According to the film's mythology, Hastar was so greedy he tried to steal all the goddess's gold and grain. He was defeated and erased from history, with the goddess only saving him on the condition that he never be worshipped. The Curse of Greed:
Vinayak Rao (played by Sohum Shah) discovers the secret to reaching Hastar’s hidden treasure in a crumbling ancestral mansion. His obsession with this wealth becomes a generational curse, illustrating that "the world has enough for everyone's need, but not everyone's greed". Why It Is a Cult Classic Tumbbad (2018) - Movie Review - Alternate Ending 5 Apr 2024 — Tumbbad Pagalmovies
: It crafts a new myth about the "first-born of the Goddess of Prosperity." According to the film's mythology, Hastar was so