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(Fire ignites)

(Footsteps)

(Smashing)

(Bell ringing)

(Background music)

"Crow's cry, lone dog's prowl"

"When it comes, be wary"

"Half-burnt body, thirst unending"

"What lurks atop the tamarind tree?"

"New moon night, forsaken village"

"Who's that woman draped in white?"

"Beyond mortal sight, without a trace of mercy"

"I am the blood-sucking Torch Ghost"

(Intense music)

(Background music)

(Owl hooting)

(Crow cawing)

(Phone ringing)

Where are you drinking and with whom?

Oh come on, I know that good-boy image you tried

to pull with that crop haircut before marriage

What are you doing now?

Oh really?

You're seriously eating the Uppittu and Kesari Bath I made?

Oh please, when we're together, you never have time for me!

When I'm out,

it's all 'I miss you', 'I can't be without you'

You're good at this, really!

Just half an hour more

I'm driving back home now

(Vehicle skids and lands with a thud)

(gasps)

(Background chatter in the station)

Sir, SP's calling you inside

Hmm

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Are you drunk?

No, sir

I can't tell from your eyes

Just a little, sir

You know you're on a six-month suspension, right?

Yes, sir, I know

See, I don't want to let go of an efficient officer like you go

Here's what I'll do

I'll post you to a low-crime-rate police station

for a 6-month observation period

A low-crime-rate area? That exists in this country, sir?

Where's that, sir?

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I was living in peace in the city

And you dragged me to this remote village!

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Anything we need? I'm the one going a mile every time!

Go on, sleep peacefully, why should you care!

#

Uh...

I haven't gone anywhere; I'm here only

First you said you drank because...

Police duty.. -...of police duty stress

After suspension, your reason for drinking...

Job loss... -was 'no work, nothing else to do.'

And now? You drink because

Too cold... - You've got some reason for that too!

You just want an excuse to drink, that's all!

But, dear, I want to stop drinking too, you know...

You're really good at this!

Now go get ready

I'll make Uppittu and Kesari Bath

Uppittu and Kesari Bath again?

Said during bride-seeing, she made it well

and now it's on loop!

(Clock bell tolls)

Said she'd make Uppittu and Kesari Bath, now fast asleep!

Wake her up and she'll launch a riot!

Better safe not to

I'll just agree and say, "Yes, wife is right!"

I'm leaving

Heard that or no?

Hmm

(Door closing)

[chuckles]

Why's that girl giving me the cold stare?

(clears throat)

Good morning!

Why so serious?

Are you the new one who just moved into that house?

Yes

Did no one tell you anything?

Like what?

There's a GHOST in that house

(Flurry of startled birds)

Really?

Mmm!

Know the ghost's name?

No

Name's Roopa

Really?

Ha!

Belli!

Greetings, sir

Greetings

Mind how you speak and who you're speaking to!

What did I say wrong?

Just telling him what the old lady told me

You little mischief, hush now!

Sorry, sir -No problem

He just moved in and you're already spinning ghost tales?

Not the time to talk about it, huh?

(Eagle high-pitched whistles)

(Rat squeaking)

That's why I warned Patel, never to wander the forest alone

True that

Now look, he saw the Torch Ghost and shut himself up at home, scared stiff!

Only Siddayya can help him now!

Absolutely! -Come on!

Someone who hates you must've done black magic

Oh no, Swami! Why my house?

Must be the neighbours, curse their homes!

Leave it all to Siddayya, he will set it right

Eat up, or the Torch Ghost will come for you!

Eat now!

I said eat!

(Background music)

Remember, we must visit Siddayya on Monday

Oh yeah

Need to get the sacred thread on our hands

Yeah, we'll go

(Motorbike sound)

Hey Operator! -Sir?

Three days since the phone broke down

I keep telling you to come fix it, but you just keep dodging

If you don't come today, I'll bloody lock you up!

Sir, please don't say that!

I've sent my boy, he's coming to fix it now

Sorry for the delay, sir

Wait! Damn it, impatient fool hung up on me!

If he doesn't show up today, I'll make him regret it!

Ey!

Just called him and he's already here!

Took you long enough! Said you'd come two days ago!

Don't you know the station address or what?

You already know who I am?

What, are you some Maharaja or our own Siddayya for me to know you!

Now shut up and do the job you came for

But who are you? - Huh?

The name that sends chills down the whole village, Constable HK!

Got it? -Got it, but...

Who are you?

Jeez!

Damn it, that's me!

Oh, sorry, sir!

Look, he's scared now!

Uh?

Walking empty-handed?

Bring that chair!

Me?

I said bring it!

If I let him, he'll walk in like a guest!

Sigh! Enough of your drama! Move!

You're Rama, no? Husband of Goddess Sita?

No, sir, I'm Shiva

Shiva, huh?

When's Rama coming then?

He'll come, just wait!

'Praise be to Lord Rama!'

Pull the card I say!

Jackpot! Joker's mine! - Damn!

'You can try, but you can't ever push me away'

(snoring)

[laughs]Game's done! I win!

10 rupees gone!

Biliyappa -Yes?

The new inspector coming over... - Yeah

Heard he was under treatment at a mental hospital

As if we didn't already have mad ones here!

He'll just be another addition!

So one more won't hurt, eh?

Hey you, stop gawking at faces!

Get to work!

What are you staring at? Look down

Not that down! Fix the damn phone!

One chance, and he's on mine!

Writer! Sleeping again as usual!

And there you are, yapping again, you've got nothing better to do!

Not even fixed the phone but ready with a bill, huh?

As if we pay the bills! (chuckles)

Sub-inspector of police...WHAT?

SIR!?

What?

He's the new Sub-inspector!

Sir! -Sir!

Sir, we thought you'd call ahead,

didn't expect you to walk in like a technician!

Sir, that's Shankara - Sir!

Hari - Sir!

Writer Indira - Sir!

He's Doggy Chandra

Where'd he vanish? -Wait, let me introduce myself!

I'm Biliyappa, sir

Sir, H. Kamala here

Fondly called HK!

Padma... Full name Padmanabha, sir

Hanumantha reporting, sir!

That I can see from your costume What's your actual name?

Hanumantha only, sir!

Biliyappa, check sambar taste

(Softly) He's the new Sub-inspector! Keep quiet!

Move!

Praveen reporting, sir!

1998 batch, sir

Six months now, cooking duty and daily torture, that's all I get!

Sir, I joined to achieve, but they handed me a ladle!

See how he flipped on us?

Exactly! Real snake!

We'll sort that out later, first make me a strong black coffee

(Everyone breaks into laughter)

Sorry, sir

Go Praveen! Shoo!

So, HK...

Heard crime rate in this village doesn't even exist

True, sir!

You've scared the life out of the villagers!

Nothing like that, sir!

Just minor cases, they settle among themselves

Well... -Huh?

Where's the bar in this village?

Bar, sir?

No bar here, but one toddy shop outside the village

Opens in the evening

First get those fellows beaten up and throw them in lockup

Sir, a village isn't a village without a toddy shop

Yes! But it should be open full-time!

Else how will people like me get by?

Huh?!

Seriously?

(Pan sizzles)

(Song playing on the radio)

Sir, I'll happily keep the shop open the whole day from tomorrow!

Give me one photo of yours, sir

I'll keep it in the prayer room. Daily puja!

Oye, get lost with your drama!

Okay okay, chill! -Go!

Biliyappa, tell me something

This man has beard and all, is he really a cop?

Uh?

I was wondering the same!

Huh? -What huh? Get out of here!

Wait, I'll come to the station!

(Distant bell sound)

Ey Gussa! Stop right there!

Doesn't wait, doesn't ask, just barges!

Who let him in?

Came for a drink again, didn't you?

How many times have I told you not during business hours!

Take your packet and scram!

Do your work.

HK... -Yes, sir?

There's one place that treats everyone equal, it's a toddy shop

Even here there's discrimination? What kind of village is this?

Sir, show me one village in this country

where caste discrimination doesn't exist

That fellow? Graveyard guard How can we let him sit at the centre table?

