While many viewers noted similarities to the 1991 Hollywood classic The Silence of the Lambs , director Tanuja Chandra has consistently maintained that the film was inspired by a real Indian police case.
The story follows (Preity Zinta), a rookie CBI officer struggling with childhood trauma. She is assigned to track down Lajja Shankar Pandey (Ashutosh Rana), a religious fanatic who kidnaps and sacrifices children in a deranged quest for immortality. While many viewers noted similarities to the 1991