Naayaadi (நாயாடி)

'People who lived before the Indian subcontinent emerged'

'and those who later emerged as citizens with equal rights'

'have been divided into four categories based on knowledge.'

'The first category included'

'joyous rulers,'

'followed by Zamindars, belonging to the royal lineage,'

'and peasants.'

'There were several other sub-categories as well.'

'The second category included royal gurus,'

'ministers,'

'commanders,'

'diplomats,'

'warriors,'

'and trainers.'

'The third category included'

'farmers, traders,'

'temple sculptors,'

'weavers,'

'artists,'

'and some other members of the community.'

'The fourth category included'

'those who were enslaved'

'or forced to work as bonded laborers.'

'Among them, the most backward community,'

'pushed aside,'

'and subjected to various hardships,'

'is the community of hunters called "Naayaati".'

'During the olden times,'

'several restrictions were imposed'

'on the hunter community, by the dominant communities.'

'Accordingly, the hunters should move around at night.'

'They should not be seen during the day.'

'The common people will stone them to death if they come out.'

'They should not claim equal rights and earn by working.'

'They should depend on others for their survival.'

'They must go from house to house, beg, and eat at night'

'with their heads lowered.'

'This hunter community struggled to live'

'adhering to this strict restriction.'

'On one side, they were attacked by wild animals,'

'and on the other side, the dominant communities assaulted them.'

'And this is how they lived every day.'

'In this cruel life, when there was no hope,'

'to shun their fears,'

'they sought the protection of the guardian deity'

'and followed the practices of witchcraft, sorcery, and sacrifice,'

'including sacrificing humans, goats, cows, and chickens'

'to obtain the power of the fierce divine force.'

'The people of royal lineage, dominant communities,'

'and even wild animals who had caused them to suffer'

'were terrified to come near them.'

'As a result, a dangerous hunter community known as "Naayaati" emerged.'

'The hunting community that practices and conducts valai pujas'

'to ward off danger'

'held rituals in protest against the government's attempt to control them.'

'To deter the practice of harmful witchcraft rituals, new laws were introduced,'

'imposing severe penalties, including death sentences.'

'The English, the Portuguese, and the Belgians,'

'along with the Indian groups united in opposing such practices.'

'Afterward, the hunting community lived in fear of government suppression.'

'In the deep wilderness where human habitation was scarce,'

'the government learned that'

'a family consisting of a father, mother, and their young daughter'

'continued to practice rituals that were deemed as witchcraft.'

'Following the government's orders, army officers began a search for the family.'

'On the other side,'

'the parents prayed to the forest deity'

'seeking a thousand years of life for their daughter,'

'and killed themselves as a sacrifice.'

'As a mark of respect for their sacrifice,'

'the forest deity appoints a guardian angel for that girl.'

'Knowing this,'

'the army officers leave that girl'

'fearing that the guardian deity will destroy them if anything happens to her.'

'After that, the girl is brought up under the care of the guardian deity.'

'With time, she blossoms and grows into a beautiful angel.'

'One day...'

'the king of the country, who came to hunt in the wilderness,'

'saw her,'

'and fell for her beauty.'

'Both fall in love.'

'The king expresses his desire to marry her.'

'She also agrees with the intention that her hunting community,'

'which is still in a state of permanent slavery and remains in an irreversible situation,'

'will have a relationship with the royal family.'

'At the same time, after hearing that she cannot cross the forest'

'under the control of the guardian angel,'

'the king builds a huge castle in the forest,'

'and starts living in secret with his wife as the queen.'

'The people in his country learn this in no time.'

'Everyone fears that the king's conflicted relationship with a witch'

'will cause great danger to the country.'

'Everyone slanders the queen as a witch and sorceress.'

'Their country enters the drought as a sign of truth.'

'Not believing all this,'

'the king promises to end the superstitions,'

'gives the people a suitable explanation and adequate compensation for their sufferings.'

