Bulbbul

Why are you taking it off? Come sit.

Bulbbul!

Bulbbul?

Bulbbul?

Bulbbul?

Where is this girl?

Caught you!

On the trees again.

Who is this, Auntie?

Bit of a scruffy urchin...

but we will take of her.

Hey!

He's right.

Now I have to get you ready all over again.

Auntie, why do I have to wear toe rings?

Because there's a nerve here.

If it is not pressed, girls tend to fly away.

Like a bird?

No. It is to control you.

Auntie...

what's "control"?

Auntie!

Dad! Auntie!

What are you doing, you lunatic?

She must have gotten frightened.

Auntie.

Auntie...

Do you want to listen to a story?

Is it a scary story?

Yes.

Sure.

A long, long time ago...

there was a Demon-Woman.

She lived on trees in the deep, dark woods.

She had feet that were twisted all the way around.

That blood-thirsty demon waited...

and waited for the day...

when the princess would come...

so that she could gobble her up.

Doll.

Mahendra!

I forbade you to come here, didn't I?

Doll.

Binodini.

Can't you keep your husband in check?

Forgive me, Milord.

Mahendra...

my brother.

He's like a kid.

Where is he?

Who?

My husband.

That's me.

No. He was small like me.

He was with me in the palanquin.

He told me a story.

His name was...

Satya.

When you grow up, you'll know the difference...

between a husband and a brother-in-law.

Slow down!

Sorry, Sir Satya.

This place is not safe.

There is danger here.

She lives here.

Who?

The Demon-Woman.

You woke up, Sire?

Go to sleep. I will wake you up once we reach the manor.

Is sister-in-law asleep?

Yes, Sire.

-May I serve you dinner? -No. It's fine.

Please don't be upset, Milady.

Too late for that.

And what will your poor first wife do?

They'll live together like sisters.

Get out.

If she suffers in any way, you'll have to answer to me.

Are you playing at lord of the manor, sister-in-law?

One, two...

Three, four...

Five, six...

Seven, eight...

Nine, ten...

Eleven, 12...

Then what happened?

Then the Demon-Woman blew out all the candles in the princess's room.

Fool!

Then?

She tiptoed to the princess's bed, and--

To what do we owe the pleasure of your visit?

Oh, I see. Come to check on your inheritance, have you?

Sister-in-law...

Haven't heard from you for five years.

It can't be that you suddenly missed me.

I wrote to His Lordship...

and always asked after you.

He didn't respond.

I wanted to come three years ago...

when Mahendra... was killed.

They say that...

the Demon-Woman killed him.

And you believe this nonsense?

Not at all.

Binodini says so.

So much has changed in these past five years.

Even His Lordship left home.

What went wrong?

Would you like to meet Binodini?

Binodini.

Little brother.

The goddess has not done right by me.

Really?

How can you say the rosary and curse god in the same breath?

A litany of prayers feels like a lament.

Spent my whole life praying,

and see...

what I got in return.

I was immersed in prayers when the Demon-Woman killed Mahendra.

Now, even if someone dies of a fever or falls off a tree,

people blame it on the Demon-Woman.

Really?

Did Mahendra have a fever?

He was lying there drowned in his own blood.

You witnessed it.

Sounds like an animal attack.

Do you remember Brother Indranil used to tell us of a man-eating tiger?

There were bloody twisted footprints... on the floor.

It was the Demon-Woman.

The same nonsense again.

There's been no Demon-Woman until now.

Where did she suddenly appear from?

From the trees.

What...

Then? Go on.

She tiptoed to the princess's bed, and--

What are you two doing in the dark?

Why do you spoil everything?

I'm so sorry, Milady.

I just came to tell you that your husband needs you.

Why?

I have no idea.

He should ask for me.

I'm the one who takes care of him.

I don't know why he still wants his Bulbbul.

How does one tell him...

that his Bulbbul only wants Satya?

She sleeps during the day.

Hunts at night.

All right.

So even I will hunt at night.

Binodini will only be satisfied

when you've stuffed and mounted the head of the Demon-Woman on the wall.

Tiger, deer...

Demon-Woman!

Where did the sweet little lady I knew disappear?

What did you do with her?

I gobbled her up.

Where is Her Ladyship?

She's downstairs in the veranda.

You're obsessed with my feet.

How observant of you.

Hey, have you met Dr. Sudip?

Doctor?

Is everything okay?

Yes.

He just came to visit.

I will leave now. I have got to go check on her.

When will that master mend his ways?

Which master?

Master Dinkar.

He's a fine man.

His wife's broken bones tell another story.

She is also of no help. She keeps saying...

"I fell off the stairs."

So maybe it's true.

There is only one house in this place that has stairs.

Milady.

How many times have I told you not to call me "Milady"?

Whatever you say... Milady.

Do you want to go on a hunt with Sir Satya?

I save lives. I don't know how to take them.

Sire.

Why do you look so annoyed?

You're not even veiled.

Go.

Aren't you getting late for your hunt?

-Master Dinkar. -Yes, Sir Satya.

-Are these all the men you could gather? -Everyone is afraid of the Demon-Woman--

Enough of this nonsense. Let's go.

Sir Satya!

Sire, at least now you know that it is the Demon-Woman.

A murderer.

It's a human being.

A man.

Inform the police officer that someone killed Master Dinkar.

Yes, Sire.

I live close by.

We can keep the body there for the night.

You stay so close to the forest.