I can't take it anymore.
It is painful for me to see her in this state
and I am unable to handle it alone.
Shekhar left for London for his work soon after the accident.
We stayed with her for a few months but had to return home after.
But, then...
I am declaring a complete lock-down in the entire country starting midnight.
To save India...
To save every citizen of Indi...
It feels weird to see the roads so deserted.
The empty house haunts me.
I feel scared.
Feel like you are all alone in this world.
I think it very obvious.
An accident so horrible...
And to lose your precious daughter.
There is bound to be some reaction, right?
You seem unaware of the reality after all.
What girl? Whose daughter?
We never had a daughter.
We had a late marriage.
And her pregnancy was also delayed.
Radha was three months pregnant at the time of the accident.
She had a miscarriage, and we lost our baby.
Where is the water
Its in the back sit
Wait let me take it for you.
Ohh.
Saie.
Shekhar,
our new neighbours
also have a daughter.
(saie giggles.)
You always wanted a daughter, right?
And guess what,
they even stole the name we had in mind.
Her name is Saie
She is extremely cute.
Our daughter would have been six months old by now.
Six months,
and seventeen days.
Radha...
One two three
I cant
One two three
She is very sweet.
Her father lives abroad too.
Its just she and her mother here.
Piyu,
I miss my child very much.
Saie finish it
Saie don't let me angry.
I keep observing them the whole day.
Saie
Eat up Saie.
Saie don't let me angry.
Saie is such a spoiled-brat.
She has grown so much and yet she wants me to feed her.
What is this blabber, Radha?
Who is Saie?
She is your grand-daughter!
- What do you mean by who is Saie? - Whats going on Radha?
(Laughs...)
I bought so many things for Saie today!
- Please listen to me Radha!
Don't succumb to it again.
You came out so strongly once.
Don't slip into that zone again.
And please stop with this Saie thing.
- You have killed my daughter once before.
I will not let you kill her again.
Now, you will die,
- Radha... - but I won't let anything happen to Saie.
Radha
She blamed me for all of it.
Tension grew between us.
Luckily, she never stopped communicating.
But ever since Saie entered her life...
Saie dont move
Let me comb it.
Saie dont move
Thank you
Your toys have arrived, Saie!
Oh, my baby.
Yes. Correct.
Bye, Saie!
Coming.
Welcome!
Did you eat your lunch?
Saie, please pass the bottle of water to me.
Had your father been here,
I would have performed the rituals on him too.
Radha desired the world of her imagination.
A happy and complete family.
But that never existed in reality.
She slowly shut the real Shekhar out of her life
and began to communicate with the Shekhar from her imagination.
Why did this have to ring now!
No, you don't hang up.
I feel calm talking to you.
Hi Shekhar!
Dad, where is Radha?
She is here only.
She has been avoiding me completely.
I just wanted to inform her that I am returning to India in December.
- I will call you back in a bit.
Sorry are you asleep?
Radha altered her reality.
So, when her father tried to confront her with the actual reality,
she killed off the real Shekhar in her imagination,
but kept Saie alive and protected in her altered reality.
Sorry!
I am really sorry.
Its alright.
What matters most is you getting well.
yes
I want to get well soon, doctor.
Dad, I really want to get better soon.
I... I can't take it anymore.
- It's unbearable. - Yes.. Yes..
You will get better soon.
We are going to perform the holy fire ritual once again.
This time, in your house.
[Chanting]
Hello
Mr. Karve, i have arranged the truck to move the stuff.
Yes, go ahead.
Why would Radha have felt like seeing me?
Patients like Radha create an alternate reality for themselves.
And their primary need is
to find someone who will believe it.
That strengthens their version of reality.
It reinforces their belief.
You were that person for Radha.
Your counselling helped her
manifest the world she had been trying to create.
Why do you think she gave you an incorrect number of me?
She feared you reaching out to me.
That would have shattered her reality.
Radha claims to have dumped the puppet.
How did it get back in the house?
I don't think she dumped it ever.
She might have been lying about it.
Simply, anything could have happened.
Exactly!
Simply, anything could have happened.
Superstition is the biggest hoax in this world.
Yet, we all keep trying to rationalise
it without even realising.