Hail Pramukh Swaroop, maharaj of the Shilasthal!
History bears witness
that a weapon
did not kill Ridhiyakan,
but a blade of grass.
History
will be repeated today.
Go and notify everyone in Shilaspura
that, when the eternal lamp is lit tonight,
the supreme herb
is to be lit in every home.
But bear in mind,
when you light the supreme herb,
every door and window in the house should be shut
no matter what.
This is the only protection
from the sorcerer.
We will abide by that, Pramukh ji.
All your orders will be carried out to the T.
Shilaspura will witness a new dawn tomorrow.
-May the Guardian of Shilaspura... -Be immortal!
-Victory to... -The Karapali dynasty!
-May the Guardian of Shilaspura... -Be immortal!
-Victory to... -The Karapali dynasty!
-May the Guardian of Shilaspura... -Be immortal!
-Victory to... -The Karapali dynasty!
-Raakan, Raakan! -Ridhiyakan!
Knock on all the doors.
Give it to them also.
Open up!
The Pramukh has ordered everyone to light this tonight.
Give them some too.
Everyone must light it.
No home should be left behind.
Give it to them all.
Madam.
Move it!
Wait!
Bhairon Singh!
Go! Go! Go!
Why did you have to go inside?
Would you have preferred...
that he hunts me here in the open?
Ma'am, the coast is clear. Let's leave.
Wait, wait, wait.
We have to stop them here, or they will follow us to the city.
So, you want us to dig our graves here?
This mine is the root of all the problems.
This is not the time for remorse, ma'am.
I mean that everything is emanating from the mine.
Mangal, those skeletons.
Maybe Sandeep is still in the mine.
How much dynamite will it take to blast it shut?
What?
Are you insane?
These monsters are bloodthirsty,
and you are taking inspiration from comic superheroes?
I can't let this illness
spread any further.
Mangal. Janki.
That's it! No more.
Isn't the dynamite over there?
Look, my...
Damn it!
Ma'am.
-Raakan, Raakan! -Ridhiyakan!
Inform as many people as you can.
Don't let anyone light the supreme herb.
-Uncle! -Uncle, don't light the supreme herb.
-It is toxic! -Open! Open!
-Open the door, uncle. -Don't light the supreme herb.
Don't light that. It is toxic.
Don't light the supreme herb.
-It is toxic. It will kill you! -Get lost!
-Get out of here! -Brother!
-Open the door! -This is toxic.
Get lost!
Don't light up the supreme herb!
Get lost!
Uncle, uncle, don't light the supreme herb.
-No. Go away. -It is not a supreme herb, uncle.
-It is a toxin, uncle. -Go away.
Anay...
Don't light the supreme herb!
It is toxic.
Don't light it.
This way.
-Open up! Open up! -Open the door!
Don't light up the supreme herb.
It is locked. Forget it. Let's go.
The supreme herb is toxic. Don't light it!
Let's go.
You go there.
-These doors. -Open up!
Open the door!
Don't light the supreme herb.
-Santra, let's go! -Get him! Get him!
Take him along.
Let go of me!
Anay!
Move it!
Where are you taking me?
Move it!
The Pramukh said
only the possessed
would try to flee.
No, no, no...
Open up!
Welcome, Haadika's son.
Move it!
Watch your mother's deeds.
Move!
This is not a supreme herb. It is a toxin.
You're trying to kill everyone, you fucking psycho!
Pramukh ji,
Avani is headed towards the mine.
Your orders?
Don't bother sending anyone.
It is time to light the eternal lamp.
The Inspector is with her.
What if they meddle with things?
That is the Chieftain's job.
He will handle it.
But, the Pramukh said it is the Nikasiya's duty
to stop this energy.
Does it mean everyone should be killed?
I knew you were a little out of whack, Chief.
I understood that.
But that you will turn to such stupidity
-I never imagined. -What would you know anyway?
Believe me, Chieftain.
The root of all the problems is within these mines,
not the Shilasthal.
Weren't you the one who said
I would be the one
to put an end to it?
I am your own.
I will blast the mine shut and come to you.
You carry out your duty.
Two to three hundred people...
are coming here in buses.
They have breached the first blockade.
We don't have enough people to stop them.
You have to stop them, Chief.
If those people enter Shilaspura,
the sorcerer's army
will spread like wildfire.
It is time
to make a sacrifice, Chief.
Son.
My son.
Let's go.
It's done, Pramukh ji.
Has everyone gone home?
Yes.
May we also go, Pramukh ji?
And what about this boy?
You guys go.
Just a little longer.
Then you won't need me
to talk to your father.
-Open up! -Somebody, open the door!
Dinesh?
Anay?
Somebody, please open the door!
Dinesh! Anay!
Please open the door!
Who is inside?
Get me out of here.
-Dinesh. -Santra, you bastard?
What are you doing over here?
