[Chanting mantras]
Come on.
He is doing black magic on our children.
We won't spare him.
Come quickly.
Open the door.
Or else we'll break it.
I say open the door.
If we spare him today, our children will be killed.
Kill him.
Kill him. Don't spare him.
Kill him. He doesn't have any right to live.
Kill him. - Hey!
Take him. You have killed our children.
We will kill you.
Mama. Papa.
Come on, kill them. - Mama. Papa.
Mama. Papa.
She killed our children.
She is a witch.
Kill them.
Burn them alive.
Don't spare them. Burn them alive.
They have killed our children.
Now they will die.
Kill them. Kill them.
Mama!
Papa!
The village will turn into a graveyard,
by next 'Pushkar' (Festival celebrated once in 12 years).
He will also have to die.
Because their blood flows in his veins.
Stop.
That doesn't make any difference. Understood?
It's not necessary that he is also like them.
Don't incur the sin of killing a child.
We won't heed you.
There is no place for that witch's son in this village. - Yes. You are right.
I have a solution.
Come.
Put your thumbprint here.
'After 12 years.'
Father.
"Supreme hero."
"Sweetheart."
Supreme hero. - "Supreme hero."
What is this? Such a nice song was playing. And it stopped.
Initially I thought the village is situated far away from the city.
But now I feel it's situated far away from the world.
It might be far away for you.
But it's very close to my heart.
You were snoring. But I have got sores on my feet.
Shall I say something?
You are donating the land to them to build a school.
They should have signed the papers and sent it.
What was the need to waste so much petrol and come here?
Why are you saying that?
I was born and brought up in this village.
I have come here after 15 years.
Only one girl from our family lives there.
My sister's daughter Parvati.
We will meet her under the pretext of the festival.
And we will return after a few days.
Okay? - Yes. Fine.
The village is still far away from here.
It's so bad.
A bad omen on a joyous occasion.
A bad omen for the crow, not for us.
That's why it died.
Mother, go and sit.
Go, mother.
Start the car.
[Sanskrit chants]
during Prajapati year, in the fifth month of the Hindu calendar,
on the 11th day of the lunar fortnight,
which falls on Friday, at 9:42 in the morning.
The auspicious time for establishing the "Kalash"
Everybody start preparing for the festival before there is any hurdle.
Yes, priest.
Did everybody hear? - Yes.
During the festival no guest should face any problem.
Make lodging and food arrangement for everybody.
Make arrangement for chicken and toddy.
People will dance. And the celebration will become livelier.
We had to stay hungry during the previous festival, sir.
It's not your fault.
It because of the person in power.
You didn't flatter him.
That's why I married the daughter of an assembly member.
Now you will know my worth.
Don't pay him any heed.
Call Siddhaiah and start the preparations.
He is missing since one week.
Wonder where he has gone.
Is that so? No problem.
If he is not there, hire his son.
So? Will you do the work?
Yes. Fine.
Look. I told Anasuya and her family to attend the festival.
They have come.
Listen. Surya and aunt have come.
Yes. Coming.
Why did you come empty-handed?
Bring the things to ward off the evil eye. - Yes.
I am meeting them after so many years.
Come, aunt. - How are you, Parvati?
I am fine. I hope you didn't face any problem during the journey.
Yes. - Yes. We got a good massage.
You haven't changed. Haughty.
Stop calling me that. Or else I will return home.
I am going... - What is this?
You didn't forgo your habit of scratching your ear.
Keep quiet. - How will she forgo it?
Whenever it starts healing, she starts scratching it.
I am fed up of taking her to faraway doctors for her ear problem.
Enough of taunting me. Give it to me.
Here. - Let me ward off the evil eye.
Parvati, where is your son?
He is playing. Here. Dispose it of somewhere far.
Okay.
Hey! Don't crows sleep here?
Why do you get into the depth of the matter?
Of course. There is pin drop silence in the village at 7 p.m.,
as if it's not a village, but a graveyard.
It's not called pin drop silence. It's called tranquility.
Hey! Thief! Thief!
Catch the thief. Catch the thief.
There is a thief in the village.
All hens and goats are disappearing.
Come on.
Suri, go there.
Rest of the people follow me. Come on. - Thief!
Thief!
Hey! - Who are you? Let me go.
Leave my hand.
Who are you?
Let me go.
Hey! - Look carefully.
He must be hiding somewhere here.
Come on.
Rose and screw pine fragrance.
Do local thieves use perfume?
Leave my hand.
Leave the hen and go.
If I leave the hen, somebody else will kill it and eat it.
Shall I give you a free advice? - Yes.
If I am caught, the hen will be saved.
But you will be thrashed badly.
You are a stigma on women.
Is that so? - Leave me.
When the decision of building a school was made,
you were the first person I called.
You didn't refuse to donate the land.
I am really pleased.
It's my good fortune, brother.
I got a chance to do something for my village.
No. It's your graciousness.
What are you thinking?
Start eating.
Stop. Don't eat.
Your daughter has made a special delicacy.
Okay? Dear, serve it quickly.
Who is she?
Madam, she is my daughter.
Rose and screw pine.
The whole night you kept repeating rose and screw pine,
and you didn't let me sleep.
I can sniff rose and screw pine now.
She is my daughter Nandini.
'Gulab Jamun' (Sweetmeat).
We have made 'Gulab Jamun' too. Serve it.
Uncle is too much. - That's enough.
That's enough.
Arrangements have been made for tea and breakfast in the evening, please come.
If you eat so much, how will it be digested?
Hey son, eat it and take four rounds of the field, it will be digested.
if you roam around in this mouch sunlight, you will turn black.
Didn't you steal the hen last night?
Shall I give you a free advice? - Yes.
You are crossing your limits.
If you stay within your limits, it will be good for you. Got that?
Forget that. You are a great cook.
