NCB - DRUG STORY Created by Atul Sabharwal Produced by Yash Raj Films Pvt. Ltd. Episode 11 Screenplay and Dialogue by Atul Sabharwal
draft date 22.02.2008
FADE IN: YRF logo FADE OUT: EXT. OUTSIDE VILE PARLE STATION. BOMBAY -- NIGHT After hours. Not much commuter traffic coming out of the station. From this tiny trickle flows out A YOUNG MAN, levelling a holdall on his shoulder. CUT TO: EXT. VILE PARLE MARKET. BOMBAY -- NIGHT Market is closed for the day. Shut shops. Half open shutters. Servants cleaning the floors with brooms, throwing torn carton, unusable polythenes and tapes out. The Young Man walks up to one of the shutters. at him.
The servant looks
YOUNG MAN Bansuri seth kidhar hai? The servant points inside. the shop.
The Young Man bends down and enters
INT. SHOP. VILE PARLE MARKET -- NIGHT The shop is of imported electronics, toiletries, sunglasses, sweets, chocolates and everything under the sun. Shelf after shelf is full of imported household products. The Young Man walks past the shop to a back door. More shelves. More products. Few of the staff members inside, who are counting the money or the arranging the inventory neatly smile or nod at the Young Man. A sticker above the cash counter innocently says WE DO NOT ACCEPT CARDS. CUT TO: INT. SHOP. ANOTHER SECTION -- NIGHT The backdoor leads the Young Man to some kind of an enclosure within the market. He climbs a tiny fleet of metal stairs and reaches a room. INT. ROOM -- NIGHT The Young Man comes inside after knocking. A MIDDLE AGED MAN, sitting alone, looks at him. This is Bansuri Seth - a docile man, with thin voice and very modest clothing. YOUNG MAN Ke haal hai Bansuri Seth...
2. BANSURI SETH Bas gaadi chale hai dhande ki kisi tarah bhaya. Kitna laaya? The Young Man puts the bag on the table and opens the zip. YOUNG MAN Meri ginti mein solah peti pachattar hazaar saat sau baasath rupaye nikla hai. Aap ginoge toh meri ginti mein ek aadhi galti toh niklegi hi. (smiles) Marwari se achchi ginti kaun kar sakta hai. Bansuri Seth reaches for the bag and spreads its mouth wide open. Then he puts his hand inside and starts taking out the MONEY. All crumpled, untidy notes. Not bundled together as per the denomination. BANSURI SETH Baith bhaya... Bansuri Seth takes the rubberband off one lot and separates the notes. 500...100... 50... The Young Man pulls a chair in the meanwhile and sits down. He rubs his fingers together and makes a face. BANSURI SETH (CONT'D) Saaf toh karva ke laya kar. Saara gard...cocaine paudar...sab laga rehta hai noton par... YOUNG MAN Maal lene wale se liya hai yeh paisa...us wakt is haath de...iss haath le...fatafat...kaun khayal rakhta hoga kya laga reh gaya note pe... BANSURI SETH Do number ke paise ke saath pakda gaya toh phir bhi bach jayega...kisi ne note ka postmortem kiya ne...aur yeh...yeh safed paudar nikala ne...toh lamba andar jave-ga... Bansuri Seth starts arranging the bundles into separate notes. CUT TO: INT. SHOP. CASH COUNTER -- LATER The Young Man comes to the cash counter and shows a slip to THE MAN there. He looks at the slip and opens a drawer. Then one by one he places the thin bundles of big notes on the counter in THREE DIFFERENT CURRENCIES. The Young Man pockets those thin bundles. fit into his jacket pocket.
The bundles easily
3. He then walks out of the half open shutter, minus his holdall. FADE OUT: FADE IN: Opening credits begin with music. A 30 sec V.O. announces brief facts about Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB). RECAP: Opening Credits end FADE OUT: EXT. RUNWAY. INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. BOMBAY -- PRE DAWN An AIRPLANE touches down with an aeronautical sneeze. CUT TO: EXT. OUTSIDE. INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. BOMBAY -- PRE DAWN Musa comes out of ARRIVALS gate. Present with him on the Indian soil right now is the African, Zubeydah Ali. A PRIVATE CAR pulls up to the gate. get in.
Zubeydah and Musa quickly
EXT. FACTORY PLANT. MANALI -- PRE DAWN The board saying BHIM SINGH FRUIT PRODUCTS stands silently on the high wall. Down below, Mahendra and Brinda are crouching low against the wall, walking slowly along its side. From his backpack, Mahendra pulls out two hand-towels and ties them around his hands. He then jumps, his fingers catching the edge of the wall. The towel protects his hand from the cut glass sticking out of the wall. Brinda looks at Mahendra while he looks across the wall. Mahendra lets go of his hands and jumps down, without making a sound. Then sits down and picks a twig. rectangular layout of the plant.
On the ground he draws a simple
Brinda follows it with her eyes.
None of them saying a word.
Finished drawing, Mahendra looks at Brinda. both check, recheck their guns.
Brinda nods.
They
Then leaving their backpacks under a bush, they jump and climb ACROSS the wall. And drop themselves silently down, behind a few apple shrubs. They look around.
4. Main gate is closed.
Manned by an armed sentry.
