Maa

Maa

Year: 2025

Runtime: 133 mins

Language: Hindi

Director: Vishal Furia

Echo Score: 57
Horror

Hell is here, so is the goddess. A mother and daughter encounter a demon in a village where girls have been disappearing.

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Timeline & Setting – Maa (2025)

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Time period

Present day

The current events unfold in modern-day West Bengal, intercut with a forty-year-old past when a ritual sacrifice shaped the family’s fate. The film juxtaposes contemporary investigative life in Kolkata with the rural, bygone Kali Puja ceremony in Chandrapur. The timeline moves between the present mystery and the ancestral origins of the curse that haunts the family.

Location

Chandrapur (fictional village, West Bengal), Kolkata (West Bengal)

The story centers around an ancestral mansion in the fictional village of Chandrapur in West Bengal, where Kali Puja rituals unfold and a haunted tree looms behind the house. Kolkata is also part of the world of Ambika and Shweta, reflecting a contrast between a bustling city and rural legends. The setting blends sacred festivals, family estates, and a lingering curse that traverses generations.

🏞 Village 🏰 Ancestral mansion 🌳 Haunted tree

Last Updated: October 04, 2025 at 19:08

Main Characters – Maa (2025)

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Ambika (Kajol)

A devoted wife and mother who discovers she can channel Kali’s wrath to protect her daughter. Across generations, she endures tragedy and embraces a fierce matriarchal role when confronted with a village curse. Her arc centers on sacrifice, courage, and a renewed vow to safeguard Shweta.

👩‍👧 Family 🕯️ Spiritual 🛡️ Protector

Joydev (Ronit Roy)

The village sarpanch and the man who embodies the older, darker tradition that spurred the original sacrifice. His violent past and present crimes reveal a human face behind the demon Amsaja. He wields power through fear and ritual influence.

👤 Power 🗡️ Violence 🕯️ Mystery

Shuvankar (Indraneil Sengupta)

Ambika’s husband and the son of the older generation whose fate is tied to the village’s curse. He struggles with revealing his family’s dark history to his daughter and dies under mysterious circumstances while returning to Chandrapur.

👫 Family 🕊️ Tragedy 🗺️ Legacy

Shweta (Yaaneea Bhardwaj)

Ambika and Shuvankar’s twelve-year-old daughter who becomes a central target of the daitya’s plan. Her innocence and evolving awareness drive the investigation into the disappearances and the family’s secret.

👧 Family 🩸 Adolescence 🧭 Target

Deepika (Vibha Rani)

Caretaker’s daughter who befriends Shweta and accompanies her to the haunted tree, becoming a conduit for village legends and the danger tied to the ritual.

👭 Friend 🕳️ Mystery 🌳 Tree

Officer Sarfaraz

A pragmatic police officer who doubts rumors of a demon and relentlessly pursues a rational explanation for the disappearances, until the truth about the daitya emerges.

👮 Law 🔎 Investigation 🗝️ Trust

Old Priestess

The mystic who first dreamt of Goddess Kali forty years ago and whose guidance shapes Ambika’s ritual response. She serves as a link between the past and present, and validates the goddess’s demands.

🧙 Wisdom 🕯️ Ritual 🗝️ Heritage

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Major Themes – Maa (2025)

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🕯️ Maternal Power

Ambika’s journey from a devoted mother to a fierce protector anchors the film’s moral core. She channels the goddess Kali to confront a centuries-old demon and safeguard her daughter. The narrative frames motherhood as both source of strength and a conduit for difficult, sacrificial choices. The transformation emphasizes how female power is invoked to defend the vulnerable against ritual violence.

👹 Supernatural Curse

A bloodthirsty daitya named Amsaja anchors the haunting lore around the Kali Puja tree. The tree is believed to harbor the demon, and the village’s past tantrums about sacrifices feed the legend. Disappearances of girls after their first menstruation, followed by returns, reveal the curse’s grip and the demon’s hunger for procreation through Shweta. The human faces behind the horror—Joydev—reveal the blurred line between ritual cruelty and occult revenge.

🔎 Truth & Revelation

Old manuscripts and a hidden past explain the chain of crimes and the village’s dark secret. Ambika’s investigation with Officer Sarfaraz uncovers Joydev’s true nature as the demon’s human vessel. The priestess’s revelation reframes the sacrifices and marks a turning point where faith and truth challenge superstition. The ending hints at unresolved power even after the demon is confronted.

Last Updated: October 04, 2025 at 19:08

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