[tremulous breathing]
[gasps, screams]
[gasping continues]
- Glory to Goddess Manasa. - Hail the Goddess.
Where's Thakuma?
She was in the CCTV room.
She was about to tell Ayaan about the attacker
but I guess she couldn't because Ms. Ghosh went missing.
Today, the Goddess has answered my prayer.
Please calm down, Thakuma. Look here.
Call them quickly!
[spluttering] Hello...
Send an ambulance to Rajbari quickly, please.
Send one quickly.
- Ayaan... - No, Thakuma...
Do you remember?
Rajbari...
Safari...
I remember the Rajbari safari, Thakuma.
You used to take me and...
[solemn music playing]
Thakuma...
[dramatic music stings]
Thakuma.
[poignant vocalisation]
[solemn music playing]
[mouthing words]
[poignant vocalisation]
- Mother! - Thakuma!
- Mom! - Mother!
- Thakuma! - Mother!
- Thakuma! - Someone, call a doctor!
- Thakuma... - Call an ambulance!
Thakuma!
Mom! Wake up, Mom!
Wake up, Thakuma.
[ominous music fades out]
[birds chirping]
[mysterious music playing]
'Hurry up, Meera.'
[gasping]
'I don't have much time.'
'Thakuma.'
'Where are we, Thakuma?'
'Shush.'
'Come on, hurry up.'
'Come with me, come on.'
[intense music stings]
- 'Boo!' - [both gasp]
[mysterious music playing]
[gasping, tremulous breathing]
'Thakuma! Where are we going, Thakuma?'
- 'Where... - I want...'
'I want to tell you a secret about Dakini.'
'Hurry, come on.'
[suspenseful music building]
[cryptic music playing]
'Okay. At the count of five, you all have to say mishti doi!'
- 'Okay? - Yes, all right.'
'Ready.'
'Dad, please don't talk about food.'
'That will make the lion hungry and it will eat all of us.'
[all laugh]
'Oi, Swastika! Arnab!'
'No one will laugh at my Ayaan, hmm?'
'Ayaan, are you scared, hmm?'
- 'I'm a bit scared. - Oh.'
- 'Can I tell you a rule about fear? - Yes.'
'Fear the danger'
'only until you come face to face with it, hmm?'
'Very good.'
'How about a photo?'
- Hmm. - The camera's there.'
- 'Now, no one will say mishti doi. - Okay, ready.'
- 'Okay. - No way.'
'All right, yes.'
[swooshing]
[unsettling music playing]
[tremulous breathing]
[camera shutter clicking]
[tremulous breathing]
- [anklets chiming] - [screaming]
[gasping, trembling]
I don't feel like getting ready, Mother Meera.
I've never been to such a function.
What will happen at Thakuma's funeral?
[poignant music playing]
Do you also feel that the chandelier falling on Thakuma was an accident?
It wasn't an accident, Sagarika.
It was murder.
She took Thakuma's life.
If Dakini has begun the countdown,
she won't stop at this.
She will kill us all eventually.
Then why hasn't she?
What is she waiting for?
- I think... - How dare you come here?
[music playing]
No matter where your family goes, it brings death.
First, my wife Swastika and then, Mom.
Who knows who is next?
Before I lose another member of my family because of you,
get out.
I said, get out!
[poignant music playing]
Wait.
You won't go anywhere.
They're here to pray for Thakuma's soul
and will leave only after that.
Despite what happened, you are defending this girl!
I am not defending this girl,
she's the one who is protecting us.
You can't have your way in this house, Sagarika!
This is what Thakuma wanted.
We would do as Thakuma wanted and will continue to do so.
Come on, Meera.
[music playing]
Thakuma lost her life by trusting this girl!
Dakini took Thakuma's life, Mother. It wasn't Meera.
Those who believe in stories turn into a tale themselves!
You're believing a story that lacks both logic and proof.
Mother Meera says
not everything needs logic, some things need faith.
This isn't a matter of faith, my child, but facts.
And the fact is
Dakini's fake story cost Mom her life.
How can we refute what we've witnessed
and what was recorded on the CCTV camera?
Thakuma was under Dakini's spell.
She had become her assistant.
Can't you people see?
We are fighting because of this girl.
This girl is tearing our family apart!
She's not tearing our family apart,
but saving it, Uncle.
From something that doesn't exist?
From something that exists and which you refuse to believe.
Enough. Stop it, all of you.
We are all gathered here to pray for Thakuma's soul.
Will her soul rest in peace if she sees us fighting?
How must she be feeling?
[music playing]
Meera! Ishani!
Please offer the flowers.
[menacing music playing]
- Ayaan... - Dad, all of us know
that Thakuma brought Meera home
and she was very close to her.
Enough, please. Don't say anything.
Please pray.
[solemn music playing]
I'm really sorry.
Our family is having some misunderstandings.
Please don't leave without taking the offering.
Ishani, will you come with me?
Mr. Choudhury is busy managing everything
but doesn't know how to handle his emotions.
As in?
I didn't see a single tear in his eyes.
Sorrow is like a big cloud.
If the tears don't rain,
their weight makes it harder to breathe.
Does this mean Ayaan is running away from his pain?