You scare kids with ghost stories

blame misfortunes on witchcraft

rip people off through ritual fear

and gauge people by caste

What kind of cursed village is this?

You'll understand the village over time, sir

(Sighs)

(Gunshot)

(Birds chirping)

(Plate thudding)

(Background music)

I was living peacefully in the city, and

you dragged me to this remote village!

Anything we need? I'm the one going a mile every time!

Go on, sleep peacefully, why should you care!

Started again!

Go on, drink

You just need some reason to pour it down your throat

My father warned me a thousand times

That something felt off about you

But me? I didn't listen

Side crop haircut, tucked-in shirt I married you because you looked smart

Now look at you! No side crop, no shirt tucked, nothing

Hey...

And my father's not alive for me to tell him, 'You were right'

My cursed fate!

Please enough, it's too early to start this!

Don't say anything now

As if you ever let me!

You're getting late for duty, go get ready

I'll make Uppittu and Kesari Bath for you

Uh...

Again...

Even my mother warned me

'Marry someone who can make more than just Uppittu and Kesari Bath'

What a shameful sight!

That's it! I'll quit drinking!

Well...

(Background music)

Maybe I'll never get to eat her Uppittu and Kesari Bath

I'm leaving

(Rooster crows)

Grumpy face again!

What's it today?

Did you see the ghost last night?

No!

Doesn't matter if it didn't show up yesterday

It's definitely coming tonight. Wait and see!

Hmm

Greetings, sir

Are you good?

Getting late for school, bye

Come on

Can't read ABC...

Mummy! -...but knows A to Z of ghost stories!

I just told him what the old lady told me!

For next month's Junior Science Competition happening in Bijapur

I've chosen Belli to represent our school

(Chuckles)

There were other students too

but I decided Belli is the right one

Is it?

If she wins this competition

it'll really help with her future studies

Okay

I'll take care of the application and Belli's future too

Thank you, sir!

Sir... -Hmm?

You've signed under the 'Parent's Signature'

Is that so?

K Venkataramana Shastry

It's correct, isn't it?

Well...

Three years you've been saying your husband will return from abroad

But he never does

And I'm not married either

You're alone too

Every woman needs a man, no?

What say?

I'll look after Belli like a father would

Think about it

It's about her future

I hope you get what I'm trying to say...

Listen! I know exactly how to give my daughter a future

And I don't need a man for that -Hmm!

(Tearing paper)

Listen, dear

Study hard, okay? -Hmm

Education is everything for us

If we have that, no one can do anything to us

Lowlifes like that will keep barking

But don't you let that shake you

Got it?

Hmm!

'Shiva Sub-inspector'

You can drink all the fancy scotch in the world

it can't beat the punch of this village toddy, HK!

And a touch of that spicy pickle with it, aaah!

Did you check the order properly?

Is he really the Sub-inspector? - Yeah it's him. Shut up!

The one who drinks till his neck's soaked

and ends up flat on the ground is a drunkard

Drunkards must have table manners!

Six months with this man? We're doomed!

This is going to be tough!

Hmm!

You know what table manners even mean?

Oi! You bunch of thieves!

Listen up! -Who's that?

Vacate this place today

or I'll throw out the tables, fans, chairs, everything!

See, now that is a drunkard!

Uh? (In unison)

Full bottle in, now creating ruckus here

Someone explain this is a police station and send him back home

Actually sir, he's come to right place

That's Ugranarasimha, the owner of this building

The government hasn't paid him rent for 6 months

so he's here to ask!

Come then, let's have a chat

Are you going to pay me my bloody rent today at least?

Mr. Ugranarasimha

Go demand that unpaid station rent from the government, not us!

You think I'm a bloody fool?

If your missus doesn't kiss

you don't go and ask her mother instead!

He has a point! - Yes, sir! (In unison)

You know who I am? Narasimha! UGRA Narasimha!

Hey Narasimha! Don't go overboard now!

I'll throw you in a cell right now!

Huh?

Eh? Lock-up for me? Ugra Narasimha?

Tried being nice, doesn't work on you!

I'm going to do the coconut offering for Siddayya

He will deliver the justice I deserve!

Come on, guys!

Let's go!

Everyone brings their issues to the police station

This guy's taking the police station issue to some Siddayya?

Who the hell is this Siddayya?

Sir! Please take that back!

He's our village priest!

Lord Shiva's form himself!

It's because of Him crime doesn't dare rise here in our village!

From festivals to funerals, fights to feasts

we go to him first for justice!

You haven't seen him, better you keep quiet than mock!

What a word he said, sir! -He has to meet Siddayya once!

(Background music)

'Crossing seven peaks, come riding high!'

'Bowing heads await Your grace'

'Lord Siddayya, descend in grace!'

'Oh Lord'

'Lord Siddayya, descend in grace!'

'Out of eastern dusk Come riding Your divine cart'

'We'll gather all in honor of You!'

'Lord Siddayya, descend in grace!'

'The Lord of our village'

'Lord Siddayya, descend in grace!'

'In ten towns far and wide Lifting You high brings us pride'

'Storming on a tiger, Your arrival is a feast!'

'Show Your mercy on this village, the Lord of the hills'

'O blooming Lord, shield of our land!'

'The knower of truth and sin, divine one'

'You are mother, you are father too'

'Lord Siddayya, descend in grace!'

'Oh Lord'

'Lord Siddayya, descend in grace!'

'Siddayya Siddayya Siddayya'

'Siddayya Siddayya Siddayya'

'Siddayya Siddayya Siddayya'

'Lord of the seven hills divine!'

'Lord Siddayya, descend in grace!'

'Siddayya Siddayya Siddayya'

'Lord Siddayya, descend in grace!'

'Lord Siddayya, descend in grace!'

Guruji, you were the one who named my daughter

She grew up right before your eyes

Now she's come of marriage age

It's your blessings we seek

Get her married soon

Your bloodline will carry on

Guruji, like you said, we brothers live in peace today

No fights over land or inheritance

All thanks to your blessings!

All grace is His!

It's not mine

(Thud sound)

(Everyone exclaims in shock)

Bad omen!

In a village so full of green

he's come hunting for a life

(Tense music)

Where humans live in peace

he seeks a sacrifice

The village pond shall bleed red

Trees that stood for decades will fall to cinders

And here, in this village of thousands

death will rise up to dance

He's come

He's here!

The monster is here!

(Background music)

HK -Sir?

Siddayya was saying a dead crow falling on

the Lingam means doom for the whole village

Do you believe in all this? - Of course, sir

Who said it, after all? Siddayya, our living God!

Come on! Crow hits a high-tension wire and drops dead

how does that spell doom for the village?

Just because Siddayya says something, you all blindly believe it

That's why he walks around like he's God himself!

Just plain superstition, that's all

Sir, don't speak that way about him

He's educated. M.Ed., sir

Fate and faith aren't to be mocked, sir

When we do, God finds a way to answer, in His own style

Lord Siddappa, forgive this man's tongue, he spoke unknowingly

So now you're saying the village is in danger?

I don't say it, sir Siddayya said so!

(Fire ignites)

Goodbye!

(Door closing)

Look who's smiling today!

Good morning!

Good morning!

You know something?

What?

The ghost didn't come last night too!

Really?

Then maybe you've got some power keeping it away!

I can drop her on the way, if you're okay

No, why take the trouble

It's okay

Not a trouble at all

School's on my way

I'll drop her myself

Uhm...

(Motorbike sound)

You keep talking about ghosts

Have you actually seen one?

Uncle! Never seen it But the granny next door tells me all about them!

So she's seen one? What did she say it looks like?

Two big horns on its head

Two broken teeth in front

Long fingernails

Black skin

And on its neck, a garland made of skulls!

One hand holding a knife

the other gripping a fire torch

It's head always on fire!

And very terrifying to look at!

(Dark clouds rumbling)

They call it the Torch Ghost

It likes kids and pretty girls very much

If it finds them alone, it burns them to ashes!

(Tires screech)

What happened, uncle?

