Masooda is a 2022 Indian Telugu-language supernatural horror film written and directed by debutant Sai Kiran, and produced by Rahul Yadav Nakka through the Swadharm Entertainment.
[1][2] In 1989, Chittoor, Fardeen clandestinely attempts to help his younger brother Faizal in leaving the village but a mysterious woman gives them a chase through sugarcane fields, detains them and takes them to a ruined bungalow in the forest.
They meet with an accident due to a falling tree amidst heavy rain, that renders an eye of Nargis to be damaged.
In 1999, Hyderabad, Mir and Nargis arrive at a building with a group of men, holding a divine Chaadar (blanket) and a dagger.
In 2022, Neelam and her daughter Nazia are tenants in an apartment behind the building, where the woman was murdered and their sole confidant is their neighbour Gopi, who is employed in a software company and constantly tries to woo his colleague Mini.
Yuvraj, the son of Neelam and Gopi's landlord, finds himself thrown into panic when he spots Nazia eating garbage and conducting herself ghostly.
Broken by her daughter's condition, Neelam takes her to a hospital with Gopi's help and the latter brings Alauddin to tie another Ta'wiz for Nazia.
However, Nazia turns unmanageable, speaks badly and displays excessive strength trying to resist Alauddin from tying the Ta'wiz but he manages to do so.
Upon being asked by Rizwan, Gopi inquires land dealers to learn that a woman, Masooda Bi, was murdered in that building in 1991 by her husband Khaja and the latter was not found.
He meets Abdul but the latter demands 50,000 INR for attending the ritual and also accuses Gopi of having an affair with Neelam, causing the former to physically assault him.
Perceiving that Mir died due to an accident recently, he meets Nargis who initially denies any help but when he requests them by telling about Nazia's situation, she accepts.
Fardeen tried to help Faizal escape but they were captured by Masooda, who sacrificed them with Khaja's assistance and desisted Mir and Nargis from interrupting by causing an accident.
Taking a Chaadar and dagger to resist and end her, Mir and Nargis headed to Hyderabad but could not find Khaja in the building.
They, however managed to tie Masooda to the tree after a scuffle during which her bracelet fell off her hand but she continued to harm the people, who had accompanied Mir and Nargis using her incantations.
Khaja dug Masooda's grave and took her corpse intending to revive her using the Black Magic he learnt from her but it backfired killing him.
[8] Citing it as "a true-blue horror film", Jeevi of Idlebrain praised score, performance of lead actors and screenplay while criticizing the duration and slow-paced narration.