Especially chicken.
Simply keep feeding me.
Do you know which chicken it was?
The one I stole. - What?
Do you know why I did that?
It had defeated my cock. So I killed it and cooked it.
Whoever locks horns with me, whether it's a man or a hen,
I don't spare it.
Is it?
Let's see.
Nandini, the doctor has arrived.
Why are you staring at me like that?
You don't go to the city for your treatment.
Or come to the clinic for the injection.
Is Nandini fine?
Since her childhood poor girl has been suffering from seizure attacks.
She has to take injection every week.
Otherwise her condition worsens.
Why are your eyes red?
Out of fear of the injection I couldn't sleep the whole night.
Did you hear, Harishchandra? - What?
Your daughter cannot sleep at night.
Find a nice boy and... get her married.
You won't need a doctor or my scolding.
Stop it.
What kind of friend are you? explain it
Did you bring the song book for me?
These are new songs.
How long will we meet secretly, Sudha?
What do I do?
Do you know? Father has found an alliance for me.
I don't understand anything.
Found an alliance? How?
I won't let that happen.
I won't spare him. - Quiet.
Softly. The voice can be heard outside.
Who is he?
What brings you here?
I have heard you unite lovers.
Is there anybody for my friend?
Boy? Who? There is nobody here.
Hey chatterbox!
Tell both of them to come out.
You are standing here and keeping a watch.
How much do you earn for this?
Shall I give you a free advice? - Yes.
When the boy and the girl don't mind, why are you interfering?
You will unite lovers.
Do something for me.
Yes. Why not?
Just tell me where your lover is.
But you won't find anybody.
Oh no!
He is smarter than smart phone.
Come on. Come out.
We know you are there.
Come out. That's better for you.
The village is prospering.
You are here?
I am Sudha.
And you?
My name is Kumar.
Surya. - Hello.
There is no news of Siddhaiah.
He is missing since many days. - Oh God! What is this?
He is coming. Leave from here quickly.
Go. - Come on.
Who is this man?
Sudha, who is the bearded man?
Come with me. Must be a friend.
Come. - Wonder what is happening.
I told you we won't meet here.
Look. He saw us. Now he will tell all villagers.
We won't be able to meet again. - Why?
Now we have got acquainted.
Whenever you want to meet him, tell me. I will bring him.
You bring Nandini. The work will be done.
He is a smart guy. - Isn't that a great idea, Nandini?
I won't come.
Come. I will show you.
Come on. Bye. - Bye.
I will also leave.
Sudha.
Come on, let's go. Come on!
Oh!
"You have been bestowed with mesmerizing beauty."
"As if a nymph has descended on earth."
"You have doe like impish eyes."
"That penetrate the heart."
"Ever since I saw you, I have gone crazy."
"Why is this relation still unfamiliar?"
"You have been bestowed with mesmerizing beauty."
"There is sweetness in your eyes."
"But bitterness in your words."
"Who knows what's in your heart?"
"You have cast a powerful spell on me."
"I don't like it without you."
"Are you a flower or fragrance?"
"What aroma is this?"
"You have been bestowed with mesmerizing beauty."
Nandini, you talk to kumar.
Listen. Sudha cannot meet you.
Her family has chosen a groom for her.
Don't come to her house and whistle.
Got that? Let's go, Sudha.
Let me ask Sudha.
If she also says that, I will leave.
Shall I give you a free advice?
Whether she says it or I say it, it's one and the same thing.
Sudha, look into my eyes and tell me.
Don't you love me?
I love you immensely. I want to live with you.
I don't want to marry that boy.
Hey silly girl!
If you love him so much, why didn't you tell your family?
You are lucky that you got true love.
Tell me something. Would you have been able to live without him?
Sudha... I want to talk to you.
Nandini, I will talk to him and come.
Take her with you.
"You have stolen my night's slumber."
"And my day's solace."
"Someday come and see my plight."
"My dreams chase you."
"If it's not love, what else is it?"
"You are sunlight and shade."
"What mystery is this?"
"You have doe like impish eyes."
"That penetrate the heart."
"Ever since I saw you, I have gone crazy."
"Why is this relation still unfamiliar?"
"You have been bestowed with mesmerizing beauty."
"As if a nymph has descended on earth."
May Goddess always keep you happy!
Your ear ailment hasn't got cured yet.
Aunt has come.
What happened, aunt?
I have come to give you a sari for the festival.
Aunt, sari is fine. But what is that paper?
If I come here once a year, it's enough to gift a sari.
I cannot come here every year.
Wonder when I will come next.
When I don't know that, what's the use of keeping such a big house?
You are living in a small house.
From today that house is yours.
What are you saying?
That house is mine?
Yes, sister. - No.
No. I cannot take it.
Adorn her forehead.
Nandini, give it to her.
Look.
Tell her to take it. - Yes.
Hold it.
That's enough, dear.
What is the need to cry?
I will leave.
I will just come, aunt.
Nandini, why are you going on foot?
Surya will drop you.
Why do you give him the trouble? I will go on foot.
I said wait. If you go on foot in the scorching heat, you will fall sick.
I cannot send you like that. Wait.
Surya. - Yes, sister.
Go and drop Nandini home.
Surya. On the way profess your love for her.
You won't get this chance again.
Fine.
I was wondering how I will spend two weeks in this village.
But after meeting you, I don't feel like leaving the village, Nandini.
Before going I want to tell you something.
I know. I know it very well.
Once I tell you, you will be furious.
But I want to make your fury a part of my life.
What happened, Nandini?
Stop the car, Surya.
Nandini.
Stop. - I will go. You leave from here.
Listen to me.
What did I say that infuriated you so much?
Your mother reminded me of my mother.
She is not with me.
All I have is her memories.
Leave my hand.
When two people truly love each other,
the universe conspires to bring them together.
