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Yes, yes, thank you!

And for the lady!

Happy now?

- Welcome, sir. - Thank you, thank you so much.

Let me feed you a bit.

Whose call is it?

Uff! This is family time, Subho! Must you take work calls now?

Thanks to this darned office...

I can't even spend time with my family!

Darn it! I will resign today!

Wait, I'll be back. - It's okay.

(humming)

Had your ice cream?

Have I ever had it without you?

Liar! Video call me.

Calling.

Darn it...

(whispering) Run away...

Run away from here!

Run away from here right now...

Run...

Bhanupriya Bhooter Hotel

Hi, friends! Today we'll learn how to do the planchette!

First, make a pentagram on a table with salt.

Then, place a rock at each point.

After placing the rocks,

invoke the name of the deceased and recite the chant on the screen.

Manju Mitra?

Of human origin.

Please show me yourself from the world beyond!

Manju Mitra, calling from this world to the other!

Kring, kring, kring...

Human... Of human origin... (voice trembling)

Kring... kring...

Manju Mitra...

Manju Mitra...

Please show yourself... please... Show yourself, please!

Thursday. WPA number 157 of 2023,

Bhanupriya Hotel Private Limited vs. State of West Bengal & Others.

Hey! Hey!

Someone's already sitting here!

- I mean they will. - Who?

- Are you mad? - Sit over there.

Back at school after ages…

The endless rows of benches!

And the headmaster seated in his chair.

Do we have mathematics today?

She's forgotten everything again.

This isn't a school, it's a court.

Our case is being heard.

Oh...

Weird woman!

What case?

Sorry... Sorry, Manju Mitra! Please just stay wherever you are!

Don't come!

(evil laughter)

Where did you learn planchette from?

(stammering) From YouTube.

- YouTube... - Hmm...

You think planchette is easy?

Think you can pick it up from YouTube videos? Huh!?

'Thammi'...

(evil laughter)

Oh God!

I didn't do anything...

I... Who are you?

- Ghosts. - Ghosts.

- Ghosts. - Ghosts.

Hey! Why are you so scared?

Aren't you a lawyer?

Why are you chattering so much? Saying the same thing all along!

Please sit quietly.

Must you talk so much?

Order! Order!

Mr Mitra? Who are you speaking to?

Please let me go! Please!

- Then catch him for us. - Who?

- The hotel owner. - Ah.

- Surely you know a PIL is? - Yes.

Public Interest Litigation.

Has to be filed in the Supreme Court or at High Court.

Great! And GIL?

No.

Ghost Interest Litigation!

I mean, you, on behalf of us...

will fight a case against the hotel owner!

- Come, sir. - At the local court here!

Om Joy Baba!

(evil laughter)

Lord!

Your Honour, Section 301 of the Indian Penal Code, 2023,

clearly states that if anyone unlawfully enters a graveyard,

place of worship, or religious site intending to hurt religious feelings

or interrupts a funeral, bluntly yelling "Room Service"

then they aren't just breaking the law,

they are simply inviting jail time.

- Who is he? - Shush!

My name is...

- Bha... Bha... - Huh?

- Bha... - Bhalu (bear)?

- Bha... - Not feeling well?

Bha...

Bha...

And the Places of Worship Act, 1991, clearly states that

the character of a religious site cannot be changed.

So then, Your Honour, a graveyard, steeped in history;

how can it suddenly become a hotel with an infinity pool?

What are we even talking about here? Spooky soul spa & ghost gala nights?

All in the name of development!

Where will the guests go when the ghosts return?

Everyone says that I'm the girl of their dreams!

Malini...

Malini Chattopadhyay.

Though... my screen name is a bit different.

Bha... Bha...

- Bha... - Want some bhaat (rice)?

Bha...

Bhanupriya Hotel doesn't just break laws,

it is a slap on the face of history

and a direct attack on the dead's possessions!

Huh?

Who pulled it?

It's my kamal (magic)!

- Sami Kamal. - Shami kebab?

- Sami Kamal. - Oh.

But my story ended during a protest. Over a school job.

Downgraded from mops to books.

Hey...

Oh no!

Oh!

Downgraded from books to mops.

Bha...

- Bha... - Not "Bha"!

- Bhu... - Bhu?

Bhu?

Bhulo Mashima (forgetful aunt).

Her official name is Smritikona.

But she has completely lost her smriti (memory).

Will you sit quietly?

Your Honour!

The government has found a new planet.

Named it Brownie!

Everything is run by hyenas there.

Meaning?

Exactly, Your Honour! Will you believe anything I say?

My client, Mr Bhupati Sinha,

bought the plot from Mr Banamali Saha in year 2020

and built the Bhanupriya Hotel.

It isn't a graveyard.

- Fabricated story. - Rather, a legally purchased land.

Mr Banamali Saha passed away last winter.

But, long before that,

all dealings regarding the sale of the land had been concluded.

That name seems familiar...

We have all the relevant documents and permissions.

Mr Sayan is reiterating that the respondent in this case,

my client, Mr Bhupati Sinha, erected a hotel on a cemetery unlawfully.

Where's the proof?

And he says ghosts will come, stay there. Where's the proof?

Where are these ghosts?

Your Honour...

Who told you that there was a cemetery there?

The residents, is it?

Wow, this is going to be like the SSC!

I believe you read too many fantasies.

- Is it being held again? - Or...

you should be on antidepressants.

Objection, your Honour, that was personal!

Sustained.

By SSC I mean, Sparks of Sagacious Collision!

Ms Basu, please stick to the relevant points.

Mr Mitra?

Do you have any proof?

Yes.

Your Honour, just a second...

Where is it...

- Sangbad Pratidin. - Huh?

Page 4.

Written by the historian, Gopal Chandra Chakrabarty.

'Let My Name Rest Here'

'Let My Name Rest Here'

How on earth can you read such tiny lines from so far?

The line begins exactly where I stand!

Huh?

Love Ranjan Richard Bag!

AKA Lover.

And this is my 'Aandhar' Card.

Ghosts have Aadhar cards?

Not exactly.

We ghosts say it with a nasal wail: ‘Aan-dhar' card.

Who's she?

