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A government agent painting identification numbers on electric poles for a census survey approaches an isolated house on the village outskirts, hears the sounds of a woman and a small child crying from inside and is confronted by an old woman. Anuja, a high school teacher yearning for a better life and independence, is pressured by her father into an arranged marriage. Tasked with collecting census data for her village, she is initially paired with a man she had previously rejected. Her friend and fellow teacher Neha volunteers to accompany her instead. While conducting the survey, they reach a remote house where a young, pregnant woman named Prerna silently tries to turn them away. When it starts raining heavily, Neha insists on entering, forcing Prerna to let them inside. Inside, Prerna reveals she lives with an old woman named Leela (her grandmother) and the family servant Bhola. When Anuja asks about her pregnancy, Prerna eerily replies that this is not her first child—all her newborns cry briefly before dying. Anuja notices bruises on Prerna's body. Leela soon appears and angrily drives them out. Before leaving, they briefly encounter Bhola, and Anuja secretly photographs the house. Back at school, Neha's controlling brother Naru confronts her. Concerned for Prerna, Anuja convinces Neha to return to the house the next day.

Director

Pushkar Mahabal

Release

6 Nov 2020

Run time

125 min

Language

Hindi