Devia Nagini from the Nagaloka comes to Earth on the day of an eclipse with her friends to perform a special pooja. Naginis must return before the eclipse starts, otherwise, they lose their power until the eclipse completes. However, Devi is distracted by Dantra, an evil Naga who had been punished by Nagadeva, the righteous snake king, earlier and was sent to hell as a punishment. Dantra imprisons Devi with fire during the eclipse while her other friends return to Nagaloka before the eclipse.
Devi is saved by Suseela's father who is killed by Dantra in the process. Devi decides to save Suseela from her relatives as an act of reciprocation. She plans to marry Suseela with her cousin Raghava but they are unaware of their relationship. Raghava and Suseela fall in love. Devi patches the broken relationship between their families and they get married.
Nagadeva appears before Devi and commands her to return to Nagaloka. Devi refuses as she intends to stay back to protect Suseela. She promises Nagadeva that she would return once Suseela gives birth to a child because the child would be a Godly blessed one which saves Sussela from Dantra. Nagadeva accepts and gives her power which can even bring back the lost life. Vijay, Raghava's younger brother loves Devi but she avoids him.
In the meantime, Suseela becomes pregnant and everyone is happy. Dantra, with the help of another evil, imprisons Devi for a while and attacks Suseela. Suseela falls from the stairs, injures herself and the baby dies after getting hit. Devi with the help of Nagadeva's power resurrects the baby. Suseela gives birth to a boy and on its naming ceremony, Dantra confronts Devi that the child was born at an inauspicious time therefore, Raghava's life is under threat. Devi postpones her departure to Nagaloka as a result.
In order to save Raghava, Devi makes Sussela perform pooja to the eight manifestations of Goddess Lakshmi. They bless Sussela to have a long life with her husband. Devi appears before them and informs them about Dantra's curse. They offer Devi a solution. When someone performs a pooja for goddess Durga in Himalayas, she will protect her from all the evils. As humans can't survive in the heights of the Himalayas for long, Devi decides to perform the pooja on behalf of Suseela. However, the Ashta Lakshmis tell her that she is not eligible for the task, as only a member of Suseela's family can perform the pooja.
Devi asks Suseela to perform pooja in her home for nine days continuously and leaves. Devi marries Vijay hurriedly and leaves for the Himalayas without his knowledge. Vijay shares his joy with his family but no one believes him. He goes in search of Devi, who is at a small Durga shrine in the mountains. Devi is about to complete her pooja but on the final day (which happens to be a day of the solar eclipse), before Durga appears in front of her, Dantra imprisons Vijay and compels Devi to come out of the temple. The eclipse starts and Devi loses her power. She reveals herself to Vijay who helps her to reach the temple.
Devi performs the final pooja. Dantra disguises himself as Raghava and arrives at Suseela's home. He asks her to come to bed but she resists. Vijay and Raghava (Dantra) confront each other. Devi, disappointed that Durga didn't appear, commits suicide by burning herself. Durga appears, resurrects Devi from her ashes, and helps Devi to kill Dantra, and Raghava is saved by his friend. Nagadeva arrives and Devi bids adieu and leaves. Vijay feels for Devi. Suddenly, Nagadeva appears again and gives back Devi to him as she is not an unmarried Nagini anymore.
M. S. Raju who was reeling under the failure of Street Fighter decided to make a devotional film with a new star cast. He cast Kannada actress Prema and Malayalam actor Shiju in the main roles. Abu Salim, a police officer from Mangalore was selected for the negative role, while Vanitha, daughter of actor Vijayakumar was selected to play an important character.[1]
A group of women who are all dead from different walks of life are living together in a small room. They are all busy with their own errands. A Hindu woman, Jyoti performing prayers; a medical student in a lab coat studying; a group of 3 older marathi women playing cards, Sandhya Mhatre, Rama Joshi; a career oriented woman in a suit rocking on a chair ; a modern girl, Maya, drinking alcohol; a burqa-clad Muslim woman, Arzu, waxing her legs and a mute girl trying to fix the TV. She manages to get the TV working, a breaking news of a horrific case which has "shaken up the conscience of the country" is getting broadcast but before the details of the case are revealed, the TV loses signal again. All the women look at each other scared as if they know what had happened.