Most of the plant is in dark. Two sections have light on in them. No one is walking in and out of the plant. Mahendra points to left. Brinda nods. runs to right and Mahendra to left.
Crouching low, Brinda CUT TO:
EXT. SHED. FACTORY -- PRE DAWN Brinda comes running under the shed and hides behind a wall. She catches her breath. Looks around for anything or anybody she has alarmed. CUT TO: EXT. OUTSIDE PLANT -- PRE DAWN Mahendra reaches the wall of the plant. He walks, pressing himself against the wall taking each step slow and cautious. He eyes A DOOR. BACK TO: BRINDA She turn and sees A BLACK DOG growling at her in the dark. animal, in spite of being tied looks fierce.
The
Brinda looks around, fearing that the dog will raise an alarm. The dog is letting out angry growls, waiting to explode. Brinda shhhhs the dog. Her had stretched towards it, she takes one step towards the dog. Then another. All the while calmly letting out shhhs from her mouth. She sits down next to the dog, placing her hand on the dog's head. Growls slowly fade under her touch. Brinda looks around for any possible passerby. Her other hand ready to pull her gun out any moment. Her eyes spots a door across the shed. BACK TO: MAHENDRA Mahendra turns to the door and looks around. His eyes looking around. His hand feeling the door for any locks. He gives a slow cautious push to the door. The door opens. BACK TO: BRINDA Comes through the open door.
5. INT. SHED. ROOM -- PRE DAWN The shed is dark inside. She slowly and soundlessly closes the door behind her. From her pocket she takes out a small pen shaped spotlite. Pointing its beam downwards she CLICKS it on. She points it up. Puts her finger on its tip, blocking the light beam. Then releases it. Then blocks it again. Releases it again and the beam falls on two tortured and beaten figures - Khemka Prasad and the Female Foreigner who was abducted (Episode 8). CUT TO: INT. FACTORY PLANT -- PRE DAWN Mahendra walks through the semi-dark room. In a far corner somewhere a lone bulb has been left on. The workers seem to be taking a break somewhere outside. Mahendra, cautious enough not to hit or trip on anything accidentally, looks around and all he sees is packaged bottles of jams, fruit products, pulps, cocktails. He reaches another door to the end of the room. The door through which we had Raja and the other Man walking through in Episode 8. The light behind the door is on. Mahendra puts his ear on the door. Distinct voices are coming from the other side. Mahendra sits down and puts his eye to a hole in the door. P.O.V. FACTORY PLANT -- PRE DAWN Raja and his associate are in some indistinct conversation. The associate (Episode 8) is showing him the packing of cannabis resin inside the jam bottles. Mahendra watches.
Not blinking and almost not breathing.
And A HAND on his shoulder stops his breath further. He slowly turns and sees Brinda. Mahendra's fear turns into anger. Brinda opens her mouth to say something. Mahendra sharply puts his fingers to her lips and gestures with his free hand 'there are people behind this door.' He lets her lips be and grabs her arm, just above her elbow. And pulls her aside. MAHENDRA (hisses) Marvana hai kya? BRINDA Woh...woh aadmi hai... MAHENDRA (unblinking) Kaun aadmi?
6. BRINDA Anuj ka informer. Kehmka Prasad. Yahan hai. In logon ne pakad rakha hai... MAHENDRA Bhaad mein gaya Anuj ka informer. Us darwaze ke peeche Raja hai. Aur uske haath mein itna charas hai ki bees saal ke liye andar jaa sakta hai... BRINDA Khemka akela nahin hai. Uske saath ek foreigner ko bhi pakad rakha hai in logon ne... MAHENDRA Charsi hogi... BRINDA Reporter hai...National Geographic... MAHENDRA Toh? BRINDA Nahin bachaya...toh woh maar diye jayenge...aaj subah.... Mahendra looks at Brinda with hatred. with temptation.
Then he looks at the door CUT TO:
INT. RAGHAV'S ROOM. DAGDI CHAWL -- PRE DAWN Through the window, local train station is seen. Julie is sitting near the window. Seems like it's her favorite place. Raghav is sitting on the bed. His eyes study her as his hands light a cigarette for himself. Julie, with her back towards Raghav, stares at the train station far away. RAGHAV
(O.S.)
Kya soch rahi hai? JULIE (without turning to him) Raat mein kitna shaant lagta hai na station. Aise jaise akela chodd diya kisi ne isse. Par kuch hi ghanton mein yahan mela lag jayega logon ka...har kone...mein ghustepiste log...logon ki bheed... Raghav gets out of the bed. Slowly walks to her. He places his hand on her head. She still sits turned away from him.
7. RAGHAV Main jab andar tha logon ne bahut pareshaan kiya na tujhe... JULIE (shakes her head) Sab theek hi raha tere peeche... She gives him a fake smile.
He takes it for genuine.
RAGHAV Aur woh police wala...Mahendra...usne toh tang nahin kiya? JULIE Uss jaisa police wala meri jaise call-girl mein kya interest lega...uski toh duty charas gaanja pakadne ki hai...call girls pakadne ki nahin... RAGHAV Police wale sab ek jaise hote hain....Selva ko bahut peeche pada raha woh...khair...kisi aur ki kya baat karni... He sits down, next to her. RAGHAV (CONT'D) (puts his arm around her) Apni baat karte hain...itne time baad jo mile hain... She looks at him. A DOOR KNOCK distracts them. stops short of cursing under his breath.