She's Kochi. We got her from abroad.

Ah! An international ghost!

Mr Mitra, did you say something?

Uh, no, Your Honour, you see...

He did say something, Your Honour. I heard him!

Your Honour, this article mentions the concerned cemetery.

And a witness is on the way. The court already has his details.

Witness presented by Shaon Mitra, please take the stand.

No one used to come to our place before.

We were gone for a few days.

That sly fox, Bhupati...

tricked his way into building this Bhanupriya Hotel here!

- Bhupati. - Do something.

Drag that rascal Bhupati to court,

and make sure he is punished in front of everyone,

just as he deserves!

In return,

we will find your Grandma for you.

(impatient murmuring)

Can't you do any damn thing right?

Where's your witness?

Your Honour?

Sir?

Mr Shaon's client, and witness,

both seem to be invisible, isn't it?

- Mr Mitra? - Yes, Your Honour...

Your witness didn't appear in the court on time.

So, this court is compelled to make a decision based on other evidence.

The court will be closed tomorrow for Good Friday.

The next hearing is on Monday.

Mr Mitra?

You must submit all evidence before the Hon’ble Court within three days.

They think the High Court can scare an old woman?

The court is adjourned.

- Aunty, this is a lower Court. - All the same.

Oh, no!

My hand...

What's going on?

What was that?

Hey! Come back!

Oh no...

Heer-Ranjha, Romeo-Juliet...

Rahul-Anjali...

And then comes me.

And my special one!

And then I left him behind...

and came over here.

Oh, no!

It hurts me so much to stay without him!

No one understood that. But one guy did.

- Who? - That guy... who sings sad songs.

What was his name again?

Anupam Roy.

He understands.

Please...

Oh, please!

(people laughing)

Hold on, just a second.

This Bhanupriya Hotel is built over a cemetery.

How did it become your home?

People create temples & mosques.

To us ghosts, crematorium, graveyards, all are same.

We are like Amar-Akbar-Anthony!

Can't you behave?

Hey, ghosts aren't known for their good behaviour!

Who even made you a lawyer?

When people finally get exhausted of behaving politely,

then they turn into ghosts after dying.

Don't you know this?

Well, I had set it up... There she is.

- Mr Sinha. - Pati.

I mean, Bhupati.

Umm, right.

Hope you know, you're not supposed to hide anything from your lawyer?

Come on.

You're not a regular lawyer.

I'll gain nothing by hiding things from a pretty lawyer like you.

I'd like to show you everything!

Had we won the case, that would teach Bhupati a lesson.

Anyway, what's done is done. Let's go, TDSB.

You ghosts have TDS too?

TDSB. Taking the dark subway back home!

Where did you go, Lover da? It's very crowded at the hotel now!

Lover da?

Tell me, is he mad?

Possible, sir.

Lover da?

Look how he's muttering.

I'll take you to a better place, please come back! Hello?

Who is he speaking to?

No idea!

Kring, kring, kring, where is he?

What are your plans?

Need to find proof.

Need to find...

all the old maps, documents, deeds tied to the land.

But everyone is so corrupt...

Forget it.

This case is baseless.

Let's run away instead.

Hmm?

No.

Look at me, look at me now...

I don't know how! Baby, you're making me wild...

Look at me, look at me now...

I don't know how! Baby, you're making me wild...

I'm under a spell.

My hand in yours...

Just speak your heart out to me.

Baby, you're making me wild...

With your magical touch...

Black and white paintings...

Turn into a sky full of colourful stars.

Baby, you're making me wild.

Hmm! You're a butterfly, fluttering through sparkly nights...

You're the splash of water that drenches me with love.

You're my precious one, come into my heart...

Come, let us be one.

Come...

Come let's run away, come on.

Come, let's

Get intoxicated by love, come on...

Let's run away.

Come let's run away, come on.

Come, let's

Get intoxicated by love, come on.

Let's run away.

I drown and drown...

In the depths of love.

Open your lips, open your heart and tell me...

This love is mine.

Your earrings, the kohl in your eyes, your nose pin, it's all mine.

The fire of love keeps smouldering hotter.

Your love makes me blush red.

I float away intoxicated by your love.

Oh!

Come let's run away, come on.

Come, let's

Get intoxicated by love, come on.

Let's run away.

What's this, what's that?

Hey, hey, hey...

Yes, no, maybe, a thousand questions...

Hey, hey, hey...

When will you be mine? My heart can't take it anymore.

Beloved, listen.

Come let's run away, come on.

Come, let's

Get intoxicated by love, come on.

Let's run away.

(chanting prayers)

Joy Baba!

Like a bee that stings with deadly might,

this trident fells ghosts with fatal bite!

Just like a stinger!

Isn't our house below this room?

- Joy Baba! - What?

Take this.

Always carry this.

- You will be safe. - You will!

Next Sunday,

we'll hold a Joyrekha ritual at your place all night through.

If we complete it without any hitches

then you will be able to overcome all obstacles in life!

But, you must keep this in mind,

nothing should interrupt this Joyrekha ritual!

Not even one!

Well, when the name itself is Joy-Rekha,

no obstacles can come in the way!

- Joy Baba! - Let's leave.

- Joy Baba! - We need to run!

Joy Baba!

(chanting prayers)

Oh, no!

- Always falling on me... - Go...

What's happening?

The Baba is inside, with his trident standing guard at the gate.

We can't go anywhere.

Sir, where is the map?

- The map? - Yes, sir?

The map is right here.

Here? Sir, here where?

Get lost!

Yes!

Sir, where is it...

Not here, there.

- Where, sir? - Oh, come on.

Where no one dares to search...

Neither pale nor pitch-black clay...

Scratches on skin, old scars of mind...

It stands alone at a corner, all quiet.

Might be day, or the middle of the night...

Opens only to a known hand.

It's so well-written!

By whom, sir?

Oh, come on! Me, of course!

(Bhupati humming)

Well, well!

The map...

is in this hotel.

We just need to find the papers

and hand them over to Shaon before the court opens on Monday.

And remember one thing...

We only have three days.

Just three days!

Got it.

We must become detectives!

Hello?

Mr Mitra, we have no news.