Run away.
Don't light this.
It will kill everyone.
Every single person will die.
-Go away. -Do you hear me?
Don't light it!
Let's go, Santra.
Why isn't anyone listening to us?
Let's go, Santra!
Whatever God you believe in,
it is time to pray to them
and ask that
there be no new antics down there.
Bhairon Singh!
Bhairon!
I am the Chief of the Nikasiyas.
For the sake of your well-being,
go back.
I will not move!
What you are doing is murder.
Mass murder.
I am simply carrying out my duty.
If no one is alive in Shilaspura,
who will the sorcerer use to do his bidding?
Easy. Easy. Easy.
The stars are aligning, Swaroop.
Turn the wheel quickly.
Hey!
Come on. Come on. Come on.
Come on.
Stop, ma'am.
Easy. Easy.
Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on.
-Let's go, Bhairon. Let's go! -Ma'am.
-Let's go. -Ma'am.
-Let's go, Bhairon! -Ma'am.
No, ma'am.
Ma'am...
please leave
before you need to protect yourself
from me instead of them.
Bhairon.
There is a space here, Bhairon. We can leave.
Dr. Arora will cure you. Let's go.
Come. Come. Come. Come. Let's go.
It is too late for me, ma'am,
but Pinky is outside.
You said
we have to stop this.
So, please, ma'am...
stop it.
Please hurry, ma'am.
Leave quickly. Please!
Bhairon Singh!
There is an opening over here, Bhairon!
Bhairon Singh!
Bhairon!
Bhairon, there is...
Bhairon, let's go!
Come...
Come On...
Swaroop!
There is a big difference between laying down one's life
and taking someone's life.
It's okay. It's okay. It's okay.
Once more.
Come.
Are you okay, Rani? Huh?
Rani.
I have to look for Mom.
She might be in danger.
Let's go. Let's go.
Dinesh!
Come out, Santra.
-Come out. -I tried to stop them! I warned them.
-Dinesh. Are you okay?
Cover your face first.
Don't breathe this in.
The back entrance of the mine. Move! Move! Move!
Anay.
Son, I...
I don't know where you are.
I... I'm worried for you.
I hope you're safe.
Anay, I am about to do something that...
This might be my last message to you, son.
I am sending you one more video after this.
Please understand what I say. It...
It contains a pathogen
that is inside the mine.
It affects a part of the brain that
turns them into
animals.
I'm guessing the creature called Raakan in their stories
is the development of this pathogen.
There is only one way to curtail this pathogen
and that is to go into the mine
and blast it shut even if that means that...
I am going in the mine.
Hopefully I'll be successful.
You and all the others out there are in grave danger.
Anay, showering love is not a mother's only duty.
Sometimes she has to be a warrior.
Anay. I love you, son.
You be safe, son.
Bye. Bye, son.
Bye.
Sandy!
Sandy.
Sandy, hang in there. I'll take you to the hospital.
-Avani. -Yes.
There's no time for that.
Sandy.
This thing... Stop this thing.
Stop it, Avani.
Or else... or else...
everything will be destroyed.
Mom!
Anay?
What are you doing here?
What the hell are you doing here?
What? What is this?
-What is this? -It's no...
It's...
There was a Raakan. I escaped.
Are you okay? Are you okay?
Mom...
Mom, we have to get out of here.
-Mom, let's go! -You go.
Go, Anay.
I have to stay here.
This is the pathogen.
If it reaches the surface,
everything will be destroyed.
Go. Go, Anay!
Mom...
This is it.
This...
This is the same rock.
-What rock? -Mom...
this is the bottom half of the rock
in which Ridhiyakan's head is contained.
We are standing right beneath the Shilasthal.
How can you be so sure?
Because, Mom,
the rock on top has the same growth.
And when the supreme herb was set alight,
the stone turned to normal.
Mom,
we have to burn this.
We have to burn the entire...
Anay!
Anay.
Anay. Anay, we have to get you to the hospital.
-Get you to hospital. -Mom, there is--
Look at you. We have to get you to the hospital.
No other way to destroy this.
Trust me. Just...
for once.
And remember,
the moment we set it ablaze, we run.
Okay? We run.
Anay? Anay! Anay! Anay! Anay!
Anay! Anay! Anay!
Mom. This way. This way. Hurry. Hurry.
Come, come.
Anay?
Anay. Anay.
Get up, son. It's not far now.
Come. Come. Come.
We're close. We're not far.
Anay.
Anay... come on.
Come on!
Anay. Anay. Anay.
Anay.
Anay. Anay. Anay.
Here! Hello. Over here. Here.
Anay.
Are you okay, Anay?
Anay!
You two have taken the idiom
"returning from the jaws of death" quite literally.
I'm... I'm okay, right?
Mom, I'm okay?
-Doctor? -He has the infection...
but it is reducing without medication.
Avani.
