Vaastu Shastra (film)

Vaastu Shastra
Movie poster
वास्तुशास्त्र
Directed by	Saurab Narang
Written by	Charu Du Acharya
Produced by	Ram Gopal Varma
Starring	Peeya Rai Chowdhary J. D. Chakravarthy Sushmita Sen
Cinematography	Sachin K. Krishn
Edited by	Arif Sheikh
Music by	Amar Mohile
Distributed by	K Sera Sera
Release date	22 October 2004 (2004-10-22)
Running time	106 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Vaastu Shastra (lit. 'Science of architecture') is a low budget 2004 Indian horror film produced by Ram Gopal Varma and directed by Saurab Narang, starring Peeya Rai Chowdhary, Sushmita Sen, and J. D. Chakravarthy. It was released on 22nd October 2004, and was declared a flop at the box office.^[1][2] Vaastu Shastra was dubbed into Telugu as Marri Chettu.^[3]

Plot

Dinesh Dubey works in a school and goes to a house which has the haunted tree. He is killed by unseen forces. The story then moves around a couple Virag Rao, and Jhilmil Rao buying a new home in the suburbs of Mumbai (where Dinesh Dubey died). Jhilmil, a gynaecologist, and her husband Virag work round the clock — and are hardly present for their little son. The problem comes when he starts making imaginary friends. At least that's what Jhilmil and Virag think. But their son starts getting obsessed with his "friends" (the undead):- Manish and Jyoti two kids, Dinesh Dubey and his witch wife.

Rukma joins Jhilmil's house as a new maid. Rukma also learns about Manish and Jyoti while babysitting Rohan. Rohan points under the bed where Manish and Jyoti are hiding and when Rukam peeps under the bed Manish throws his tennis ball at her and injures her while she misunderstands thinking that Rohan threw the ball purposely. It is also revealed that Rukma is a thief and is spotted thieving by Rohan who in turn blackmails and mistreats Rohan not to reveal the truth. She is then brutally murdered by the ghost of Manish on a lone road while returning home. Jhilmil is worried and tries finding out why all of this is happening. Jhilmil's sister Radhika aka Rads invites her boyfriend Murli over when the whole family goes out to watch a movie. Murli comes over with a bottle of Champagne and a red rose and the duo get down to business without further ado. They both have sex when he suddenly vanishes. She thinks that Murli is playing a game of "hide and seek". She drops her silky satin nighty to entice him. However, she sees the whole Zombie family staring at her (including both the zombie kids) and gets horrified. When Jhilmil comes home, she finds Murli's mutilated dead body in Radhika's bed and finds her sister outside, hanging dead from the tree.

Jhilmil is warned time and again several times by a mad man to vacate the house. It is revealed that Rohan's "imaginary friends" are ghosts who have been telling their son to move out of their house. Virag too is murdered by the zombies and returns as undead and tries to kill Jhilmil and Rohan. Inspector Bhupal Gorpade who comes to help Jhilmil is murdered as well. Bhupal also becomes undead and chases Jhilmil. Somehow, Jhilmil crashes her car in the banyan tree and comes out. the car explodes burning the banyan tree vanquishing the evil spirits. Then Jhilmil is admitted to the hospital with Rohan. At Jhilmil's house the Mad Man becomes happy seeing the tree has been burned. He starts pissing on the tree but it turns out that the spirits were not put to rest. The ghost grabs his neck and murders him as well. Back at the hospital, the doctor advises Jhilmil to take care. The film closes with Rohan's eyes turning black, similar to Manish's eyes, indicating the presence of the malevolent entity.

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References

External links

• Vaastu Shastra at IMDb