Even a single mistake on such remote treks

can be fatal.

(humming)

Health drinks, clothes and meds

And what else to pack?

What are you doing?

Packing.

Where are you going?

On a trek!

You'll go trekking on your own?

Is this really necessary at this age, Grandma?

No matter the age...

one shouldn't stop if the heart want to go for it.

They called from Nepal.

Will you go to Nepal?

Then, can I leave from your life?

Yes, leave. All of your just leave me!

Planchette is not a solution.

Let me handle that.

Know what, Dadubhai (grandson)?

It takes courage to trek mountains.

Same with relationships.

Not everyone can do it, Dadubhai.

And I want to see if that lawyer girl is able to take care of you.

Is this a trek or a sting operation?

Friday.

Hey, Dadubhai?

Grandma?

Why did you leave me?

- Oh, dear... - Always leaving me...

I don't remember my parents.

Who do I have but you?

Why? What about that lawyer girl?

That fierce female lawyer? Where is she?

Forget it.

- Grandma? - Hmm?

You really loved Grandpa, right?

Must've been a deep love story?

There was affection, but love...

There wasn't any.

Then, how did you live together for so long?

Look, I was all your Grandpa loved and cared for.

I did fall in love once.

When?

In college. Shush!

- Tell me? - Not now.

- Tell me! - No.

Tell me now, or I won't speak to you.

As if I care!

Grandma?

Wandering spirits & banshees!

Demons!

Please stay calm! Stay calm, stay calm!

Please forgive me, Lord.

I got quite late today.

Save me, Lord!

Lord?

Yes, sir?

- Room? - Available, sir.

Barun...

Champa.

Father & daughter?

Maternal...

As in?

Maternal...

niece.

Of mine!

Maternal niece?

Fill this up please!

Bathtub?

Yes, with a spread of rose petals?

- Petals! - Fresh!

Not merely a Bengali icon, you make us all proud!

By us, I mean the entire nation!

Sir... sir...

One selfie please.

Hey, please don't disturb...

That's enough. Hey, wait, he'll fall down!

- Please, a selfie, sir! - That's enough...

Come, sir.

If you need anything at all, all you need to do is call me.

Whatever you need...

Make sure no one disturbs me.

They won't, sir.

Thank you, sir.

Luggage, take Bikash. Um, Bikash take the luggage.

Okay, sir.

Breaking news...

Aranyadeb is missing from Tollywood!

He cannot be traced.

His personal number is unreachable.

Has he gone missing or is it deliberate?

The superstar is famous, but not for his work.

This is being speculated about again and again.

This is his fourth flop in a row.

His "Bondhutter Golpo" pulled the crowds, but his acting was not appreciated.

Stories often go haywire. But acting going haywire is a first.

Did you take my toothpaste?

No, I haven't.

What if I prove that you're guilty?

Then I will accept the life imprisonment, and...

not even ask for parole.

I don't want you to get such a long sentence.

So let the trial continue?

Let's wait a bit more for the verdict then?

And look...

- You're a lawyer. - Hmm?

- I'm one too. - Hmm.

Even if by a slim margin, I'm still your senior, right?

If you lose to me...

what will happen then?

I know, Ms Nandini Basu.

You will never lose.

That's true.

Open the door! Please save me!

I need shelter!

These goons are...

Open the door! Please help!

Anyone...

What's this? Where are the goons?

In order to enter a hero's room uninvited,

one has to mention criminals, Mr Aranya.

Who even are you?

A reporter.

Please leave.

Please!

"A-List Actor Hangs Himself in Hotel Room."

How is that for a headline, Mr Aranya?

Ropes under the pillow, overturned chair...

You don't need to be a detective to figure it out.

Really?

"Can't be Deleted"

"Snake in the Shadow"

"One Wi-Fi, Three Bros"

"Daini Bose and Sons"

These were really easy, right, Miss...

Malini...

Malini Chatterjee.

Nothing is easy in life, Mr Aranya.

Easy...

Everything's easy...

Easy, right?

"Aranyadeb, comical acting."

An article on me.

A Bengali film hero can actually act! Unbelievable, eh?

I think...

I have... seen you before...

Tired...

I am so...

tired...

People's relationships die out...

And here you are, killing your relationship for the dead.

Shut up! You wouldn't understand.

He's always talking about ghosts!

Thorn in the flesh you know!

And this is an entire fleshless skeleton! With 206 bones!

This hotel is the cause of our fight, right?

I will stay in this hotel and prove it that...

there's nothing like ghosts!

When you get angry, an ice breakup therapy always cools you down.

- How long more? - Wait, ten more seconds.

Painful, eh?

Yes. But...

not due to the cold.

- Hurry, hurry! - Three...

Two...

One... You're done.

Thank you!

What did I say? I'm true to my name!

The map was in the office. Like it said, "Where no one dares search".

I dared!

Great, then till Monday we can... What do they say again?

Just chill!

- Chill? - Hmm.

All the fuss is about this?

It's just a map of the hotel!

Oh wow! Such a huge room!

It must be there. Who'll go?

- Me? - Hmm!

Me!

Ma'am, excuse me.

We've been married for so many years.

- But you still haven't told me. - What?

What do you like the most about me?

Shut up!

Tell me!

That!

Nah, not happening!

What?

That.

What?

Your...

My?

The hair on your chest.

Makes you look so manly!

Body butter!

What was I supposed to look for?

What...

Oh no! What will I do?

Both look same! Which is which?

Hair remover, body butter...

Let go...

Eeny, meeny, miney, moe. Ah!

No...

Want to play?

Sir?

Your body butter.

Butter me up!

Hello?

Oh no...

Where did she go?

Where did you go?

He really is something. Always seeing things.

Don’t get angry.

He’s just a child; he hasn’t formed memories yet.

- Hmm - Sir.

It's all in his imagination.

And is this my imagination?

Shaved off my favourite thing!

What have you done!

He shaved off what you love the most!

Here you go!

What was I looking for?

Some paper, right?

I'll wipe it off.

- How will that help? - Don't worry, it'll grow back!

Ah! Paper!

Give it to me, son, don't play with it.

They told me to look for it.

What do I do!

They asked me to look for it...

