The film Shaitaan weaves a gripping tale of black magic, possession, and psychological manipulation that leaves viewers with plenty to unpack by the end. As the story plays out, a seemingly normal family vacation takes a dark turn when a mysterious stranger enters their home.
What follows is a tense battle of willpower and faith, as the family is forced to confront an evil far beyond their understanding. The final scenes pull together several hidden threads, revealing the true nature of the antagonist’s power.
A family vacation spirals into supernatural horror (Photo: Shaitaan/Devgn Films, Jio Studios, and Panorama Studios)While the supernatural elements play a major role, the emotional toll on the characters drives much of the tension. Understanding the ending requires looking closely at how belief, fear, and control operate throughout the story.
Vanraaj’s Dark Influence and Black Magic Rules
Vanraaj’s Possession of Jhanvi
Instead of starting the story directly with Vanraaj’s arrival, let’s first understand what he does when he gets to Kabeer’s house—he begins to control Kabeer’s daughter, Jhanvi. Presently, Vanraaj possesses several strange powers. With those powers, he can manipulate any person’s actions without much stress.
As he begins to exercise control over Jhanvi, he commands her to do all sorts of disturbing things. One minute he tells her to dance, the next he orders her to chew on raw tea leaves, and at another time, he instructs her to slap herself.
His instructions become worse with time—he tells her to take off her clothes and even goes as far as trying to kill her younger brother. Shockingly, Jhanvi follows through with every single instruction without hesitation. Vanraaj also can read people’s minds.
This means that before Jhanvi or Shekhar’s wife says anything, Vanraaj already knows what they are thinking. Now this brings a big question: with all these strange powers, why doesn’t Vanraaj just take Jhanvi by force? Why does he keep asking either Kabeer or his wife to permit him before he takes Jhanvi?
If permission was all he needed, he could have easily manipulated Kabeer into eating a biscuit and then taken control of his mind to make him give the required approval. But it seems like the laws of black magic demand that the permission must be given freely, not through trickery.
Because of this, Vanraaj keeps influencing Jhanvi’s behavior negatively, probably to make her parents feel overwhelmed and desperate enough to give in and allow him to take her willingly. This same pattern plays out with the 107 other girls who were trapped in a devil’s temple.
After Vanraaj adds the 108th girl to the group, he carries out a dark ritual. Through that process, he gains endless magical powers. At that point, he no longer needs to trick or feed anything to anyone; he only needs to look at someone, and they will fall under his control.
Kabeer’s Revenge and Open Questions about the Sequel
Vanraaj, after gaining those powers, transforms into something close to a demon. But just as he starts performing the sacrificial ritual involving those girls, Kabeer attacks him and cuts off his tongue. This injury prevents Vanraaj from giving out further commands.
Once Vanraaj becomes unable to speak, the girls under his control lose all ability to follow his instructions. Now comes the big question people are asking: Was Kabeer human? And is there any chance that a second part of the Shaitaan movie is coming?
Vanraaj’s commands turn a home into a prison (Photo: Shaitaan/Devgn Films, Jio Studios, and Panorama Studios)Because the way Kabeer handles Vanraaj doesn’t fit with what an ordinary man would do. If Kabeer was just a regular person, he could have simply reported Vanraaj to the police. Instead, he chose to keep Vanraaj locked in a basement and began disturbingly punishing him by throwing dead rats at him constantly.
He wasn’t doing this randomly; his actions were inspired by the punishments mentioned in the Garun Purana. Vanraaj was forced to eat those dead rats, and if he refused, their stench alone could kill him.
Kabeer once mentioned that when it comes to protecting family, even an average man can become more dangerous than any devil. He believes that compared to what Vanraaj did to his family and the other 107 families, simply sending him to jail would have been too soft.
That’s probably why he took matters into his own hands and decided to punish Vanraaj himself. Whether or not a sequel will be made is still up in the air, but if you ask me, the chances are looking slim. Another thing that deserves attention—have you seen how well R. Madhavan performed in the film?
He acted the role of Vanraaj so well that it might make some people uncomfortable when they see him in real life. I haven’t watched the Vash movie before, but one thing I’m sure of is that R. Madhavan handled Vanraaj’s role with top skill.
Honestly, it would be difficult to find anyone in Bollywood who could play Vanraaj better than he did.
