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A physicist & an archaeologist step into a missing ship which disappeared 250 years ago. They need to unravel the mysterious phenomenon of disappearance among the mayhem of heightened panic & emotions of 750 British & Indian Elite passengers… in order to survive & travel back to 2026!

Summary

The story begins in the present era  where Professor PHILIP ANDERSON, an American Archeologist and explorer settled in India is personally vested in researching various mysteries and legends of the country connected with ancient mythology covering aspects like a thriving city under water to Immortal Gods which are said to be roaming in the Himalayas. 

The Professor is haunted by visions of  a ship called “VIJLI” which beckons him to research further into it.  Upon investigation, he realizes that VIJLI  was a steamship built in 1888 in British India and was known for its electrifying speed and hence it was given the name “VIJLI”- which meant travelling at the speed of light! It was on 8th November 1888 that VIJLI took its maiden voyage from Mandvi to Mumbai but as destiny would have it, it was hit by a storm and disappeared from the face of earth at 2am near Porbandar, Gujarat.

Various folktales and myths surround this ship and its captain- HAJI KASAM but till date what happened to the ship remains a mystery as no wreckage of the ship nor any bodies of the 750 passengers and crew were ever found! What is more confounding is that even in today’s day and age seafarers still confirm to the sightings of VIJLI near the place that it disappeared.

Parallelly a famous British Author and Physicist, CHRISTINA following emails from a mysterious sender also arrives in India with a hidden agenda to explore this folklore of “VIJLI”. 

As the Professor and Christina cross paths in the colorful land of Kutch in India, they learn further details of the exact location from where “VIJLI” disappeared and where it reappears every year on the date of its sinking. On 8th November 2025, Professor and his team along with Christina   wait on that same location deep in the middle of the ocean. It is night-time and heavy fog engulfs the sea and all of a sudden without warning, the Legend comes to Life as they see VIJLI in all its glory appearing before them! As everyone boards the ship, they find themselves in a different time-space altogether and are transported back to 1888.

Now an Intrepid Archaeologist and British Physicist try to solve the riddle of this Legend but are not prepared for the encounter that awaits them. Is this just a simple case of a shipwrecked by a storm or could this truly be the Indian Bermuda Triangle? 

1-Would Professor Anderson, his team, and Christina drown along with this ancient event?

2-Would they survive and find their way back to 2025?  

3- Would the mystery of what really happened to VIJLI reveal itself to them? 

4- What was the reason that Destiny chose them for this incident?    

The story explores those answers as it unlocks the mystery behind the sinking of “VIJLI” and why it keeps reappearing again and again!

Profiles

Dhwanil

Writer

Dhwanil merges riveting Film making & his passion for cinematic storytelling with his keen interests in religion, philosophy, physics, mythology, paranormal

He wrote and directed the critically acclaimed “THE FINAL EXIT” which is based on an ancient Buddhist scripture “The Tibetan Book of the Dead”; a Supernatural Thriller exploring the unknown parallel dimension called “BARDO” which exists after one dies and before the soul is reborn!

Currently working on 2 Mega Bollywood Projects –

-Signed to Write and Direct the adaptation of the novel 7hrs@ Bhata Road scheduled to go on floors in November 2025

-Producing a courtroom comedy on alcohol prohibition written by national award winner Rahul Bhole

Apart from Bollywood Projects, he has spent many years developing International Ip’s titled “Thirteen”, “Vijli: The Lost Legend” and “The Hidden World” which falls in the Science Fiction/Adventure genre which explores the themes of Parallel Universes, Time Travel etc.

Armed in filmmaking from at Whistling Woods International a specialized course in Cinematography to complement inherent writing skills!

He has a law degree & has been an entrepreneur in the Diamond and Jewelry industry before stepping in to the world of Cinema