Tumbbad
- IMDb link: 8239946
- IMDb rating: 8.2 (74,789 votes)
- Genres: Horror, Thriller, Drama, Fantasy
- Director: Anand Gandhi, Rahi Anil Barve, Adesh Prasad
- Cast: Sohum Shah, Jyoti Malshe, Anita Date, Ronjini Chakraborty and others
- Release date: 12 Oct 2018
- Release year: 2018
- Runtime: 108 minutes
- Country: India, Sweden
- Keywords: greed, gold coin, womb, folk horror, india, god, demon, curse, treasure, gold
Plot:
The Goddess of Prosperity, owner of unlimited gold and food, gave birth to one hundred and sixty gods when the universe was created, and Earth is her womb. Her first son, the greedy Hastar, is her favorite and he steals the gold from the goddess. However, when he is going to steal her food, he is attacked by the other gods. The goddess saves him on the condition that he should be forgotten. However, the dwellers of Tumbbad build a temple to Hastar and the village is cursed by the gods, raining all the time. In 1918, in Tumbbad, the mistress of Sarkar is the mother of Vinayak and Sadashiv. They are in charge to feed Sarkar's grandmother, who is a monster chained in a room. When Sarkar dies, his mistress decides to move to Pune, but the greedy Vinayak wants to find a treasure that is hidden in Sarkar's mansion. Meanwhile, Sadashiv dies, and her mother forces Vinayak promise that he will never return to Tumbbad, Fifteen years later, Vinayak is a man and returns to Tumbbad, where he meets the old woman that is trapped by a tree growing on her body. She explains him that Hastar touched her in the past, reason why she became a monster. Vinayak learns how to get gold coins from Hastar, luring him with dolls made of dough to satisfy his hunger while robbing his gold. Along the years, the plan works, until 1947, when Vinayak brings his greedy son Pandurang to help him.