Raghav almost
RAGHAV (CONT'D) Kaun hai? SELVA
(O.S.)
Main hoon bhau. Raghav gets up and grabs his kurta from the hook. Wearing his kurta, he opens the door. Selva looks at him and then from the corner of his eye he notices Julie. Selva gestures Raghav to step out. INT. CHAWL CORRIDOR -- PRE DAWN Raghav does so and closes the door. aside.
Selva pulls him a little
SELVA Ansari ka godown dekha main... Raghav stops midway pulling a drag from his cigarette. RAGHAV Yedeya...tu akele Ansari ka peecha kar raha tha...
8. SELVA Kuch kaam tha... RAGHAV Tu jaanta nahin hai usse...mat kario aagey se... Raghav is about to turn back.
Selva stops him.
SELVA Bhau. Maine bas khabar aagey dena tha. Kuch kaam tha. Lekin khabar kaam ka nikla isiliye tere paas laya hoon... RAGHAV Ansari ke godown ka khabar? SELVA Sirf yehi nain bhau...khabar hai ki Ansari ka uske supplier se kuch mach-mach hua hai. Woh supplier idhar aaya hai. Bambai. Mandvali karne... Raghav keeps listening, his drags getting longer. SELVA (CONT'D) Ansari ke godam pe abhi haath maarte hain toh sorf maal nahin jayega uska...ijjat bhi jayega saale ka... Raghav is very still. CUT TO: EXT. SHED. FACTORY -- PRE DAWN The door, where Brinda had gone and found the two captives. MAHENDRA (O.S.) Mujhe kuch theek nahin lag raha hai... BRINDA
(O.S.)
Mujhe bhi... MAHENDRA AND BRINDA Away from the door. options.
Hiding under the shed are weighing their
MAHENDRA Tumhe theek nahin lag raha is liye mujhe bhi marvaa rahi ho...hai na... She nods 'yes.'
Her nod makes him smile. MAHENDRA (CONT'D)
Apna gun do... She takes her gun out from her waist and hands it. thrusts it in his pant.
Mahendra
9. MAHENDRA (CONT'D) Jis raste aaye the...deewar kood ke...wahan se wapas chali jao...bag uthana...aur seedha police station jaana...unhe apna NCB card dikhana aur... (points out) Main gate pe leke aana... (looks at her) Main un dono ko main gate se bahar leke aaonga... BRINDA Main gate? MAHENDRA Ab dono ko kandhe pe utha ke deewar se toh kood nahin sakta... Brinda looks at the main gate. Armed sentry is manning it. sentry is alert. The gate is locked. Brinda looks back at Mahendra. Main gate se..
The
Swallows.
BRINDA Pakka...
MAHENDRA (smiles) Aam ya seb nahin hain...jo kachche-paake honge...jao...aur police ko laane mein late mat karna... Brinda nods and turns, about to run. her face closer to his.
He grabs her arm.
Pulls
MAHENDRA (CONT'D) Agar koi gadbad hui toh...Bombay mein Usmaan aur Krishnan ke saamne mujhe baat karne dena...apna munh mat kholna... BRINDA Kitni badi gadbad? MAHENDRA Bas itni badi na ho ki Usmaan aur Krishnan ke saamne bolne ke liye zinda hi na rahoon... She nods again. grip stops him.
He is about to sprint to the shed. She pulls his face closer to hers.
Her firm
BRINDA Marna mat....... They keep looking at each other.
Their faces close...
BRINDA (CONT'D) Please... Their faces part. Her fingers unwrap from his arm.
10. He runs away, crouching low. She sees him going away. wall.
Not looking back even for a second.
Then turns and runs away towards the CUT TO:
EXT. MANALI. VILLAGE IN HILLS -- DAWN A rooster croaks. Man 1 (Brinda and Mahendra's guide) walk to their hut and knocks on the door. The door opens with sharp knocking. He peeps inside. The hut is empty. His so-called clients are gone. And so is there luggage. The wall made of carton boxes stands in the middle of the hut like some vague erection. Man 1 runs away from the hut. And runs to some of the other huts, knocking on the doors and calling names to gather people. The doors start to open. CUT TO: INT. CHAWL CORRIDOR -- DAWN The doors start to open as Selva quietly walks from one door to another and taps on them Four men come out, wearing their shirts, chappals, one even comes out tucking his gun in his baniyan. As they come out they Raghav standing in the middle of the corridor, waiting for his men. Like a captain before the match. Raghav's gravity draws them closer. CUT TO: EXT. OUTSIDE TAJ MAHAL HOTEL -- DAWN Taj Mahal hotel. CUT TO: INT. SUITE. TAJ MAHAL HOTEL -- DAWN Ansari is sitting opposite Zubeydah and Musa. ANSARI (looking them in eye) Agar mujhe dhanda chalana nahin aata...toh aap dhanda karna kyun chahte ho mere saath...jaaiye uske paas jo aapko maal ke mere se achcha import-export kar sake...
