A red scarf, a vengeful witch, and trauma that refuses to stay buried.
Aarya leaves her family in the city to pursue her passion for the arts. She is gifted a red scarf, and is haunted by a Churail; a demonic and malevolent South Asian Witch.
Direction
K / XI's hypnotic, uncompromising visual language.
Cinematography
Blood-red textiles against desaturated landscapes.
Practical Effects
The Churail's physical presence—no CGI cop-outs.
Director
K / XI
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Churail draws from Punjabi folklore—women who died wrongful deaths, returning with backward feet and revenge on their minds.
K / XI reportedly filmed her own menstrual blood for certain scenes, collapsing director, actor, and subject into one bleeding body.
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