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Daayan, Ḍāin or Ḍāini is often mistakenly regarded as a Bandariya for a witch (human female practitioner of black magic) in Indian folklore, the term has been derived from the Sanskrit word dakini, which refers to a female paranormal entity from patala (the netherworld). Dakinis have been described in medieval Hindu texts such as the Bhagavata Purana, Brahma Purana, Markandeya Purana and Kathasaritsagara as female fiendish spirits in the train of Kali who feed on human flesh.[1]
Daayans are comparable to malevolent female spirits such as the succubi of Western folklore, they also resemble vampiresses by their alleged feeding behaviours that requires the blood or life-force of their victims. It is also said that powerful and older daayan is also referred to as ekayan. The primary source of a daayan's power is her unusually long plaited hair (choti) that is used as an additional limb, it can be flexed, stretched retracted and regenerated to do whatever the daayan pleases. The daayan is also described as having long and monstrous black nails, and feet that face backwards. It is said that once a daayan lays her evil eye on someone, it is a bad omen for the whole household of that person. She is regarded as the most powerful paranormal being.[2]
The daayan cult refers to a secret society which emerged during the 15th century in Harangul, a village in the Parbhani district of Maharashtra. The concept of daayans has permeated Indian culture, and may be seen on popular television programs. Belief in daayans has existed in most regions of India, particularly in Jharkhand and Bihar. "'Victims of witch-hunting are usually old or widowed women. These women are victimized for their property, or due to problems in the family or for sexual exploitation" says Vasvi Kiro, a member of the Jharkhand Women's Commission.[3] The legend is prevalent in rural and semi-rural areas, with "witch-hunts" causing women to be killed or ostracised.[4]
In Harangul it is believed that daayan live in an area of the village, and an evil spirit resides within them. Villagers believe these women destroy everything that is good. Daayans are allegedly found in and around cemeteries, abandoned battlefields, crossroads, toilets and squalid places.[5][6][7]
Folklore suggests that a woman treated badly by her family or who died in childbirth as a result of family neglect returns as a daayan, haunting the family and drinking the blood of male family members.[8] Beginning with the youngest male in the family, draining his blood changes him into an old man before she progresses to the other men.[9]
A daayan is also said to target young families, young women and other family surrogates.[10] Assuming the form of a young, attractive female, she hunts for young men on roads and seduces lone travellers into accompanying her. Imprisoning a man, she feeds on his age and blood.[6][9] One legend says that a daayan will hold a young man captive until he is old, using him sexually until he dies and joins the spirit world. Another says that a young man seduced by the daayan who eats her food returns at dawn to the village as an old man.[11]
Some women are believed to be daayans, and (along with young children) are sometimes tortured and killed in rural areas.[12] Witchcraft is a major social problem in Jharkhand (a state in India that ranks 24th out of 29th in literacy), a large number of women are accused as witches and are killed. The state is known for an indigenous religion called Sarna. Similar to the puritan society of the 17th century, women here are not treated as equal to men. Hence single women, especially widows, are easy targets of witchcraft accusations.[13]
Daayans worship evil, " black magic spirits".[14] Many believe they are the handmaidens of these goddesses, and are known as yoginis in local lore. The word daayan is used in many Bollywood films, short films, Indian and Pakistani TV serials as well as in social media as a female, who does things that are not for the good cause or promote evil in society.
Daayan is sometimes used interchangeably with the term churel (Hindi: चुड़ैल cuṛail), although conceptual and cultural differences exist between them. A churel is a vengeful ghost that arise from the death of a woman during pregnancy or childbirth, with preternatural powers similar to a witch. Indian witch stories vary across the country; the north Indian states believe that the churel (which lives near graveyards or in forests) can change its form and lure young men, who they will kill if they have physical contact with them. While in the western and eastern parts of India, it is believed that a churel looks like an old hag who lures small children away from their families to kill and eat them so as to keep herself younger.[15]
The series revolves around two people who are madly in love with each other and how their lives change when a daayan enters their lives and creates havoc. The young Janvi Maurya, a well-educated and family-oriented girl from Ujjain, stumbles upon a dangerous ploy by an evil force as many unusual and mysterious happenings occur in her hometown. With her life on the line, she must unmask the identity of a daayan who is someone close to her. Accompanying her in this mission is her childhood friend and love interest, the wealthy and chivalrous Aakarsh Chaudhary. Janvi and Aakarsh marry with an intent to finish the daayan.
