Academy Award (R) winner Emma Stone ("La La Land") stars in Disney's "The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It," an all-new live-action feature film about the rebellious early days of one of cinemas most notorious - and notoriously fashionable - villains, the legendary The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It de Vil. Stone also serves as an executive producer on the film alongside Glenn Close, who previously portrayed The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It in the previous live-action adaptations, 101 Dalmatians and 102 Dalmatians. Emma Stone stars as the title character, with Emma Thompson, Joel Fry, Paul Walter Hauser, Emily Beecham, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, and Mark Strong in supporting roles. The film is directed by Craig Gillespie with a screenplay by Dana Fox and Tony McNamara, from a story by Aline Brosh McKenna, Kelly Marcel, and Steve Zissis. The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It is an upcoming American crime comedy-drama film based on the character The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It de Vil, introduced in Dodie Smith's 1956 novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians and Walt Disney's 1961 animated film One Hundred and One Dalmatians and is produced by Walt Disney Pictures. Thus, ensue journeys from Lahore to Amritsar and vice-versa, with Bagga and his goons wreaking havoc, ACP Afridi's Urdu stunning one and all and, ultimately, Happy's over-enthusiasm that usually ends in one disaster after another.A live-action prequel feature film following a young The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It de Vil. His fiancee, Zoya, who is very suspicious of Happy is finally convinced that this indeed is just an unfortunate comedy of errors and agrees to become a part of this grand plan to marry off Happy to Guddu. He thus hatches a plan to fetch her boyfriend from India, get them hitched and send them back.
Bilal is at his wit's end as to how to deal with an Indian stowaway, given the public scrutiny his family puts up with. She arrives in a wicker basket at the unsuspecting household of Bilal, whose father is an important politician. Escaping her engagement ceremony, Happy jumps into the wrong truck and instead of a safe haven found by Guddu, lands across the border in Lahore. Bagga's high-handedness and crooked ways force Happy to plan an elopement with her musician boyfriend, Guddu. In the final act, Lingaa exposes the Minister's greed to the villagers and saves the dam from an aerial bomb attack.Īmritsar's headstrong lass, Happy, absolutely refuses to marry Bagga, a local politician who is the arranged match her father has found for her. Lingaa repents his ways and understands the great sacrifices made by his grandfather for the public good. But the people of Solaiyur had mistaken his intentions which forced him to leave Solaiyur and move to the city. Lingeswaran had spent his entire fortune to build the dam against all odds during the British Raj. Through a flashback sequence, Lingaa comes to know that his grandfather, Lingeswaran (also played by Rajinikanth, set in 1939) was an altruist. However, circumstances force him to accept the invitation and travel to Solaiyur. He is angry with his grandfather for squandering away the family fortune so he is unwilling to go to Solaiyur to preside over the temple function. His family has fallen on hard times and he is now a petty thief in the city. Lingaa (played by Rajinikanth in contemporary time) is the grandson of Maharaja Lingeswaran.
They believe the return of the line of the Maharaja will solve the problems surrounding the dam. They decide to invite the grandson of Maharaja Lingeswaran who commissioned the dam and the temple. The villagers want to perform a special Pooja to pray to the God Shiva. The local minister has corrupt intentions and wants to make money through a new dam project. The dam is under assessment for structural integrity by the Public Works Department.
The movie is set in the fictional village of Solaiyur and revolves around a dam which is the lifeline for the village.