Why are you going round and round?

Why are you circling like this! Just stand still!

Just give it to me!

Oh, there's nothing on it!

Mummy, mummy!

Who's the mummy?

- Goodness! - Not a mommy.

Rito...

It's your daddy!

This guy, sir.

Wouldn't let us fill up the ponds, he stopped the garbage dump.

Some environmental activist or some crap...

- Darn! Terrible shot! - The hotel must get built!

- I need to practise more. - I spent a lot to get permits!

Even bought bricks, sand, soil, & cement from the local Party boys

at hugely inflated prices! - Another miss.

Open wider! Wider!

Yes!

How strange!

Land is money, money is land!

Keep him buried here.

I'm very fond of the fertilizer that human corpses make.

Sir.

- Sir, you called? - What is this, Nishi?

What is Nandini Basu doing at our hotel?

What everyone does, sir, having fun!

How strange!

Keep an eye on her.

The hearing is on Monday, we better not screw this up.

- You will, sir. - What?

I mean, you won't, sir.

Darn it!

Hello, madam!

Answer his call, will you?

Talk to him.

What is it?

Did you take the charcoal toothpaste with you?

Is this why you called?

Come on, it's a long weekend. We should be spending it together.

You're alone and so am I.

Don't you need to find proof?

Found it already?

Still searching.

And for your information, I'm not alone.

- What! - I'm with Ani at Bhanupriya Hotel.

- Where? - Bhanupriya Hotel.

Bhanupriya...

Couldn't you've gone somewhere else? Huh?

There's... there's...

Ghosts, right?

Yes.

- Dini, come back! Dini... - Shut it! Hang up.

She hung up...

Look, he must be worried, right?

I know, Ani...

I've been trying to look out for him since his grandma left.

But planchettes, bringing up ghosts all the time...

Who likes to hear that?

Ghosts don't exist, madam.

Go. Freshen up. We'll go down for dinner.

Go!

- They exist. - Go. They don't.

You'll realise when you see one!

Ghosts cannot been seen

Because they don't even exist

(whispering) Get away from here!

(hoarse voice laughing)

Get away right now!

There are ghosts here!

Don't stay here!

Help...

Help!

Oh God!

What's wrong! Calm down!

Speak!

Ghosts... do exist!

Where... Have you gone mad?

Wait...

- Don't scare me! - There are ghosts here!

Wait...

Don't go, don't go...

Look at that!

Nothing!

Don't drink so much.

I'm getting dinner, go get ready.

- There's a dance party downstairs. - He was here!

Darn it!

Two days went by, we still don't have any proof.

Two days...

The hearing is in two days.

After that we're screwed!

Look.

I will push that witch off the cliff today!

Why are you calling her a witch?

They call us all kinds of things. We can't call them witches?

Then why delay it?

Correct.

- Me? - Hmm...

Hey!

She's not a witch!

That's Shaoni.

Come here.

Shaon...

with an 'i', Shaoni.

- Where did he go... - Pass it to me!

Now pass it back!

Now catch this!

Come on, send it here!

Can't you push the car back?

Pass it! Come on!

Hold it properly!

Why are you scared?

Go on, push it here. Why are you holding it still?

Go on, let it go.

- Can't even turn it. - Hey...

What are you doing here?

- Come with me. - Bye!

- Who are you talking to? - We'll play later.

Who else? My friend!

Friend?

Huh?

Saturday.

You shouldn't keep your door unlocked.

Oh! Good to know.

So, what gossip will you write about me now?

Hmm?

Parallel cinema can't keep the industry fed.

Art films wouldn't exist without commercial ones.

People buy tickets to watch the hero.

Know why?

After days in crowded trains,

endless complaints at work,

and dying inside every day...

people yearn to be this hero, Ms Chatterjee.

Have you heard of Patralekha Devi?

The superstar?

Her film, "By the Ichamati river",

got a 4-minute standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival.

The commercial heroine's first and last parallel film.

Critics wrote "Singing & looking pretty is all Patralekha can do".

Couldn't tolerate that.

She committed suicide.

Tell me, didn't she...

have a lover, who also was an actor?

He died a few days after her. Couldn't he stop her?

Don't you have a lover, Mr Aranya?

Tell me, what does the audience...

look for in a cinema hero?

Swag?

Style.

And... the ability to beat up villains!

Self-confidence.

Don't lose that.

- Lover da? - Hmm.

What's your story?

You won't tell me no matter how much I ask.

Darn it! These are not the papers either!

Virgin mojito!

Huh?

Yes.

I'm a virgin!

So, I get mohito (mesmerized) whenever I see a beauty!

My neighbour...

Soft as butter...

I used to melt whenever I looked into her eyes.

From the terrace, I used to peek into her room.

Thought I'd propose to her after taking her out for dinner.

One day, suddenly...

when I peeked into her room...

I saw a shadow!

I climbed down to the parapet.

When I peeked in, I saw her wrapped in the arms of her

lover! And then...

Then?

My lungi came loose.

Oh no!

Three seconds!

For three whole seconds I floated in nothing!

Me on one side, my lungi on the other!

- And then... - Ulungi (naked) dance!

I thought that men don't feel pain!

Anyway, forget that.

What about you? Tell me.

Tuku (little).

How little?

I mean my sister.

Oh, go on.

I thought I'd take her to a big restaurant on her birthday.

Before I could, the court cancelled our entire panel!

The corrupt are thriving and we're the ones who died!

- How? - I recall the night at the protest.

A month-long hunger strike.

- There was this woman... - Continue...

- She fed me sweet lime juice. - She fed you herself?

- Yes. - And then?

Before that, out of hunger, secretly...

I had some milk tea.

Oh no... What happened then?

My stomach started growling.

Ran to the public toilet.

And then?

- There was a long line outside. - Oh.

I died waiting to go in.

Forget it...

They made it for honeymoon suites!

During our times, his lap was my honeymoon spot!

Hey there! Hello!

Ghosts don't steal from hotels. Humans do that.

We found it!

Thank God, we found it!

What were we looking for again?

"Neither pale nor pitch-black clay"...

"Scratches on skin, old scars of mind"!

Open it.

