Kaali Khuhi (2020) - full transcript

Shivangi, a 10 year old girl, is put to the ultimate test to save her family's village from the restless ghosts of its horrific past.

A NETFLIX ORIGINAL

I hear you! Stop! Stop!

I can’t take your screams anymore!

Hey, little girl!

What are you doing here so late?

Aren't you Sanjay’s daughter?

Come, sit!

Sit, child.

Your father must be worried.

What are you doing here
so late at night?

Where is your house?



Who are you?

Why are you alone?

You’re drenched.

Come on. Come inside.

Your parents must be worried about you.

Tell me…

who is your father?

Let's get you home.

Tadaagi!

My tadaagi!

THE BLACK WELL

Shivangi!

What are you doing?

The last thing we need
is you falling down a well. What?



And look at yourself, so messy.

Let's go!

Who eats like this?

Rickshaw!

Rickshaw!

We won't get a rickshaw easily today.

-Mama.
-Just a minute, Shivangi.

Rickshaw!

Mama!

What is it?

I saw someone in that well.

Rickshaw!

Come.

You and your imagination...
One day it'll get us into trouble.

Let's go.

How was your math test?

Terrible.
Please don't tell Papa.

Don't worry. I won't say anything.

Concentrate on your studies next time.

Stop here.

Let's go, Shivangi

Here, take this.

Here!

Where were you, Darshan?

We waited forever in this heat.

You should have told me you weren't coming.
We were waiting for so long.

Shivangi, why are you making a mess?

Listen.

I haven’t told her anything yet.

I thought it would be best if you did,

Don't get into the details. She's a kid.

Fine, go pack.
Let's leave.

Pack?
What do you mean?

You're supposed to go alone.
Why are you involving me?

That's my mother.

Exactly… yours.

-Come Shivangi.
-Wait. Come here, child.

Where are we going, papa?

Child.

Your grandma…

-Died?
-Don't say such things.

She's sick.

Why haven't you packed yet?

There he goes again.

-Hurry, okay?
-Fine. I'll come.

But I won't listen to any of her nonsense.

My mother's sick Priya!

Mama.

Mama!

I need to pee.

Darshan, pull over.

Darshan, pull over on the side here.

Shivangi!

Let's go!

It's been so long since the three of us
have traveled together.

Idiot!

-Darshan, you've come.
-Auntie!

Is that Shivangi?

She has grown up.

It's been so long.

It was pouring.

It was late and thundering.

I don't know why…
I felt the need to come and check.

Shivangi, change into your pajamas.

No, let her stay!

Can you go and check if Twinkle is asleep?

Our buffalo.

She had such long hair,
you cut it so short.

But I guess she's a city girl.

She was lying on the floor when I came.

Thank God, she was breathing.

I picked her up.

The doctor said
to take her to the hospital.

-But you know how she is.
-Yes, we all know how she is.

But you should've
taken her to the hospital.

You could have... if you'd been here.

She doesn't listen to me.

Auntie!

Auntie!

Auntie!

Auntie!

-Oh!
-Auntie!

Chandni, quiet!
They arrived very late last night.

Is Shivangi here?

Yes, but you're going to wake her up
with your yelling.

Go!

I’m awake.

Shivangi, this is Chandni.

You two used to play together.
Remember?

Go play.

Do you remember me?

Kind of..

Not much, but I've seen your photos.

Come in, I need to change first.

Come on, no one cares.

You know, only Auntie calls me Chandni.

Everyone else calls me Baby.

I'll show you around the village.

This is one of my favorite places.

Come, let's go up.

Can you open it?

Why don't you stay at Auntie's place?

But you can come to my
grandma's house too.

So are you gonna stay at that house?

Yes.

Why?

It's a strange house.

Strange?

Why?
That's my grandma's house.

Yes.

Looks like it's going to rain.
We should leave.

Come let's go to Grandma's house.

No, you come to my house.
Come!

Do you like ghost stories?

Come, I'll tell you one.

-Where is everyone?
-What do you mean?

I mean your mom and dad?

