Mummy, it's such a narrow bridge. I'm feeling very scared.
Watch out, sis.
This house is really out of the way, Mr Bhushan.
True. But you have such a tight budget...
it was impossible to find you a place in the city.
It's a very narrow bridge, madam. You can't open the door.
Slowly drive the car across the bridge.
We'll decide what's to be done then. The bungalow is close by too.
Here you are, madam. This is your house.
Come.
Are we going to live here now, Sasha?
Call me didi (elder sister). And this is our new house.
Why can't we live in the old house?
Because we have sold that house.
Strange, the lock just won't open.
This was the key I opened it with, when I came here with the luggage.
I'll take a look at the back. Maybe there's another way to get in.
Sasha, take care of him. I'll be back in a moment.
The door has opened!
The safety lock was jammed, madam.
That's why we couldn't open it. - That's all right.
What a lovely house! Do you like it?
No, I don't like it. - What do you like anyway?
Mummy, may we go and see our room upstairs?
Go ahead. But mind the staircase.
Check it out, madam. I've had all the luggage arranged.
It's nothing, my child.
Go to sleep.
Your doll is here too.
Sasha, go to sleep. - Five minutes, Mummy.
I'll go to sleep as soon as I've completed this drawing.
Who set that place on fire, Sasha?
As for this place, it was set on fire by the ghost!
By the ghost! - What ghost?
Was it Casper? Or was it Dracula?
Forgive me!
What happened, Vicky? - The villagers say...
lightning struck here last night. They consider it inauspicious.
So they're performing a ritual.
Sasha! Misha!
Come on. You're getting late for school.
Come on inside, Tram!
Yes? - Keep this, my child.
What for? - You'll find it useful.
It's for you.
But I can't pay you for this right now.
I can pay you only later. - It's not to be sold, my child.
It's only for you. You'll find it useful.
Keep it.
Excuse me...
Where has she gone?
Excuse me...
excuse me...
Sanjana-ji? We didn't find any dead body at the place you told us about.
We didn't find the body of any woman there.
I've seen it for myself, sir. That woman sat on that very bench...
and the moment I touched her, she simply fell down.
Not just the bench, we've combed the entire area.
I didn't see anything like that.
I don't understand this.
If you have any information on the woman, do please inform us.
Sasha, go to sleep dear.
No, Mummy! I'm not feeling like it. I want to play.
No playing. Go to sleep. You too, Misha.
Didi...
Iook, all the doors and the windows of the house are wide open.
How come? - I don't know.
Looks like a burglar has broken in.
Where are the children? - In their room.
Misha, get up... get up.
I'm very sleepy.
Get up. There's a burglar in the house.
Let's switch on all the lights, didi. Either the thief will run away...
or we'll catch him.
Thief! Thief!
Who is it? Come on out!
Come on out! Where are you hiding?
Not here. - Look there.
Thief!
Come on out!
Maybe he's at the back. - There's no one there either.
So how did the doors and windows...?
All right, let's all go inside. C'mon.
Who started that fire...?
There's no one here.
Where has he gone?
What are you telling me Vicky? I'm beginning to get worried too.
I wonder where he has gone away. - I'm telling you the truth.
When I went to feed Tram, he wasn't at his place.
I went to the backyard looking for him...
and there, I found him digging into the ground.
As if he was trying to dig out something. He behaved abnormally.
I first called out to him, he ignored me.
When I bent forward and took him by the leash, he attacked me.
It was really scary, didi.
How can you be scared of Tram? You're the one who has reared him.
You have fed him with your hands. - I don't know why he did that.
I don't understand anything. - What's happened to Tram, Mama?
Tram has run away. He hasn't eaten anything since this morning.
I'm sure Tram is scared of something, Mummy.
No, Tram is not afraid of anyone, Sasha.
How often have I told you to call me didi!
Uncle Vicky, I want Tram. - Sure, dear.
Let's go out and look for Tram.
I'm sure, when we call him, he's going to come back to us.
Tram will come during the night, dear.
If he doesn't, we'll bring him back in the morning. Okay?
Now hurry up. You've yet to finish your homework before you go to sleep.
What...? Money...? You're asking me for money?
Where will I get the money from? Where?
You're a lucky woman to find a bungalow like this one!
At your budget, you wouldn't have found any bungalow near this hamlet.
It was lying locked for years.
I had such a tough time finding the owners who live abroad.
I didn't even charge any brokerage.
And you're asking me for money? - I don't know all that.
