Pizza II: Villa (2013)

Jebin M. Jose, a debut English crime novelist, learns that his late father went bankrupt while owning an unlisted villa in Pondicherry. Hoping to settle the debts, he visits the property for valuation and invites his girlfriend Aarthi, an art student, after noticing his father’s paintings. Aarthi becomes fascinated by both the villa and a mysterious dual-faced painting.

Encouraged by Aarthi, Jebin decides not to sell the villa. Soon afterwards, his career improves when a publisher buys the rights to his novel Maybe, Maybe Not! and offers him a ₹500,000 (US$5,200) advance in a two-book deal. Believing the villa has brought him luck, Jebin stays there to write his second novel, The Director, while Aarthi returns to Chennai to seek her father’s approval for their marriage.

One night, Jebin discovers a hidden key inside a Victorian piano. He realises that one of the paintings resembles the villa’s floor plan, leading him to a secret room concealed behind a wardrobe. Inside, he finds paintings depicting events from his own life, including his mother’s fatal car accident. He concludes that his father possessed precognition abilities and that the paintings predict future events.

After Jebin wins a prestigious literary award, as shown in one of the paintings, he becomes disturbed by the discoveries and attempts to sell the villa. However, a freak accident involving the estate agent convinces potential buyers that the property is cursed. When Aarthi returns, the couple try to burn the paintings, but supernatural disturbances prevent them from entering the secret room.

At his friend’s suggestion, Jebin consults renowned parapsychologist Devanesan, who believes the villa contains lingering negative energy connected to its previous owners. Jebin learns that former residents suffered tragedies including infanticide, lunacy, fratricide, disease, insolvency, and death. Devanesan theorises that Jebin’s father survived by channelling the energy into his paintings. During an experiment using a tuning fork, violent apparitions appear, and Jebin’s friend loses his legs in the chaos.

Jebin later discovers paintings of a man marrying and eventually killing a woman. Believing he is destined to murder Aarthi, he sets fire to both himself and the villa to save her.

After Jebin’s death, Aarthi realises she has no legal claim to his estate. It is then revealed that her interest in Jebin was motivated by the wealth he would gain from his books and the villa. She soon seduces and marries an aspiring film director.

In the final revelation, the paintings show that Aarthi’s killer was never Jebin, but her new husband. It also becomes clear that Jebin inherited his father’s gift, as his novel The Director had unknowingly foretold the arrival of the man who would complete the prophecy.