Devmanus

Devmanus

Year: 2025

Runtime: More mins

Language: Marathi

Director: Tejas Vijay Deoskar

DramaCrime

A devout priest’s peaceful existence unravels after a moral transgression forces him to choose between confession and making amends.

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A tense, twist-filled story unfolds when a police inspector forces a criminal to confess his crimes, and then the narrative shifts into a long, tangled look at a village haunted by secrets and lies.

At the center is a young woman named Dimple, whose ambitions and charm draw the attention of many men in the village. A constable cautions someone about offering false hopes of a film career in Mumbai to Dimple, setting the tone for a world where appearances obscure danger. In the meantime, a physician notices a compounder stealing money from patients, scars him in a fit of anger, and the culprit escapes, letting a sense of unease simmer beneath the surface.

Dimple eventually returns to her village, where her mother, Mangal, confronts her harshly, beating her with a broom in a moment of fury and worry. Into this unsettled backdrop arrives Ajitkumar Dev, a compounder who has turned into a fake doctor. He settles into their Wada, and Mangal urges Babu (Dimple’s father) to keep him close for protection and guidance.

As events unfold, Ajitkumar becomes frightened when he encounters Rupali in the local clinic. Reshma, the wife of a local sarkar, confides in Ajitkumar about her heartache, while Rupali confronts him with bold demands. When he resists marriage, Rupali threatens him, and in a surge of aggression Ajitkumar kills Rupali and buries her beneath a concrete bench near his clinic. He then manipulates Reshma into eloping with him, siphoning money and jewelry from Vijay—Reshma’s husband. When Vijay tries to intervene, Reshma strikes him with a flowerpot, and Ajitkumar kills her as well, motivated by money and deceit rather than love.

Mangal arranges a marriage between Dimple and Mahesh, but Dimple resists, blackmailing Ajitkumar and insisting he break the alliance. In a secret, Dimple hides Rupali’s dead body in Ajitkumar’s room, prompting Ajitkumar to accelerate his plan to break the engagement. A fatal misunderstanding leads to a fight, and Dimple’s marriage collapses. Yet the truth about Rupali’s body remains hidden as Dimple speaks of her own goals and the role she has played in every crime Ajitkumar commits.

Ajitkumar’s greed drives further violence: he kills Aparna and Aparna’s mother for money, deepening the villagers’ fear and suspicion. The arrival of Manjula and her husband to the village creates a fragile new tension. Mangal introduces Manjula to Ajitkumar, who tries to get close, but Manjula answers with calm dignity and explains her reasons. She seeks medicine from Mumbai for Namya and candidly reveals the truth about her own husband to Aaji, triggering gossip among the villagers who urge Ajitkumar to steer Manjula toward a quieter life—or to remove her from the village if she won’t bend.

Manjula’s husband appears in a wheelchair, and the three of them—Manjula, Ajitkumar, and the others—move through the village with a sense of uneasy reconciliation. Yet the peace is short-lived: Ajitkumar plots to buy Manjula’s land and tries to win her affection, while she remains steadfast in her boundaries. The doctor’s thirst for control continues to surface as he moves closer to Manjula and then to Divya, the inspector who enters the village with her daughter Myra in tow to solve the growing mystery surrounding Manjula.

The doctor’s grip tightens when he discovers Divya’s presence and begins vying for her affection, pulling in Myra and attempting to use love as a weapon. He manipulates and disposes of rivals, and even as Divya remains drawn to him, the truth about his real identity—Devisingh, the doctor—begins to surface. The village’s sense of safety frays as more killings occur: Suresh is murdered while trying to stand in the doctor’s way, and Sanju is killed in a confrontation that leads to a buried secret behind the Wada.

A turning point comes when the police uncover the doctor’s past—with Dimple’s aid—as they piece together his true identity and the extent of his crimes. Divya, increasingly convinced of the doctor’s duplicity, pushes for justice, while the villagers rally around Ajitkumar and resist the upheaval. The court case becomes a battleground of evidence and motive, with Advocate Aarya Deshmukh presenting a case that tests the boundaries between truth and manipulation.

In a final twist, Ajitkumar reveals a shocking truth to Dimple: Dr. Ajitkumar Dev is his twin brother, Devisingh, and the darker figure behind the crimes has his own history of violence. With the lack of conclusive evidence, Ajitkumar is ultimately released, leaving the village to confront the tangled web of lies, loyalties, and long-buried secrets that continue to haunt them. The story closes on a somber note, where the lines between victim and perpetrator blur, and the pursuit of justice remains an ongoing struggle in a community marked by suspicion and quiet resilience.

Last Updated: October 01, 2025 at 12:51

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