‘Chhorii 2’ review: A well-crafted and performed scarefest about horrors old and new

Both the Marathi horror film Lapachhapi (2017) and its Hindi remake Chhorii (2021) were directed by Vishal Furia. Furia returns with a sequel that picks up seven years after the earlier story.

Chhorii 2 begins in the same sugarcane fields that were intrinsic to its predecessor, indicating that Sakshi’s connection with the village – where she had left her husband for dead – has not been entirely severed. Sakshi (Nushrratt Bharuccha) is now a teacher and single parent raising her seven-year-old daughter Ishani (Hardika Sharma). Ishani has a condition where she burns instantly in the sun and is therefore kept perpetually in a darkened room at home or covered from head to toe when stepping outside.

But fear follows Sakshi and eventually, vengeance catches up. From the easy-going life they enjoyed for a while, mother and daughter are entrapped in a labyrinth of tunnels surrounded by apparitions, ghouls and unspeakable horrors. Sakshi tries not just to save her own daughter but to fight on behalf of all those mothers and daughters who have been victims of age-old superstitions, rituals, and societal evils.

Soha Ali Khan makes an interesting appearance as Daasi, a high priestess who serves an ancient, gnarly and unrelenting demon. Daasi is the evil force that stands between Sakshi...

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