Debi (2018 film)

The story follows a lonely housewife Ranu (Jaya Ahsan) and her paranormal powers. After some strange events, she and her husband Anis (Animesh Aich) go to psychiatrist Mishir Ali (Chanchal Chowdhury) to find an answer to her paranormal problems. At the same time ,Nilu (Sabnam Faria), the eldest daughter of Ranu's landlord and Misir Ali's student, comes to know about an unknown person named Ahmed Saber (Iresh Zaker) in Facebook and gets curious to meet him.

Ranu tells Misir Ali about an accident of her childhood in which a corpse got stuck with her dress while swimming .Misir Ali comes to know that this memory is nothing but a mixture of many other incidents whereas Ranu never got stuck with a dead body. after a lot of research, he finds out the truth- a local criminal once lured young Ranu in an abandoned temple and attempted to rape her .However he failed because something protected Ranu. Ranu's cousin also informs him about Ranu's future telling ability which appeared after that incident. Misir Ali also learns that a beautiful goddess statue was stolen at that same time which was thought to be haunted because, according to local legends, two girls were sacrificed to satisfy it. When Ranu is told about her past, she immediately remembers everything and replies that the man didn't lure her, she was already at the temple because she was attracted to the goddess statue and often played with it like a doll. She also reveals that the goddess protected her and till now, she's with her. Misir Ali doesn't believe this and tries to solve this logically but fails. On the other hand, the two daughters of the landlord, especially Nilu becomes quite close to Ranu.

On Nilu's birthday, Ahmed Saber sends a present with a love letter, in which he asks her to go on a date. While returning home, he kidnaps Nilu and she eventually finds out that Saber is a serial killer who kills girls by tricking them on Facebook. At the same time, Ranu gets a vision of Nilu and Saber who's preparing to kill her. Ranu tells about Nilu's danger but unable to find her. As a last attempt to save Nilu, Ranu calls the goddess. As a result, Ranu becomes very sick and falls into her deathbed. The goddess saves Nilu by killing Saber. But Ranu dies.

After a few months later, Misir Ali accidentally meets Nilu and becomes shocked because her face and behaviour is now same as Ranu's, indicating that the goddess now stays with her.

• Chanchal Chowdhury as Misir Ali
• Jaya Ahsan as Ranu
  • Labonno Chowdhury as teenage Ranu
• Animesh Aich as Anis
• Iresh Zaker as Ahmed Saber
• Sabnam Faria as Nilu

Debi received praises from most of the audience and positive reviews from critics. Debi rated 8.1 on IMDb. It received huge commercial success and became highest grossing Bangladeshi film of 2018.

Humayun Ahmed's daughter Shila Ahmed said that the film didn't take permission of them to shoot.[4]

• Debi on IMDb