Temporal

Kalpa neglects Nikita's planned night out to focus on his time-travel project. The ensuing argument ends with Nikita breaking up, injecting emotional stakes into his attempt to alter fate. The tragedy that follows hinges on his flawed experiment with time.

During the confrontation, Kalpa spots a figure darting behind a wall, an uncanny glimpse that hints at hidden dangers. He is distracted by Nikita, so the moment passes without explanation. The image foreshadows the collision between past and present that drives the plot.

On his way back to the lab, Kalpa encounters a janitor who delivers a cryptic warning about time. He says that the main fault of man is that we think we have enough time and advises him to be mindful. The exchange plants the seed for Kalpa's later careful handling of timing.

Back at the lab, Kalpa's time-travel device finally works, opening the possibility of changing events. A call from Nikita's friend arrives with the shocking news that Nikita has died in an accident. Kalpa resolves to use the machine to travel back in time to save her.

Kalpa activates the machine and jumps five minutes into the past. He realizes that he is the mysterious figure who hid behind the wall earlier in the night. He learns he only has five minutes in the past before being pulled back to the present.

In the first attempt to intervene in the past, Kalpa arrives too late; Nikita is already dead on the road. The failed rescue underscores the stubbornness of fate and the limits of tampering with time. He returns to the present with the weight of another failure.

A second past-trip attempt ends with the same outcome: Kalpa cannot save Nikita as she lies dead on the road. The loop tightens as time resists his changes. He steels himself for a more calculated third attempt.

Following the janitor's warning, Kalpa plans the timing with precision and returns to the past again. He tries to reach Nikita faster by taking a direct route toward her and increasing his speed. The sequence is designed to avoid his past self's distractions and to seize the critical moment.

In the critical moment, Kalpa accelerates toward Nikita in his car, aiming to reach her before the accident. Right before he would strike her, the time-travel pull yanks him back to the lab. The momentum of the car carries on and strikes the lab wall, while Nikita remains dead on the road.

Nikita lies dead on the road as Mallett's Comet passes overhead, marking the tragedy. Kalpa's attempt ends with no change to the outcome, while his presence in the lab is preserved by the inbound timeline. He sits with the grim realization of the irreversible event.

In a post-credits moment, Bernard, CEO of Tusker Enterprises, receives Kalpa's files. He is informed that Kalpa has regained consciousness, hinting at his survival and further implications of the experiment. The scene leaves questions about Kalpa's fate and the timeline they inhabit.