Diés Iraé (2025)

Rohan, an Indo-American architect and the son of Shankar, owner of the prominent firm Shankar Associates, leads a comfortable life in Kerala. One day, he learns of the suicide of Kani, a Bharatanatyam dancer and former classmate with whom he had a brief relationship after reconnecting at an alumni event. Moved by her death, Rohan visits her grieving family, where he meets their neighbour Madhusudanan “Madhu” Potti, a descendant of the Potti lineage of traditional exorcists. While in Kani's room, Rohan takes a red hair clip as a keepsake.

After returning home, Rohan begins experiencing disturbing supernatural events. He hears the jingling of chilanka, feels unseen hands ruffle his hair, and is violently attacked by an invisible presence that chokes him. Frightened, he confides in Madhu, who advises him to wait until Kani's pathinaru, believing her soul will then find peace.

However, the hauntings intensify. Hoping to distract himself, Rohan invites Kani's brother Kiran to stay with him. During the visit, the spirit violently throws Kiran off a balcony, leaving him severely injured and disfigured. Soon after, Rohan witnesses the ghostly figure — a tall, thin, headless man — confirming that the haunting spirit is not Kani. Madhu concludes that it may be the restless soul of someone connected to Kani's past who bore a grudge against her.

Their investigation leads them to Kani's former dance school, where they learn of a local copy-shop worker named Philip who had obsessively stalked her. Madhu discovers that “Philip” is actually Manu Philip Sebastian, the son of Kani's neighbour and housemaid, Elsamma.

Rohan visits Elsamma's house, initially to obtain contact details of an agent who helped Manu go abroad, unaware that Philip and Manu are the same person. There, he discovers Manu's decaying corpse lying on his bed, wearing Kani's chilanka on his feet. Elsamma knocks him unconscious, revealing that she had stolen Kani's anklets to comfort her cancer-inflicted son in his final days. Because Manu's body was never properly laid to rest and his mother's fervent prayers anchored his soul to the mortal world, his spirit remained trapped — vengeful and confused — attacking Rohan for taking Kani's hair clip.

Madhu finds Rohan unconscious and they both struggle with Elsamma. Rohan grabs a knife, cuts off Manu's rotting legs bearing the chilanka, and sets them ablaze as that was what bound his spirit. The ritual fire spreads, consuming the house and finally releasing Manu's tormented spirit.

In the aftermath, Madhu is approached by George, who requests his help to investigate strange occurrences in a house once occupied by a woman and her son, hinting to the incidences that occur in Bhoothakaalam. Meanwhile, as Rohan prepares to return to the United States, he is confronted once again—this time by the ghost of Kani—suggesting that his ordeal may not yet be over.