Marry me, Nandini.
Your mother will also be happy.
Leave my hand, Surya. I have to go.
I won't listen to you today.
In fact, you will have to listen to me.
Nandini, I will wait for your answer till my last breath.
Whether your answer is yes or no,
I will accept it, Nandini.
I love you. Say something, Nandini.
[Sanskrit chants]
Pardon me, Goddess.
Hey, look. Siddhaiah is here.
Hadn't he disappeared?
How did he come here?
Why does he look so weird?
Siddhaiah is here.
Listen. I saw your father near the temple.
What are you doing here? - What are you saying?
Yes. He is here. Go quickly.
Father.
Stop.
Father.
Pardon me, Goddess.
A death in the inner sanctum.
It's terrible.
This has happened for the first time in the history of the temple.
I will have to seek help from the ancient book and find a remedy.
[Chanting mantras]
Glory to Goddess!
What's written in it, mother?
Son, the village... - Son.
When the temple was built, some set of laws were made.
They were written in the ancient book religiously.
Whenever a crisis befalls on the village or the temple,
we seek guidance from the book.
Terrible. It's just terrible.
Goddess was going to depart after the festival.
Now she is imprisoned in the temple.
Because a death has taken place in the temple.
It has desecrated Goddess.
We are Goddess's children.
That's why we have also been defiled.
How is that possible?
There is only one way to escape from Goddess's wrath,
and to protect ourselves from the crisis that the death has brought.
Sealing the eight directions.
Since Goddess is the form of eight deities.
After sunset for the next eight days,
the temple and the village will be sealed.
What is he saying?
Villagers cannot go out.
All idols, photos and talismans in every household,
everything related to God, will be stored in the temple,
before we seal the eight directions.
For these eight days we will be bereft of divine grace.
To protect ourselves from evil forces,
and to save the village, there is only one way.
Sealing the eight directions.
Let's go.
Where is he going?
Priest, all these things are new for us.
What if we make a mistake unknowingly?
In that case, we will lose Goddess's blessing forever.
Priest, isn't the ancient text supposed to guide people?
Why is it creating problems?
Nothing will happen to those who don't belong to this village.
I request them to leave the village before sunset.
Aunt.
You have been away from the village for 12 years.
So you can also leave.
At sunset, that is, at 6:08, all eight directions will be sealed,
for the temple and the village.
Chieftain, start the preparations.
Chieftain, Abbai Raju is leaving the village.
Hurry up.
What do we do?
I will talk.
Why did you stop my way?
You cannot leave.
You cannot.
Who has the guts to stop me?
I don't believe your nonsensical rules.
You will have to follow it.
If you have been born here, you will have to follow it.
The rule applies to everybody.
Nobody can break the rule.
My daughter is going to get married.
I cannot stop her marriage because of your rule.
It's the question of her life. Got that?
You can postpone her marriage.
But if you don't obey Goddess's order,
the village and villagers will become a victim of Goddess's wrath.
Go back! - Go back!
Everybody stop.
Heed us.
Come on.
I am going.
But a day will come when you will break the seal of the eight directions.
Not Abbai Raju.
Remember that.
During the period of confinement,
nobody should face any shortage of food and water.
That's why the chieftain is distributing food grains.
Whoever wants it can take it from his house.
Hurry up.
The priest has ordered that those who have come,
from other towns should leave the village quickly.
[Chanting mantras]
Along with the temple and Goddess,
the clothes we had worn have also been defiled.
Throw it in the bonfire.
[Chanting mantras]
You came after so many years.
And you are returning so soon.
I am feeling bad, aunt.
Listen.
Do you really think Nandini will come to meet you?
'I will wait for your answer till my last breath.'
'Whether your answer is yes or no.'
Surya, you will have to leave quickly.
The priest has started the veneration.
Surya.
We are leaving, sister.
Take care of yourself and your son.
Parvati, take care.
Nandini.
Nandini, open your eyes.
Nandini.
You will be fine
Keep the keys in her hand.
And close her fist.
Nandini, hold it.
[Chanting mantras]
[Indistinct Voice]
Her irises are upwards.
Where is the injection that I had ordered from the city?
Find the injection. Go quickly.
Bring the injection quickly.
Go and bring it quickly.
Nandini!
Nandini, open your eyes.
The injection bottles are broken.
If she doesn't get injection within half an hour, she won't survive.
What are you saying, doctor?
Nothing will happen to my daughter.
I will go and bring injection for her.
Take care of her.
Give me your hand!
Move.
Hello. - Hello, Shastri.
Yes, doctor. Tell me.
I need an injection urgently.
At the chieftain's house. Bring it quickly.
Nobody can come and nobody can leave.
What's going on? - God knows.
The chieftain's daughter has got seizure attack.
There is some problem here.
Crowd murmuring!
Stop the car! Stop the car! - Stop.
Bring him quickly! Hurry up.
Come on. Hurry up.
What happened? What happened?
He fell down.
You can help me later.
First go and deliver this medicine,
to Rudravan's chieftain's house quickly.
I have spoken to the doctor.
The chieftain's daughter needs it.
Nandini.
Go quickly, son.
Seal all eight directions of the village.
[Chanting mantras]
Don't stop.
Nandini.
Forgive me, Goddess.
I am awake. You can sleep peacefully.
The voice came from there. - Let's go and see.
Who is there?
Who is hiding?
Come out!
Hey, Go check there
Goddess, protect me.
Did you buy the ticket?
What are you doing?
Listen. When will the train arrive?
It will arrive. Why are you so scared?
As it is, nobody is going to venture,
out of the village for eight days.
Why are you afraid?
Kumar, look. I left everybody for you.
Will you always be with me?
I will be with you all my life.
Are you happy?
I was very scared while crossing the temple.
It was natural to be afraid in the village.