Your reports.
Negative.
You were never infected with this pathogen.
But I entered the cave and...
I have the wound, so...
Right.
I guess you remained unaffected by this pathogen
because your body is naturally immune to it.
Your body is capable of fighting this infection.
By itself.
How?
This is nature's way of saving a breed
or species from going extinct.
What about Anay?
Anay is your son.
50% of his genes come from you.
Looks like you're the chosen one.
I don't know if she is the chosen one,
but our Officer on Special Duty
is definitely special.
Thank God you're here, sir.
What is the situation out there?
The forces have taken control of the entire area.
It has been fully quarantined.
Thankfully,
Anay and his friends saved everyone.
They would have died if they'd paid heed to the Pramukh.
You have been very brave, young boy.
Hashtag...
respect.
Okay.
Excuse me.
I think he needs rest.
Sure, Doctor. I'll step out.
Avani,
-I have a word with you, please? -Yes.
Avani, this incident
is under a classified category now.
So many innocent lives were lost, sir.
Sandeep, Bhairon, Sachet.
Will their sacrifice go in vain?
Their sacrifice is precisely why I am saying this.
This can't be out.
Not yet.
Sir, the Shilasthal.
How will you silence so many people?
Avani, people have no idea of the tragedy in the mine.
Look, the Shilasthal will continue to run
exactly as it has in the past.
Just without a Pramukh this time.
And the two groups,
the Karapalis and the Nikasiyas,
they have come to an understanding.
Right now, you need to focus on Anay and your recovery.
If you need anything, I'm here. You know that.
Right?
-I'll see you soon. -Yes, sir.
Sit. Sit. Sit.
Take care.
-Get away from my son! Now! -Avani?
-Get away! -What's the matter?
Just get away from him?
I'm a doctor first.
I don't care! Just get away from him!
-Now! -Mom?
-What happened? -Anay?
You okay?
Yeah.
I'm a little groggy, but I'm...
Doctor,
I'm so sorry.
It's all right, Avani.
Considering everything that's happened with you recently,
it's only natural.
Our ancestors wrote several stories to understand such occurrences
so that we may comprehend our fears,
learn from these warnings and exercise caution.
And, with time, all the stories became legends
and the legends eventually became myths.
This is a myth,
and this is science.
I only use science to understand myths.
The two things that came into existence to dispel people's fears
are now used as weapons to scare them.
What an irony.
I'll see you around.
See you, Doctor.
My uncle
passed away.
Nobody informed him
that he should not light the supreme herb.
Come with me.
To Jaipur.
For real this time.
Short by a few.
Of course.
Duly earned.
Take care.
I'll go now.
Where?
I'll let you know the moment I know.
Hey, smartass!
You'll fall.
Hello, ma'am.
Hello, Renu.
You left so soon, ma'am,
I didn't get the chance to give this to you.
-What is this? -You complimented me
on my pudding the first time we met.
So...
I packed a little.
Eat it during your journey.
We don't let our guests leave empty-handed.
Come.
I'm glad you came, Renu.
I wanted to apologise to you. I gave you my word...
that I'll give you justice, but...
If Mangal hadn't entered the mine, he...
Even Mr. Bhawani
might have been with us today.
I'm sorry.
Ma'am,
why do you wish to carry
the world's responsibility on your shoulders?
He was responsible for his own death.
And Mangal's too.
How?
He devised a plan with the Pramukh to cause an accident in the mine.
He was coming
to see you at the hospital that night
just to tell you this.
But Mr. Bhawani was supportive...
When the mining company started,
everyone said I am getting possessed again.
At least
that's what he thought.
Speak up, wench!
All day you keep jabbering away.
There is a dark shadow in my stars,
so my body gets possessed often.
This is a special tool that the Pramukh uses.
He does something like this to exorcise the sorcerer.
If the villagers are to be believed, I devoured my husband.
Only one animal hunts to kill.
Man.
You killed...
I can't say, ma'am.
I was possessed.
But you should relax.
Whatever happened to this Renu was her bad luck.
But then you came along.
Then one by one things started to reform.
And now I will make sure nothing of this sort
will ever happen again with another Renu in Shilaspura.
Travel safely.
Bye, ma'am.
Mom?
What're you thinking?
You wanted to make an offering on that Baba's grave, didn't you?
Oh, Mom...
Come.
Sit.
Our conversation was left incomplete.
-I kept the diamonds because-- -Mom.
Because
I wanted to know the truth.
I was so blinded
by the need to know the truth
that I forgot the one
who needed me the most at that time was in front of me.
Hey.
Sorry.
It's okay, Mom.
It's okay.
And...
don't worry.
I understand.
Whatever it is,
I know you'll handle it.
In fact...
keep this.
I mean,
not that you need any protection,
but just in case.
-Sorry. -Rani?
Yeah.
Okay. I am...
gonna come back.