Maa

In the climax Ambika confronts the ancient evil that has haunted Chandrapur for centuries. After learning that the demon Amshaja has been reborn in the village chief’s son Joydeep, she taps into the power of the goddess Kali during a desperate ritual. The divine force razes the cursed forest and turns the demon into ash, ending Amshaja’s reign of terror. Yet Joydeep has already forced himself on Ambika’s young daughter Shweta, leaving her pregnant with the demon’s child.

With the demon vanquished, Ambika faces the same impossible choice that the original devotee of Kali once did: let the unborn child live and risk the world’s destruction, or end her daughter’s life to protect everyone. As she hesitates, the spirits of the countless infant sacrifices rise from the earth, converging with Kali’s presence above the village. The priestess, acting as the goddess’s mouthpiece, tells Ambika that the true teaching of Kali was never a command to kill one’s own child; the old patriarchs had twisted the doctrine to justify endless femicide. Recognizing this, the divine power grants Shweta a miraculous abortive release, sparing her life and erasing the demon’s seed.

The film closes with Ambika’s victory over the immediate threat, the villagers liberated from the demon’s grip, and a hint that the battle against darkness continues—an ancient ash of Amshaja is later found by an outside force, suggesting that while one evil has been crushed, the wider struggle remains. The ending thus reinterprets Kali’s myth, condemns the patriarchal misreadings that perpetuated cruelty, and affirms a woman’s right to choose her own fate.

Last Updated: August 19, 2025 at 19:40