(eerie music)
(thunder strikes)
(loud gasp)
-(child screams) -(Amrutha startles)
(distant clattering)
(meows)
Shoo!
(meows loudly)
(heart monitor beeping)
(melancholic music)
You'd always talk to me and comfort me.
But now it devastates me to see you in this condition.
You're harming your health by worrying so much about Father.
I wish I could bring him to you
and see the joy in your eyes.
But there's only one fear that's stopping me.
What if something happens to me?
Who will look after you?
Good morning, madam. I'm here.
Look, Bujjamma is here to take care of you.
She'll be with you to save you from boredom when I'm not around.
Am I right, Bujjamma?
Yes, you're correct. I'll take care of her, madam.
You don't have to pay attention to her.
"Attention"?
I mean don't take so much tension. Sorry, it was a slip of the tongue.
(tense laugh)
Okay.
Take care of my mother.
Okay, madam. I'll take care of her.
-(clinking) -(caws)
(Watchman) Have you read the stories of Vikram and Betaal?
Yes.
Have you ever wondered why it is that,
even after knowing Vikram has an answer for everything,
Betaal still keeps questioning him?
Maybe he hoped that Vikram would someday give a wrong answer and lose.
No, dear.
Vikram is not the only one who searches for the answer.
Betaal does too.
Every person we meet in our life is first introduced with a question.
Some of them will remain questions till the end
or leave us to ourselves as unanswered questions.
Similarly, there's a story which was left as a question.
The story of a girl who lived in room number 203.
(lilting music)
(doorknob clicks)
(radio announcer) A crime took place in the city this morning.
A man who killed his wife and their seven-year-old son
escaped from the crime scene.
The police have begun their search for the culprit.
-But due to a delay in catching... -(phone ringing)
...the citizens are left scared.
The state police administration has set up a special team for this...
(woman) So, you're finally free
to answer my calls?
It's nothing like that, Amma. I was a bit busy.
Are you really busy or spending time with your boyfriend?
Amma! There's nothing like that.
Don't tell me your cock and bull stories.
You never answer my calls after 8 p.m.
Moreover, you say that you're busy on Sundays.
If you're avoiding your mother at this age,
then it makes sense that you have someone else with you.
Do you think that I don't know anything about it?
-Tell me. -Don't overthink everything!
You and your bullshit doubts.
I'm not a fool to have just doubts. I am sure it is the truth.
You won't realise it now.
Things will worsen and get out of hand till you finally realise it.
It is because of your nagging I always avoid your calls.
Not just as a mother, but I'm also telling you this as a woman.
When I was young, I too thought the way you do.
In the middle of my troubles, I found out I was expecting you.
The one responsible for my pregnancy disappeared.
Amma, I'm not like you. I won't live my entire life drowning in tears.
I can accomplish whatever I set my mind too.
I can go to any extent to get it.
And that's what worries me.
I'm clueless about the outcome of this mindset of yours.
-Okay, now stop your boring lectures. -Listen to me.
-Hello, Swapna. Listen to me-- -I'm getting late. Bye.
(on radio) Due to deteriorating human relationships,
society is riddled with anxiety, which only increases every day.
The youth forget ethical relationships, straying far from their principles.
Society must take responsibility to bring them onto the right path...
(high-pitched shrill)
(door opens)
What do you want?
-(Chaturvedi) Headache. -Is it hurting in just one section?
Please give me some medicine.
-This headache is killing me. -Excuse me.
Hello! (mumbles in anger)
Will you please quickly provide the items which are in this list?
Quickly, you say?
We don't have these. Please go to the nearby surgical shop.
Thank you.
-How much, dear? -(Swapna) Eighty-six.
(Chaturvedi) Eighty-six. Eighty-six.
Eighty-six!
Change!
(door opens)
Swapna!
You?
I got scared for a second.
Did you expect your boyfriend here?
That won't happen.
It's been two days since I have met him.
You said that you'll be taking a leave today, right?
My husband and father-in-law will drive me crazy with their antics.
That's why I came here.
Hey, are you using these tablets? Tell me the truth.
Are you mad, Swapna?
How many times did I warn you? You're addicted to these pills.
What happened to you?
I'm fed up with my mother's nagging.
She's asking me to get married soon.
Swapna, listen to your mother.
You're not doing the right thing.
-Why are you with a married guy? -(phone rings)
Give me a minute.
Baby, where have you been since yesterday?
You didn't answer my call. Are you okay?
(boyfriend) Baby, I'm coming to your place tonight. We need to talk.
-Baby, listen to me... Hello! -Hello, sir.
-I just entered the shop. -Hello!
I'll call you back in a while.
-Did you just come in? -I'll repay you in two months.
-Who was talking to me till now? -Just give me two months, sir.
Please, sir. Thank you.
(foreboding music)
(doorbell rings)
(thunderclap)
(thunder strikes)
Why did you come here in this rain?
Where have you been?
Why didn't you answer my calls?
Do you know how worried I've been about you?
What happened?
How many times did I tell you not to call if I don't answer the first time?
What happened?
My wife got to know about us.
