Why did the grandmother in Tumbbad need to be fed everyday?
In the Indian Hindi-language horror film Tumbbad(2018), the cursed grandmother who is chained and locked in a room needs to be fed everyday in order to keep her sleeping. But if she is not fed on time, she wakes up.
Also she could be put to sleep easily by saying,
"Sleep otherwise Hastar will come".
Hastar is a demon god whose touch cursed grandmother.
This line was used on cursed people to put them to sleep. Feeding cursed people was not an easy task as they were some 100 year old physically deformed and mentally unstable. They were cursed with eternal life and always hungry for food.
My question is, why do they need to feed her everyday when she could be put to sleep(not killing) by saying that one line?
It also happens later in the movie:
When Vinayak descends into secret chamber he finds Raghav touched/bitten/deformed by curse and slammed into chamber wall, he puts him to sleep by saying same line. Sleep Raghav, otherwise Hastar will come.
Best Answer
The cursed woman who wakes and demands food every night is the great grandmother of the lord Sarkar:
Vinayak: She's Sarkar's great grandmother.
I'm sure she knows something about the hidden treasure.
Vinayak's mother serves Sarkar, and Sarkar is Vinayak's father. It seems that (among other services) the lord expects Vinayak's mother to feed the cursed "grandmother" every night:
Mother: You dare to swear at your father?
Vinayak: Tell him ...
We won't look after his old hag unless he gives us the coin.
So you could argue that the mother feeds the cursed woman partly because of family ties, but mostly because her lord demands this of her.
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What was the curse of Tumbbad?
Desperate to escape his life of poverty, Vinayak returns to Tumbbad. The old woman, with now a tree growing out of her body, warns him he will be cursed to become immortal and turned into a monster like her if he touches the treasure i.e. Hastar.Why is it always raining in Tumbbad?
And if you have noticed all the rain in film, you would ask does it always rain in Tumbbad village? Well, it's for real! To keep the authenticity of the story, the makers decided to shoot the movie at the real village which looks absolutely haunting.What was Vinayak mother doing to Sarkar?
Mother of the Protagonist is shown 2 times entering Sarkar's house. 1st is just one of the starting scenes where she entertains sarkar sexually, do the chores and asks for the coin to which sarkar says you can't get it easily, you have to earn it. That's it dude.Why did so many Hastar in Tumbbad?
The movie's mythology states that Hastar is the first child of the Goddess of Prosperity; he's a god who got punished because he chose the path of greed. Myth has it that Hastar tried to steal the Goddess' gold and food. While he could manage the gold, the other Gods attacked Hastar when he went for the food.More answers regarding why did the grandmother in Tumbbad need to be fed everyday?
Answer 2
Because family?
They never tried to kill her, even after she became monstororus still they are feeding her. That show affection to a family memer also rememeber she know about Hastar more then many, She is the reminder of what can go wrong.
So it's more like keeping a family memebr alive who know secrets of a treasure.
Answer 3
The first half of the movie Tumbbad(2018) revolves around the myth of hidden chamber and the treasure within. It's unknown where the chamber and treasure is.
The only person who knew about its location was the grandmother who was cursed, aged beyond hundred, physically deformed and probably diseased too. She was kept in an isolated room in a an old house which was away from main palace of local Lord, who was supposedly her son. None of the characters seem to have affection towards her.
I can think of two reasons why she was kept fed and awake:
- Because she knew the location of hidden chamber and how to access it. To reveal it she has to be awake. Putting her to sleep with one like
Sleep or Hastar will comewon't work.
- As Hastar was devoid from capturing all food by other Gods and cursed, he was always hungry. Due to his touch grandmother also inherited his curse, becoming deformed always hungry for food.
Answer 4
Because according to the story The demon or cursed God didn't get food only gold.... So he is always hungry when hastar bit anyone the person becomes cursed & his medium for food....... Indirectly demon eats from grandmother..... And keep her alive for it.
Answer 5
Probably because using that one line won't quench her hunger. She may fall asleep with that line, but she will still keep on growing into a tree if not fed. So to keep her limited in a human body it was necessary for her to get food on a regular basis.
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