Oh no! It's weed!

Some stoner must have feared getting caught and buried it here.

Oh, we were searching for weed!

Shut up!

- Darling... - Hmm?

Go on.

Want me to stick it in?

Stick it in!

- Should I start? - Ah! Darling...

Don't make me wait!

Now I'm ready!

- Should I stick it in? - Yes, darling!

No! Not so softly!

Do it harder!

- Harder? - Yes, harder!

No, not hard enough...

Even harder!

Harder...

Here I go!

Go on...

What happened?

I don't know...

It poked me for real!

Here, take this.

Mutton curry, in seven minutes!

What does boss think of us?

Are we human, or ghosts?

- Where is the mustard oil? - Look under the rack to the left.

Darn it, the gas turned off!

Ranju, pass me the lighter.

I'm busy, get it yourself.

I thought that my wedding menu...

would be cooked with this oil.

Who tapped me?

An evening gone blurry, words gone rogue.

I've followed her afar, now I wonder what will happen.

Listen mademoiselle, I present to you the forbidden apple.

A colourful attire indeed... here, another shot of tequila.

A restless wind.

Uff!

What's it whispering in your ear?

We can't look properly unless we get rid of the guests!

Scare them off, it's reputation collapses

& the hotel shuts down anyway. - But why will they leave?

Revenge...

Revenge!

Who are you?

If you say that eternal love is all you want...

All I can say is, my days are numbered.

This tipsy head can’t take so much.

Femme fatale... but my eyes miss nothing.

With your touch, you have me stupefied.

Who are you?

Eyes all jittery — caught in the gaze.

So many people around here, drown in drinking.

Listen mademoiselle, I present to you the forbidden apple.

A strange perfume... an enchanted smile.

It spills over a little...

On my shirt.

Who are you...

If I survive tonight, won't ever ask for free breakfast again!

Now you believe me?

Either this is the tequila...

or you have done this.

Me?

- You... - What the...

Oh dear...

- That is... - Who is that?

That is...

my husband...

Asim Sen.

Huh?

Okay, but who's that with him?

Interval.

Hey, Dini...

Ani?

I tell you what, this ghost story is all fake!

They took full payment, now they'll drive us out & bring new guests!

We want our money back!

Shame on you! How can you do this?

You should be ashamed!

This is not done, mister!

- Sir, I am apologizing. - I don't care!

Hey, let's go! Leave him!

We won't go!

- Stop lying! - My wife is right!

He slept off!? Imagine!

Can you imagine that?

They are a complete scam!

The biggest scam of the century! We will sue you guys!

Stop!

God!

Will you all stop fighting?

Even ghosts act united!

Never seen ghosts fight with each other in any horror film!

No!

Except for "Stree 2".

- She's right. - Shut up.

- Absolutely right. - Wow.

If you'll kindly leave now, I'd like to talk to them.

Let's go.

What's going on...

Look, I did not want to say this in front of the hotel staff.

Yes, there are ghosts in this hotel.

But please don't leave. The ghosts need your help.

Could you please summon them?

I'm sure they won't refuse you.

It’s not like I can just call them and they’ll come.

They get in touch when they want to, I can't.

They act like the government, not ghosts!

A planchette is required for that.

I messed up badly trying a planchette from a YouTube video.

- Brother. - Yes?

We're not into this planchette business.

- Right. - We'll leave.

- But sir... - We don't want to die on a holiday.

- Yes, let's leave. - Yes, enough of this crap.

- Sir, please... - Bye.

Look, we'll need proof.

Solid proof.

Yes... either show us the ghost.

- Hmm. - Or just reimburse our money.

- Exactly. - How can I reimburse you?

What!

Look.

Either prove it that there are ghosts here,

or we'll meet for the last time today outside the court.

The ghosts will decide our future?

Listen...

Alright.

Anyway this needs to be done after sundown.

I left the door ajar intentionally today.

So... it was you at the dining room last night, right?

And... whatever was going on between us...

Let that be.

I want to talk about something else.

What?

After the film, Guide, released in 1965, many critics wrote

"Audience won't accept a married heroine romancing the hero."

Waheeda Rehman-Dev Anand,

the audience continues to adore that duo.

"Aaj phir jeene ki tamanna hai" (I want to live again)

"Aaj phir marne ka irada hai" (I want to die all over again)

Aaj phir jeene ki tamanna hai!

Aaj phir marne ka irada hai!

Aaj phir jeene ki tamanna hai!

Aaj phir marne ka irada hai!

Aaj phir jeen ki tamanna...

Aaj phir marne ka... irada hai!

Does love happen just because you say it will?

Can you call out someone's name just because you feel like?

Just because you hold someone's hand...

Does it stay like that forever?

Forgetting it all, we have wept again and again.

Have died again and again, thinking he was all mine.

Shall we remain lovers forever?

I get defeated, over and over, I walk towards the darkness.

You are the only path that exists in my heart.

You will come back again...

You will tell me that you love me.

The moon, the silver moonlight...

The spread of light when you touched me.

When you looked into my eyes...

You had confessed that you are mine.

Give me a place in your heart today, again.

Give it a thousand emotions if you wish.

Write it out with all your love.

I get defeated, over and over, I walk towards the darkness.

You are the only path that exists in my heart.

You will come back again...

You will tell me that you love me.

Cut it.

Excellent shot! Excellent!

Give madam a towel.

Madam, you started out by playing lovers on screen.

Today you are a successful duo.

Please say something about it.

We...

are...

Good friends.

- And you? - Yes.

Exactly.

"Good friends".

- Excuse me. - Sure.

Good friends?

Grandson...

This plant is exactly like your grandma, right?

Grandma...

No watering, no nurturing needed.

Don't say that just because I've been busy for two days.

You've too many thorns these days.

Your grandma may have grown thorns...

but will you stop loving her?

Relax!

The graveyard's map is in this hotel. We're trying to find it.

Oh! If we can find it, oh, yeah, we can get on the victory stand!

We're on with the CT right now.

Are you cooking?

Come on! CT means...

Rummaging through things.

Oh, I see.

If I watch a YouTube video & summon y'all, will you come?

Where did you go?

Hello, listen!

Lover da!

