Kriya 2020 DJ Neel encounters the ravishing Sitara while working a club set one night and is transfixed by her They return to Sitaras place where Neel is horrified to see the gagged and shackled body of her dying father Sitaras grieving family keeping vigil around it Caught completely unawares, Neels compassion is nevertheless aroused and he stays on In India, patriarchal custom dictates that only a son can perform a parents last rites, but no such person exists in Sitaras family So when her father actually dies during the course of the night, Sitara coerces Neel to officiate the rituals of death Thrust into a world of magic and transgression, Neel finally attempts to flee his waking nightmare But as dawn breaks, it becomes evident that Sitaras family is afflicted by an ancient curse One that Neel is now very much a part of