11. MUSA (pacifying) Naved...main aur Zubeydah bhai tujhe yahi toh batlane aaye hain ki hum bahut khush hain tere kaam se...kisi aur ke saath dhanda karne ka sawaal hi paida nahin hota... ANSARI Khush hain mere kaam se...isiliye mujhe har baar apni kaabliyat ka saboot dena padta hai? Baar-baar. Dilli mein aapka aadmi pakda gaya. Usme mera kya kasoor.... ZUBEYDAH (subtitled) You came all the way to us. To tell us how good you are. Now show us how good you are. Musa looks at Zubeydah.
Then reluctantly translates for Ansari.
ANSARI Maine dikha diya main kya kar sakta hoon. Aapka paisa doobne wala tha. Aapne Jagat Tripathi ko diya tha. Maine nahin. Uske marne ke baad...jo kaam uski party ke log nahin kar sake...woh maine kiya...aap logon ke liye...paisa aapke aadmi ke haath tak pahunchaya... ZUBEYDAH (subtitled) That's not our understanding. You said from active trading you want to get into insurance business. You laid your rate. We agreed. Now we faced a loss. You compensate. Ansari looks at Zubeydah. ANSARI Theek hai. Main muyawaza deta hoon. Chahe biwi ke zewar girvi rakhne paden lekin...aapka nuksaan mere sar...lekin iske baad mujhe apne saath dhanda karne ke liye mat kehna... Ansari stands.
Musa looks up. MUSA
Naved... Ansari turns. ANSARI Maine mana kiya tha kya ki main nuksaan poora nahin karoonga? Nahin na. Seedha bolte nuksaan ki bharpai karo aur Dubai shift ho jao...main khushi-khushi paise deta...lekin inhone ne tab bola ki nuksaan bhoolne ko taiyaar hain...ab bolte hain...
12. Not wanting to continue any further Ansari shakes his head and picks his briefcase from the floor. He turns to Musa one last time. ANSARI (CONT'D) Main kaabil na sahi. Par inki tarah dogla nahin hoon. Ansari leaves.
Walks to the door and opens it. CUT TO:
EXT. SHED. ROOM -- DAWN The door opens. Mahendra is wheeling out a wooden hand cart that is used to move the fruit-product boxes around. Lying on the cart are half-conscious Khemka Prasad and the Foreigner Woman. Mahendra has a rag cloth tied to his head, concealing his colored hair and looking like a worker of the plant. He wheels the cart to the gate. The sentry stops him. SENTRY Kaun hai tu? Mahendra feigns local accent. MAHENDRA Subah wali shift ka hoon... SENTRY Toh raat mein yahan kya kar raha hai? shift toh 6 baje chalu hogi na....
Teri
MAHENDRA Jake us kameene se poocho jo Bambe se yahan aaya hai. Aur humein double-triple shift karna pad raha hai uski wajah se...upar se yeh kaam aur de diya... (re; handcart) Ki inko Beas mein phenk ke aayo... Sentry looks at the people on cart and then at Mahendra. SENTRY In dono ne bola kuch...bataya kiske liye kaam karte hain...koi aur bhi saath hai ya nahin... Mahendra shakes his head. MAHENDRA Na re bhaiya...in dono ne toh kuch nahin bola. Lekin tumhe kisi ne factory mein bataya nahin...humein inhe aur maal ko yahan se jaldi nikalna hoga... SENTRY Kyu?
13. MAHENDRA Aaj yahan din mein police ka chapa padne wala hai...ja re bhaiya...andar jake bakiyon ki madad kar de... There is a sudden urgency in sentry. He opens the gate for Mahendra. Mahendra wheels the cart out. The sentry closes the gate and rushes towards the factory. EXT. OUTSIDE FACTORY. MAIN GATE -- DAWN Mahendra stops the wheel cart and looks around. Brinda.
No sign of
He sees an idling jeep. Mahendra leaves the cart. to the jeep. No keys in ignition.
And rushes
He bends in. Below the steering. His fingers touches a few wires. A commotion is heard inside the factory. Mahendra rushes back to the cart and wheels it closer to the jeep. He lifts groaning Khemka Prasad and puts him in the backseat. Then he lifts the woman and does the same. He rushes to the front and neutralizes the gear. Mahendra looks at the hilly road ahead. It sloping down. Mahendra takes both the guns out and places them on the passenger seat. He steps down from the jeep and starts pushing it towards the road, his hand keeping the steering in balance. Behind him the gate opens. The workers rush out along with the Raja's associate. The jeep reaches the hilly slope. Men from factory run after the jeep. The jeep starts to roll on it's own. Mahendra hops in. His hands gripped on the wheel, he turns around and sees the people chasing him. Mahendra picks up a gun from the passenger seat and fires at the chasing crowd. The people get scared.
Get scattered.
Mahendra looks ahead. CUT TO: EXT. HILLY ROAD. MANALI -- DAWN Brinda is in the jeep with a couple of armed local policemen. CUT TO: EXT. ANOTHER HILLY ROAD -- DAWN Another jeep cuts past Mahendra's jeep. In that jeep are the villagers. They notice him and turn the jeep around. Take their guns out.
14. Gunshots echo behind Mahendra. shots are coming from behind.
He turns to look behind.
The
Mahendra looks front and sees a sharp bend. He swirls the steering around to protect the bend. Gun falls to the floor from the seat. Mahendra curses. Looks back. The other jeep is catching up with Mahendra's free rolling jeep. Gun shots. CUT TO: EXT. OUTSIDE ANSARI'S GODOWN -- DAWN Gun shots. bullets.
