Maa

Maa

The film starts with Kali Puja in an ancestral mansion in fictional village of Chandrapur in West Bengal. A woman gives birth to a boy during the puja, before the midwife reveals that she is having twins. The Kali Puja is being led by a woman. As Joydev and his friends watch the proceedings, his friends say he should have been leading the puja because he is the son of the sarpanch. Joydev explains the priestess was chosen because the Goddess Kali came to her in a dream. It is announced that the woman's second child is a girl. The father, the scion of a zamindar family, takes his newborn daughter despite his wife's protests to the priestess leading the puja for a ritualistic sacrifice. The priestess takes the girl to an altar on a rock in front of a huge haunted tree behind the house. She prepares for the sacrifice with a huge sword, but suddenly stops and says the Goddess Kali cannot ask for a baby girl's sacrifice. Then Joydev sensing an opportunity, snatches the sword from the priestess and, declaring it as his right, sacrifices the girl. 40 years later, Ambika, her husband Shubankar, and their 12-year-old daughter Shweta live a content life in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It is revealed that Shubankar is the son born 40 years ago, and he is contemplating when to reveal the truth of his family to his daughter. One day, Joydev (now an old man and also the village sarpanch) informs Shubankar that his father has died.

Director

Vishal Furia

Release

27 Jun 2025

Run time

133 min

Language

Hindi