Gang of Ghosts

A struggling filmmaker sneaks into the Royal Mansion to shoot a project called Hot Haryanvi. He is unsettled about how to end the film, wrestling with the final shot as the house seems to listen. The frame and atmosphere have a quiet, fable-like rhythm that foreshadows the supernatural tale to come.

A persistent writer named Raju Writer appears before the guard and the director, claiming he has a remarkable story worth turning into a movie. The officials are wary at first, but the writer presses on, insisting his tale deserves a listening ear. This encounter marks the shift from a simple shoot to a layered, memory-soaked narrative.

Raju offers to tell his story if the director agrees to hear it first. The bargain promises that the past will intrude into the present shoot, changing how the crew approaches the project. The moment signals the beginning of a collaboration between living filmmakers and the mansion's ghosts.

The tale introduces Raibahadur Seth Gendamal Hemraj, a mill owner who presided over the Royal Mansion. In life, workers burned his mill, driving him to haunting abandonment. His memory becomes the first thread that anchors the mansion’s spectral community.

Mr. Ramsey, a bookish man who loved reading, lives in a time when Indians fought for independence. A violent bomb ends his life, sealing his era in memory. He becomes one of the resident ghosts tethered to the mansion’s chronicles.

Bhoothnath Bhaduri brokers a quiet arrangement that allows Ramsey to remain in the mansion. This pact links their fates and deepens the network of resident spirits. The agreement demonstrates how the mansion preserves histories through consent and coexistence.

Gulab Chand, the younger brother of Gendamal, courted Manoranjana Kumari, who longs for marriage. Manoranjana descends into despair and dies, while Gulab meets a grim end at the hands of gangsters. Gendamal grants both Manoranjana and Gulab a place within the mansion, strengthening the ghostly community.

The Royal Mansion becomes a sanctuary for its resident spirits, forming a small, sometimes flirtatious enclave that quietly shapes life inside. Their presence becomes a stabilizing rhythm in the mansion, not merely haunting but inhabiting and guiding.

A businessman named Bhuteria announces plans to demolish the mansion to build a grand mall. The threat mobilizes the ghosts to defend their rooms and memories, realizing their eviction would erase a long history. The conflict shifts the story from memories to a fight for space and identity.

Manoranjana ventures into Bhuteria’s world in disguise to uncover a past secret: the fate of Bhuteria’s late wife Lakshmi haunts him in dreams. The truth ties personal guilt to the future of the mansion, weaving the ghosts’ cause with Bhuteria’s conscience.

Bhuteria admits Lakshmi's death and the ghosts gather in a symbolic council led by Babu Hatkata. They reveal their unity and warn that moving the mall would erase the mansion’s history. The confrontation reinforces memory as a form of power worth defending.

Bhuteria returns the mansion’s original documents and retreats, leaving the building's future in limbo. The act signals that memory and history can bend, but some guardians still stand firm. The mansion remains a battleground where memory resists progress.

The director confronts the reality that he may lack funds to realize a weighty film. Raju arrives with a pouch of gold coins dating to the East India Company era, hinting at a destiny connected to the project. The discovery offers a possible path to financing and a chance to honor the ghosts’ stories.

Raju shares how he saved a girl from attempted rape and was stabbed to death, explaining that his posthumous recognition comes through the script he offers. The tale deepens the bond between creator, storyteller, and the spectral audience. It frames the film as a pact between the living and the dead.

The director decides to anchor the project in Raju’s tale, inviting the ghosts to witness as cameras roll. A chorus of unseen eyes gathers, turning the storeroom into a liminal space where life and afterlife converge. The Royal Mansion finds a fragile, enduring sanctuary through cinema.