Manoj Joshi Brahmin Rajasthan Bengali Classical Dancer Shiney Ahuja Vidya Balan United States Ameesha Patel

Badrinath Chaturvedi (Manoj Joshi) heads a Brahmin family whose ancestral palace in Rajasthan is

believed to be haunted by the ghost of Manjulika, a Bengali classical dancer. Siddharth Chaturvedi

(Shiney Ahuja) and His wife Avni (Vidya Balan), the son and daughter-in-law of Badri's elder brother,
return to their native village from the United States and decide to stay in their ancestral palace. This
leads to Siddharth's childhood love interest Radha (Ameesha Patel), who is Badri's adopted
daughter, feeling heartbroken but she immediately recovers. Siddharth is crowned as the king, his
right to the throne.
The palace where Siddharth and Avni were staying was once occupied by Raja Vibhuti Narayan,
who was Siddharth's ancestor. He had fallen in love with Manjulika, an exceptional dancer and
beauty hailing from Bengal. But Manjulika was in love with Shashidhar, another dancer, who resided
in a house just behind the palace and often met her secretly. On the night of Durgashtami, when the
king gets to know of the affair and their plan to elope, he calls them to perform a dance one last time
in the court. In the end, when Shashidhar bows, the king beheads Shashidhar and imprisons
Manjulika in her room. Then on the day of the king's marriage, Manjulika hangs herself and swore
that her spirit would not leave any king who lived in that very palace. Various omens started taking
place after that, presuming that the "evil eye" may have befallen on the king. The king too dies under
unknown circumstances. Soon, with the aid of powerful sorcerers, both Shashidhar's and Manjulika's
spirits were locked up in a room in the third floor of the palace using a sacred talisman.
Avni falls in love with the place and learns about Manjulika and her tragic story. Events take a twist
when Avni, keenly interested in the story, obtains a copy of the third floor room key and opens the
forbidden locked room that contains the ghost of Manjulika. Unnatural events start taking place
inside the palace. Badri and Batuk Shankar (Paresh Rawal) try to ward off the evil eye with the help
of a priest, Shri Yagyaprakashji Bharti (Vikram Gokhale), but unfortunately the priest has gone
to London and is unsure when he might return.
Siddharth starts suspecting Radha for all the strange occurrences. He thinks she has gone crazy
since he was supposed to marry her, but married Avni instead. He calls his friend, psychiatrist Dr.
Aditya Shrivastav (Akshay Kumar) from New York, to try to figure out what the problem is with
Radha. Once Aditya reaches the palace, things become comical, as everyone thinks he is a fool,
though he is very intelligent and a successful doctor. Eventually Aditya falls in love with Radha. One
night, Aditya hears Manjulika's ghungroo and her bengali song coming from the third floor. He goes
and knocks at the door, but sees no one. Next morning, he asks Avni to take her to the third floor.
She shows him the place, even Manjulika's room and her belongings. Adi studies the matter closely
and prepares for the night. That night he encounters Manjulika, pretending to be the cruel Raja, and
dares her to strike. The ghost angrily vows to take her revenge on the auspicious day
of Durgashtami.
During the engagement of Siddharth's cousin Nandini, and Sharad Prahlad (Vineeth), Avni spills
haldi on Sharad and takes him away to get him cleaned. When Aditya and Siddharth search for her,
they see that there is a struggle between Avni and Sharad, and quickly intervene. Siddharth thinks
that Sharad was violating Avni, but Aditya tells him that Avni is the real culprit, not Radha as
previously suspected. It is revealed that Avni has dissociative identity disorder, a disease that affects
the person's identity, making them think they are someone else. At one point of time, Avni tends to
forget her own self and becomes Manjulika. Aditya explains that Avni is the one making all the
strange things happen around the palace. He reveals that he visited Avni's hometown to gather
information about her childhood and has factual evidence.
He tells a half - convinced Siddarth to provoke Avni by refusing her from going out. As he does, soon
Avni loses her temper and shows him the dark personality of Manjulika. But returns to normal
quickly, much to her husband's shock and dismay. Later Siddarth begs Adi to cure Avni.
During Durgashtami, Aditya and Siddharth along with Sharad see Avni assume Manjulika's identity,
dressed as her and dancing to the tunes Manjulika had been dancing to with her love, Shashidhar,
before the king murdered him. The tragic love story of the old king Vibhuti Narayan, who loved
Manjulika, who in turn loved Shashidhar, is revealed. Avni imagines herself as Manjulika and Sharad
as Shashidhar, dancing in the court of the king. Avni completely assumes the identity of Manjulika
and tries to kill her own husband Siddharth; she sees him as the king who had killed Manjulika's
lover.

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Badrinath Chaturvedi (Manoj Joshi) heads a Brahmin family whose ancestral palace in Rajasthan is

believed to be haunted by the ghost of Manjulika, a Bengali classical dancer. Siddharth Chaturvedi

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