But now we are outside...
I have served breakfast. Eat it.
How is Nandini?
Better than before. - Let me do it.
She is very stubborn.
She will fall sick, but she won't go to the city for her treatment.
Shall I tell you something?
She is not accepting your proposal,
because she is afraid that after getting married,
she will have to move to the city.
But that silly girl doesn't understand.
How can you leave your work in the city,
and stay with us in the village?
She doesn't have any sense.
Ask her whether she loves me.
If she does, I will settle down here.
In that case, I will go on foot to worship Goddess.
What are you saying, sister?
That's the least I can do for my family. I think she will agree.
Wonder what has happened to her.
Nandini. - Nandini.
What are you doing there? Come in.
The doctor has told you to take rest.
Why did you come back, Surya?
To save my life.
Sooner or later I will have to die, Surya.
I won't let you die.
Shall I give you a free advice?
I don't know how to love like you.
I live only in my memories.
What is this?
My mother's last memento.
It's dearer to me than my life.
As long as it's with you, you will feel I am with you.
Don't ever think of me, Surya.
Your love is different.
You love me.
But you don't express your love like me.
Nandini.
Moon, come to me.
Bring milk and cream.
Look. Look.
Here.
What are you doing, son?
Who is there?
Yes. Do you know what happens?
A big moon...
Who is there?
Hold it.
Who is wailing?
Who is there?
Suri, you and here?
What happened to you?
Why are you crying like that?
Say something.
Suri. Suri. Suri.
Suri.
Parvati. Parvati.
What happened, Parvati?
Shiva, take Parvati from here.
She is in a state of shock after seeing his death.
Parvati. Come.
He was a thorough drunkard.
He used to borrow money from everybody.
You are right.
I went to his house to ask for my money.
He said he doesn't even have money for food.
Look. He killed himself today.
Should you kill yourself if you don't have money?
He committed suicide.
Nandini.
- She is in her room, son.
Is the chieftain at home? - He has gone out.
Fine.
What are you doing?
I wanted to see you. So I came to meet you.
Leave me.
Leave.
Leave me. I have to go. - Where?
To meet your sister.
No matter what happens, I won't leave you.
Father. - What happened, dear?
Oh my! She is completely crazy.
Parvati!
'If that happens, I will go on foot to worship Goddess.'
'It's the least I can do for my family.'
'Express your feelings.'
'Your work will be done.'
I cannot believe that sister committed suicide.
She used to always tell me that her ear hurts a lot.
It's like the entire village has gone crazy.
Deaths are occurring randomly.
Priest, the basil plant has also withered.
What could be the reason?
Venerations are not being performed.
That's why the basil plant has withered.
I think there are two reasons behind her death.
Either she committed suicide due to her pain.
Or somebody has broken the eight directions seal of the village.
Did anybody break the rule? - No, priest.
We will talk about rules later.
There was a death yesterday and another death today.
Where will we perform the last rites?
How can you be so heartless, Abbai?
Ask the one who has sealed the village.
Will you perform the last rites in your house? Tell me, priest.
Shut up, Abbai Raju.
Everybody keep quiet.
He might cross his limit.
But nobody will venture out of the village.
Brahmaiah. - Yes.
Go and check in every household.
Are all villagers in the village?
Or has anybody gone out?
Count and check. Go. - Okay.
I have still not got my answer.
There is a dilapidated house in the north direction of the village.
Perform the last rites there.
Is everybody at home? - Yes.
Good.
Where have they gone? - To Parvati's house.
Fine. I understood.
Hey!
Come here. - What happened?
Did anybody come home?
Brahmaiah?
Satya. - Yes.
Is everybody at home?
Yes. Everybody is at home.
Let's check there. - Come on.
Yes. Come on.
Sudha is not to be seen. Has she gone out?
Sudha. Sudha.
She is taking bath.
Yes. Fine. I will come later.
Let's check Raghu's house. - Yes. Fine.
What will happen?
Sudha has not only defamed us by eloping,
but she has endangered the entire village too.
Whoever wants to take the name can come forward.
Parvati was very attached to you.
You take the name. Go.
What?
Chieftain.
Everybody is at home.
What's going on?
Who are they burning? - God knows.
Sire.
The conch is blown in the graveyard, not in the village.
The pyre is burning in the village.
It's clear.
The village has turned into a graveyard.
An evil force has cast a shadow on the village.
You will have to break the seal.
Somebody has done black magic on the village.
If you don't act quickly,
there will be dead bodies everywhere.
There won't be enough logs to light the pyre.
If you cooperate with me, I will give you relief from this crisis.
Sire.
If you cross the line, the rule will be flouted.
If your rule is so perfect, how did four people die,
even after sealing all eight directions?
You are mistaken.
Only two people have died.
It's your ignorance.
You cannot see what I can see.
When you will find the bodies, then you will believe me.
Lord Shiva!
Help them!
Come. Let's stay away from the village.
Come. - Yes.
Let's go, Surya.
My sister didn't commit suicide.
Sister's left ear used to hurt.
Why did she stab the needle in her right ear?
Whatever the Aghori said, is it true?
I will definitely find out how sister died.
I will find out why this is happening.
Did Suri really commit suicide due to debts?
That's not true, doctor.
Aunt, when he died or prior to that,
did you see any change in him?
Was he terrified of something?
No. Not at all.
Aunt, listen. - Yes. Tell me.
The day Suri died... - Yes.
Did he come here to collect milk?
I waited for him till 4 o'clock in the morning.
But he didn't come.
After leaving from home Suri didn't come here.
It means something happened on the way.
Come on. Sit quickly.
Suri always goes to the temple from home on foot.
Let's go there and see. Come on.
What odor is that?
Seems to be the odor of a dead animal.
Surya, stop. There is a marshland ahead.
Do you know this cycle?
