The hand belongs to Manav, and he catches her just in time. He does an
excellent job of patching things up, and Shanti is back in the marrying mood in
no time. Since that crisis has been averted, it's time to look in on another
one. We go to an exterior shot of a palatial house, and we can hear a phone
ringing. Inside, we see Nupur answering the phone. Talli immediately asks her if
she's read the book, and she asks him why he's going so crazy about it. Talli
gives her a big story about how this is all for his mother's sake, since she
wants to see him married and her grandkids before Talli gets too old! Nupur
sighs in frustration and tells him to call back in an hour. She then heads over
to the couch to see what the big deal is about The Book.
We
enter into what I'll call the reading montage. Nupur walks around her gigantic
living room while the scene transitions a few times. Each time we jump ahead a
bit, and she's closer to the end of the book. As she nears the last few pages,
she sits back down, and starts seeing some very odd images in her mind. All of
them are distorted, some stretched out, others are very blurry with lots of film
grain. Some are upside-down, and others are in time-lapse. She sees scenes of
abstract shapes, and others are recognizable locations, such as the college and
some of the landmarks nearby. She looks very uncomfortable as these images pass
her by, and is breathing heavily as she reaches the end. Her unpleasant visions
are interrupted by the phone ringing.
This is the sequence that is taken almost directly from Ringu/The
Ring. In those films, you watch the video, filled with strange and disjointed footage
that is a little disturbing, then the phone rings when the tape ends. In
Ringu, there is silence on the line. In The Ring, a childlike
voice would whisper, "seven days." In Krishna Cottage, a phone does
ring after every incident with the book, but the call is always a practical
one.
Talli
is calling at the appointed time, and she frantically begins to tell him what
she read. It seems Amar (the one mentioned in the cottage earlier) is in this
book! She says that one of the stories is about him, but before she can go on,
there is a huge power surge and the phone goes out. Nupur starts hearing some
odd noises in the house. A repetitive creaking sound starts up behind her, and
she looks through a doorway to see a rocking chair moving on its own. The lights
then cut out, and she can see a humanoid shape in shadow sitting in the chair. A
faint voice can be heard humming softly to itself as Nupur tiptoes closer to the
room with the chair.
With an aggressive lunge Nupur rounds the corner into the room, only to find
it empty! She looks into the mirror in the room and notices another sound has
begun. Off to her left, the sound of a young woman weeping can be heard. Nupur
continues her investigation, and throws open the door to the bathroom. She takes
a brief survey of the room, and can only hear the dripping of water. She slowly
inches her way towards the shower, and the film gives us a little jump moment,
as the film goes bright white for a moment and a loud chord is banged out of a
piano on the soundtrack.
Nupur
looks through a small gap in the curtain, and sees a human figure hunched over
in the tub. With a throat constricted tightly with fear, she tries to shout out
to the person to identify themselves, but her demanding order comes out almost a
whimper. The figure does not answer, but merely continues sobbing in the tub.
Nupur summons up her courage, and flings the curtain open. She braces herself,
and reaches in to poke the shadow. As she does, the figure's head turns to look
at her, and she sees it is her own face, disfigured and strange. Nupur leaps
backwards away from her grotesque twin. Evil Nupur calls out in a deep and
distorted voice for Nupur to help her, pleading and begging. Nupur has had
enough of this, and runs out of the bathroom.
Nupur
begins shutting and locking doors behind her as she tries to put distance
between her and the shape. She finally reaches her room, and seals herself
inside. There is a moment of quiet as Nupur sobs softly to herself, clutching
her head and looking around the room in panic and despair. She backs away from
the door, keeping a close watch on the handles. Once she is all of the way into
the center of the room, she finally relaxes just a bit and sobs openly. She puts
her back to the wall, and rests her head against it, trying to catch her breath.
Unfortunately, the wall has other plans. Nupur's head is sucked into the wall,
while her arms frantically try to pull her away from the wall. We don't get to
see if she was successful, as the scene changes to a movie theater where all of
the rest of the gang are getting ready to catch a show.