Raghav and his men blow the lock out with their
They enter the godown. INT. INSIDE ANSARI'S GODOWN -- DAWN Raghav and his men enter the godown. They look around. Packs and packages all around. Raghav gestures his men 'go ahead.' The men disperse around. Raghav remains at the door. Behind him the dark parting of the open door slowly begins to light up bright, like a halo. EXT. MANALI -- MORNING The sun has risen behind the coniferous trees. EXT. HILLY ROAD. MANALI -- MORNING The other jeep is on the heels of Mahendra's jeep. fires back. More gunshots come from the jeep.
Mahendra
Mahendra fires again. He's ran out of bullets. He throws his gun aside. And presses the accelerator out of habit in desperation. The other jeep almost drives up next to Mahendra's. Mahendra turns the steering wheel fully to left. The jeep turns and leaving the road it goes down the hilly slide, almost in a nose dive. The other jeep stops with a skid. EXT. HILLY ROAD. ANOTHER SECTION -- MORNING Mahendra's jeep comes down to the road head on shattering the headlights and crushing the bonnet. Then it falls on its side. Mahendra gets thrown on the road. The jeep drives up to him and brakes frantically. The police jeep, with Brinda in it. The driving constable misses running Mahendra down by inches.
15. The villagers notice the police jeep from the road above. turn around and drive back.
They
Brinda jumps down the police jeep and comes running to Mahendra. He is lying on the road, with his leg twisted at an abnormal angle. Brinda's face comes above him. at the jeep.
Mahendra feeble smiles and points
Brinda comes rushing to Mahendra's jeep. Khemka Prasad and the Woman are lying there on the road. Bleeding. Unconscious. BRINDA (screams) AMBULANCE! Mahendra looks at her. Then rests his head on the road, looking skywards. Mahendra passes out. It's a bright day. CUT TO: EXT. VILE PARLE MARKET. BOMBAY -- DAY Ashwani Khanna gets off his car and closes the door. at shop that we saw in the beginning of the episode.
He looks
INT. SHOP. VILE PARLE MARKET -- DAY Ashwani gets inside the shop. People all over noisily asking for some imported commodity or other. TV sets playing. DVD demos being given. I Pods. The whole place is crowded like a trade fair. Ashwani finds Bansuri Seth behind the cash counter - sitting and counting money like any normal shopkeeper. Bansuri Seth looks at Ashwani and smiles whole heartedly. BANSURI SETH Aawo ne Ashwani bhai... ASHWANI Kem che Bansuri Seth? BANSURI SETH Maja ma...aye kuch chai...paani.. ASHWANI Nahin Seth... BANSURI SETH Toh lassi le lo...hain lassi... ASHWANI Na...
Thanda....
16. BANSURI SETH (before Ashwani could refuse) Chotu lassi la. Ek... Chotu, the servant, whom we saw sweeping the floor in the beginning rushes out. BANSURI SETH (CONT'D) Aur hukum karo malik...kuch DVD...TV...Dack... ASHWANI (smiles) Jo yeh sab samaan lene aati thi woh toh ab alag ho gayi...samaan bhi saath ke gayi aur mota rokda bhi... BANSURI SETH Talaak bado ghato ko dhando hai malik...shaving kit bataoon...imported...kuch toaster...kya hai akele main bahut mein kaam aata hai...bread daala...nikaal diya...aur bhi item hai fatafat akele aadmi ka khana banane ke liye... Ashwani almost laughs up. ASHWANI Samaan lene phir kabhi aaoonga...abhi toh kaam se aaya hoon... BANSURI SETH Kaam? Bansuri suudenly shrinks. ASHWANI Andar chalen zara... Bansuri nods reluctantly. CUT TO: INT. ROOM -- DAY The same room where Bansuri Seth was counting cash and sorting money in the morning. Ashwani is sitting with a glass of lassi in his hand. ASHWANI Aaj kal kiska kaam zyada kar rahe ho Seth... BANSURI SETH Kaam ka zyada kam kya hai malik...electronics...imported bag...
17. ASHWANI Dukaan ka nahin pooch raha...aapke foreign exchange ke dhande ka pooch raha hoon...unlicensed money changer Bansuri Seth... Bansuri shrinks again.
Music stops.
ASHWANI (CONT'D) Iss shaher mein jiske paas bhi zyada cash hota hai tumhare paas ek na ek baar zaroor aata hai... BANSURI SETH Abhi kya boloon malik... ASHWANI Daro mat Bansuri Seth...raid karne nahin aaya...tum toh shanti se apna kaam kar rahe ho...main kisi aur ke peeche hoon... Bansuri eases a bit. BANSURI SETH Kiske? ASHWANI Koi hai. Bahut note peet raha hai...aur uske note aksar Cocaine aur gard mein lipte aate honge...woh note jo grad aur cocaine khareedne wale direct dete hain...maal lete wakt. Isliye thoda maal note pe chipka reh jaata hai... BANSURI SETH Note toh apne paas har tarah ka aata hai...pehle toh khoon ke daag wala bhi aata tha...koi dakaiti karke laata tha toh...lekin woh abhi lena bandh kar diya...apne ko klean kaam jamta hai malik...par jaise aap bata rahe ho waisa ek aadmi ka note toh aata hai...aaj bhi aaya hai.... Bansuri Seth opens his drawer and puts a bundle on the table. Crumpled notes, now neatly tied as per the denomination. Ashawani looks at it. ASHWANI Kiska hai? BANSURI SETH Pata nahin malik. BANSURI SETH (CONT'D) (pinches his adam's apple) Kasam se...
