Shaitaan (2024)

Kabir Rishi, a devoted family man and successful chartered accountant from Dehradun, is looking forward to a much-needed vacation with his wife, Jyoti, and their children, Janhvi and Dhruv. Seeking peace and bonding time, the Rishi family heads to their remote farmhouse nestled in the wilderness. The atmosphere is serene, and the family begins to settle into the calm surroundings.

Their tranquility is disrupted when they encounter Vanraj Kashyap, a charismatic yet enigmatic traveler who appears stranded nearby. Vanraj offers assistance and strikes up a conversation, quickly gaining the family's trust. Despite initial hesitation, Kabir allows Vanraj into their home, seeing no reason to suspect ill intent.

However, the family's sense of security unravels when Janhvi begins exhibiting disturbing behavior. She becomes distant, aggressive, and alarmingly violent, particularly towards her younger brother, Dhruv. Jyoti and Kabir are horrified, unable to understand the sudden transformation in their daughter. They soon discover the terrifying truth: Vanraj is not an ordinary man, but a practitioner of ancient black magic, capable of hypnotic manipulation.

Vanraj reveals his plan—to use Janhvi as a vessel to spread his twisted philosophy of stripping humanity of free will. As his control over Janhvi intensifies, he isolates the Rishi family by destroying their communication devices and turning their own daughter against them. A desperate attempt to call the police ends in failure, as Vanraj threatens Janhvi's life and uses her as a puppet to enforce his dominance.

Pushed to the brink, Kabir and Jyoti are forced to surrender Janhvi to Vanraj. But Kabir refuses to give up. Driven by a father's love and fierce determination, he embarks on a perilous journey to track Vanraj's whereabouts. He eventually discovers a hidden ritual chamber deep in the forest, where Vanraj is preparing dozens of hypnotized young girls, including Janhvi, for a horrific mass sacrificial ceremony which would grant Vanraj the power to hypnotise anyone without any external aid.

In a climactic confrontation, Kabir fights Vanraj in a brutal and emotionally charged showdown. Realizing that Vanraj's power lies in his voice and the incantations he chants, Kabir seizes the opportunity to silence him permanently. In a decisive act, Kabir cuts off Vanraj's tongue, severing his control over Janhvi and the other girls. The spell is broken by him playing a piece of doctored audio using Vanraj's statements recorded and mixed together earlier, and the children are freed.

A year later, the Rishi family appears to have resumed their normal life, though the scars of their trauma remain. In a chilling final scene, Kabir is seen visiting a heavily secured underground chamber where Vanraj, now mute, powerless and regularly tormented, is imprisoned. Kabir coldly reminds Vanraj that true strength lies not in the ability to control others, but in the power of love, sacrifice, and a parent's unbreakable will to protect. Rishi leaves as Vanraj screams in pain and anguish.