Pain is eased not by running away but by sharing it.
[music playing]
[camera shutter clicking]
I...
I have to talk to Mr. Choudhury about something.
Why are you hugging this sweater?
Because Thakuma gave it to me.
I miss her.
She hasn't left, she's still here.
I miss Thakuma.
Mother Meera says
if you smile and think of the person,
the person you miss
feels very good.
Smile.
[nostalgic song playing]
Why did you talk about that trip, Thakuma?
Why?
- Were you... - [faint knocking on door]
Come in.
[music playing]
If you're here to tell me Dakini is to blame for this,
then please leave me alone.
[poignant music playing]
Don't break it.
This holy thread was tied during Thakuma's last rites.
She'll feel bad if it breaks.
Whether it stays on or breaks, what does it matter?
Thakuma is gone.
[poignant music playing]
[sighs]
Who says Thakuma is gone?
The body leaves...
[sobs]
But the love always remains, Mr. Choudhury.
[poignant music playing]
'I don't want the holy thread.'
'It gets stuck in things and breaks.'
'Ayaan, you must not say such things about the holy thread.'
'I am Thakuma.'
'If the holy thread gets stuck, comes undone or breaks,'
'come to me.'
'I'll tie it again, okay?'
'Who will tie it if you're not there?'
'Don't worry.'
'I'm your Thakuma.'
'If I go somewhere,'
'I'll entrust the responsibility of looking after you'
'and this holy thread to someone.'
[sentimental music playing]
[music fades out]
You know?
Some say that the chandelier falling on Thakuma was an accident
while some say otherwise.
Hmm...
Leave it to the elders.
We shouldn't think about it. No!
Why must we not?
We deserve to know the truth.
Yes, but who will tell us?
Um...
Just a minute.
[shelf door opening]
This magic book will tell us.
Books don't talk, silly!
This book does.
I'll show you.
Book, who is with me?
'Ishani'
Let the tears out, Mr. Choudhury.
Tears are the instalments of pain
which we must pay from time to time.
Tears can ease the pain,
not the anger.
- Who are you angry at? - Myself.
[heartrending music playing]
I don't understand how...
I stayed away from Thakuma for many years.
I thought one day I would...
I returned from London.
I thought after I returned,
I'd erase the stain on my mother's mansion
and spend time with Thakuma.
The love I didn't...
I didn't get during my childhood...
[sobs]
I couldn't do anything.
Neither for Thakuma nor my mother.
I'm neither a good son nor a grandson.
What was she saying about the Rajbari safari?
Why did she mention it?
That photo...
What was she trying to say?
How will I ask her?
You went on that trip
with Thakuma and your parents, right?
[perplexing music playing]
Who told you?
Thakuma?
When?
In my dream last night.
Books don't respond.
Where did you find this book?
In the garden outside.
Come on, let's throw it back there.
Come on, Koyal. Let's go.
No, Ishani.
- We need to find out! - Hmm.
I can't write big sentences.
Please ask the question.
How did Thakuma die?
Not this rubbish again!
[spluttering] I'm telling the truth, Mr. Choudhury.
Thakuma visited me in my dream last night.
I don't know how to prove this to you, but...
You'd worn a peach-coloured T-shirt and shorts, right?
You must've seen the photo from the trip.
You were scared.
I was a child. We were on Rajbari safari.
There could have been tigers and wild animals.
- Any... - To calm you down, this is what Thakuma said.
"Fear the danger only until you come face to face with it."
Thakuma told me this, and...
Thakuma said this to me. How do you know about it?
Because Thakuma really visited me in my dreams.
She showed me the time you took photos.
Then she was about to tell me something about Dakini
but the dream ended.
Mr. Choudhury, there was something in that photo.
There was something in it.
Was it this photo?
'I Killed Thakuma'
How can a book kill someone?
Come on. Let's take the book to Mother Meera.
First, ask it!
Ask...
Who are you?
Thakuma must have left a sign.
She visited you in a dream and spoke about it. This is so weird.
Sometimes, faith is needed over logic to make sense of things.
[music playing]
Why is this page blank?
What was Thakuma trying to tell me?
Thakuma's death has traumatised you.
You think about her all the time.
Your brain processes things relating only to her
and is fuelling your imagination.
That's why you dreamt of her.
If what you're saying is true,
this page shouldn't have been in the photo frame.
If what you're saying is true,
something should've been written on this page.
Do you see anything? Look.
[current zapping]
[music stings]
[whooshing]
[gasping]
- Mr. Choudhury... - Thakuma's memories aren't a joke.
Stop talking about them.
Nothing's on this sheet of paper!
[spluttering] Something is written on it, Mr. Choudhury.
[revelatory music playing]
'Ayaan and Meera, I don't have much time.'
'Dakini knows I can travel to her past'
'and I am finding out her truth.'
'She won't spare me. First, she'll make me an assistant'
'and then...'
[music continues]
'Kill me!'
'I've found a way to stop Dakini for good.'
'Dakini's remains are hidden in our house somewhere.'
'Look for it and burn it. Dakini will be gone forever.'
[intense music playing]
[fire crackling]
[menacing music playing]
'Dakini'
[eerie music playing]
[music intensifies]