It's Suri's cycle.
There is nothing here.
Keep the cycle over there.
Sudha.
You were afraid of defamation.
Look. Our daughter is dead.
They will kill us if they find out that she went outside the village.
But her body was found inside the village.
Wonder what is going on, Surya.
Sudha went outside the village.
I found the ticket from her bag.
She went to the railway station.
Why did she come back?
Only Kumar can give the answer.
But where will we look for him?
Nandini. Nandini.
Dear, Nandini is not fine.
She has retreated into a shell after Parvati's death.
I want to talk to Nandini for a moment.
No, Surya.
Nandini is in a state of shock.
This is not the right time to tell her about Sudha.
Let her take rest.
Yes. Lower railway station. Tell me. What do you want?
Sir, did a boy and a girl come to your station on Monday night,
to buy tickets for Kirandol?
You are calling up now.
We have sent the body to Rajahmundry government hospital.
Body? What do you mean?
I think the boy was drunk.
He died due to train collision.
'I don't know what happened to the girl.'
'Who are you?'
'Hello.'
What happened? - 'Hello.'
Kumar was killed in a train accident.
What are you saying?
Are you sure it was Kumar?
Hello.
Here is the body. We found it in a very bad condition.
Hello. - I went and checked. It was Kumar's body.
What is going on? Are all of you fine?
'How did Kumar die?'
'Mahabharata.'
'How did four people die even after sealing all eight directions?'
'Somebody has done black magic on the village.'
'You cannot see what I can see.'
'When you will find the bodies, then you will believe me.'
Surya.
Priest.
Keep your customs and rules aside.
And listen to me carefully.
The Aghori was absolutely right.
If the Aghori was right,
we would have found four bodies.
But we have found only three.
The fourth death took place the day Sudha went out of the village.
She broke the seal.
Goddess, forgive me.
How did that happen?
The day the eight directions were sealed,
Sudha broke the seal to meet her lover.
When Kumar died due to train accident, Sudha was there.
After witnessing his death she returned to the village.
That's when bees attacked her.
And Suri, who was going to the cowshed, tried to save her.
But Sudha was already dead by the time he reached there.
After witnessing Sudha's death Suri committed suicide,
in front of my sister Parvati.
My sister also killed herself.
Whoever sees the dying person dies next.
Who witnessed Parvati's death first?
'I have to go to your sister's house.'
Nandini.
Nandini, where are you going?
Nandini.
Are you deaf?
Why is she not answering?
Nandini.
Nandini has gone towards the ruins.
I called out to her. But she didn't stop.
Save Nandini.
Hey!
Nandini.
Bring something for her to lie down.
Bring a cot quickly.
Crowd murmuring!
Carefully, son.
Careful.
I'll be back.
This has to be brought to consciousness.
Hold her.
Nandini.
Hold her hand.
Give the key quickly.
Hold it.
Nandini.
Careful.
Nandini. - Handle yourself.
Nandini.
Wonder what is happening.
Random deaths.
Something similar had happened 12 years ago.
At that time children were dying.
Now adults are dying.
Go back.
Even the air that touches Nandini is dangerous.
Why is it so crowded here?
What happened? - Nandini jumped in the well.
Nandini. My child.
What happened? Nandini.
Why will my daughter jump in the well?
Nandini. Are you fine, dear?
Why is everybody standing motionless?
'The village will turn into a graveyard,'
'by next 'Pushkar' (Festival celebrated once in 12 years).'
The moment Sudha broke the seal of eight directions,
Crowd murmuring!
the village became bereft of protection.
An evil power residing in the house,
in the north direction has awakened.
What are you saying?
How did this happen?
Whoever witnesses death dies.
All deaths are linked to that house.
'Kill them. Kill them.'
The deceased's pyre was lit in that house.
You mean Parvati.
Nandini tried to commit suicide in that house.
It's that witch's curse.
No,no. priest, what are you saying?
Please save my daughter.
The series will never end.
Unless the village turns into a graveyard.
What are you saying?
People are already terrified.
If there is a way to escape from this, tell us.
Whether it's a way to escape or atonement,
we will find it in the book.
Yes. I will bring it.
Move.
Key. Key.
Don't worry, Surya. Nandini will be fine.
What curse is he talking about?
What had happened here?
12 years ago a pandemic had plagued the village.
A child would die every hour.
Nobody was able to find out the cause of death.
All my attempts were failing.
That's when Venkata Chalapathy,
moved to this village with his family.
And he settled down near the border.
He wouldn't interact with anybody.
There were so many deaths that,
the cremation ground became full.
Every child started dying.
When you don't find any solution, you pray to God.
An invisible poison has targeted the village.
We will have to perform veneration to put an end to it.
As per the book, we will have to perform 'Mrityunjaya' veneration.
We were relieved that the next day the priest will perform veneration.
But that night Siddhaiah saw Venkata Chalapathy,
taking a child with him.
He was stunned to see what was going on inside the house.
He spread the rumor in the entire village,
that Venkata and his wife practice black magic.
People were already disturbed due to their children's death.
When they saw them doing black magic on a dead body,
their fury exploded.
They tied the husband and wife to a tree.
And burned them alive.
A few days after the incident...
Look. There is something here.
Run
Ghost! Ghost! Help! Help!
On finding out that spirits are residing in the house,
the priest conducted peace veneration.
And sealed the house forever.
Nobody dared to enter that house again.
Surya.
Should we really go inside?
The trouble started from here.
We will find the solution here.
There was a book here which is missing.
I think somebody had come here.
There is only one way to get out of this crisis.
What photos are these?
God, protect us.
Surya, carefully.
This is Venkata Chalapathy and his wife.
They used to practice black magic.
Hold this.
Make a 6 feet long coffin. - Yes. It will be done, priest.
Go. Bring a wooden coffin. Go quickly. Go.
