EXT. TEMPLE(the same temple where he failed to perform)

Raghav and his wife goes to the temple. They have come here to see Raghav's old team perform. Raghav and his wife are sitting in the crowd. They are sitting facing the temple.

The musicians have come to the groud. They are playing chenda and chengila. Raghav immerses himself into the music. He starts shaking his head from right to left and murmurs the prayer.

RAGHAV'S SUBCONSCIOUS -STARTS

Raghav see himself dressed as the deity and performing in front of the crowd.

Raghav's wife looks at him. She feel confused and taps on Raghav's shoulder. Raghav opens his eyes. He looks at her.

Wife
"What happened?"

Raghav
"Nothing."

Raghav has started sweating. His eyes have turned red .

Raghav (looking at his wife)
"I'll go and check if they need any help."

Wife nods.

Raghav goes to the dressing room.

INT. DRESSING ROOM

Raghav comes to the dressing room. He see the deity lying on the floor. The man is applying makeup to his face.

The man
"Come Raghav. Have a seat."

Raghav gently refuses to sit. He stand  near the changing room. He peeps inside and see the costumes kept over the table.

Raghav rushes into the room and locks the door. The performer and the man knocks at the door

The man (shouts)
"Open the door Raghav! Raghav open the door."

INT. CHANGING ROOM

Raghav stands in front of the mirror. He see himself dressed as the deity and staring at him.

Raghav grins.

Raghav takes the costumes and dresses himself as the deity. He puts the make-up by his own. He looks at his reflection again and see no change. He could see himself in the reflection.

Raghav opens the door.  The man and other performers stare at him in shock.

INT. TEMPLE

Raghav dressed as the deity jumps to the ground. The musicians stop playing the music and looks at Raghav.

Raghav screams to grab the attention of the devotees towards him and starts reciting the prayer. This was the first time someone has witnessed this much energy from a performer.  The musician loose themselves in the divine aurora of Raghav. They start playing the music. The devotee bow down in front of Raghav and immerse themselves in his prayer.

Raghav's wife looks at him performing. She looks at him with tear filled eyes.

Raghav continues performing.

RAGHAV'S SUBCONSCIOUS END'S.

Raghav stands among the devotee along with his wife. He looks to his left and then to his right. He see devotees enjoying the performance of a newcomer. Raghav feels jealous.

Raghav stares at the performer. And starts reciting the prayers. His wife looks at Raghav. She see him staring at the performer and murmuring something. She taps on his shoulder. Raghav didn't realise it. He continues reciting the prayer. She taps again.

Raghav stops the prayer and looks at his wife.

Wife
"What happened?"

Raghav looks at his wife in confusion.

Raghav
"What ?"

Wife
"You were behaving differently. Is everything alright?"

Raghav nods.

Raghav looks at the performer. The performer finishes his performance and enters the temple.

Raghav (to his wife)
"I'll come in a minute."

Raghav walks out of the crowd. He goes to the dressing room.

EXT. DRESSING ROOM

Raghav comes towards the dressing room. He looks happy. He see his co-performers sitting on the chair.

Co-performer #1
"Hey Raghav! Did you see the performance?"

Raghav nods.

Raghav
"He was excellent."

Co-performer #1 nods.

Raghav
"I'll go meet him."

INT. DRESSING ROOM

Raghav enters the dressing room. He see the performer sitting on the chair and removing his makeup.

The performer looks at Raghav. He welcomes Raghav with a smile.

Raghav places his hand on his shoulder.

Raghav
"You were amazing."

Performer
"Thank you."

Performer cont'd
"I want to be like you."

Raghav (smirks)
"That's hard."

Performer looks at Raghav in confusion. Raghav looks out of the room. He see the chairs were the co-performers were sitting, vacant.

Raghav closes the door and locks it from inside.

Performer gets scared. He stood up and walk behind.

Performer
"What are you doing?"

Raghav takes the sword.

Performer
"Raghav? Raghav ....."

Raghav slowly walks towards the performer. He is blinded by rage and jealousy.

Performer screams for help.

Raghav
"You can never replace me."

Raghav takes the sword and slits the performer's throat.

The performer falls on the floor.

EXT. DRESSING ROOM

The co-performers comes rushing to the room. They start knocking at the door.

INT. DRESSING ROOM

Raghav looks at himself in the mirror. He see the deity standing with the sword.

Raghav laughs hysterically. He looks to his side and see the costume of the deity lying on a chair. He takes the dress.

EXT DRESSING ROOM

The door open. Raghav comes out dressed up like the deity.  The co-performers stare at him. Raghav runs towards the temple.

The co-performers see the performer lying dead in the room. They run behind Raghav to catch him.

INT. TEMPLE

Raghav comes to the temple. With a loud scream he starts his performance in front of the empty seats. The crowd which was leaving the temple comes back hearing the loud prayers of Raghav.

The co-performers looks at Raghav in shock. They want to stop him, but are too afraid to do so. The charismatic performance of Raghav spreads a divine vibe to the whole place. The devotees forget everything and immerse themselves in the vibe.

Raghav sees a fire torch kept near the temple. He drops his sword and grabs the fire torch. He runs into the crowd. The crowd moves aways from him. Raghav continues performing in the crowd with the fire torch.

In the end of his performance, Raghav run towards the stack of hay kept few meters away from the temple. He throws the fire torch on the hay. The hay stack catches fire.  Raghav circle around the hay stack reciting the prayer and jumps in the burning hay stack.

The flames reaches for the sky.  The devotees could hear loud screams of Raghav reciting the prayer. Raghav's wife run towards the burning hay, but stay there helplessly. The people gathered at the temple looks at it in devotion and do nothing.

The flames of fire reach for the sky and the prayers go mute. Raghav has sacrificed himself to the gods or the curse has finally killed Raghav, no one knows what happened.