Character Relationship Map: Ek Thi Daayan

Characters

• Bejoy "Bobo" Charan Mathur (played by Emraan Hashmi) — protagonist

  India’s top magician, Bobo is the story’s central figure, whose life is haunted by visions of Misha’s death. As a child, he believed Diana was a witch and defeated her by cutting off her plait. As an...

• Diana (played by Konkona Sen Sharma) — protagonist

  Diana is the supernatural witch who moves into Bobo’s childhood apartment and marries Prof. Charan Mathur. She sacrifices Misha to restore her powers, kills Prof. Charan Mathur, and is temporarily def...

• Lisa Dutt (played by Kalki Koechlin) — supporting

  Lisa Dutt enters Bobo’s life during one of his magic shows and immediately captivates everyone around him. Bobo suspects she is Diana in another form, especially after she buys his old apartment and i...

• Tamara (played by Huma Qureshi) — supporting

  Tamara marries Bobo and helps create a family with their adopted son, Zubin. After falling from a balcony and being hospitalized, she is revealed to be the witch rather than Lisa. She attempts to sacr...

• Misha (played by Sara Arjun) — supporting

  Misha is Bobo’s six-year-old sister and the most important victim of Diana’s first ritual. She lives with Bobo and Prof. Charan Mathur, accompanies Bobo in his childhood exploration of the elevator, a...

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Tamara → Diana (Meta Reincarnated Identity) — Tamara is revealed to be Diana's reborn identity.

  The climax reveals that Tamara is the witch, and she says it took her twenty years to be reborn.

• Bejoy "Bobo" Charan Mathur → Tamara (Romantic Spouse) — Tamara is Bobo's wife before her hidden identity is revealed.

  After his childhood trauma, Bobo and Tamara marry and build a family together.

• Diana → Bejoy "Bobo" Charan Mathur (Family Stepmother) — Diana enters Bobo's family through her marriage to his father.

  Diana charms Bobo's father and marries him, becoming part of Bobo's family.

• Bejoy "Bobo" Charan Mathur → Misha (Family Sibling) — Bobo is Misha's protective older brother.

  The plot states that Bobo and Misha lived together as siblings and that Bobo was eleven while Misha was six.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Diana → Misha (Conflict Murderer) — Diana murders Misha as part of her ritual.

  During the red moon, Diana sacrifices Misha to restore her dark powers.

• Bejoy "Bobo" Charan Mathur → Lisa Dutt (Social Acquaintance) — Lisa is a new acquaintance whom Bobo wrongly suspects.

  Lisa enters Bobo's life during a magic show, and they meet again at the end when she asks why he treated her aggressively.

Story Analysis

A troubled magician confronts a supernatural cycle of violence, guilt, reincarnation, and deceptive identity.

Plot Progression

1. The Magician's Haunted Past — Bobo's public success contrasts with hallucinations of Misha. Regression hypnosis returns him to the childhood events that shaped his fear of witches.
2. Diana's Dark Household — Diana enters Bobo's family and is suspected of being a witch. Bobo discovers that her plait is the source of her supernatural power.
3. Dust And Denial — Diana sacrifices Misha and kills Bobo's father, but Bobo cuts off her plait. Years later, Bobo creates a new family with Tamara while the past remains unresolved.
4. The False Suspect — Lisa's arrival revives Bobo's fears, although she is not the witch. Tamara's accident and the hospital incident push Bobo to seek help again.
5. Hell Beneath The Building — Bobo follows the evidence into the elevator's hidden hell and discovers that Tamara is the reborn witch. He awakens his Pishacha powers and faces Diana's final manifestation.