The mansion owner sells the reel to a mega-streaming corp for a "retro-AI reboot" (featuring a deepfaked Madhubala in modern scripts). Riya is offered ₹1 crore to endorse it. The short film’s final scene: Riya sits in a live studio, the execs smiling, the contract ready. She takes a deep breath—Madhubala’s breath—pushes the contract away, stands up, and says: