Chudail Meera

After the events of the Demonic Traveler, Charan found himself haunted by recurring nightmares of his girlfriend's tragic death. The dreams were vivid and unrelenting, pulling him deeper into guilt and despair. Meanwhile, Bharath came across a peculiar case in the town of Tonida. A man named Sukumar had died under mysterious circumstances, his eyes practically melted. Curious and concerned, Bharath decided to investigate, dragging a reluctant Charan along.

The brothers arrived in Tonida and visited Sukumar's family, posing as his friends to gather information. Sukumar’s daughters welcomed them cautiously, and the brothers began asking questions about his health and any unusual incidents prior to his death. The eldest daughter firmly stated that her father was healthy and had no known ailments. However, the youngest daughter suddenly broke down, saying, "It’s my fault my father died."

Charan leaned forward, puzzled, and asked gently, "Why would you say that?"

She hesitated but finally admitted, “Because I summoned her—Chudail Meera. That’s what she does… she takes people’s eyes.”

Her elder sister immediately dismissed the claim, calling it superstition. Bharath nodded in agreement to keep the conversation calm, but Charan noticed the youngest daughter's trembling hands and the fear in her eyes. Something wasn’t right.

That night, the brothers sneaked back into Sukumar's house to investigate further. As they searched the premises, they were caught by Priya, the eldest daughter’s best friend. She threatened to call the police, but Bharath and Charan managed to escape before she could act. The following day, realizing they needed more context, the brothers visited the local library to research Chudail Meera. They searched through old records for similar deaths but found no leads. Frustrated, they left, unaware that Priya had shared their presence in town with her friend Satya.

Satya, intrigued by the story, decided to test the legend for himself despite Priya's warnings. Ignoring her protests, he stood before a mirror that night and chanted "Meera" three times. The next morning, Satya was found dead, his eyes gouged out in the same horrifying manner. The news terrified Priya, and she reluctantly decided to help Bharath and Charan, fearing she might be next.

The brothers examined Satya's room and discovered a faint bloodstain beneath the mirror, visible only under night vision. When they dismantled the mirror, they found the name “Mohit” scrawled in black ink on the back. Further investigation led them back to Sukumar’s house, where they checked the mirrors and found Sukumar's wife’s name written in the same eerie black ink. When they pressed Priya for details, she revealed that Mohit had been killed in a hit-and-run accident involving an unknown driver. Hesitant at first, Priya eventually admitted that Satya had been the one driving the car. The brothers concluded that Chudail Meera punished those harboring dark secrets, exposing and avenging guilt.

The investigation shifted focus to Meera’s origin. After extensive digging, they learned that Meera had been a young woman brutally murdered by a local doctor years ago. The doctor had been having an affair with a married woman, and when Meera threatened to expose them, he killed her and left her body to rot in a room filled with mirrors. Her spirit, consumed by vengeance, now sought out those with secrets and punished them by gouging out their eyes—just as she had been blinded before her death.

As the brothers pieced the story together, Priya called them in a panic. “I’m seeing her!” she cried. “In every mirror… she’s there! I think it’s my turn.”

Bharath and Charan rushed to her home. In tears, Priya confessed her guilt: her boyfriend had committed suicide after she rejected him cruelly. Meera, feeding off Priya’s remorse, was now tormenting her. The brothers decided they needed to confront Meera directly and destroy her anchor—the original mirror from her room.

Their search led them to a small antique shop where the mirror had been sold. The shopkeeper reluctantly handed it over after the brothers revealed the deaths connected to it. Realizing that Meera could only be destroyed when she manifested, they set a trap.

Charan, burdened by his guilt over his girlfriend’s death, decided to be the one to summon Meera. Standing before the mirror, he chanted her name three times. Meera appeared, her ghostly form emerging from the glass with hollow, bleeding eyes. She immediately turned her wrath on Charan, her fingers extending into sharp claws as she moved to gouge out his eyes.

Bharath smashed every mirror in sight, trying to weaken her hold, but Meera’s reflection kept appearing in new surfaces. Desperate and bleeding, Charan suddenly realized the truth: Meera herself was guilty. She had taken countless innocent lives in her quest for vengeance. Grabbing a shard of a broken mirror, he angled it toward her, forcing Meera to see her own reflection.

Meera froze, staring at herself in horror. Her form began to waver, and a deafening scream echoed through the room as she was consumed by her own guilt. The mirror shattered completely, and Meera’s spirit was destroyed.

In the aftermath, Charan finally opened up to Bharath about his guilt over his girlfriend’s death. “It wasn’t your fault,” Bharath said firmly. “We can’t carry guilt for things we couldn’t control.”

Charan nodded, feeling a weight lift off his shoulders. For the first time in weeks, he felt free—not just from Meera’s curse, but from his own haunting past. Together, the brothers left Tonida, ready for whatever the road had in store for them next.