(Motorbike sound)

N-Nothing, child...

(Motorbike sound)

No such thing as ghosts or torch ghosts

If you're scared or in trouble, you have to tell me!

Okay -You're still a kid

Focus on your studies

Alright

(Sighing)

Take your bag

Hmm

Take care, alright?

Uncle, can you wait just a minute?

Just come! I'll tell you

Eyy! Where are you taking me? - Just come!

Belli!

Meet my father!

(Intense music)

My father has come

From now on, only he will sign for me

Hereafter, my mother doesn't need anyone's support

(Intense music)

What's going on here?

Well deserved, this humiliation!

Bye, Father!

(Happy music)

(Motorbike sound)

(Happy music)

'Are you the one? Is it you?'

'Can it be you?'

'Is it true?'

'Are you the one?'

'Is it you?'

'Can it be you? Is it true?'

'No cradle, no touch, no gentle play'

'Never fed you with these hands'

'You... my daughter?'

'I never rocked you, never combed your hair'

'In your eyes! Is that my mother's shade?'

'Are you the one? Is it you?'

'Are you the one? Is it you?'

'Is it true?'

'Are you the one?'

'Can it be you?'

'Is it true?'

(People arguing)

Hey, stop it, wait!

What's the ruckus here? Why are you fighting here?

Who are you, sir?

I'm a cop, I'll throw you behind bars!

What's the matter? -See him? Big mouth!

This bloody moron robbed water from our farmland!

Don't run your mouth like that!

Don't you know how to speak in front of a child?

I don't see any child here, sir!

(Argument continues)

(Men chattering)

'My shoulders are your little chariot,'

'I'll carry you through every street with pride'

'Are you the goddess my eyes could never see?'

'I walked through life with no one beside me,'

'Then you came and took away my pain'

'Are you the happiness that found me?'

'You became my whole world, and

somewhere along the way, I forgot myself'

'Are you the one, whom life had been saving just for me?'

'No matter how many monsters surround us, I'll fight them all for you'

'If you are with me'

'Are you the one? Is it you?'

'Is it true?'

'Are you the one?'

'Is it you, really?'

'Is it true?'

'Are you the one?'

Ah!

Oh my!

Uff!

She called me 'Father' in front of everyone

You've said that ten times already since you came back

When she calls me 'Father' something stirs inside me

A kind of happiness

If we had a child of our own

she'd be just like Belli today, no?

Hey...

Ay!

You know what? Why don't you marry Parvathi?

Hey!

What nonsense!

I didn't expect that from you!

I mean

At least that way, Belli will always be with you

Talk about something real, will you?

I'm your wife and I'm telling you to do it

What more do you need?

Not that I'm against the idea of marrying her

Thing is, but who's going to tell her?

Ohhh!

So you've been thinking about marrying her, huh?

Did I say that first? You started it...

I was just kidding

How would I know you were kidding? Why get angry?

I just responded to what you said

Didn't mean it like that!

You're thinking like that!

Okay, leave it

Sir... Sorry

I heard what happened

Belli shouldn't have called you that in front of everyone at school

I didn't feel bad at all when she called me that

You don't need to say sorry for that

We're from Haasan, sir

Just one month after Belli was born, her father was jailed in a murder case

Ever since, we've been living here under the lie that he's working abroad

Belli's growing up now

She's starting to understand the world

More than wanting a father,

she just doesn't want people looking at me in a wrong way

Anyway, leave all that

You've never spoken about your family

I mean, I know you're a cop

But are you married?

Why are you always alone?

Or is your wife back in your hometown or something?

What does she do?

(Intense music)

I-I am married

Oh!

My wife died one year ago

Car accident

(Brakes screeching)

Hello, Roopa...

Hello, what happened? Can you hear me?

Hello, Roopa!

Hello!

A-At the time of her death

she was six months pregnant

I... I have S-Schizophrenia

Mental disorder

When I take something very deeply

when people I love leave me

I still see them

You mean...

You still see your wife around you?

(Intense music)

She's alive, isn't she? She's right there, sir!

Look at her, she's alive, sir!

Shivu, come out of your illusion

It's been over four hours since she passed away

I was living peacefully in the city, and

you dragged me to this remote village!

Anything we need? I'm the one going a mile every time!

Then maybe you've got some power keeping it away!

(Intense music)

I think she's gotten really confused

Ask her to come have tea with us

Roopa's asking

if you'd join us for tea

See you later

Belli, time to study now

Why, Mother? Just five more minutes!

You've been playing for so long!

Why are you pulling me away so soon?

Mummy!

Why did you tell her all that?

Now she'll definitely keep Belli away from you

That's okay

You'll convince her, no?

Hmm?

(Crickets' sound)

Poor wife's waiting for me by the firewood!

Dear wife!

Made you wait too long, here I've brought rice

How are we to run a home if you bring home offerings once in a while?

I can't help!

Only when someone in the village dies, I get something to bring home!

If you wait around for death to feed us, what about our baby's hunger?

Then tell me, what should I do?

(Crickets' sound)

Do what I say

(Intense music)

(Fire ignites)

Careful on your way back home

Okay, brother

(Intense music)

(Fire ignites)

(Lightning sound)

Goodbye

Told you, didn't I?

See now, they've locked up and gone

(Phone ringing)

Hello...

Where?

(Birds screeching)

Who could it be?

Who knows!

She's in full bridal get-up!

No idea who, Hanumanthu Her whole face is burnt

Really? -Hmm

What Siddayya predicted has come true

Some Torch Ghost has claimed her!

You say so?

Yeah

Lord Siddayya, please protect us!

Guruji

Just like you said, something terrible has started in the village

What do we do now?

We must face it, like it or not

It's a monster that's taken over this village

(Background music)

Good morning, sir!

(Background music)

"Who let the wicked tread our soil?"

"Took the life of a daughter of this land and vanished"

"Came like wind and killed like fire"

"You claimed a life and faded"

(Crickets' sound)

Sir

Everyone's saying the Torch Ghost claimed her

Want me to call Siddayya, sir?

Yes, sir

To take the remains, huh?

Huh?

(Striking matchstick)

Who saw the corpse first?

Sir, this man... Basappa! Come here!

Sir...

He saw it first when he came to gather firewood alone

You saw it first Mind if I record that?

I won't land in trouble, no sir?

Relax, man! Nothing will happen

We're the police, trust us

He'll give the statement, sir

HK, write it down

Write what down, sir?

The report, man!

Report? What's that, sir?

Don't you know the procedure? Write down the report!

Uh? -Hey, mister!

Oh! You mean that report! Didn't even strike me!

Pen and book -Hey, that's my book!

On the 15th, Thursday, early morning. - Yes.

in Yemmegudda forest, east of Rakkasapura

firewood collector... what's this name?

Basappa, sir

Basappa found an unidentified female corpse

The corpse's face was burnt black beyond recognition

Age about 20 to 25?

25, sir

Estimated age

There are rope marks on the wrists and ankles

From what it looks like, this is a murder case

For further details, the body must be sent to

the government hospital for a post-mortem report

Did you note all this down?

Yes, sir

Did you call the forensic?

Huh? Foreign? Why them, sir?

Absence of crime is no excuse to forget duty protocols!

I mean forensic!

Yes, sir, I called! They're on their way

Ambulance?

Informed, sir They said they'll be late by half an hour

Half an hour late? Ambulance isn't far, no?

Chill, sir! Anyway it's a corpse Those lazy bloody ones never come on time

Mister!

Sorry, sir!

How many ways are there to reach this hill?

Many, sir

(Birds chirping)

(Intense music)

(Intense music)

(Intense music)

(Scooter sound)

(Background music)

(Intense music)

(Intense music)

(Birds chirping)

Sorry

Why say sorry to me? Leave it. It's okay, sir

Sir, don't take me wrong for saying this

I'm saying it for your own good

What you're looking for in these forests, that's not human

it's the Torch Ghost

Last week, at that same Yemmegudda hill,

Kumbadki Nanjappa saw it with his own eyes

Please believe it, sir

Swear on Siddayya!