A few moments later, the doorbell rings which results in arguments among the women about the room being too small to take anymore people and some of women think that the girl outside should be allowed in as she has nowhere else to go. The medical student suggests that not everyone can stay in the room, someone will have to go outside to make room for the new arrival. While trying to decide who leaves to make space, they all reveal their history of abuse, and who and how old their rapist was to each other. Arzu reveals she was burnt to death. Jyoti reveals that she had been strangled and Maya tells them that her rapist had rammed a beer bottle into her and then threw her on the highway. They all had one thing in common, they were all raped and murdered excluding the career oriented woman who reveals she committed suicide after the tragedy. With no decision made and the arguments getting out of hand, Jyoti manages to calm them down and announces that no one will leave, and that it will be better to stay in a crowded room than go back to a life of abuse.
Before opening the door, Jyoti reminds them all how scared they were when they first came in the room. She opens the door and brings a child into the room, this leaves all the women shocked, embarrassed and teary-eyed. The child runs to Savitri and hugs her while a reporter on the TV talks about there being no security of women in India. The film ends with a caption stating the rape case numbers in India and how women are being raped in a country which worships goddesses, thus the film's name Devi.
Devi garnered 2 Million+ views in 24 hours and 10 Million+ in a week which was the highest for a short film in recent times.[5] It went on to win the Best Short Film award at the Filmfare Awards 2021.[6]
At release, the film received mostly positive reviews from critics. Tanmayi Savadi from Peeping Moon wrote, "While a number of projects have addressed rape and sexual harassment against women, but Devi stands apart. A perfect balance of empowerment and emotions, the film is relevant, layered and surely a masterpiece that deserves attention." She also praised the performances of all the actresses as well as Priyanka Banerjee for creating a film on a topic so important in such a "subtle and effective manner". She especially praised the performances of Kajol and Neena Kulkarni. She believes Kajol as always has done "a phenomenal job" and emotions, such as strength, fear and disgust are shown by her very well. As for Neena Kulkarni she wrote, "Neena's expressions towards the end are hard to miss and her experience added to the magic."[7]
In an exclusive interview with IndiaToday.in, Abhishek Rai talked about his first reaction after watching Devi, his failed attempts to contact the makers and more. According to Rai, "I tried to contact Priyanka Banerjee (director of Devi) through Instagram, seeking some explanation. I got no response from her or any of the makers. Then I reached out to people on Twitter and Facebook and shared the link of my film so that they can themselves spot the similarities." Rai added: "They should have, at least, notified me about the film. I deserve some credit or an acknowledgement for Devi. To be honest, now I need a public apology. We are waiting for their response, we really want to listen to their side. We will move ahead legally with the support of our college if they don't give us an explanation.".[11]
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Never Have I Ever fans bid farewell to the characters of the Netflix comedy series with the release of season 4, but they can look forward to what the main cast members will do next. The show debuted on the streaming service in April 2020 and was an immediate hit, but season 4 will serve as its last outing. Co-creator Mindy Kaling loosely based Never Have I Ever on her childhood, but 15-year-old Devi Vishwakumar's story is mostly fictional.
When season 1 premiered, Devi was dealing with the loss of her beloved father, Mohan, while coping with the social struggles that come with being in high school. Now, a few years later in season 4, Devi and her friends enter their senior year of high school, and fans will finally learn what the future holds for the protagonist. But following the Never Have I Ever series finale, viewers also want to know where they can watch some of their favorite cast members next.
Never Have I Ever was Maitreyi Ramakrishnan's acting debut, and it undoubtedly put her on the map. The 21-year-old has played Devi for almost four years, and in between working on the Netflix series, Ramakrishnan has lent her voice to a couple of voice roles. She voiced Zipp Storm in multiple My Little Pony projects and starred in Pixar's Turning Red.
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