Nim, along with Santi and his students, prepares for an elaborate ritual to exorcise Mink. The failed transference ceremony worsened Mink's condition by making her more vulnerable to possession by any spirit. Mink's ancestors had been cursed for committing wicked deeds, hence the misfortunes that befell her family. Nim brings Mink to see a more powerful shaman, Santi, who says Mink has been possessed by numerous evil spirits. Nim sees that Ba Yan's statue has been decapitated.Ī month later, Mink is found in a delirious state in the ruins of her grandfather's factory. The ceremony fails and a possessed Mink attacks her mother before running away. After Mink attempts suicide, Noi thinks Ba Yan is punishing Mink for refusing to be her host so she arranges for a shaman to conduct the transference ceremony without telling Nim. Nim learns that Mink had committed incest with Mac, who had actually hanged himself, and thinks that Mac's ghost is haunting Mink. Nim initially believes that Ba Yan has selected Mink to be the next host but Noi refuses a ceremony to transfer the spirit from Nim to Mink. She is fired from her job after her boss discovers that she has been having sex with different men at her workplace. She also hears voices in her head, has nightmares, and experiences abdominal pain and vaginal bleeding. Mink starts behaving strangely and exhibiting multiple personalities, including those of an attention-seeking child, an old man, a drunkard, and a prostitute. Noi is left with her daughter, Mink, and they live with Manit (Nim and Noi's brother) and his family. Wiroj's son, Mac, died in a traffic accident. Wiroj's father killed himself after he was caught committing insurance fraud. Nim attends the funeral of Noi's husband, Wiroj, who died of a heart attack, and reveals that misfortune had befallen the men in his family. She had been chosen to be Ba Yan's host after her sister, Noi, refused to accept the role and converted to Christianity. Ī documentary crew travels to the Isan region of Thailand to interview Nim, a medium/ shaman who claims to be possessed by the spirit of Ba Yan, a local goddess. It is the 6th highest-grossing Korean film of 2021. On the box office front as per Korean Film Council data, it is ranked 15th among all the films released in the year 2021 in South Korea, with gross of US$7.35 million and 831,126 admissions, as of 26 September 2021. The film was adjudged as the best feature film at 25th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival and was awarded with the Bucheon Choice Award for the best film. It was selected as the Thai entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards but was not nominated. It was theatrically released in South Korea on 14 July 2021. The film was premiered at the 25th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival on 11 July 2021. It is a co-production of Thailand's GDH 559 and South Korea's Showbox. Admissions open to all.The Medium ( Thai: ร่างทรง Rang Song, literally: Mediumship) is a 2021 Thai-South Korean mockumentary supernatural horror film co-written and produced by Na Hong-jin and directed by Banjong Pisanthanakun. This class isn’t part of the usual Bollywood curriculum, and we suggest that you sign up for it. ![]() The last chapter (climax) is stretched and predictable, but in the end, it drives home the point, exposing the inadequacies and loopholes in our education system. The second half gets over-dramatic and the plot seems quite convenient, taking ample liberties. Dobriyal is superb and in some scenes, he leaves you teary-eyed. Saba, as the OTT, dominating wife is sheer delight onscreen. Of course, Irrfan nails it with a class act, playing a man torn between his simple, unpretentious upbringing and his new wannabe avatar. The dialogues (Amitosh Nagpal) are perfectly pitched and interestingly, the humour rests on the hinge, never distracting from the centrepiece. Here, the couple meets Shyam Prakash (Deepak Dobriyal), who ironically, teaches them a few lessons – none that need language to comprehend.Ĭhaudhary gets the grammar of the subject right, and spells out the emotions fluently. Apply in the gareeb quota, move into a poor settlement with rags and rodents, and take gareebi ki training. They do everything they can - move out of their ancestral home into a plush neighbourhood, abandon their desi swag for designer wear and switch from bhangra to angrezi beats. Raj (Irrfan) has a flourishing clothes store in Chandni Chowk, where he sells ‘original copies’ of acclaimed designers, while his wife Mithu (Saba) - her name classily upgrades to Honey - is struggling to angrezify their lifestyle so that their daughter Pia (Dishita Sehgal) gets enrolled in a high-flying English medium school.
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