A journalist visits a rural Indian village to investigate a cursed well that steals people's shadows. At midnight, his own shadow separates from him and begins to speak. Dark, ghostly silhouettes emerge from the well and reveal that every human has a hidden “true shadow.” The journalist is dragged into the well, leaving behind only a laughing echo. By morning, his shadow appears permanently etched on the well’s inner wall, waiting for its next victim.

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