Bhushan-ji, you've got to help me. That's all.
I don't want to live in that house.
All right, when you have decided that you don't want to live there...
something's gotta be done about it. Know what, Madam?
I'll try and find a buyer for your bungalow...
and find another bungalow for you. Pray to God...
that both things happen at once. If not...
you'll have to live in that very house. Can't be helped.
What are you thinking about? I can't live the way you want me to.
I'm asking you one last time, Sanjana. Are you coming with me, or aren't you?
Of course I want to go with you, Vijay. But you know Papa's condition.
Anything could happen to him.
How can we leave him in this condition?
Let's take him along. - Are you out of your mind?
You want me to take that old sinner with me?
If I could help it, I'd have thrown him out of this house long ago.
For the sin he has committed, he must live here and suffer to death.
He has already been punished for his sins, Vijay.
So you won't leave him. And I can't take him with me.
So stay here, serve him... and suffer with him.
You and I have nothing to do with each other anymore.
I won't even look at your face again.
Have you no love for your children?
They're yours, keep them. Make them serve your father too.
What's up, Sanjana? You look lost.
You aren't missing Vijay in the new house, are you?
No, it's nothing of the sort.
But your face says it all. I know, you won't say a word to me.
I've known you since we were kids. You'll suppress everything in your heart.
You won't say anything to anyone.
If there is anything you ever need, do tell me, Sanjana.
I must leave now. It's five.
Got to pick up the children and Vicky must be waiting for me at the shop.
He's back!
Look, it's Tram! - Wait, Vicky.
Tram's stinking, Mummy.
It's okay!
Didi... what happened?
There's someone in the house! - Where?
I don't know... find out! - I'll go and see.
Vicky, call the police! - I'll check outside.
Mama... what happened?
What happened?
There's no one in the house, didi.
What's the matter, Mama? Why're you crying?
Didi, I'm sleeping in the hall.
Keep the door open. And call me if you need me.
Vicky!
Get up, Vicky! Someone's here! - What happened?
What has happened?
Sasha, Misha... let's go.
What happened, Mama? - We've got to leave. Hurry.
Hurry! Quick! - Open the door.
Where's the car-key? - Inside. I'll fetch it.
I'll get it. Stay with the children!
Let's go! Move it!
Vicky, did you hear something? - What?
Here are some quilts for the children.
Are you crazy to say thank you to me? I'll get some for you.
Didi, I can't figure out what's happening.
I can't figure out anything too.
Are you all right, didi?
Go to sleep.
Let's go outside and talk.
Sanjana, now tell me what's all this about.
What was it that made you leave your house at this hour of the night?
Tell me, Sanjana. Please.
I was subjected to rape.
Why didn't you go to the police station?
And what would I tell them?
That I didn't even the see the man who forced himself on me?
And that all the doors and windows were shut, when all this happened...
and there was no stranger in the house either?
You know how the police are. They will split hair.
They'd think I've gone mad. But it has really happened to me, Pooja.
It's true. - Why don't you see a doctor?
If it's an internal injury, it could become serious later.
Which doctor must I see, Pooja?
Pooja, are you going to sit there all day?
Coming!
Go to a doctor who will keep this incident and the reports to himself.
You know how everything here is blown out of proportions.
I know a doctor at Wallington Hospital. Want me to talk to him?
Pooja, where's my breakfast...? What are you doing there anyway?
Come on up! - Coming, coming.
Have you asked your friend how many more days she's staying here?
The poor thing's in deep trouble. - So she's here to give us trouble.
Please try to understand. - Oh yes!
You're the most understanding woman in the world.
But you listen to me! Maybe she's your friend...
but if she doesn't like her house, there's no dearth of hotels in town.
You've turned this place into a Home! - Stop it now.
I submit to Buddha.
I submit to the Wise and Learned One.
I seek shelter in Thee.
With the knowledge Buddha has imparted to us...
we are equipped to face every hardship in life...
and we can thus make our lives peaceful and joyous.
As Buddha says, whenever we do something with a clean heart...
happiness follows us like a shadow.
And it does not leave us all our lives.
Mama... - It's okay.
Mama...? - It's okay.
Mama, how did all this happen? - I don't know, my child.
Did you hear that...? - Yes, Mama! I heard it!
Didi, I know where that noise is coming from.
Vicky, where are you going?
Stop there, Vicky! - Uncle!
Don't go out, Vicky!
Don't go, Vicky... - I know where it's coming from!