18. ASHWANI Tumhare paas kaun laata hai? BANSURI SETH Ek ladka hai Girdhari. Hafte mein ek baar round maarta hai. ASHWANI Kabhi usse poocha nahin? BANSURI SETH Poochna ke kaam nahin hai na malik apna. Agli baar aayega toh pooch loonga. ASHWANI Agli baar main khud pooch loonga us-se. thaili milegi?
Ek
Bansuri Seth pulls out a polythene and gives it to Ashwani. Ashwani slips the bundle with his finger towards the polythene. The bundle drop off the edge of the table and falls into the polythene. INT. HOSPITAL. MANALI -- DAY Mahendra on fast wheeling stretcher. along with the doctors.
Brinda wheeling it fast
BRINDA Mahendra...mahendra... Her hand is rubbing his hand. His fingers slowly entwine around her hand. She reacts to his touch. The hospital staff wheels the stretcher away. Their hands separate. Her hand remains hanging in the air. moving stretcher. Her hand slowly comes down.
Her eyes fixated on the
As tears slowly roll down her eyes.
HIGH SPEED Brinda stranded in the tunnel like corridor. Distant echo of children as if coming from a tunnel.
SOUND CUT TO:
INT. HANNAH'S SCHOOL -- DAY Children. Playing in the park. In fact it's their reflection on the window glass. Behind the window glass is Binata's face looking at these children. INT. HANNAH'S OFFICE ROOM. HANNAH'S SCHOOL -- DAY Binata is standing with her back towards the room, face towards the window. Hannah is looking at her. HANNAH Binata... Binata slowly turns to face the room.
19. HANNAH (CONT'D) If you want you can go out and play with them... BINATA I don't play cricket. Mujhe nahin aata. HANNAH (smiled) Tumhe kaunsa game aata hai? Football.
BINATA Par kaafi din se khela nahin...
Usmaan comes into the room. We're all set.
Smiling.
USMAAN Come.
Hannah puts her arm on Binata's shoulder. out.
They both follow Usmaan
INT. ANOTHER ROOM. HANNAH'S SCHOOL -- DAY On a make shift desk a PC has been set up, with a small white board on the wall behind. Usmaan walks in with Hannah and Binata. To be greeted by TARA and ZIYA. Tara is in her mid-thirties dressed in a simple blue jeans and a white t-shirt. Ziya is almost a decade younger. Wearing a lose wearing Fab India kurts pyjama. They do the last minute fixing of wires, printers and setting up of keyboard. Ziya looks at Usmaan and smiles. ZIYA We're all set. Usmaan clasps his hands together. USMAAN (making an introduction) Tara. Ziya. This is Binata. Tumhare school ko finally ek computer teacher mil gaya. Ziya and Tara nods cordially at Binata. shell, just nods.
Binata, still in her
ZIYA Hi...check if everything is ok...machine zara purani hai...Usmaan uncle ki ex. Usmaan playfully raises his hand at Ziya. USMAAN What do you mean my 'ex'?
Hunh...
20. ZIYA Aap hi toh pehle use karte the isse. Pata nahin kya haal karke chodda hoga. Mujhe toh power on karne mein bhi darr lagta hai... Darro mat.
USMAAN Shock nahin marega...
TARA Isi baat ka toh darr hai Usmaan...ki kahin koi current hi na ho isme bhi...tumhari tarah... Usmaan almost blushes. USMAAN Shut up Tara.
Ok.
Hannah brings Binata to the computer. Ziya. Ziya nods.
Tara looks at Ziya.
TARA Bachchon ko bula lao...
Exits.
Usmaan phone rings.
He takes it out and answers it. USMAAN
Usmaan Ali. CUT TO: INT. LOCAL POLICE STATION. MANALI -- DAY Brinda is on her cell phone.
Shaken
BRINDA Sir...sir Mahendra ka accident ho gaya hai...behosh hai... INTERCUT: USMAAN Accident? He is already walking out of the computer room. BRINDA Raja dikha tha humein...uske aadmiyon ne do logon ko kidnap kiya hua tha...unhe bachate hue... She sniffles. USMAAN Mahendra kahan hai? BRINDA Hospital mein.
21. USMAAN Tum uske saath nahin ho. BRINDA Nahin sir. Main yahan police station mein ho. S.I. ke saath. Yeh keh rahe hain ki Mahendra ko hospital mein protect nahin kar sakte... USMAAN Meri baat karvao... EXT. OUTSIDE HANNAH'S SCHOOL -- DAY Hannah's school is on old bungalow in Bandra. and gets into his car.
Usmaan comes out
USMAAN Officer.... INTERCUT: S.I. from the police station is on the line. S.I. Boliye sir... (puts hand on receiver) Kya naam bataya... BRINDA Usmaan. S.I. Usmaan sahab. INT. CAR -- DAY Usmaan drives at speed.
Talking over bluetooth.