Energy is the source of life.
Soul is also energy.
Energy can be controlled.
Even after dying a person's eyes remain alive for six hours.
Through the eyes I want to bring the dead back to life.
This is my experiment.
It seems to be sorcery.
If I am not wrong, all this is happening because of that.
I am sure all the deaths in the village,
share some connection with this book.
Where did Venkata's son go?
We will have to put the body possessed by the evil force in that.
And keep it in the north direction of the village in a ring.
During eclipse evil forces become weak.
Whoever wants to live will have to give their blood.
Before the eclipse ends,
the body will be burned along with the coffin.
The evil force will be imprisoned in it forever.
What are you saying? You want to give my daughter's sacrifice.
How can the man who blesses people say that?
Shall I remind you something?
Burning others to save your own self is not new in this village.
That's how we saved ourselves in the past.
That's what will happen with your daughter.
Abbai Raju, your daughter's marriage was called off,
because we had to obey the rule.
But this is the question of my daughter's life.
Please end this here, Abbai Raju.
Why?
Does anybody want to die?
No. No.
Hey!
You are listening to him and disobeying the chieftain?
Yes. What else do we do?
Lose our life because of his daughter?
We are not mad like you.
You are calling me mad. I won't spare you.
Crowd shouting!
Hey!
What are you doing?
Crowd shouting!
What are you doing? - Dear!
Hey!
Nandini!
Don't touch my daughter.
Somebody save my daughter.
Hey!
Whoever is scared to die, whoever he might be,
stay away from Nandini.
Otherwise I will kill him.
The injection that is being administered to Nandini,
will make her unconscious for eight hours.
Before she regains consciousness I will solve the problem.
When we have the solution, what is the need to find it?
Whether you gave her sedative or you did black magic.
Why should we listen to you? Why should we believe you?
You will have to listen to him.
You will have to listen to him, Abbai.
He has found out why all this is happening.
He saved Nandini.
If we want to stop the deaths, we will have to listen to him.
I promise you.
Along with Nandini, I will save the entire village.
Priest, I will have to go outside the village.
Look, son. The entire village is paying the price,
of the mistake that Sudha committed unknowingly.
You want to commit that mistake knowingly.
The damage of breaking the seal of eight directions,
has been done.
Now Surya is going to face the evil force.
His life is in danger.
I am ready to fight with any power in order to save Nandini.
I promise you. I will return with the solution.
Surya, it should be done before the lunar eclipse.
There is very less time.
You have only eight hours to finish the work.
Are you going to find Venkata Chalapathy's son?
If your suspicion that he is behind all this is true,
it will be dangerous to face him.
I am going to finish off that danger forever.
Unless I return, Nandini is your responsibility.
Yes.
When the temple gets sealed in the name of custom,
then a girl's life becomes valueless.
If you still want to try, you can do so.
Hey!
Crowd murmuring!
Janardhan, what are you doing?
Stay there. You cannot go out.
Who are you to stop us?
An epidemic has spread in your village.
All of us know.
If you go out, we will also get infected.
It's better that you don't go out.
Whoever goes out, we will burn him. - Yes.
They have surrounded us from all sides.
Come on.
Crowd shouting!
Hey, come on. Stop him.
Crowd shouting!
What happened to him?
Is anybody there?
So late at night? Son, who are you?
I want information about an orphan child.
This was an orphanage seven years ago.
Not anymore.
Now only my boss's family and I stay here.
Where is your boss?
From Rudravan.
Bhairav! Bhairav!
What happened to the power?
Bring lantern.
Both of you go home.
And you? Won't you come?
I will come once she regains consciousness.
Go.
Take care.
Here.
I hope nobody is watching.
This happened 12 years ago.
Rudravan's chieftain left a boy in this orphanage.
He was very different from other children.
He wouldn't mingle with anybody else.
And he would always chant mantras.
Nothing else.
He would always draw strange sketches in the book.
He would sit under the tree and talk to crows.
And every night he would disappear from the orphanage.
Nobody knew where he went.
Bhairav.
There is a forest behind the orphanage.
He would go there and do strange things. - Bhairav.
What are you doing here?
If we would ask him anything, he would walk away without answering.
We used to wonder why other children were terrified of Bhairav.
Look. That mad fellow. Hit him.
What are you doing?
When he was 15 years old, an orphanage staff,
saw him going to the forest at midnight.
He was holding something strange in his hand.
The most difficult thing was to wait for him in the orphanage.
Did you find him? - No.
Check the classroom. Quickly.
Hey! Stop.
Why are you wandering here so late in the night?
Where did you go? Tell me.
Look. He is running away. Stop him.
He ran away from the orphanage without telling anybody.
Nobody knew where he went.
It's been seven years. But he didn't return.
Somebody must know about him.
Come on. Move. Move.
In which direction would Bhairav go in the forest?
Yes. In the west direction.
What time would he leave and return on a full moon night?
At 10 o'clock in the night. After everybody would go to sleep.
And he would return at 4 o'clock in the morning.
If he would do everything and return in a short span of time,
I don't think he would go far.
[Chanting mantras]
Hail Lord Shiva!
[Chanting mantras]
Where will I find Bhairav?
In Kailash.
Bhairav.
[Chanting mantras]
My mantra is not working on him.
I am sure he is our enemy.
It's not enough to stop him. Kill him.
Who is Bhairav?
Digambar.
He is not an enemy.
He has come to our shelter.
He has come from Rudravan.
Seeing you here I think something has happened there.
Whoever witnesses a person dying kills himself.
Sorcery practice!
A practice that was used centuries ago for massacre.
If he is performing this practice,
it means he wants to finish off the entire village.
He must be at a very peculiar place,
to be able to carry out this dangerous sorcery.
Where there is no air and no sign of light.
Which is that place?
