Shob Bhooturey 2017

Aniket inherits his father’s vocation in a quiet, almost untouched corner of life: a magazine that chronicled supernatural incidents and the people who encountered them. After his father’s death, Aniket plans to close the magazine and start a different business, deciding to let go of the past that defined his family. Yet the world he wants to leave behind begins to tug at him in a way that can’t be ignored. A wave of unexplainable events sweeps through a village primary school, unsettling the calm of a place where children should feel safe and curious rather than frightened. The headmaster reaches out to Aniket, acknowledging a strange connection between the old stories and the present disturbances, and Aniket, despite his skepticism about ghosts, agrees to help—though he does so reluctantly, still hoping to move on with his life.

Into this tangled arc steps Nandini, a mysterious woman who insists she has the power to see spirits. She appears suddenly, claiming that Aniket’s father left her a letter and that she was sent to him specifically for this investigation. The claim jars Aniket, for his father has been gone a long time, and the idea of any unfinished business feels like a personal affront to his desire to close the book on the past. Yet the pieces begin to align in unsettling ways: Nandini points to a hidden will that Aniket himself had been seeking, a document tied to his father’s business house and to the monthly horror serial once published under the banner of Shob Bhooturey. The revelation is more than a family matter; it hints at motives, debts, and the possibility that someone may have been manipulating events from the shadows.

To validate Nandini’s claims and to form a working team, Aniket turns to Kripa Babu, the old editor who once collaborated with his father. The trio—Aniket, Nandini, and Kripa Babu—begins a careful, methodical hunt through clues that straddle the line between the rational and the uncanny. As they dig deeper, Nandini’s abilities seem to prove themselves useful, even indispensable, in unraveling a mystery that has haunted the village for years. But the journey is not linear. Nandini vanishes at one point, triggering worry and a search that takes the team to a women’s hostel only to be redirected to a graveyard—an image more symbolic than literal, a reminder that the past often doesn’t stay buried.

Undeterred, the group pushes forward toward Kushumpur in a night of heavy rain and thunder, where the village’s recent disturbances seem most intense. On the road, a dramatic moment tests trust and patience: Nandini reappears as if nothing had happened, claiming she had been at her hostel the entire day, nursing a mild fever. Kripa Babu’s steady presence helps keep the peace between Aniket and Nandini, allowing the trio to move with renewed purpose. The rain pounds the ground, the atmosphere tight with nerves and expectation, and finally they arrive at the village where the truth behind the disturbances begins to emerge.

What they uncover centers on the ghosts of six children who died on a rainy day when the headmaster’s ex-student, Robin Babu, attempted a renovation of the school’s terrace. The plan to strengthen the roof fails due to faulty materials, and the headmaster, in a moment of severity, punishes the six students for not preparing their lessons, forcing them to stay on the exposed terrace while the storm rages. When the headmaster goes to check on them, the sky breaks open and the roof collapses. The children perish, and the tragedy is left unresolved by the villagers, a wound that festers in the community’s memory.

With Nandini’s guidance and the supportive legwork of Kripa Babu, the trio pieces together the chain of events and the hidden motives behind the disaster. The investigation reveals how the past failures and the desire to cover up responsibility left room for a haunting that fed on fear and guilt. The team’s work—driven by Nandini’s visions and the historical context of the magazine that chronicled these very phenomena—helps the village confront what happened and begin to reconcile with the lost lives of the children.

In a twist that reshapes the entire story, it is revealed that Nandini herself is a ghost. She had come to participate in this investigation for reasons known only to her, and her presence completes the loop that Aniket’s father began years ago. Her involvement transforms the entire case from a simple mystery into a quiet reckoning with the afterlife, the responsibilities of the living toward the dead, and the unresolved business left behind by those who once walked these paths. The film closes on an eerie, unsettling note: Nandini’s smile lingers, suggesting that the world of spirits may not be finished with Aniket, his father, or the village, leaving audiences with a lingering sense of questions rather than final answers.