USMAAN Mera aadmi wahan hospital hai...uski life ko koi threat hai...uski protection... S.I. Hamari zimmedari nahin hai. USMAAN Toh kiski zimmedari hai... S.I. Jisse order aayega. Humein abhi tak order aaya nahin hai. Na hi humein aapke operation ka pata tha. Itna bada pamada kar diya aapke aadmiyon... (notices Brinda) Aur aurton ne bhi... USMAAN Toh aapko dilli se order chahiye...
22. S.I. Ji. Warna aapka aadmi. Aur yeh madam yahan akele hain aur kuch logon se bekaar panga le liya hai inhone. Woh toh choddenge nahin inhe... TIGHT ON Usmaan. USMAAN (aloud) Choddoonga main nahin Inspector. Mere aadmi pe kisi ne haath daala toh ghar mein ghus ke maaroonga. Aur tab tak maarta rahunga jab tak dard pahad na bann jaye... S.I. is quiet.
He passes the phone to Brinda.
S.I. Garam ho rahe hain. Brinda takes the phone. BRINDA (shaken) Yes sir... USMAAN Brinda. Gather yourself. Main hoon yahan. Zyada door nahin hoon tumse. Koi haath dale tum pe. Ya Mahendra pe. Toh haath pehle todna. Sawaal baad mein karna. Strength slowly returns to Brinda as Usmaan's reassuring voice rings in her ears. BRINDA Yes sir. USMAAN Uhone kidnap kisse kiya hua tha? CUT TO: EXT. NCB BUILDING. BOMBAY -- LATER Usmaan's car halts outside the building. He leaves the car in the parking and runs towards the building. INT. NCB BOMBAY. MAIN HALL -- AFTERNOON Usmaan comes into the building.
Spots Kartik.
USMAAN (aloud from far) Kartik. Kartik turns.
Usmaan comes to him in quick steps.
USMAAN (CONT'D) Any idea where Krishnan is?
23. KARTIK Z.D. toh nikal gaye. He had some lunch to attend at Home Ministry's office. Usmaan takes his phone out. ear.
Dials a number.
Puts it to his
USMAAN Unka phone switched off hai... KARTIK Anything wrong sir? USMAAN I have to get Brinda and Mahendra out of there. Wahan ki local police nakhre kar rahi hai...bolte hain Delhi se permission dilwao... KARTIK What went wrong? USMAAN National Geographic ki journalist dikhi unhe. Captured and tortured. Raja ke associates ne pakad.... (thinks of something) Usmaan rushes to nearby desk, fitted with the computer. follows. Usmaan gestures Kartik to take over.
Kartik
Kartik sits at the comp. USMAAN (CONT'D) Get me National Geographic website. Kartik sits down punches in the address WWW.NATIONALGEOGRAPHIC.COM. The page opens. USMAAN (O.S.) (CONT'D) Search for Stephane Menslot. Kartik keys in the name and hits the search. Articles written by the Stephane Menslot open up. Kartik opens the topmost article. It's about drug smuggling in South America and Cocaine plantations. Kartik hits the link ABOUT THE AUTHOR. The page on Stephane Menslot opens up with a brief biography. Usmaan quickly reads it. USMAAN (CONT'D) (reading) Citizen of France... Usmaan picks up the phone on the desk and presses A NUMBER.
24. USMAAN (CONT'D) (on phone) Delhi mein Consulate General of France ka number kya hai? (holds the phone between his ear and shoulder) Ek second... Usmaan nods at Kartik. 4113.11.11.
Kartik puts a pen to paper. USMAAN (CONT'D) Thank you.
Usmaan presses the hang button on phone. Kartik hits PRINT. Stephane Menslot.
Printer activates.
And dials again. Releases a page on CUT TO:
EXT. COUNSULATE GENERAL OF FRANCE. NEW DELHI -- AFTERNOON On the shot of Consulate building SOUND OF phone ring. INT. OFFICE. CONSULATE GENERAL OF FRANCE -- AFTERNOON A Senior Staff Member comes over the phone. SENIOR STAFF MEMBER Hallo... INTERCUT: USMAAN Mr. Guinot? SENIOR STAFF MEMBER Oui... USMAAN I am Usmaan Ali. Narcotics Control Bureau Bombay. Are you looking for any information on a journalist named Stephane Menslot? Has she been reported missing? SENIOR STAFF MEMBER Yes. Yes. Yes. National Geographic journalist. Her family has been calling from Paris. USMAAN Well she was kidnapped in Manali. My people rescued her. But I'm afraid she was hurt already. I need to get my people and your citizen out. Can you put some pressure on Home Ministry from your side for three people. Yes.
Sure.
SENIOR STAFF MEMBER What are the names?
25. USMAAN Stephane Menslot. Brinda Sawhney. And Mahendra Ranade. And call me on my number. 9821025662. Thank you.
SENIOR STAFF MEMBER I'll call the ministry now.
Usmaan hangs the phone.
Looks at Kartik.
INT. OUTSIDE COURIER SHOP -- AFTERNOON SEEN THROUGH THE GLASS WINDOW The young man, Girdhari, who had taken notes to Bansuri Seth's shop crosses the street and comes to the courier shop. Girdhari opens the door and comes inside. counter.