Nanjappa,

you said you saw the Torch Ghost, tell the inspector where you saw it

Near the banyan tree on the hill

Just the head was ablaze, sir!

(Eagle high-pitched whistles)

(Fire ignites)

(Intense music)

(Intense music)

(Intense music)

(Scary sound)

(Running footsteps)

(Intense music)

(Background music)

(Screaming sound)

Guruji, my daughter has been missing since three days

We've searched everywhere

I'm really scared, Guruji

I showed you an easy way to save your bloodline

You didn't listen

The Lord above is watching everything

Where's Ashoka?

He's been missing since 5 days, sir

That idiot? His house is on the third street

See that? That's his house

(Intense music)

You followed me here too?

Couldn't hold it, sir Had to come

I wasn't talking to you

Not to me?

Then who else is here?

Who was he even talking to?

He's such a mental case!

(Groaning)

The MLA is coming

Yes, the inspector was saying yesterday

(Intense music)

Biliyappa, here he comes

Sir..

It was Guruji I told about my missing daughter

What's the need for you to call me here now?

Just a formality, sir

What formality?

The one who died, may not be your daughter

But please, take a look once, just in case

(Intense music)

(Intense music)

Oh no, my child, my daughter!

Guruji said we should get you married soon

He's the MLA sir -Greetings

He's the new inspector at our station

(Intense music)

Did you hear the news?

That corpse they found in the forest, it was the MLA's daughter, they say

What?! Our MLA's own daughter?

Yes, the Torch Ghost claimed her!

How many times have I warned you not to go out at late night?

The Torch Ghost claimed the MLA's daughter!

Get inside, now!

Why should we live in fear in our own village?

Let's tie Siddayya's sacred coconut at every doorstep!

Yes, let's do it That'll protect us

We'll see which Torch Ghost dares to show up now!

It's been three days since the MLA's daughter was found dead

The entire village is gripped with fear

Any progress? -Yes, sir

Shoba was hit on the head with a heavy rod

And only her face was set on fire

But not after death

Her face was set on fire when she was alive, and tortured to death

Oh God!

Oh no!

Shobha was killed in one place and dumped in another

The killer used a car to dispose the corpse

Is it true? -True maybe

The car was driven around the crime spot

There are clear tracks

And we can tell the killer was nervous

Probably his first time, sir

While reversing, he hit a tree behind him

Found tail lamp pieces there

and black paint smudges

It's a black old car!

(Intense music)

There were plenty of routes the killer could've taken to reach the spot, sir

But by car, only two routes

One of them is Kamagadda road, 4 kilometers long

There's a forest check post at the end of that stretch, sir

I've been on duty here since last night, sir

No car has crossed this check post, sir

Nothing matching the car we're suspecting passed through there

The only other short route is through Kalayya's fields

I went there too and enquired

I'm the one guarding this field

No car like that came this way, sir

Villagers keep saying it's the work of some ghost...

The Torch Ghost claimed her!

Definitely, the Torch ghost!

Torch Ghost! (In unison)

Or that Torch Ghost or spirit

Oh God!

But during our questioning, one name kept coming up, sir

Which name?

I saw Ashoka in the forest, sir

My daughter was always stubborn, kept saying she'd marry Ashoka

You don't worry, I'm here for you

Let your father do what he can, we'll wait and see

Father...

After the MLA found out about them, Ashoka was roughed up

Please tell them to leave Ashoka, Father!

Please, Father!

Father!

Six months jail, he'll fall in line!

He was framed in a false case and thrown in jail for six months

Sorry, sir

After his release, Ashoka was burning with rage

Sign here

Mend your ways, at least now

Hmph!

Look at his arrogance!

To make Shobha's father suffer as he did, he drowned himself in toddy

(Whistling sound)

MLA Dharmanna and that daughter of his,

Shobha, the two who threw me behind bars

I won't spare them! I'll kill them both!

And Venkatesha here is an eyewitness to that

Hmm

Ashoka fooled Shobha into thinking he still loved her

Made her believe him

Shobha, I've inked your name on my chest!

And still you want to leave me?

Convinced her to elope with him

Just two days before Shobha died, they were together

While out hunting in the forest, I saw Ashoka with some girl, sir

(Footsteps sound)

Ashoka's been absconding ever since that day

I checked every person in his circle

But no one's heard from him

I'm sure, that killer Ashoka is still

hiding somewhere in that Yemmegudda forest

I'll nab him before sunrise, sir

You're handling this case really well

Close this case soon

Shiva, you're taking your medicines, right?

Thomas, take care of him -Okay, sir

(Car door opening)

(Car door closing)

Hey Lakshmi! -What?

They say this mountain's full of snakes, scorpions, even cheetahs!

Yeah!

And he wants us to search for Ashoka here!

This inspector doesn't believe in ghosts,

so he's dragging us into the forest to get us killed!

Yeah, exactly!

May that drunkard be the first to fall to the Torch Ghost!

Hari...

Hey Hari!

Why are you not saying anything?

Say something!

S-Sir! Sorry, sir!

Mr. Biliyappa

Sir!

Look around before you talk!

It hurts, you know! -Okay, sir!

Sorry, sir!

Biliyappa, point the torch at your face!

Hari, where did you go?

Oh no!

What's up with him, sir?

He said he wanted to search alone I told him no

That fellow, eh?

We can't even spot him in this dark

and he thinks he'll find the killer!

Siddayya, please protect us!

Listen, HK!

Better leave the Torch Ghost alone!

Else, it won't spare us!

Let me chant my home deity's name once

O Goddess of shadows.. -Ey!

Why are your legs shaking?

A cop should have guts and courage

Now go search!

We're all scared just as you, we just don't show it!

(Crickets' sound)

(Intense music)

Sir!

What happened, man? - What now, Harihara?

Sir, you said Ashoka killed Shobha

but Ashoka's lying dead here!

(Intense music)

Who could've killed him?

I've been saying all along, it must be the Torch Ghost!

(Crying)

(Fire ignites)

(Intense music)

(Fire ignites)

(Birds chirping)

(Photo clicking sound)

(Background music)

Who knows how many more lives the Torch Ghost will claim!

True! How many more lives will it claim!

(Intense music)

Hey, Photographer! -Yes, sir?

Get a clear shot of the face -Sir, what face? It's all gone!

Did you call the forensic team?

Good morning, sir We got here thirty minutes ago

And the ambulance?

Greetings, sir Ambulance is here

How come all of you are so fast today?

Sir, it was us who called them! (In unison)

Write down the report

Already done, sir

What've you written?

This girl's murder has the same pattern as Shobha's case

Mister!

It matches, no sir?

Right? -Yes!

Write it down, in full detail

Okay, sir

Who's the victim?

Sir, Narayani's daughter... Chaitra, the teacher is missing since Tuesday

Villagers are gossiping, it could be her

Ayyo! My daughter Chaitra!

Oh my child! -Please control yourself!

You left me and went, dear!

You took me to the temple,

tied Rayar's sacred thread to my wrist for good

and now you've left me all alone and gone!

Oh no!

Oh God... why?

Sir, could it be true what the villagers are saying

that the Torch Ghost claimed her?

First, send the body for post-mortem

Torch Ghost or some killer, we'll figure that out later!

Hey kids! Everyone get back home! Quick!

No one should be out! Get inside and shut your doors!

(Intense music)

(Motorbike sound)

'The bear went up the hill so high'

'The bear went up the hill so high'

'To catch a glimpse from heights above'

'The hidden face of the hill'

Belli! Whole village's locked up indoors scared

and you're out here playing on the street?

I said inside! Right now!

Just two more minutes, please!

Come right now! -Father's here

Let me just speak with him once

Who are you calling father, huh?

I'll smack you right here! Get inside, now!

Please, Mummy!

Call him 'father' again, and you'll get it from me!

Mummy!

(Scary music)

Dear...

Dear...

Hmm?

Are you thinking about Belli?

Tch!

Then what? The case?

(Intense music)

If you keep bringing random people home like this

where's our privacy?

How'll I hug you?