Oh, Lover da!

Lover da...

Lover!

Lover! Lover!

Lover! Lover! Lover! Lover!

Disgusting!

So, there are no ghosts in this hotel, right?

My throat’s burning after eating the pakoras.

Will you hand me the acidity medicine?

Come, dear.

"Ana uḥibbu wālideya."

Didi (sister)?

Whose sister?

You know, Ma, there are... one, two, three, four, five...

No, there are six ghosts in this hotel.

One of them is like me.

She told me this.

Come on... you and your imaginary things!

The Wife's Spirit

Oh, I forgot to give you your BP medicine...

What happened?

Lord!

Parrot eats papayas!

Parrot eats papayas!

- Parrot eats papayas! - You want to eat a papaya?

Parrot eats papayas!

Hey!

When I was lying bedridden from sickness,

use used to frown at me, right?

Remember?

What's wrong? Why are you behaving like that?

- Parrot eats papayas! - Has she gone mad?

Who...

You...

can't see me?

It's me.

That woman...

She has married you for your money, your property.

You don't realize that?

My Bangal lady!

Just go, will you? Disturbing me!

Sir?

Sir, listen...

Sir... what are you doing?

The usual drill. I'm trying!

Sir, we'll have to try harder!

Sir... are you listening?

They've all found out!

They will beat us up, sir!

You called me, sir?

What's going on, Nishi?

Damn it! What's wrong, sir?

They’re doing a planchette session in the hotel to call ghosts?

Are they now?

But they said it's a bonfire.

If the ghosts really turn up, we'll lose the case, sir.

Strange!

They're just ghosts, not lizards!

Be careful, Nishi.

If things turn out differently than I want,

no one will hear Nishi again. Hmm?

Boo!

All the ghosts lost in nowhere, we summon you!

Kring, kring, kring...

People are furious, sir!

Sir, hope they won't beat us up?

- Oh, sir... - Oh, sir! Say something!

Smritikona Ray, Malini Chatterjee,

Sami Kamal, summoning you!

Kring, kring, kring...

It feels like something from lifetimes past…

Unending saga.

Smritikona Ray, Malini Chatterjee,

Sami Kamal, summoning you!

Bye.

You're...

The lush nature all around is going extinct anyway.

Keep the greenery in your heart alive.

Just a minute, Ms Chatterjee.

I couldn't find any of your articles on the internet.

And if you really are Ms Malini Chatterjee...

then why does your face resemble Patralekha Devi?

Because I am Patralekha.

Kring, kring, kring...

Summoning! Kring, kring, kring...

Kring, kring, kring...

- Kring, kring, kring... - Kring, kring, kring...

Smritikona Ray, come... come!

Malini Chatterjee...

Sami Kamal... Kring, kring, kring...

What kind of ghosts are they?

Supernatural ghosts? Married ghosts? Water spirits?

Headless ghosts? Slasher ghosts?

Tricky ghosts? Demonic ghosts?

Come on! These days there mostly are unemployed, protesting,

EMI, work-from-home, and influencer ghosts.

So, Dini?

Believe me now?

- I don't believe this. - Huh?

Still you don't believe?

What else do I have to do to make you believe?

We'll play.

Kochi? Why so happy?

Well, I know, I know!

What do I know?

Well, I... here!

See, I wrote it down!

Ah! Kochi is not an orphan ghost anymore.

Another bombing at Gaza today.

Now, her parents are dead too.

They let us know from above, their Aandhar Cards are getting made.

Once those are done, Kochi can see her parents!

Aw, little darling! That is why she looks so happy!

- "Ana uḥibbu wālideya"? - What does it mean?

"I love my parents"!

But where is Sumitra Devi?

Kakoli from Kolkata said 'Kaa kaa' to a crow.

Why do crows say 'Kaa kaa kaa'?

What's wrong with Kaka (uncle) now?

Acidity?

Why do crows say 'Kaa kaa kaa'?

Did you think it was Tritiya?

And got stuck in the crowd outside Puja pandals?

And where's Lover da?

Darling!

Champa darling!

Game on! I'm the thief, you're the cop!

If I am the cop, why am I blindfolded?

Oh, darling!

It's common with cops.

They sometimes can't see the thief though they're right there!

Darling...

- Shall we start playing then? - Yes!

- Ready? - Hmm...

- On your mark! - Huh!

- Get set... - Hmm!

Go!

No!

No, darling! Don't hit me so softly.

Hit harder.

Come on, hit me.

Yes, oh! That was a bit too hard!

Softer than this, darling.

Hit me.

Oh! Why are you hitting me so hard?

Why won't it open!

I told you to hit me, not kill me!

- Darling, my body is aching! - Someone's holding my hand!

Good Lord!

What's wrong with you, darling?

She wants to kill me!

Stop thrashing me like that, darling!

I have aged... I won't survive it, darling!

- There's someone here! - Well, surely not me!

Darling...

What is this?

- What! - Yes!

I killed the old hag with a drug overdose!

When the oldie dies, his money, car, house, pension...

will all be mine!

You killed my wife?

When will the oldie die?

- You! - It'll all be mine!

- Shut up! - Mine! Mine!

I killed the wife, when will the oldie die?

His car, his house...

What have I done!

Why's the internet acting up! Ugh!

Was I able to explain it?

Look, Shaon. They confirmed from above,

no new Aandhar Card has been issued in your grandma's name.

We believe she is alive.

Is this "above" place the above-most?

Keoratala, Nimtala, after which there's the above-most.

Oh.

- We were in Palestine for a year. - Is it?

Training in above's induction work.

- I see. - It's like when you join a new job,

you've to train, right? It's the same if you're a new dead.

When we came back, we discovered that the hotel owner has taken over.

Brother Kamal...

Why did you go to Palestine and not Israel?

No diplomacy with a ghost, bro.

Sorry.

- Hello? - Manju Mitra...

She suffered a minor accident on the trek.

The villagers nearby saved her.

And she had lost her memory.

For a few days.

Today, she was able to remember everything. Here, talk to her.

Hello?

I told you not to, Grandma.

Grandson!

Grandson, listen.

Everything went all white around us!

Snowfall, storm...