It's only me and Auntie here.

Liar. You really don't remember anything,
do you?

Don't tell Auntie, okay?

What are these?

These are just names.

Here's the story.

Today, another girl in the village
saw a spirit.

A wandering spirit.

Spirit?

Don't interrupt!
The whole village was cursed.

Everyday there was a death.

Some had died.

And some were waiting to die.

Come let's play.

Why is your face covered?

The whole village is getting sick.

Don't be afraid.

Come.

You should leave now.

Why?

Who's that?

Why are you running?

There was only one place
where she could go.

A place with no life.

Why are you still here?
Go! Leave!

Save yourself

What are you doing here?

Leave.

And don't you dare come back.

I have looked into those same eyes.

You never listen to me, do you?

How many times have I told you
not to do that?

Out. Get out!
Go to the kitchen!

Shivangi, go home!
Your parents must be waiting for you.

Go!

Everything will be fine.

Don't cry!

No… nothing will be fine.

You… know nothing.

Leave!

Go!

Papa.

She's sleeping.

She'll be fine.

Eat something.

-Darshan.
-I'm not hungry.

You haven't eaten since yesterday.

I won't leave my mother alone.

Come, eat.

I won't let Shivangi go either.

Shivangi!

That's mine…

Give it to me!

Okay that's enough.

Everything seems fine.

I'll leave now.

I'll show him out.
Let's go, doctor

There's a lot of patients
in the village today.

Shivangi.

Shivangi!

What's happened?

Do you need something?

-Everything okay?
-Looks like it.

She needs something,
why aren't you helping her?

Why don't you ask her yourself?

It's nothing.

Tea?

There you are.

Go. Get me some water.

Go.

Go, sit.

What a hypocrite.

I'm sick because of you.

Because you failed
to give me a grandson.

If only you had taken
that medicine I gave you.

Instead, you burdened my son
by giving him a daughter.

If not my son,
you can at least think of your daughter

Every girl needs a brother.

You want everything your way.

Your job, your house.

For generations, we've given this medicine
to give birth to boys.

But you want to do things your way.

Mama!

Darshan!

Darshan!

Darshan!

Darshan!

Hurry!

Someone help!

Auntie!

Sit down!

No one's going anywhere.

Have you thought about Shivangi?

Or me?

Should I even be here in my condition?

No one's leaving.

What exactly happened, huh?
You were the only one here.

Yes...

I was the only one here.

So?

Today, everyone was there!
The whole village!

What are you trying to say?

We need to go home.

There's something very wrong here.

But you should be happy.
You got what you wanted

Both of you, listen carefully.

This is our house.

And we're staying here.

Is that clear?

Shivangi, you should sleep now.
It's late.

Come now, sleep.

Not sleepy?

Come on now, lay down.

Is it true that you all didn't want me?

Why?

Who told you that?

Grandma.

What grandma was saying the other day.

Oh, no.

She didn't mean that.

Look at me. Look there.

Who does mama love the most?

-Me.
-Then?

I love you the most.

Promise?

Double promise.

Come sleep.
Come.

Shivangi.

Shivangi, what are you doing here?

Papa!

Papa!

Papa!

Papa!

Are you trying to kill me?

Papa…
Papa, please let me go…

You want to kill me?

Papa it's me, Shivangi!

Papa!

Darshan?

What happened?

Darshan!

The curse is back.

What happened?

Tell me…

I saw a girl…

And last night, papa…

Shivangi!

Shivangi!

Auntie, is Shivangi there?

Shivangi!

Shivangi!

-What happened to you?
-Come, child!

Come on!

Come, Shivangi, it's your father!

Wait just a minute.

Shivangi!

Shivangi!

We were worried about you.

Your mother's very sick.

She can't walk.

She's been vomiting since she woke up.
Maybe it's the weather

Come, let's go.

She's burning up.

Priya?

Priya?

Don't come near.
You'll also get sick. Go!

Tara… Pooja… Pallavi.

What are you doing here?

Nothing.

Just reading a book Baby lent me.

