Pari

The Hindi horror film Pari (परी, 2018) is available to watch online on iFILM. First-time director Prosit Roy cast Anushka Sharma in the lead; the tagline makes the intention clear upfront: "Not A Fairy Tale."

After a rainy-night accident kills an old woman near Kolkata, Arnab tracks down her home and finds Ruksana — a young woman kept chained inside. The police free her. He takes her in. The armed men who come looking suggest that was a mistake.

Roy holds the ambiguity as long as possible: is Ruksana a victim or something else entirely, and does Arnab want to know. Bengali folk mythology runs beneath the surface, and Sharma plays the role at an angle that keeps both possibilities open. Watch Pari online on iFILM.