I couldn't see anything at all! My God, Grandson!

Then, amidst the dark...

a hand reached out to me, you see!

Had that hand not reached out, your grandma would've been dead!

Who was it?

My old lover from college.

Madam...

Okay, I've to hang up now. I'm okay, huh, I'm okay...

Okay, Mr Mitra? I've spoken to the Indian Embassy.

We are sending her back.

Thank you! Thank you so much! Thank you!

Where's Dini?

Where's Dini? Grandma's alive! Where is Dini?

Yes!

What's with the internet...

- You got through? - It's not connecting.

What could've happened? Did she evaporate like some spirit?

Ghosts, my foot!

What's with this network!

Damn.

Beloved Father...

Rest in peace?

Shaon was right.

Who is it?

A hidden camera.

It was behind the mirror.

Show me.

- Where's Dini... - Hey! Shaon!

- She's not in her room. - She's not there?

- Not outside either. - Huh?

- Yes. - Did you check properly?

Yes, we've looked everywhere.

- Right? - Where could she go?

You know what I think?

I think the manager, Nishi, he knows everything.

Call him!

Demons, banshees,

spirits, witches, please stay calm!

Stay calm! Stay calm!

- Sir? - Arrange to send that person home.

Who, sir?

My ex-wife to be.

Ex... to be?

"Daini Bose & Sons"... what's the name of the flop film?

You're talking rubbish.

What do you want?

- I think it's the wrong room. - Go away.

- Extremely sorry. - The next time, do knock.

- Yes, sir. - Now get going.

Get me down!

Where is Nandini?

- I don't know, sir! - Up!

- Down! - Oh, no!

I don't know, sir!

Please let me go!

Why do you have CCTVs in all the rooms?

I don't know! Please! Let me go! Put me down! I want to get down!

Aren't you ashamed of lying, laying on a bed of thorns!

Are you Bhishma? Bound by oath? Huh?

- Hey! Speak up! - Yikes! No, no!

Okay, I'll tell you.

All the rooms in this hotel have CCTV installed.

Bhupati sir watches all the rooms.

When he likes a woman, she is taken to him.

Nandini ma'am too... Lord!

She's been taken to him too!

- Lift him up! - Up!

- Put him down! - Down!

No, no, no!

- There's another reason too. - What is it?

Nandini ma'am had found out

that this is actually a graveyard.

Hey!

So she found the map?

The real owner is at the map's home, sir!

- Hey! Speak clearly! - Sorry!

The real map is at the owner's house.

But you can't just go there if you want to.

There are two tantriks at work there.

They're doing the yagna to drive away the ghosts!

And I really need to pee!

If you don't put me down, I'll do it on the cactuses, sir!

- Up! - We're just going on about the map!

We've to find Nandini!

Brother, what do you think I'm doing here? Huh?

Bring him down again, it's so much fun!

Isn't it?

I really need to take a leak, sir!

Fine, water the plants!

I peed in my pants, sir, couldn't water the plants!

The cactus will grow flowers tomorrow.

Don't break my neck, please!

Shut up!

We've only one strategy, it's never failed, since the ancient times.

ABB.

- ABB? - Open your mouth, boy.

Assess the situation and Bounce, Bro!

If we can't produce the map in court tomorrow, we too will be homeless.

That bugger Bhupati has the map of the graveyard.

- And Nandini too... - Quiet!

- Don't worry, we all will... - You all...

plus one!

Don't hit me, please!

Darling, you will kill me if you continue this!

- Somebody's here... - Darling, there's no one!

- It's just you and me here. - Someone was holding my hand.

What's with them?

- BBC. - Huh?

Bombastic Bravura of Cranks!

- Oh, man! - Now let's go.

Stop giggling, let's go!

Stone, paper, scissors.

Here you are.

Be here until I come back, okay?

Hmm.

- You too. - Hmm.

(tantric chanting mantra)

Hey, just a minute!

- Don't touch the gate, bro. - Why?

Madam, will you please say "action", otherwise I don't get the feel.

And... action!

Yes!

Come!

Destroy the ghosts, give us the power! Thus be it!

Thus be it!

Hey.

Who are you?

Your face looks familiar.

I am your big daddy, boy!

The name is...

Aranyadeb!

Thus be it!

Baba...

Oh, Baba!

- What? - Is the yagna going fine, Baba?

Joy!

- What! - Joy, Baba! Joy! Who are you?

- I am Felunath. - Shut up.

I am Rito's father.

Listen, the ghosts at the Bhanupriya Hotel are disturbing us a lot.

- We want to tell the owner that. - Yes.

Look over there!

- Where? - Baba, there! That way!

Look!

Put us down!

Don't target my face, I have an event next week.

Bring her here.

Our powers are weakening.

Stop the yagna!

We did the yagna correctly, right?

I marked the moon's shadow.

- What! - There's no moon tonight.

- No moon? - No!

Didn't check the direction properly? What were you doing all this while?

Listen, all you've done is made those ghosts more powerful!

Better, you give us the vermillion & turmeric. We'll throw it at them.

- Come on. - Don't waste time, Baba. Come on.

Come on!

Look! Just give it to me!

Lover da, I'm losing power, do something!

Hold on! If they fall, we're doomed!

- Let's go. - We can't go with you.

Stop the yagna.

Okay.

Let's find her!

They poured water over the fire, Baba!

This is ill omen!

The ghosts will enter this house.

Road's clear. Now, everyone can go inside.

Dini?

Madam...

- Madam... - Dini?

- Under the sofa?

- Dini...

- Bar! - Again?

- Just a... - Let's find her!

Dini baby...

- Hey, Dini... - Upstairs.

Let's go.

Dini?

- Ghost! Ghost! - Hey! Stop it!

- Baby... - Go away!

How sweet!

- Sorry. - It's okay.

What are you looking for?

What are you looking for?

Me?

- What am I looking for? - You've forgotten again eh? Hmm.

Come with me. Over there. Come.

Okay.

- Nandini madam... - Dini!

It's locked.

- Bye! - Dini...

Have you gone nuts?

Again.

Give it a try.

Leave it.

Not everything's an SSC.

Let's find Nandini first, we'll take care of this damn almirah later!