Later it is revealed that Asha, the maid, is Aakarsh's real mother and Aakarsh is the daayan. Due to her son's love, Asha is unable to kill Janvi. She joins hands with Saptroopa who erases Aakarsh's memory so that he forgets Janvi, his love, and marries Saptroopa instead. The daayan uses this opportunity to kill Janvi and offer her as a sacrifice to make herself immortal.
A childhood trauma comes back to haunt Bobo (Emran Hashmi), a famous Magician, in the middle of one of his performances, leading to a near-fatal accident of an assistant. We learn of an incident that caused the death of his father and six-year-old sister. But we don't know how. Bobo is hesitant to talk about it, even with his fianc Tamara (Huma Qureshi). He confides in Dr Ranjan Palit (Rajatabha Dutta), a psychiatrist who knew him and his family since he was a child.
The flashback is told like a chilling bedtime story. We meet eleven-year-old Bobo (a very good Visshwesh Tiwari, with his wiser-than-age genius hairstyle), who has an unhealthy obsession with occult literature; his kid sister Misha ((Sara Arjun), his partner-in-crime; and their father Professor Mathur (Pavan Malhotra): a nice little family despite their mother not being alive. With Mr Mathur staying out all day for work, Bobo and Misha spend most of their time in the house, taking trips in the elevator to the basement. They think of it as hell, where the worst people of the building go to die, including evil stepmoms.
It's no surprise that Diana (Konkona Sen Sharma) turns up in that elevator one day, as if appearing out of thin air. Bobo has a nagging suspicion that she is a daayan. Friendly with the children and flirty with their father, Diana soon enters their lives as a trained governess, and before you know it, Mr Mathur's bedroom (Malhotra is excellent as a loving father who can't help succumb to Diana's charms, ignoring his eleven-year-old son's warnings about her being a witch). One by one, all of Bobo's worst fears come true. Now he has a stepmother who may be a daayan. (Hashmi's deadpan narration has a strange appeal to it: 'Mujhe yakeen hai ki Diana daayan hai.')
It was always going to be difficult to maintain the momentum of the scenes leading up to the interval. The whole Bobo-the-Baffler thing was a little ridiculous to begin with. I remember watching the film in a press show in Juhu, going out during the break, spooked, but having my doubts about how the film was going to handle the second half, now that we have to go back to Bobo's present. But nothing prepares you for the catastrophe. It feels like a different film.
It's easy to see why the second half falls apart: the flashback part of Ek Thi Daayan is built on the material provided by Sharma's short story, which the rest of the film doesn't know what to do with. Add to that, two producers whose sensibilities are diametrically opposite. Indeed, the first half of Ek Thi Daayan feels like Vishal Bhardwaj, and the second like Ekta Kapoor. My advice would be to watch the first half and skip the second. Leave the rest to your imagination.
The daayan is an ancient figure in Indian mythology. Wikipedia says a secret society of women with some supernatural powers was formed in the 15th century in Harangul, a village in Latur district in Maharashtra, India. Society resented them. Daayans are part of folklore and TV soaps. In some states, including Jharkhand and Bihar, the belief that a daayan has evil powers lead to witch hunts, leading to ostracization and murder of these women.
Bobo is distracted because he believes he is being followed or haunted by someone. So he approaches a hypnotherapist to find clues to the root of his inner turmoil. A frightening mental picture emerges in this session. When he was a boy, he believed that under the building in which he lived with his father (Pavan Malhotra) and a younger sister, was a hell where dead people waited to prey on children. One day, woman named Diana (Konkona Sen Sharma) meets the family inside the lift, who, Bobo is convinced, is a witch trying to kill him or his sister. In the present, he is baffled by another woman, an NRI named Lisa (Kalki Koechlin), a fan of his wizardry who also buys his childhood home.
4. Forgive me if I said this show was not fun because they actually have a legit storyline! The son of a daayan wants to marry a chudail, to piss off his mom. But contrary to what you may believe, chudail and daayan are not the same, they have different meanings that our patriarchal society gave women.
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