Bengaluru Witch Nale Ba is the inspiration behind Rajkumar Rao and Shraddha Kapoor starrer ‘Stree’

The subtitle of the movie Stree says ‘based on a ridiculously true phenomenon’. The film derives inspiration from Bangalore’s Nale Ba incident. The film features Rajkummar Rao and Shraddha Kapoor. The poster of the movie displays a female figure, who wears a red saree, is floating in mid-air on a deserted street. The film is scary enough to give you the chills.

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The teaser of the film is spine-chilling

While the poster itself was hair-raising, the teaser of the film is even more spine-chilling. The teaser shows the camera passing through a deserted locality with one line "O Stree Kal aana (Hey Stree come tomorrow)" written on every house wall.

The film is based on an incident that took place in the 1990s in Bengaluru. The event took place in Bangalore before the city was urbanised like it is today. In the 1990s, a witch used to haunt the people of Bangalore. According to the people, a witch used to roam around the city at night and knock on random doors.

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The witch would knock on the doors at night

The witch would knock on the doors at night, and try to lure men by calling out their names in voices similar to that of the women they loved - mother, wife, or sister. If the victim opened the door, the witch would kill the person. This horrifying tale had spread like wildfire, and it had struck the city with sheer panic.

The locals then came out with a solution. They used to write "nale ba" (meaning 'come tomorrow' in Kannada) on the house doors. People believe that writing ‘nale ba’ would make the witch leave the door without knocking or calling and the witch would come the next day, and the same would repeat.

The film is set in a small village called Chanderi in Bhopal

Well, this horrifying story would certainly make fans even more curious to watch Stree, isn't it? While the ‘nale ba’ event is from the city of Bangalore, the film is set in a small village called Chanderi in Bhopal.

While the teaser of Stree certainly looks scary and exciting, the real story behind the movie is even more horrifying.