How'll I cuddle you?

(Drums sound)

'Man, in your mind, so many thoughts'

'What you've seen isn't true, what you've heard isn't a lie'

'It's all been twisted'

'Ghost takes the place of God, and God fades like a ghost'

'The rope twists into a snake, and the snake coils into death'

'Each step takes you back, all you touch turns to dust'

'The owl warns! The owl warns!'

(Crickets' sound)

(Door closing)

(Intense music)

(Intense music)

(Intense music)

(Panting heavily)

'Everyone's saying the Torch Ghost claimed her'

'Want me to call Siddayya, sir?'

(wheelchair rolling)

(laughs)

You came all the way looking for me in the dead of night?

Everyone in the village is talking about the Torch Ghost

People are too afraid to even come outside

Things are happening just like you said

Does this Torch Ghost really exist?

I can't tell anymore, what's real, what's illusion?

It was humans who named dead souls as ghosts, demons

and Torch ghosts!

Whether it exists or not

depends on one's belief

Death claims the body, never the soul

Souls of the dead, to make their presence felt

use the five natural forces around us

and wander among us

(Laughing)

And only those with sight beyond the eyes

can see it

That sounds beyond belief, sir

(Lemons rolling on the ground)

(Intense music)

(Background Sanskrit song)

'Hara Hara Mahadeva'

(Background Sanskrit song)

(Snapping finger)

(Intense music)

(laughs) Believe it or not, spirits walk this land

What you're looking for isn't a spirit

it's no human killer

it's the Torch Ghost

If you want to stay alive in this Rakkasapura,

wear this sacred thread, never take it off

(Crickets’ sound)

(Fire ignites)

(Intense music)

'It's a black old car'

'Found paint marks'

(Car moving sound)

(Car moving sound)

Ey!

(Intense music)

'A bat of midnight has soared into the sky'

'Roaming fierce and full of flair o'er Rakkasapura'

'No answer came, just blood was shed'

'Such is the road to Rakkasapura'

(Intense music)

'Twinkle little star Rising in full power'

'City streets so far From the safety of the power'

'Ek Do Teen Char Evil in the darkness'

'He do will lots of power He is so brutal He is brutal'

Ey!

(Intense music)

'Yeah, in the darkness, a little can await'

'Put in range with a handful of hate'

'I am the dark to world, you can't change'

'It feels like a ruthless wrinkles'

'I am the fight machine, and can be brutal'

'On the mission revenge and copy avenger'

'Striking back like a roaring thunder'

'The flame still prays in smouldering ash'

'A tale of fire and fear, that of Rakkasapura!

(Intense music)

'Chasing the trail of fire the hunter of Rakkasapura!'

(Intense music)

(Intense music)

(Intense music)

You?

I-I didn't do the murder, sir!

Trust me!

I acted out of fear, not guilt, sir!

I'm telling you the truth, sir!

Hey!

Our chemistry is working out perfectly, no?

You're really proving you're a science teacher!

(Laughing)

Hey Chaitra!

You promised you'd marry me, but now you're betraying me?

Chaitra... -Listen!

See, if that's your mindset

I'll drag you and your whole family

out into the streets and shame you all!

Please, Chaitra!

Don't plead 'please'! You know what?

Chaitra, no! -I'm three months pregnant!

Next morning, hearing news of her death

I felt such relief, sir!

But...

Send the corpse for post-mortem

Whether it's the work of that Torch ghost

or some human killer, we'll find that out later.

I was scared that if the postmortem report came out, I'd be caught

So, just to make you one person believe

what the whole village believes, that the Torch ghost killer her

I used white phosphorus near your house

That sudden fires was all my doing

(Fire igniting)

That's all I did, sir

I come from a respected family, sir

If my parents found out about her

they wouldn't have survived the shame!

I'm not your student to fall for your stories

Sir...

I know you're the killer

Just admit it! -Sir!

(Lightning sound)

(Background music)

'What you're looking for isn't a spirit'

'it's no human killer'

'it's the Torch Ghost!'

(Fire ignites)

(Background music)

(Intense music)

(Fire igniting)

(Intense music)

(Intense music)

Shivu! Long time!

Got posted to the next village ages ago Finally found time to visit me?

Is there no one else around here?

Don't even ask! Just four of us trying to run this station!

Nobody even wants to get posted here to this village

Government gave a huge patch of land

but it's all wrecked

There's a big area behind too

We don't even step there ourselves

I had asked you for some information

What sense will go into these villagers' heads?

They're stuck neck-deep in superstitions!

Where there's heat, there's bound to be lightning, not snow!

Lightning is not a ghost's creation

There's a scientific reason behind it

This village, this forest, it's all up on a hill

Close to the clouds

Lightning happens up there in the clouds

And it's common, right?

So that headmaster's death...?

Trees hold moisture

And they receive electro conductors

The headmaster was unlucky

Poor man just happened to be under a tree, and got killed

So that ghostly figure I saw in the blaze of lightning

all that is just my illusion?

You're taking your medicines properly, right?

(Intense music)

God knows what that Guruji said and what you understood from it!

HK, to hell with that demon or Torch ghost!

If I ever catch hold of it, I'll tear open its chest and gulp its blood!

You'll do all that? (laughs) -One minute!

Oh no! Ghost!

Torch Ghost! -Hey stop!

That's not a ghost, it's just Bussa in his blanket!

You were just saying you'd rip the ghost apart!

(Intense music)

Check it if's him or not

Calm down, he's going

Chill, he's gone!

(Intense music)

(Scared)

Why the hell do you get scared just seeing me?

No, sir, not like you think!

Then what were you doing near both murder spots?

Sir, I've done nothing wrong! -Speak up!

Why are you scared of me then?

I've done no wrong, sir!

Please leave me! -Tell me the truth!

Sir, why're you holding my husband like that? Let go of him!

There's a connection between these murders and your husband here!

Confess now! -Oh God!

Please don't hurt him, sir!

In the name of caste, they don't let us even step foot in the village

No one gives us work

So you go around killing everyone, huh?

No sir! Never! -Kill? I'd never do that!

He only went to see who had died, that's all!

For the village, death is a loss

while we quietly thank

Those funeral offerings and coins

is how I feed my child milk!

We've done nothing wrong, sir Please leave us

We haven't done anything wrong, sir

I beg you, we won't step inside the village again

I told you we should move out of this village and make a living elsewhere

but you never listened!

'Baa, baa, black sheep, have you any wool?'

'Yes, sir, yes, sir, three bags full'

'Baa, baa, black sheep..' -Belli, look at your book!

He keeps staring at our house all the time

(Door shuts)

It's late, you're not going to sleep?

No

He's thinking about who the killer might be

You both already know who the killer is, right?

Why don't you just tell him?

How can we?

We're only the voices in his mind

Why did you bring both of them here?

I can't even have a moment of peace with you

Don't you three start fighting now

Let me think for a bit

Huh?

(Intense music)

(villagers reacting anxiously)

Yesterday, me and him went to the fair together

He bought this rope from there

Is that so?

(Jeep sound)

The inspector has arrived -Clear the way!

The inspector's here! Move!

(Intense music)

Woah, Kantraju...

Anyone from his side here?

No one, sir

He only had one granddaughter, Preethi

She went to Mysore for work and never came back

The village folks were gossiping that she eloped with some guy

And Kantaraja, in that pain, hanged himself

Now no one knows where she is or who she's with, sir

Now, all that's left is his body, no family

At least he wasn't killed by the Torch Ghost!

Preethi

Who last saw her?

Who saw her? -Sir, I saw her

Sir, I saw her Monday near the temple

No, I saw her Tuesday evening in an auto

When did you say you saw her?

Sir, I was on my way to the fair

It was Tuesday, the 6th, sir

'On the 15th, Thursday morning...'

'Sir, Narayani's daughter... Chaitra, the teacher is missing since Tuesday'

No clue what happened to Preethi

Shobha's corpse was found in the forest

Chaitra's corpse was found in the village

There's some connection

What's the connection here, sir?