This practice is very dangerous.
A slightest mistake and he could die.
That's why the practitioner has to understand,
the entire procedure through pictures.
Bhairav must have learnt the entire procedure,
through these pictures.
Sire!
This is where the sorcery was performed.
The same sign was at the orphanage,
where Bhairav grew up.
Bhairav must be somewhere around.
Bhairav.
Blockade.
Isn't this the same book that the priest has in the village?
Hail Goddess!
The real ancient text has been found.
Dear!
Dear nandini.
Nandini.
Nandini. Nandini.
Nothing will happen. You will be fine.
Nandini.
Seems like she has not regained consciousness completely. - Nandini.
It means he exchanged the book,
in order to take revenge from the villagers.
And he misguided the villagers by changing the book.
It was his idea to seal all eight directions.
If we don't shift her quickly, all of us will be killed.
So many people have already died in the village.
You are right. We cannot sacrifice our life for his daughter.
Hey!
If you take another step, I will kill each one of you.
If you have courage, come.
Come.
Chieftain, there is no other option.
We will have to take this step in order to save the village.
Stop.
He has promised to save Nandini and the village.
I don't believe him.
The priest warned Surya that his life could be in danger.
But he went out to find the solution.
We have killed other's life to save our life.
He is risking his life to save Nandini's life.
I don't trust him.
But I trust his love.
Wait and see. Anasuya's son will definitely return.
Till then
everybody will wait here quietly.
Unless we find Bhairav, the massacre won't stop.
'My name is Kumar.' 'Don't you love me?'
Sire, Bhairav, whom we are looking for,
and Kumar, the first person who died by train collision, are one and the same.
[Chanting mantras]
It's not dying. It's willful dying.
Willful dying? Meaning?
It means dying when you want to die.
And entering the body of your choice.
And making the body complete your incomplete task.
But even Gods cannot break the seal of eight directions.
How did Bhairav's spirit enter the village?
How?
It means, he played the charade of love with Sudha.
And for the sake of his love Sudha broke the seal.
He died willingly at the station in front of Sudha.
And he entered Sudha's body.
Through Sudha he broke the seal and entered the village.
Once Bhairav started performing the practice,
his spirit entered the village.
If somebody looks into the eyes of a dying person,
he enters that person's body.
And forces that person to die.
'Nandini!'
Compelling all villagers to take their life,
is the crescendo of the sorcery practice.
'During eclipse evil forces become weak.'
'Whoever wants to live will have to give their blood.'
Burning Nandini alive is not the solution of saving the villagers.
It was a plan to kill all villagers together.
But how did Bhairav get hold of the book?
I am sure somebody from the village is assisting him.
Along with assisting him, he is ordering him too.
After dying willfully Bhairav has turned into a spirit.
A spirit has its own energy.
Whoever is controlling Bhairav is inside the village.
And he wants to finish off the entire village.
'Go and bring the ancient book.'
'You will find it in the book.'
Move.
'Give the key.'
We have very less time.
Once the eclipse ends, the entire village will be finished off.
We will have to go to the village,
and stop the person who is doing all this.
Otherwise the village won't survive.
We can see the shadow.
The eclipse will end soon.
Even if Surya returns, it's of no use.
We will have to follow what's written in the book.
Otherwise it will be terrible.
Please don't do this.
Crowd murmuring!
No. No.
What are you doing?
Please don't do this.
No. Don't do this terrible thing.
Leave my daughter. Leave her.
Nandini, my child.
Nandini.
No father can see his daughter dying.
Come.
When an Aghori uses his sorcery power,
even the most powerful mantra fails.
How did your body escape the sorcery power,
when you have not done any penance?
Is this your willpower?
Or is some power helping you?
Make a ring with black sesame seeds.
Or else the evil spirit will come out and possess somebody.
"The shadows of the past dwell in seclusion."
"It doesn't burn or douse."
"Don't be afraid, don't be scared."
"He is with you."
"Dispel darkness and spread radiance."
"All hopes have been pinned on you."
"Turn embers into flames."
"Shower flames and set darkness ablaze."
"Show the hue of inferno."
Are you fine, sire?
The eclipse has started.
The temple gate must have been opened.
"The shadows of the past dwell in seclusion."
This trouble had to come now of all times.
I will stop them. You go.
You have to save Nandini and the villagers at any cost.
Don't delay, sire.
"Dispel darkness and spread radiance."
I don't want to kill you. Don't force me to kill you.
Hey! hey.
Listen to me.
Black magic has been done on the village.
I have come to break the spell.
What do you want? All those things happen in our village too.
And all of us are killed.
It's better that we burn you alive.
"Forge ahead, nobody else but you can reveal it"
I have not come to fight, but to save the villagers.
"At times it seems an illusion,"
"and at times a truth that lures me."
"At times truth seems like an illusion."
"There is terror everywhere. But my heart, don't be afraid."
"Forge ahead in the quest of light"
"Shower flames and set darkness ablaze."
"Show the hue of inferno."
Stop!
Don't you people understand?
"All hopes have been pinned on you."
"Turn embers into flames."
"Shower flames and set darkness ablaze."
"Show the hue of inferno."
What are you looking at? Finish him off.
"Forge ahead, nobody else but you can reveal it"
"To evade the catastrophe at any cost, show the hue of inferno."
She is inside the ring.
hey!
The entire village will burn with Nandini. Stop.
Priest, it's true that the book guides us.
Do you know that the book was exchanged?
Look. This is the real book.
They have given their blood.
They are under the spell of the evil spirit.
Stop, Surya.
This is the sign of hell's inferno.
You will be reduced to ashes if you step foot on it.
This sorcery is beyond my capability.
I cannot win.
But I can stop Bhairav's spirit.
Find Bhairav, Surya.
You had identified the problem with your power.
You had found the root cause of the problem with your power.
