A woman blamed for the deaths of the men around her finds shelter, love and a reason for revenge in "The Queen of Witchcraft", a 2025 Indonesian action drama from director Fajar Nugros built on the folk belief of the Bahu Laweyan curse.
What is The Queen of Witchcraft about?
The story follows Mirah, a woman shunned by her village after the mysterious deaths of men connected to her. Cast out and carrying a reputation she cannot shake, she seeks refuge in a Padang restaurant owned by Bana, who takes her in and soon falls in love with her. The deaths do not stop, however, and as more men die Mirah learns what is really behind them: she has been cursed by her own stepsister, Puti, with the deadly Bahu Laweyan curse, which kills any man who becomes intimately involved with her. That discovery turns grief into anger. Fueled by revenge, Mirah sets out to destroy Puti's happiness by targeting her husband, and the film follows that plan alongside the relationship growing between Mirah and Bana. Knowing exactly what the curse means for him, the two still choose to be together no matter the consequences, crafting a tragic love story of their own. Running 97 minutes, the film keeps its focus on one woman caught between a community that has rejected her, a family betrayal and a love that may cost a life.
About the cast
Raihaanun leads as Mirah, joined by Clara Bernadeth, Morgan Oey, Rukman Rosadi, Aurra Kharishma, Didik Nini Thowok, Muhammad Abe Baasyin and Banyu Bening. The ensemble's task is to keep the story's village suspicion, family rivalry and doomed romance as convincing as its darker, curse-driven turns, with Raihaanun carrying the weight of a character who is at once victim and avenger.
Context & significance
Beliefs about cursed or unlucky women have long supplied Indonesian storytelling with material about stigma, family and fate, and "The Queen of Witchcraft" works within that tradition while placing the accused woman herself, rather than the people who fear her, at the center of the story. Directed by Fajar Nugros and blending Action and Drama, the film asks its lead to carry both registers, and the Padang restaurant setting gives everyday warmth to what is at heart a story about one woman pushing back against a curse laid on her by someone from her own family.
Watching The Queen of Witchcraft on Ktime
"The Queen of Witchcraft" streams on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles available, so viewers can choose the subtitled version or the fully dubbed one. Watching requires only a free K-Time account login, and the platform's Farsi-first interface is built for Iranian diaspora audiences looking for Southeast Asian genre cinema alongside Persian-language content.