Let her know. If not now, she would have known someday, right?
You don't understand my problem.
Are you trying to understand me?
Do you know how hard it is to be in a relationship with a married guy?
You promised to divorce her in the beginning of our relationship.
It's been seven years since you promised.
It's not so easy, Swapna.
Then there's only one way.
I told you before, didn't I?
Why are you silent?
You're not right, Swapna.
I don't want to go home anymore.
Will you let me stay here for a few days?
But don't tell anyone that I'm here.
Not just a few days,
you can stay with me forever.
(ominous music)
(sparking)
-(eerie music) -(radio static)
-(music intensifies) -(thunder strikes)
(loud creaking)
(thunderclap)
Baby.
(radio static increases)
(gasps)
Baby, baby!
-(man screams menacingly) -Bab...
(haunting music)
Baby!
(thunder strikes)
(thunder rumbles)
(gasps)
(intimidating music)
(thunderclap)
(music reaches crescendo)
(radio static hisses)
(music turns eerie)
-(static continues) -(thunder crackles)
(static and music fade out)
(eerie silence)
(thunderclap)
(music intensifies)
(startles, gasps)
-(bag zips shut) -Baby, I'm leaving.
(creepy music)
(door opens)
-(Swapna) Good morning!
(man) Excuse me.
Are you Swapna?
Yes.
Do you know him?
What happened?
Answering a question with a question is not a valid response.
Do you know him or not?
He escaped after killing his wife and seven-year-old son.
Let us know once he contacts you.
-Okay? -Hmm.
(on radio) A crime took place in the city this morning.
A man who killed his wife and seven-year-old son
escaped from the crime scene.
The police have begun searching for the culprit.
Baby?
Baby!
Baby?
Baby, don't tell anyone that I'm here.
(creaks)
Baby, don't tell anyone that I'm here.
(foreboding music)
Baby, don't tell anyone that I'm here.
You could have told me yesterday.
Why did I give you those sleeping pills?
This murder will cause trouble for us.
Baby, don't tell anyone that I'm here.
(Swapna) Don't worry. I'll take care of everything.
The police already visited the pharmacy.
We should escape before they arrive here.
Are you listening to me?
Baby,
-don't tell anyone that I'm here. -(Swapna) Okay.
First, come out. We have to go right away!
Baby, don't tell anyone that I'm here.
(sirens wailing)
(tense music)
-Don't get tense. -(pills clattering)
Everything will be normal.
Baby, don't tell anyone that I'm here.
Stop showering and get out quickly.
Baby, don't tell anyone that I'm here.
(phone rings)
-Amma, I don't have time to talk. -Swapna?
-What happened, dear? -Baby,
-don't tell anyone that I'm here. -You sound worried.
-Swapna? -Baby,
don't tell anyone that I'm here.
Have you gone mad?
How many times will you repeat it?
Come out quickly!
Swapna, who is that?
-Your boyfriend? -Yes!
Amma, I'll talk to you later.
-Please cut the call. -Listen to me, Swa--
(radio static screeches)
(music box plays eerily)
(doorbell rings)
(ringing persists)
(gasps)
Baby, don't tell anyone that I'm here.
(phone rings)
(boyfriend) Are you inside?
Baby, don't tell anyone that I'm here.
Whose voice is that?
Hello?
Baby, don't tell anyone that I'm here.
Baby, where are you?
Hello! Hello!
What happened, baby?
-Open the door. -Shh!
(haunting music)
Someone in that bathroom keeps saying, "Baby, don't tell anyone
"that I'm here," repeatedly in your voice.
Baby, don't tell anyone that I'm here.
Don't move.
Baby.
(menacing music)
(shadowy man) By the way, mister,
don't tell anyone that I'm here.
(gasps)
Why did you tell?
(chilling operatic music)
(wheezes in shock)
(thunder rumbles)
(operatic music intensifies)
(music reaches crescendo)
(screams in terror)
(thunder strikes)
The next day, police arrived at the crime scene and saw
Swapna's corpse near the bathtub.
(camera shutter clicks)
According to Swapna's conversation with her mother,
her boyfriend was with her at the time of her death.
(inaudible dialogue)
The strangest thing in all this
is that the day Swapna's boyfriend killed his wife and son
was the same day he committed suicide and died.
(camera shutter clicking)
(flies buzzing)
That dead boyfriend transformed into a ghost and killed her.
The story ended with this single answer.
Rumours start when half-known information is repeated.
The reason behind Swapna's death is the pills that she took.
(eerie music)
Swapna was not like her mother.
To fulfil her desires,
she could go to any extent.
To keep her boyfriend all to herself,
she advised him to kill his own family.
The courage before committing a crime
will transform into fear once the deed is done.
The fear that she had when the police arrived at her place
and the guilt for being the reason behind a family's murder
made her take more pills to reduce stress but gave her hallucinations.
(haunting music)
Swapna's own actions led to her demise.
Even if she had known about her boyfriend's death sooner,
Swapna would have done the same thing
because there's no better court then a person's mind
and no better judge than their own conscience.
(ominous music)
(caws)