Why jump to the conclusion that Preethi eloped?

What if she fell into the killer's hands and got killed?

But sir, we haven't found her corpse anywhere

True, no corpse found, but think, HK

Preethi went missing on the 6th, a Tuesday

We don't know what happened to her after that

Then, Shobha disappeared on the 13th, also a Tuesday

Her body was found on the 15th, Thursday morning

Chaitra went missing on the 20th, again a Tuesday

Her body was found on the 22nd, a Thursday

Doesn't it look like the killer targets people on Tuesdays?

Sir, how can you be so sure?

Think about it!

Some danger's coming for sure to this village today

Because today is Tuesday

(Jeep sound)

Listen, HK

Alert the whole village before danger strikes

O-Okay, sir -Announce it over the mic

Do it quick, don't waste time -Okay, sir

Sir!

HK, why does sir look so worried?

He says some serious danger is going to happen

Where's Hanumanthu?

I'm right here!

Everyone, listen up!

The recent murders, you know

The killer is roaming among us

Tell the women of your house to stay safe inside

If you suspect anyone, come straight to the police station and inform us

Got it?

Understood? Everyone? -Yes, sir(In unison

Laxmi, come on. Let's go to the next village

(Eagle high-pitched whistles)

(Intense music)

(Clock ticking)

(Dog yawning)

(Intense music)

Biliyappa, what are you doing there?

Laxmi, that inspector may not know

But we know

It's the Torch Ghost doing all the killings

We've got to protect ourselves

So I'm hanging a metrified lemon here

That's good!

(Intense music)

Sir!

Sir! -What?

My wife eloped, sir!

Your wife? Really?

My second wife, sir!

Second wife, huh?

I've got no one else, sir! Please help me find her!

No use telling us

Go tell Siddayya

I beg you, sir! -Get up, man!

Stop this drama!

Sir! -Get up!

Please help, sir!

This isn't the case you think, sir

(Telephone ringing)

Hello... - Greetings, sir

I'm calling from the telephone exchange

Is your phone line working fine...

(Water dripping)

(Curry boiling)

(Intense music)

Is sir's sign done?

Oh Lord! Let no evil fall on our station!

Biliyappa, you and your smoke again!

Are you doing a ritual or trying to set this station on fire?

I'm telling you, the puja I do is what's protecting the station!

Harihara, still doesn't get it's the Torch Ghost behind the murders!

What a madman that inspector is!

Yeah, I'm wondering the same thing!

Oh God, please save us!

(Cradle balls clinks)

Sir, no one's come with any complaints even till now

Probably no one's turning up

My shift's up, I'm leaving

You should leave too

(Crickets' sound)

Ay! Fire-worm!

(Chuckles)

(Chuckles) Where are you all off to?

Uff!

(Crickets' sound)

(Fire igniting)

Stop there, I say!

Ah?

Mummy...

Just the fire-worm...

Oi!

(Tires screech)

(Intense music)

(Intense music)

Belli!

Belli!

Belli!

She's okay now, you can go see her now -Thank you, Doctor

Who are you looking for, child?

Where's my mummy?

What happened to your mummy?

When me and mummy were there

some man came and took her away

What did he look like?

He had a fire torch in his hand

and he looked like a ghost!

(Intense music)

(Crying)

Where did you get this sacred thread tied?

Me and mummy had gone to the temple... the priest tied it on me there

(Intense music)

'You took me to the temple,

tied Rayar's sacred thread on my wrist so I'd get well'

'Sir, I saw her Monday near the temple'

I want my mummy!

(Crying)

Don't cry, child

I will bring your mother back

Hmm

Father...

You'll bring my mummy back, promise?

Promise!

Wherever your mummy is, I'll find her and bring her back to you

(Intense music)

(Jeep sound)

(Temple bell ringing)

Greetings, Inspector

Word in the village was you're an atheist

Surprised to see you here at the temple!

Had to come

Seen anyone suspicious near the temple?

So it's not for prayer, it's for questioning!

Why would those types come to the God?

What's there?

Uh?

Sacred shrine

Only the Guruji is allowed inside

And that too, just once a year

Swamiji!

Guruji is calling for you!

See you then

Just came back from there, why's he calling me again?

(Intense music)

'Way to the sacred shrine'

(Intense music)

(Background music)

(Intense music)

(Intense music)

(Fire igniting)

(Fire igniting)

'Why jump to the conclusion that Preethi eloped?'

'What if she fell into the killer's hands and was killed?'

'But sir, we haven't found her corpse anywhere'

(Intense music)

Hello...

Sir, it's confirm, I found out who's

behind all these murders and kidnappings

Who is it?

Siddayya, sir

Siddayya?

Are you serious?

I found a corpse inside his own place

The whole village worships like a God!

That's what he used to his advantage, sir

He kept fooling people by blaming it on the Torch Ghost

Go ahead and arrest him, I'll take care of the rest

Yes, sir

(Intense music)

(Birds chirping)

(Opening door)

(Pistol sound)

Uncle...

(Intense music)

Uncle...

(Chuckles)

W-What's wrong with my father, Uncle?

He's not waking up no matter how much I try

I'm getting really scared

Uncle, do you have gum with you?

If we stick the head back, father will wake up

Hmm

Father...

See, Uncle's here, Father

(Villagers run, crying out in grief)

I've been seeing Siddayya for so many years

Never heard of him having any children

Wonder who that boy is

'Little doggie, want snack?'

Siddayya came from another village -Really?

Maybe he had kids there, who knows!

Siddayya was like our own God!

He didn't deserve a death like this

'Want snack, want holy water, want all things!'

I served alongside Siddayya for 15 years

Never heard of him having any children

But the Lord doesn't keep quiet No sin goes unseen

This won't just pass

Who are you?

(Crying)

Why did you kill Siddayya?

I want my father -Don't cry

My father... -If you didn't kill him, then who did?

U-Uncle... I want my f-father...

What's your connection with him?

My father...

I want my father... -Listen!

Stop repeating the same thing!

F-Father...

(Crying)

Listen... -Father!

Father! -Ey!

Do you know Shobha?

Do you know Chaitra?

Father...

Hey, keep quiet! -Father!

Don't shout, I'm telling you! -Father!

I'll kick you with my boots!

Ew! Damn it!

This fellow shouting 'Father, father' like he's mad!

Sir, he's a total mental case!

I yell at him and he wets his pants!

He'll talk, if we handle him the right way

Damn it!

The SP's here

Sir!

Mmm

Sir! -Sir!

Have you filed the FIR?

Sir, the guy's mental case!

Won't even say his name or address Just keeps crying 'Father, father'

Anyone came looking for him?

No one so far, sir

Find out from him why he killed Siddayya

But seeing his condition, is it even possible?

Sir, if we handle him right, we might get some lead

Please, one chance

Shiva, talk like an educated person!

Don't forget the one you've caught is a mental case!

How will you arrest him without proof?

Trust me, sir I'll make him talk

Just a little more time, sir. Please

I seriously don't know if you're saying the truth or just drunk talking!

Sir, we must track down Parvathi Please, just give me 2 hours

That's all I ask...

Mister! If anything goes wrong, it's on my head!

Mr. Thomas! -Sir?

Take him to the crime scene.

Interrogate properly and bring him back, quick

Okay, sir

(Intense music)

'My little doggie, want snacks?'

'Want snacks, want holy water, want everything!'

'Little Doggie, what'll you do if a thief comes?'

You! Stop it!

(Typewriter sound)

(Jeep sound)

Give me the cap!

Hey! Don't touch the cap!

Such a mental case!

When I grow up, I'll become a police!

(Everyone laughs)

Police, eh?

You'll become a police?

What's your age, huh?

Six!

(Intense music)

You! Why are you reaching for my gun?

To shoot!

To shoot, huh?

You know how to shoot?

I've got a gun too!

I-In my bag!

What else do you have in your bag?

Pencil, pen, book...

P-Photo!

(Intense music)

(Phone ringing)

Yes, sir

Listen, Thomas That fellow with you, he's not a mental case

Uncle, take me back to my home! -Sir, I can't hear you!