Forget it... - Let me go!
Where's Uncle Vicky going...?
Uncle Vicky.
Uncle!
Look at this, didi. When this moves, it makes a noise.
But who moved it, Vicky?
You're sleeping in the hall tonight? - Yes, the bedroom is a bit stuffy.
Whatever happens, you're sleeping in our room tonight, Uncle! That's it!
Let's go!
Pooja...? What a pleasant surprise!
Don't talk to me! I'm very cross with you.
You came away with the children, without even telling me?
Actually... - You're sleeping here, on the sofa?
All right. In that case, I'll sleep in your bedroom.
Then I'll sleep there too.
Tell me something, Sanjana.
Why did you bring the children away like this, without any food?
I didn't want to be the cause of any problems between you and your husband.
Now look, my husband came into my life very late in life.
But you and I have been friends ever since we were 3 years of age.
Remember the times our mothers used to send us to school...
with 2 plaits each and everybody at school said...
The two of them aren't twins, but they look like twins.
They are inseparable.
Maybe you've forgotten all that. But I remember.
All right, I'm sorry. - I told my husband...
If my friend can't stay here, I'm moving to her place.
So let him stay all alone. ...I'll change and come.
Sanjana, let's go to sleep. It's late, I'm very sleepy.
How did the car get here?
Pooja, are you sure you will drop the kids at school?
Of course. Don't worry.
Go and attend to the shop. It's been closed for two days.
I'll drop the children at school on my way home, don't worry.
Your reports are all normal.
There are no internal injuries, your blood pressure is under control.
You have no excess sugar...
Now tell me how you feel.
An attempt as made to kill me in my car.
Who made the attempt? - I don't know.
I can't see him. But he had stepped on the accelerator.
And the brakes had failed too.
Is this something you've felt for the first time?
No, earlier on...
he once raped me - Raped you?
And you couldn't see him? Was it a ghost?
No, doctor, he's like the air. I can feel him, but I can't see him.
Did you feel any pain?
He inflicted a lot of pain on me, doctor.
Where did it all happen? - In my house?
Who was present when it happened?
My two daughters were sleeping in their room...
and my screams brought my younger brother to my room.
What did he see? - He saw no one either.
So what did he surmise?
I don't know.
Sanjana-ji, what do you think? - I think, doctor...
if he can't have me, he'll kill me.
After the first encounter, I went away to my friend's place to stay.
And my friend came over to spend the next night with me.
Because he couldn't reach me, out of frustration...
he tried to kill me in the car. - Out of frustration.
How many years is it since you were married, Sanjana-ji?
And what does your husband do? - We don't live together.
We were divorced four years ago.
Four years? Have you had any physical contact with someone during this time?
I mean, have you a boyfriend...? - What are you talking about, doctor?
What have all these things to do with my problem?
I'm sorry, but they do have something to do.
Our past is very crucial. It's an important part of our lives.
To understand what's happening today, one must understand the past.
Besides, the body has its needs too. Perhaps what you feel today...
has something to do with your past.
To be more precise, perhaps the problems all lie within you...
because medical science does not believe in ghosts and spirits.
What do you mean? What are you trying to say?
That whatever's happening to me is all a figment of my imagination?
My fear and my problems are born in my mind?
And because I haven't slept with someone for the last four years...
I'm imagining all this?
I'm only talking about one aspect.
There's a term in psychology called split personality.
Which means that a man leads a dual life.
Whatever he does to himself or others...
he thinks is someone else's doing.
Are you a doctor? Or a psychiatrist?
I'm a doctor. And also a psychiatrist.
So Pooja has sent me to a shrink?
To find out whether I've gone mad.
But I'm not mad, doctor. I have been raped!
Do you understand?
Listen to me, please.
Coward! Mama, look... she's afraid.
Haven't you gone to sleep yet? - If the coward slept, Mama.
What happened, dear? Did you say something to her?
I haven't said anything. - What happened?
Mummy, sleep with us tonight. Please! - All right.
After I take a bath, we'll sleep together.
Now lie down.
I'll be back soon. And don't scare her.
This is Dr Mrs Kapoor.
Come, let's examine you.
Show us the wounds.
Look at this.
Look.
And this one.
See that? - Yes, yes.
Any more injuries? - Yes, I'll show you.
Look at this.
And this one.
You may leave, doctor.
Come.
Are these wounds real...? Or aren't they?
Of course they are real. I admit, you've been badly hurt.