'People also shed their anger and return to normalcy.'

'Within a few days of the queen's pregnancy,'

'ten virgin girls,'

'ten men and ten children go missing.'

'People are taken aback, and they go around searching for weeks.'

'At the end of the ninth day'

'of searching without a single clue,'

'everyone gets suspicious of their queen, a witch.'

'A few people sneak into the palace ground to spy,'

'without the permission of the king and the queen.'

'They see the queen and the king'

'offering a man, a woman, and a child as a sacrifice to the fierce deity,'

'in a room inside the palace.'

'They get enraged looking at the arrangements being made,'

'to sacrifice the remaining three people on the tenth day'

'after the ninth- day human sacrifice ritual.'

'After that, they figured out what was happening,'

'rescued those three people,'

'imprisoned the king and the queen,'

'set fire to the palace,'

'burnt them to ashes and returned home.'

"Did you ask me why?"

"Why I never die!"

"Did you ever find?"

"Where did I hide?"

"Find me near you..."

"Naayaati..."

"Naayaati..."

"Naayaati..."

"Just find me near you!"

"Come into the forest, In search of me, Naayaati!"

"I struggled every day To become a Naayaati!"

"Ask around, Who earned the boon of immortality?"

"Time will tell the truth, And experience will make one wise!"

"Naayaati, Naayaati As chills run down your spine hearing my name!"

"Naayaati, Naayaati As you tremble hearing my name!"

"Naayaati, Naayaati As chills run down your spine hearing my name!"

"Naayaati, Naayaati As you tremble hearing my name!"

"Find me near you..."

Hey, Mithra!

Hey...

What startled you now?

It was just a bad dream.

I'm bedeviled. And it felt like someone performed an exorcism on me.

Why not? You research ghosts all day.

You can't expect anyone else to come in your dreams.

Tell me, what happened after that?

Then... I killed everyone.

I was about to kill you. But you woke me up.

Mith...

Hey! Oh God! What have you done?

Oops!

How could you break a camera worth two lakhs?

It already doesn't work, and now it never will.

- How would you know the value of it? - Trust me, I didn't do anything.

Then I'm sure you did this.

Here. Why are you shouting now?

Tell me if this doesn't work, and I'll buy you a new one.

This is already secondhand. As if you would buy a new one.

Where is Aadharsh?

That's the reason why I came here. An old man, Ravichandran, has come to meet him.

He's been talking non- stop.

He asked you to come. Let's go.

- What's it now? - They're shutting down the channel.

Hey, get going.

- We'll come. - You two are jobless.

- Come immediately. - Go now.

Oh God, I can't put up with this.

Tell me, sir.

I had plans to buy a 200-year-old bungalow, convert it into a resort, and do business.

But I learned only after buying it,

that some paranormal power exists in the estate next to it.

So, I'm neither able to convert it into a resort

nor sell that place.

When I was clueless about what to do,

I found you on YouTube.

I want you to help me.

Okay... But how do you think we can help you?

Have you heard about 'Naayaati'?

- 'Naayaati? 'What's that? - Yes.

Back in those days, society was split into four categories.

Okay, sir. But how are we related to 'Naayaati'?

In what way can we help you?

Very simple. The townspeople still believe the king's and the queen's soul

still wanders in that estate because that's where they lived.

Sir, according to your story,

this might have happened a few hundred years ago.

But no one in this modern era will believe this tale.

It's still an unsolved mystery how the Taj Mahal,

the Big Temple in Tanjore, and the Pyramids of Egypt were built.

Try building structures like this

using your modern technology.

You can't.

That's what I meant.

Bro...

Come over for a minute.

- Sir, excuse me. - Please...

I can easily find out how wealthy a person is with his posture.

He looks like a rich man.

We are out of content,

and we are breaking our heads to find one.

Talk to him and finalize this deal.

That's my thought too. I'll talk to him.