Go and find him.
You are the diversely eyed person who can save Rudravan.
Everybody is close to their death.
Who wants to kill them?
Harishchandra Prasad.
Where are you hiding?
Why don't you come in front of me?
Harishchandra Prasad.
For how long will you hide?
[Chanting mantras]
Harishchandra Prasad.
[Chanting mantras]
They are killing my daughter.
She doesn't even know what has happened to her.
Son. Son, my daughter...
Who is the fourth member of Venkata's family?
I... - Answer my question.
Why did you hide the truth of the fourth member?
We found out that spirits were wandering in the house.
That's why we organized veneration that day.
Suddenly I heard somebody crying.
I went inside and saw...
Dear, what happened?
Hold this.
Is she their daughter?
Listen. Take her from the backyard secretly.
Nobody should be able to see.
I was afraid that if people found out,
that she belongs to that family, they would kill her.
That's why I raised her like my own daughter.
But today, they are giving her sacrifice to save the village.
Please save her, son.
I don't have to save Nandini from the villagers.
But I have to save the village from Nandini.
You had sent Bhairav to the orphanage.
Because of Bhairav a game of death is being played in the village.
Nobody else but Venkat's daughter Nandini,
is the one who exchanged the temple's book with a fake book,
and spread destruction in the village.
[Chanting mantras]
Hey! Nandini!
Nandini, stop!
Listen to me, Nandini.
You are making a mistake, Nandini.
I said stop, Nandini.
The villagers made a grave mistake by killing my parents.
They did it unknowingly. Not knowingly.
It was your father Venkata's fault.
How dare you take my father's name!
You also misunderstood my father.
My mother had paralysis.
Father was very worried about mother's health.
Doctors also said that my mother can never get cured.
But my father didn't give up.
He continued trying to cure her.
Hey!
What happened? Why are you quiet?
Don't worry, Shanti.
Father didn't have faith in medicines anymore.
But he was sure that she can be cured through incantations.
The incantations that were mentioned in Atharva Veda.
He learnt to control energy.
And he became a master of this practice.
After achieving mastery in all incantations of Veda,
he made a unique invention.
What is this?
This is an enchanted talisman.
It's full of magical powers.
But it lures evil powers too.
This enchanted talisman will always protect you from evil forces.
You were going to give the body of a 30-year-old woman.
The doctor is very smart.
He saved the woman from dying.
I don't have anything now.
Hey! - Yes.
It's a small girl's body. Keep it inside.
Come on. You won't get anything. Leave.
This is a ritual of sorcery.
With vital energy anybody can be brought back to life.
After a person dies, his organs remain alive for a few hours.
Before the organs die, if we can make a spirit enter the body,
the body will come back to life.
[Sanskrit]
From all organs eyes are the most important.
Through eyes if we can restore vital energy in a body,
that had died recently, the body will come back to life.
'The villagers attacked our house.'
'They didn't even try to find out what they were doing.'
'They tied my parents to a tree and burned them alive.'
'I fainted after seeing all this.'
'When I regained consciousness,'
'my parents had burned to ashes.'
'For whole eight days I stayed in that house,'
'wailing, hungry and thirsty.'
'I was waiting for my brother,'
'but he didn't even come to save me.'
Listen. Take her from the backyard secretly.
Nobody should be able to see.
'The village's chieftain Harishchandra Prasad saved me.'
'I was raised amidst my parents' murderers.'
'I would have forgiven them.'
'But I didn't see any remorse in them.'
'That's when I decided that I will burn the entire village.'
[Chanting mantras]
We will finish them off.
We will burn them alive.
[Chanting mantras]
'I decided to set the entire village alive.'
[Chanting mantras]
'To use sorcery on the villagers,'
'we exchanged their ancient book with our evil book.'
Our home was like a holy temple for our entire family.
These people turned it into a graveyard.
Now I will turn the entire village into a graveyard.
Your father wanted to save the villagers and not kill them.
When you don't understand that,
how will they understand it?
They made a mistake unknowingly.
You are making a bigger mistake knowingly.
Tell me. Why did you kill sister Parvati and Sudha?
It was not their fault.
Most of them don't even know your parents.
Why do you want to kill them?
Everybody has to die.
Do you know why the villagers have come here?
They have come here to kill me.
The whole village had killed my parents.
Wait and see. My brother and I will kill the entire village.
We will turn the entire village into a graveyard.
Today I am standing between you and the villagers.
First kill me.
Will you be able to kill me?
There is no connection between you and my revenge.
Go away. I won't kill you.
You cannot kill me.
Because I know that you love me.
That's why you can never kill me.
You love me. I don't love you.
You are lying. You love me.
I don't love you.
You love me.
I don't. I don't. I don't.
'As long as it's with you, you will feel I am with you.'
'How did your body escape the sorcery power?'
This is the proof of love that you gave me.
Your father gave it to your mother for her protection. It's his love.
You gave it to me for my protection. What else is it if not love?
Fine. I admit.
I gave you the symbol of my love.
My love is not greater than my revenge.
I will sacrifice my life and burn the entire village to ashes.
[Chanting mantras]
Nandini, stop!
[Chanting mantras]
Fine. You don't love me.
Nandini!
Surya!
What did you do, Surya?
The villagers gave me eight hours to save you.
How can I let the villagers die?
Forgive me, Nandini.
To save the village you don't need to die.
If you satiate my desire for revenge,
the village will be saved.
[Chanting mantras]
You...
you will have to live, Surya.
Forgive me, Nandini.
Forgive me.
Forgive me, Nandini.
Shall I give you a free advice?
Nandini.
Nandini. Nandini.
Nandini.
There is atonement for every mistake.
The entire village made this mistake.
Everybody will have to atone together.
This house has turned into ruins. Covert it into a school.
This will be your atonement.