I haven't inflicted these injuries on myself, have I?
Sanjana-ji, I do not suspect you.
And neither do I deny that you are being subjected to something terrible.
As a doctor, I refuse to believe...
that this could be the doing of a spirit or a soul.
So what would you say about these wounds, doctor?
Am I imagining them too? - No, you are not imagining them.
Those wounds are for real. But I didn't talk about...
split personality without any reason. I have seen and read about cases...
in which people, have caused injuries to themselves or to others.
And they don't even realise it, they remember nothing.
You mean, you're now telling me that...
I have inflicted injuries on myself? - You're talking about injuries!
Sanjana-ji, people even kill themselves.
What is suicide? It's the height of causing hurt to oneself.
But people do commit suicide, don't they?
I knew you would use your arguments to prove the point...
that I am losing my mental balance. That I'm a split personality.
You're still here? - My car has broken down.
I'm waiting for either a bus or a taxi, whichever comes first.
But I've arrived first. Come, let me drop you home.
Why must you take the trouble? I'll...
No trouble at all. Come on. I'm going in the same direction.
Please get in.
I hope my driving didn't scare you.
Those who sit while I drive, are often very scared.
It's this house I'm scared of doctor.
Can I see your house, Sanjana-ji? - Sure. Please come on.
Is the axle all right? - Absolutely.
Doctor, this is my brother Vicky.
Please come.
Wow! Lovely place.
Must be why you sold your old house and bought this one.
No, that was far better.
So you're here at last, Mummy!
You knew we had to get a chocolate cake today, Mummy?
And you're still late?
We'll cut it in a little while, okay?
Come on.
Your daughters? - Yes, will you have some coffee?
You were telling me that you run an antiques shop.
Since when have you been fond of them? - Not me, my Papa was fond of them.
I was very small when my Papa died.
My grandparents then had my mother married a second time.
My step-father was very fond of antiques and...
he was the one who started this shop. However...
once Vicky was born, his interest was all over.
So Vicky is not your blood brother? - No. He means more than that.
How was the behaviour of your step-father?
All right. - All right meaning...
it wasn't very nice? - Let's not talk about that.
I'm trying to understand your problem, Sanjana-ji.
And that will be possible only when you open up to me.
Whatever you tell me will remain a secret, okay?
So tell me. Did your father hit you?
No, he didn't hit me, but...
he often touched me in a way no father will touch his daughter.
Did you ever talk about it with your mother?
No. - With no one?
After my marriage, I told my husband about it.
I see. Maybe that is why the two of you broke up.
No, when we broke up...
Papa was very old. He had got a cancer of the spine.
He needed care and my husband just didn't want to stay with him.
As a human being, I couldn't have left him like that to die.
Which is why you decided to leave your husband.
No, he made the decision to leave.
You must be missing your husband some times?
Never.
To bring up two children on my own is very difficult.
And the shop isn't doing very well either.
I had to sell my old house for the money and move here.
But I still don't miss him at all.
Sanjana-ji, you are a woman of strong determination.
And yet, I need your help. - Absolutely.
I'll do what I can.
I must leave now. - Very well.
How much time will it take? - Two minutes.
It'll start up soon. - Hurry up.
One minute.
Didi!
So how are you, Vicky? - I'm in a lot of pain, doctor.
I'll ask Dr Varma to give you a pain killer.
Come on out...
Who the hell are you?
Who are you...? Come on out!
Why did you have the break the glass panes in the house?
He tried to trap me.
I was asleep, I didn't realise it.
The way he started feeling me...
I had begun to like it.
But, when I opened my eyes...
I despised myself.
And I broke all the glass panes in my house, doctor.
Sanjana, you must be hospitalized immediately.
Why must I be hospitalized? I'm not sick, doctor.
I'm not saying you're sick. I only want you to be hospitalized for a week...
so we can conduct our investigation. - When I'm not sick...
why are you bend on making a patient out of me, doctor?
Sanjana, at least think about your daughters!
Nothing's happening to my daughters. Don't worry.
How can you say nothing's happening to them?
Because you folks have been able to do nothing for me.
Whatever needs to be done now, I'll do it.
I'm terribly upset, Pooja. My life is a living hell.
I some times feel like committing suicide.
Is there no one in this big world who can help me?
Don't say such things, Sanjana. - Who can I go to, Pooja? Who?
Whom will I tell what I'm being subjected to?
I thought you were my friend. But you don't believe me either.
If you don't believe me... - Don't say such things.