Thomas, that fellow with you, he's not a mental case, he's faking it

I want to see my father! -Hey, shut up!

Can't hear you, sir!

Hey, shh!

Hey shut up! -Sir, can you hear me?

He's a very dangerous fellow, Thomas!

Sir, I can't hear you clearly

Sir... Hello, sir! -Take my back to my father!

The mad one's brother, could be younger or

older, but he's definitely sane, Thomas!

Hello...

Sir, can you hear me? -Take my back to my home!

Thomas!

Take me back home!

Damn you, can you shut up?

Take my back to my home!

He kept saying about some older or younger brother

Hey, do you have a brother Older, younger, anyone?

(Intense music)

Hey, stop!

(Glass breaking)

(Gunshot)

Stop it! You!

(Tyre screeching)

"Ghosts, demons, and spirits march as my army"

"I am death, even the Lord of Time bows"

"In every direction, I cast my dominion"

"I am venom incarnate, vengeance made flesh"

"Torture and savagery are my sacred duty"

"A reincarnation of the demon Kamsa"

"A single glance from me, creation turns to cinder"

"I am the scholar supreme of destruction and annihilation"

(Intense music)

(Intense music)

Sir, what happened?

(Motorbike sound)

"From the green."

(Jeep engine starting sound)

(Opening the jeep hood)

(Intense music)

(Intense music)

(Motorbike sound)

(Fire igniting)

Thomas!

Viji!

Thomas!

(Intense music)

(Shouting in anger)

'Little doggie, want snack?'

'Want snack, want holy water, want all things!'

'Little Doggie...' -Aruna!

'What will you do if thief comes...'

What are you doing?

Big Brother...

Big Brother, blood!

Hey, not my blood! It's someone else's

I got scared!

This is Aadi and this is Aruna

Forever together!

Big brother, I drew this

This is you and me, huh?

Nice?

Yeah, nice

Aruna, why didn't you have your food?

I don't want food

If you don't eat, you'll feel weak later

I don't want food

What else... oh!

(chuckles)

I know very well what you actually want

You understood?

(chuckles)

Uh!

(Panting)

(Door opens)

Arey!

Why do you look so scared?

Why've you brought me here and torturing me like this?

Torture, huh? What torture?

My younger brother likes you

That's why I got you here, to get you both married

(Chuckles)

You know how crazy he's about you?

Aruna

"Ghosts, demons, and spirits march as my army"

"I am death, even the Lord of Time bows"

'Government High School Singanallur'

This is the school where that mental fellow studied!

How could a mental fellow even study?

Maybe he did!

(Intense music)

Yes, this is our school

We need to find out who those two guys are

If you tell me which batch, maybe I can check

They studied here about 20 years ago

(Intense music)

(Books thudding)

(Intense music)

Aadi and Aruna

Found it here

(Intense music)

Father's name... Siddaraju

Bettadapura village

(Breathing heavily)

Give her the saree, brother

Tch! Wait a minute!

Look at his excitement!

Can't you see he's waiting?

Go inside and change into this saree quickly

Here.

Go

Come on, go!

Swami, you have to show us the way

Listen, that land was donated to the temple

Forget about that

You all want land, no?

I'll give you another one of my plots

Go farm there

Okay?

Thank you, sir!

Go on now, take care -Let's go, he said he'll give us land

Move, quick!

Greetings

Greetings

Who are you?

And what brings you here?

Did someone named Siddayya used to live here?

Hmm...

Oh, Siddayya!

Yes, yes! He used to live in this very house

He left the village around 20 years ago

Do you know whose children these two are?

Huh...

Oh! Siddayya's children!

Uh?

Poor fellow, he had some issue

'Little Doggie...' -Careful, you'll fall!

Watch your step!

(Excited)

Okay!

Aruna, careful!

Aruna! You're going to hurt yourself if you play like that!

Brother!

(Crying)

Blood!

Didn't I tell you to be careful?

Nothing's going to happen

Don't cry

This tree made you fall, no?

(Chopping sound)

(Fire igniting)

I will marry the blue dress girl when I grow up!

Oi! She can't marry you!

I'll marry her only!

Get lost, you mental case!

Oh no!

He's not a mental case!

Oh no!

Stop beating him!

You!

Who the hell said my younger brother can't get married?

I'll marry him off to any girl he chooses!

How badly he's beaten up my son!

His face is just blood!

What kind of a son have you raised!

He's mad for sure!

Throw him in a mental hospital!

They better leave the village!

Go away! Leave this village!

This village has no place for a son like yours

God won't pardon what you've done

Why did you hit those boys like that?

Before my mother passed away, she told me

one thing, 'Take care of your little brother'

If someone says even one wrong word about him

I just lose it!

That's why I hit them

You're a good boy, right?

Don't do this again

Got it?

Hmm

He's absolutely fine

It's just that he loves his brother too much

He's taken his mother's last words very seriously

Children his age are like that, you know

A small treatment will set him right

By the way, where is his younger brother now?

(Intense music)

Arey, what happened?

Don't worry, I'll never let anyone separate you both

Doctor, what are you even saying?

I asked you where is his younger brother now?

Are you mad or what?

There's no one there!

Don't talk nonsense and trouble me!

It's been a year since his younger brother passed away

What?

Don't you say the same thing!

He's standing right there

Right next to you

Why can't you see him?

There's no one there!

You don't worry

After you grow up, I'll get you married to the girl you chose

(Intense music)

After we gave him the treatment, Aadi got completely cured

Do you know when he left from here and with whom?

His father took him away in January It's all recorded here

Siddayya was like a God to our people

But now, the same man's monster son has become a curse to the village!

You're right!

HK -Sir?

Siddayya was a MSc graduate, right?

Yes, sir

Then why did he give his thumbprint?

And that too with his left thumb finger?

He didn't have his right thumb, so used the left

Who in our village doesn't have a right thumb finger?

Who doesn't have?

(Intense music)

Siddayya's right-hand man, Siddaraju

(Intense music)

What kind of son have you raised?

He's mad! -Lock him in a mental hospital!

They better leave the village!

Go away! Leave this village!

(Intense music)

I don't want anything -Ey!

What the hell are you doing here?

Playing with my younger brother

How many times do I have to tell you?

Your brother is long gone!

Oh no, my thumb finger!

Whoever messes with my younger brother won't be spared!

Listen, Father!

Even if you lose a finger, you still have more left

But I have only one younger brother!

Clear to you?

Please, Doctor! -Stop it, get up!

I've already lost one son

Now he's all I've got

I beg you, Doctor

Even if it takes years, it's okay

Please cure my son, Doctor!

Please cure him!

(Door opens)

Off somewhere, Swamiji?

Happy news for me! I'll tell you when I return!

Alright, see you

(Intense music)

15 years since we both sat and had a meal together

Father, why three plates?

Little brother, looks like father doesn't know

that we always eat from the same plate

(Chuckles)

Come on, eat

No, I don't want

Hey, come on!

No, I don't want!

Father made this for us with so much love

Just eat

Guruji

seeing him like this, I feel scared

Siddaraju

your son's like my own son too

I'll take care of him

Oh Shiva!

Let him stay with me

Guruji...

(Intense music)

'Swami, the Guruji is asking for you'

'See you then'

Hey Siddaraju!

Your boy's been sneaking around at night, God knows where!

House is full of children's toys, stolen ones!

I strongly suspect he's behind all this!

Kantraja's granddaughter, Dharmanna's daughter, and

Narayana's daughter who came to visit me at the temple

All of them disappeared the very next day!

And later, found dead too!

Don't say that, Guruji!

I only took those girls them because my younger brother liked them!

You fool!

Your brother is long gone!

Stop living in that fantasy!

Guruji! Why did you say that?

What did you say? -Aadi, no!

Please stop! -(Screaming in pain)

I beg you, please leave him!

You call it illusion?

How dare you!

(Agonized yell)

(Tyre screeching)

Uh?

Father, looks like someone's come

Take younger bro inside, see how scared he's become!