- Come on. - Yes.

Where no one dares to search...

Neither pale nor pitch-black clay...

Scratches on skin, old scars of mind...

It stands alone at a corner, all quiet.

Might be day, or the middle of the night...

Opens only to a known hand.

Sorry, Miss Basu.

Look, I didn't want to do this.

Um, especially, I didn't want this before I have won the case.

But I can't just stand & watch you destroy my case, can I?

Strange, instead we could lie down...

The hearing's tomorrow morning.

But let's enjoy the night...

- The night's not over! - These baboons again!

Dini, I told you not to take this case!

- Leave her! Dini, come here! - Hey, how strange!

Where did you come from!

Oh, my Rahul!

- I am your... - Dini!

Anjali!

The first time I saw you at my office...

I've been singing duet songs with you in my mustard field of my heart!

- Wow! - Since when?

Who are you, Nandini?

- How strange, I didn't know! - You didn't tell me it's a triangle.

Even I did not know.

And this stupid lawyer!

Loses all the cases he takes up!

Oh, Pati...

Will you keep a request?

You don't have to request me! Just give me an order! Order! Order!

Close this duffer's case forever!

Sure, right away.

Dini...

Ms Nandini Basu!

First kiss at the Central Park!

- You & I at my place on Poila Baisakh... - Bro, bro.

Bro, you will get an A certificate unnecessarily. Keep it low...

Shut up, you two!

- Oh, Pati! - Hmm!

- When will you kill them? - Right now.

I've seen so many killers in the courtroom.

But never seen a killing happen!

My heart's going all kill-kill right now.

- Oh, watch me kill them! - Old man's gone mad.

What should I use to kill them!

The trident around your neck.

Nandini...

Careful.

Are you okay?

Help!

Help!

Please let me go!

Help me!

(chanting prayers)

For the soul there is neither birth nor death.

He has not come into being,

does not come into being,

and will not come into being.

He is unborn, eternal, ever-existing and primeval.

He is not slain when the body is slain.

Happy anniversary.

To you too.

Auntie... Forgetful Auntie...

Will you tell us the whole story?

I am Bhanupriya.

And that man is my husband.

- Husband? - What!

He killed me, then took away all of my father's property.

Then he named his hotel after me.

What are you saying!

But Monday is here, if we don't find the map, we are dead!

Hello! We are already dead. Right?

Well, it's there. Your map's there.

Oh!

My skeleton...

Rotten flesh of humans makes for the best fertilizers.

My husband used to say so.

But I've already submitted the documents...

Monday.

Your Honour, I have retired from the case.

Mr Bhupati Sinha

was mysteriously injured at home

& is currently in the hospital, in coma.

Police have taken charge of investigating about the skeleton

recovered from his house.

Mr Mitra, in this case, if you want you can help the police.

Yes, Your Honour.

Upon examining all factors,

the court has decided

that the illegally constructed Bhanupriya Hotel

is to be demolished.

I maybe Aranyadeb...

you really are a walking dead.

Does that mean I will never to act again?

I have a plan.

A new film.

The Big-hearted Will take the Ghost!

A super-duper blockbuster!

And...

who could a better heroine for the film, but you?

But where will I find you?

You are Aranyadeb. You can do everything.

You'll find me...

Dear friend...

Dear friend?

You better...

start drinking the carom seed water on an empty stomach again.

Your Ms Nandini Basu lost the case.

Now, what's your order?

What do I have to say, court?

What else is there to say?

Go.

Suffer the bane of love all your life.

Sir, this property is haunted. It was in the newspapers.

- Who owns the newspapers? - You.

- Who provides the ink? - You.

- Who creates the headlines? - You, sir.

What if the spirits are really there?

That will make this the first-ever 'spiritual' resort of India!

Humans & spirits coexisting!

- Who bring investment to this city? - You, sir.

Yes! You are the Eiffel Tower of this city!

Don't butter me. That's the job of a...

- Oh, sir... - Stop it.

I love ghosts!

Ghosts will make us all the money!

Ghosts and heritage go hand in hand!

More heritage, more foreigner tourists!

- My name? - Banamali Saha.

Same as the fake owner!

A promoter today, the councillor tomorrow.

And the ghosts will be my brand ambassador.

My manifesto will say:

If everyone has the right to vote,

why shouldn't ghosts vote too?

Banamali, dear

Have your wishes fulfilled in your next life.

Be a councillor in this lifetime.

Get a 50% profit from the election.

Move aside.

Mr Banamali, come.

Meet the real Mr Banamali Saha.

See.

Be a councillor in this lifetime...

Get a 50% profit from the election.

When you were looking for me to testify in court against Bhupati,

back then I was looking after Manju.

We've a witness coming. His details have been submitted to the court.

My client, Mr Bhupati Sinha,

bought this land from Mr Banamali Saha in 2020

and built the Bhanupriya Hotel.

- This is no graveyard. - Nonsense.

The plot was purchased legally.

Mr Banamali Saha died last winter.

But the deal of the land had been completed well before that.

The name sounds familiar.

Had I come that day, I'd testify that I'm not the land owner.

- Manju? - Manju?

Shaon Mitra's grandmother?

Exactly. Your lawyer's grandmother.

She was calling out my name while rolling down the mountain slope!

My license to love can't get cancelled just because I died.

True.

They've played dirty using my name.

- I won't spare them. - Hmm!

What will happen to them?

Come, see.

See you!

See you! See you!

I reach out to you on WhatsApp...

I look for you on Insta...

Yet, I don't get to see you.

I reach out to you on WhatsApp...

I look for you on Insta...

Yet, I don't get to see you.

So, see you...

So, see you...

See you on a moonlit night.

See you on a moonlit night.

See you on a moonlit night.

See you on a moonlit night.

Oh, the pain of love...

It keep ringing through the night.

Oh, the pain of love...

It keep ringing through the night.

See you...

See you...

See you on a moonlit night.

See you on a moonlit night.

In that sassy party dress, in that black sari...

See you on a moonlit night.

In that sassy party dress, and the dark-kohled eyes...

See you on a moonlit night.

See you on a moonlit night.

See you on a moonlit night.