I do trust you. I believe everything you say. It's just that...
Can we leave now, or is your discussion still not over?
Come, we've got to put the stuff in the car.
Yes, I'm coming.
You come inside with me.
Don't go away. I'll put the stuff in the car and return in five minutes.
I've got to talk to you. Don't go away.
Go and see what she's up to!
Get up!
How's all this happening? - You see it, don't you?
You see it...? I haven't done anything.
Do you now believe that I'm not mad?
I'm not imagining all this!
I'm sorry, Sanjana. I couldn't understand you.
Break it up! Step back...! Leave her alone!
She's possessed! Step back!
Witch! She's a witch! Get the hell out of here!
She's showing us her black magic! Witch! You're a witch!
If you try to harm us, I'll kill you!
Get going! Go away!
Ever since we bought this from you...
a Tibetan lady appears in my wife's dreams...
she asks her to return it to the one we bought it from.
This morning, we saw her reflection in the mirror.
She said, You haven't yet returned the locket to her?
This locket isn't meant for you.
Why haven't you returned it to the one you took it from?
Return it! lmmediately! Go on!
If you meet her, tell her that we've returned the locket to you.
We don't even want the money. That's it.
Govind, shut the shop.
Give me your hand!
Your hand... give it to me!
C'mon, my child!
Come to me, my child.
Come.
C'mon!
What happened?
Help me, doctor. - But what's happened?
Not to me, doctor...
he has taken my younger daughter away.
Who? - He has taken her away!
Save her, please. - I'm trying to do something.
Listen to me. I've brought someone who can understand your problem.
He's a para-psychologist.
What are you doing?
I'm here now. Let's see what's in your house.
Come in, doctor.
What do you think, doctor?
I feel its presence here.
Its terribly angry.
Baying for revenge, there's a spirit here...
restless and violent.
Hatred keeps it going.
It wants to hurt.
Don't be afraid.
It'll try to scare us in every manner possible.
I want to see the place where you last saw your daughter.
The children's bedroom.
Over there...
Your daughter is alive, Sanjana.
You have faith in me? - Yes.
You will have to have all the faith in yourself.
To bring your daughter back, you'll have to fight it.
I'm sure you can do it.
I'll fight it to my last breath, doctor.
To fight the enemy, you need to understand him first.
I believe that those who die in peace...
are lost in a light of joy and calm.
But those that die suddenly or in accidents...
have their souls wandering.
Eventually, they too find the light of peace.
Wherever you go, the spirit will follow you.
Can you see it?
To feel the presence of something, why do we have to see it?
Air... can we see it?
But when the breeze blows, we get to know.
Anyway, the spirit will show itself to us.
In various forms. To mislead us, it will use deceit.
It will do its best to stop me. It knows that I'm here.
Just as I know that it's here.
But we're the ones who will win.
Because we're on the side of goodness. And it is on the side of evil.
Sanjana, let's go and bring your daughter back.
Doctor, get something to dig. Hurry up.
Don't be scared. Nothing will happen.
Don't be afraid. It can do us no harm.
Most of them have no identity of their own.
Tell me something.
Has there been an instance in the recent past...
which came as a shock to you? - Yes.
Lightning struck someplace over there.
The villagers consider it an ill-omen...
and they held a big ritual. - Can you show me where that is?
It's over there. Come on.
This is the place.
Please start digging here.
This is the only way we can take to save your daughter.
What's in there?
It's a well, hundreds of years old...
in which the tribals used to bury criminals alive.
God alone knows how many evil spirits lie buried in this.
One of them came out when lightning struck that night.
In you, he found an easy prey.
I know, your daughter is in there.
And I will bring her out.
O wicked spirit! Water, earth, skies, fire and the air...
nothing is with you now! Return the child to us.
You will have to return the child.
Because God, not Satan, is all powerful.
Light, not darkness, is all powerful.
Come on out! I am here to challenge you.
No, Sanjana! Nothing will happen! Do not be afraid!
You can do me no wrong!
The earth belongs to us human beings! Not to devils like you!
I will finish you today! I will finish you!
I will blow you asunder!
Your daughter's in the well!
Only you can save your child!
Do not be afraid! Jump into it!
Jump, I say!
Please come to me!
Return my daughter to me.
Mama, come to me.
Sanjana.
Careful.
Hurry madam. We've got to collect the key to the new bungalow.
All right, let's go.
Mama, my doll get left inside.
Misha, don't go in there.