My child.

I'm going to the pharmacy.

Wait, Papa…

-I can go.
-No, you stay with mother.

No, Papa, please let me go.

I'll come back soon. Please.

Okay.

PHARMACY

When will we get our medicine?
After we die?

Did you hear?

They found Chinnu's nephew's body
in the fields.

He had gone to the well
four or five days ago.

Eleven people have died already.

There's an epidemic in our village.

No.
The village has been cursed by spirits.

What is it?

Tell me.

First, you tell me.

Whose names are these?

Don't just stand there.

At least you can come and sit beside her.

Come.

SAKSHI

Sakshi?

Hurry up! People are waiting.

Give her to me.

This is your duty, Satya!

One should not get attached to sparrows.

Come on! Hurry up!

Quick!

I'm not going in there.

Why?
Come on!

No wonder everyone calls you Baby!

Shivangi!

Shivangi!

Shivangi!

-Mama!
-Shivangi!

Go upstairs. Hurry.

- Mama, the medicine…
- No,

Don't come near me.

Auntie?
Auntie, what happened?

Are you okay?

Auntie.

Auntie.

Where's the baby?

She was right here in my arms..

She was right here!

Sakshi! Our Sakshi!

Where is she? Please find her!

Auntie, is this her?

Yes. Your grandma was pregnant with her.

When she was just about to be born

Give it to me!

No! Don't!

Leave it!

-Papa, stop!
-No! Don't!

Don't tear it!

Leave it!

Let her go, Auntie!

Papa, stop!

Please stop!

Auntie!

Open the door, Auntie!

Open the door, Auntie!

I want that photo, Auntie!
Open the door, Auntie!

Open the door!

Shivangi!

Satya Auntie.

Auntie!

Auntie! Your book!

Auntie!

Auntie! Your book!

Auntie!

Give it!

What's going on, Auntie?

What is this?

My stories…

Yours?

Real stories?

Yes…

Have you seen that girl?

She’s a spirit…

from the black well,

Like…

all of these girls.

You're just a child...
How will you understand?

Many years ago…

your grandmother was young then.

Very happy,
because of your father's birth.

When Darshan turned five,

your grandmother gave birth to a girl.

A sweet little sparrow.

Sakshi.

But she never got to fly free.

A tradition was cruelly carried on,

by the elders of the village.

She was swallowed by the well,

like the other girls.

When the elders died,

I hid all their sins.

I buried all the unfortunate souls, but…

I don't know…

now it's been opened.

Where is the well?

In our fields…

Brother?

I am Sakshi.

What do you want?

I made this for my little brother.

Brothers don’t make tadaagis.

But I've already made it. 

That way we can hear him,
so he can always be protected.

How are you so sure
you're going to have a brother?

But I turned out to be a sparrow (girl).

I was just a little boy then.

You forgot about me…

and became one of them.

No, I never forgot…

I didn't have a choice.

Now you do.

Come with me.

Papa!

Papa!

Papa!

Can't you see the village is cursed?

We're all going to die!

This house is cursed.

It's cursed.

Mama!

What is it?

That girl…

Papa…

near the well…

Papa is... gone.

We need to leave right away.

Auntie…

please don't let anything happen
to Shivangi.

Chandni!

What happened to you, child?

Get out of the child!
Take me!

I will take you all!

We're all going to die.

We're all going to die…

We have to go right away.

My house… hurry!

Hurry!

Come on. Be brave.

Be brave!

Let go!

Let go of me!

Stop!

Leave her!

Let go!

Put her in the closet!

Open it!

Shivangi, please save me!

Shivangi.

She's calling out to you.

Do you hear her?

Mama?

She's coming for all of us.

And she…

wants my baby.

You’re going to be a big sister.

That's the reason she's calling for you.

But…

but why me?

This tradition has been going on for ages.

But it's evil.

And must be stopped…

You are the new generation.

New thinking.

She needs you, Shivangi.

Shivangi!

Shivangi, save me!

Baby?

No!

I won't let you take her!

I will save you!

I will save you.

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