Uh...

I said take him! -Uh...

H-Hey, don't be scared, I'm with you Come, let's go...

(Stabbing)

(Intense music)

Where's your SON?

If he's out roaming free, more women are going to die!

Where's that monster son of yours?

For you, he's a monster!

But for me, he's still my son!

I've already lost one son

I won't lose another!

I won't say anything, sir!

He's living in an illusion!

Where is he?

Maybe an illusion to us

not for him

I won't tell you anything, sir!

Ey!

(Metallic clink)

(Intense music)

'There's a big area behind Even we are afraid to go there ourselves'

(Breathing heavily)

Please don't harm him, sir!

Please leave him! I beg you!

Please, sir!

'Your son is like my son too'

'I'll take care of him'

Oh Shiva...

Let him stay with me

My granddaughter got a job in Mysore

Please bless her

She will always have my blessings, don't worry

(Chuckles)

I want her!

(Fire igniting)

What did you say?

Ey!

What have you done to her?

She says no one else is here!

You tell her, Father

Isn't my younger brother there?

Tell her, Father

Y-Yes, he's there...

He's there, right?

He exists, right?

(Intense music)

Ashoka!

I left everything behind for you, without even telling my father

You'll take care of me, right, Ashoka?

Have no doubt!

(Knife pierces)

(Pained grunt)

Ashoka!

My younger brother liked her... -Who the hell are you?

...where are you taking her now? -Ashoka! Leave him!

There's no one there

Please leave me!

Better marry my brother

or die, damn it!

(Intense music)

'Brother, I really like that teacher'

'Will you get her to marry me?'

Father, pray -Oh God

(Breathes heavily)

Listen... -Brother...

He really likes you! -There's no one there

Ey!

You all say the same thing!

(Yells)

Careful, it'll splash!

It won't splash, Mummy!

You little mischief! You never listen to me

Parvathi...

(Intense music)

Everyone keeps saying he's not here!

He's right here!

He's right here, in front of us!

(Intense music)

Stop living in your illusion!

Your younger brother doesn't exist!

Ey!

(Yells)

(Intense music)

(Intense music)

(Intense music)

(Fire igniting)

(Jeep sound)

(Crickets’ sound)

(Bark crunches)

(Footsteps running)

(Gunshots)

(Low grunt in the distance)

(Trigger clicks)

(Intense music)

Uncle...

What brings you all the way here, Uncle?

(Chuckles)

Did you stick my father's head back to his body?

And that policeman, what happened to him?

Or has someone else gone missing now?

Where is Parvathi?

Par-

Pa-

(Chuckles)

You mean Shiva's wife, Parvathi?

What's the point asking me that?

Where is Parvathi, damn it!

(Intense music)

(Fire igniting)

(Chuckles)

Uncle...

What happened?

Are you hurt?

(Chuckles)

I bet you are!

Parvathi!

Parvathi!

Parvathi!

Oh Parvathi, where are you?

(Laughing)

Shiva's come for you!

Come, Shiva!

Come at me!

(Fire attack)

(Intense music)

"Ghosts, demons, and spirits march as my army"

"I am death, even the Lord of Time bows"

"In every direction, I cast my dominion"

"I am venom incarnate, vengeance made flesh"

(Chuckles) Where is Parvathi?

Can't figure it out, huh?

"Torture and savagery are my sacred duty"

"A reincarnation of the demon Kamsa"

"A single glance from me, creation turns to cinder"

"I am the scholar supreme of destruction and annihilation"

"Graveyard air is the breath I take"

"Feasting on death cannot quench my hunger"

Uncle...

Why do you need all this?

Preethi, Shobha, Chaitra, I asked them nicely

to marry my younger brother

They said my younger brother doesn't exist at all

They were arrogant about their beauty

So...

I burned them

And coming to Parvathi...

(laughs)

Father...

'You'll bring my mummy back, promise?'

'I'll bring her back, promise'

'Promise'

(Intense music)

(Laughing)

(Shouting in anger)

(Intense music)

Hey, Uncle stop!

What's Parvathi to you, huh? Why're you beating me like this?

(Chuckles)

Just because she had no husband...

Did you marry her? Or... did you keep her for yourself?

(laughs)

Eyy!

(Punching sound)

(laughs)

Parvathi, huh?

Parvathi!

You came to Rakkasapura chasing a monster?

I'm not... the monster

(Intense music)

Parvathi...

(Punching sound)

Where's Parvathi?

Just wipe this blood from my eyes, can't see

Where the hell is Parvathi?

You can beat me all you want, only more blood will come, not Parvathi

(Kicking sound)

Shiva Uncle!

Parvathi.. Parvathi..

(Laughing)

'How dare she says my younger brother doesn't exist!'

'They must've loved them too much'

Their hearts just can't accept their loss so easily

They live in an imaginary world thinking

those who've died are still with them

Someone like you won't understand that

Tell me where Parvathi is, or...

I'll kill your brother (laughs)

M-My younger brother?

Yes, him! -My younger brother's safe!

What's funny, huh?

Ey!

Don't laugh!

Ey!

Where are you going?

Stop!

(Intense music)

Brother!

Leave him!

Aruna's very sensitive, leave him!

Brother! -Let him go!

I said leave him!

Let him go! He's still an innocent boy!

Leave him!

Brother!

Brother!

I said leave him!

Are you going to tell me where Parvathi is or

do you want to see your little brother die?

I don't know anything! Leave him!

You don't know, huh?

Uncle, leave me! Brother!

Now watch your brother die because of you!

Move!

Ey! Leave him!

I said leave him!

He's innocent! Leave him!

Where's Parvathi?

Ey!

Let go of my younger brother!

I said leave him!

Why are you taking him that side?

There's a cliff over there

Ey!

Tell me, where's Parvathi?

I don't know!

I said let go of him!

I'll throw him down there! And he's gone! Speak!

He's innocent! Leave him!

One push and he's gone! It's a straight drop!

Ey!

No no no!

I'll tell you where she is...

Near the flower patch, beside the tree! She's there!

Eyy, don't leave him there!

Save him first!

Ey!

Save him!

Aruna!

Brother...

Don't worry, I'm coming! I'm right here with you!

(Intense music)

Aruna! Stay there, don't move! -Come, Brother...

(Intense music)

(Intense music)

Brother!

Aruna!

Wait, I'm coming!

I'm getting scared!

Nothing will happen Don't look down!

Hold on, I'm coming, your brother's coming!

Coming, coming!

Sir! Sir!

Sir!

Now that you've found your Parvathi

please save my little brother, sir!

Sir!

Sir, where are you going?

You have Parvathi now, right, sir?

He's innocent, sir. Please save him!

Save him too, sir!

Sir! Sir!

Damn you! Save him!

I said save him!

Save him, damn it!

S-Sir, please!

Sir!

Sir! Don't leave him here! Save him!

Damn it! Aruna...

Brother!

(Indistinct plea)

Stay right there! Don't move! Nothing will happen to you

(Jeep sound)

Brother!

Ey!

Aruna!

Brother!

Hang tight! I'm coming!

Brother! Save me!

Aruna!

(Breathing heavily)

Brother!

Come!

Aruna!

Coming!

Brother! -Aruna!

(Intense music)

(Breathing heavily)

Brother!

ARUNA!

No!

(Jingles)

Aruna...

I will always be with you...

(Jeep revs up)

Hi, Father!

(Happy music)

(Chuckles)

(Happy music)

Did you have your breakfast? -Yeah, I had

What did you have? -Uppittu and Kesari Bath

Father, can I ask you something?

Ask

People say you've got some kind of power

(Chuckles) What power?

They say... you can see the dead Is that true?

Come on, say it!

Is it really true, tell me!

(Tires screech)

What happened?

(Intense music)

"I am the demon, I am the eternal"

"The beginning and the end are none but me"

(Intense music)

"A stone-hearted beast, ruthless and cold"

"Even hell shudders at my wrath"

(Intense music)

"Graveyard air is the breath I take"

"Feasting on death cannot quench my hunger"

(Intense music)