He walks to the
ANSARI (V.O.) Apne bar aur car service center ke alawa ek do aur kaam aur bhi hain...jinka tujhe pata nahin hai... Girdhari keeps a brown envelope on the counter. the counter picks up the brown envelope. WASIM
THE MAN behind
(V.O.)
Kaunse kaam? ANSARI (V.O.) Unme se ek yeh courier company...jiska sirf mujhe pata hai...aur Raja ko... The Man behind the counter slides open a drawer and puts the brown envelope inside. He closes the door. CUT TO: INT. COURIER SHOP. ANOTHER ROOM -- AFTERNOON Behind the ONE SIDED GLASS window, Ansari opens the drawer and takes the brown envelope out. Wasim looks on while Ansari puts his hand inside the envelope and takes out bundles of larger denominations in different currencies. On a side table there is a cash counting machine. one bundle inside. The machine starts it whurrr.
Ansari puts
Ansari looks at Wasim. ANSARI (re; his fingers) Jo rakam rupaye mein itna mota bundle banati hai woh... (squeezes his fingers) Dollar mein itna chota... (MORE)
26. ANSARI (CONT'D) (squeezes his fingers further) Aur Dinar mein itna chota... Machine stops counting. Ansari takes off the first bundle and puts in the next. And looks back at Wasim. ANSARI (CONT'D) Bundle jitna chota bane utna usse ek jagah se doosri jagah bhejna asaan hota hai...chupana asaan hota hai... Ansari makes THREE separate bundles. Puts them in three different envelopes. Ansari hands one slip and an envelope to Wasim. ANSARI (CONT'D) Is lifafe pe yeh pata likh... Wasim looks at the address on the slip. It's an address of a firm in Switzerland. Wasim writes the address down. Ansari tears the slip with the address. Ansari puts the envelope inside the drawer and closes it. turns to Wasim.
Then
ANSARI (CONT'D) (re: drawer) Yeh Switzerland mein jama ho jayega. (re: another envelope) Yeh Dayal Babu ka beta yahan share bazaar mein laga dega... (re: third envelope) Yeh apne kaam ke liye...aagey aur maal mangane ke liye... Wasim opens his briefcase. He has one like Ansari now. puts the money inside his briefcase ad closes it.
Wasim
INT. FORENSIC LAB -- AFTERNOON CLOSE ON Note that Ashawani had picked from Bansuri Seth's shop. It's being inspected under a microscope and some chemical dropped on it with a tiny dropper. The FORENSIC EXPERT then removes his eye from the microscope and looks at Ashwani. FORENSIC EXPERT Tumhara doubt theek tha...Cocaine ke traces hain note par. Ashwani nods. ASHWANI Aur finger prints?
27. FORENSIC EXPERT Itne hain ke kisi ek kp pick karna mushkil hoga. Yeh note kayi haathon se nikla hua hai... ASHWANI Un sab haathon mein hi toh hathkadi pehnani hai. Kisi ek se kaam nahin chalega... The forensic expert nods. FORENSIC EXPERT Agar zyada aise note la sako toh un par se common finger prints pick kar sakte hain...you want this note back? Ashwani nods. Wait outside.
FORENSIC EXPERT (CONT'D) Main bhijwata hoon.
Ashwani nods again with a hint of smile and walks out. CUT TO: INT. RECEPTION AREA. OUTSIDE LAB -- LATER Ashwani is standing, waiting. The lab door behind him opens and a lady forensic doctor comes out. She is AMRUTA (32, attractive, formal and subtle). Right now she is wearing a lab coat over her salwaar-kameez. Ashwani looks at her.
Smiles.
AMRUTA Mr. Ashswani Khanna? ASHWANI Ah...yes...that's me. Amruta hands him the currency note, sealed inside a plastic sheet. AMRUTA Doctor Ketan ne aapko dene ke liye bola. ASHWANI Thanks. Ashwani pockets the currency note. door.
Amruta nods and turns to the
ASHWANI (CONT'D) Aapne... She turns. ASHWANI (CONT'D) Aapne apna naam nahi bataya. AMRUTA Amruta Lal.
28. She turns again to the door. ASHWANI Doctor Lal - can I invite you for a cup of coffee? AMRUTA Why? ASHWANI (shrugs) Just...aise hi... AMRUTA Aap kisi ko bhi dus second mein coffee pe invite kar lete hain... ASHWANI Haan... Agar milte hi dosti karne ka mann kare toh... Amruta stands near the door.
Her arms folded in front of her.
AMRUTA Mr. Khanna. ASHWANI Ji? AMRUTA I'm married. Ashwani looks down.
Smiles to himself.
Then looks up.
ASHWANI I'm divorced. AMRUTA And I'm happy. Ashwani shrugs.
Nods. CUT TO:
INT. LAB CANTEEN -- LATER The lab canteen seems to be on some upper floor. antiseptic look. Green.
It has an
Ashwani and Amruta sit alone. The only other inhabitant around is a coffee vending machine. No waiters. Nothing. It's so quiet that one can almost hear the silence in some for of hum. Their plastic coffee mugs are in front of them. AMRUTA Mujhe zyada time hua nahin yahan kaam karte...isiliye aapse milna nahin hua...
29. ASHWANI Main Directorate of Revenue Intelligence mein Intelligence officer hoon. Chartered Accountant by education. Uske baad L.L.B. kiya...thoda time Income Tax Department...phir DRI. (looks at her; smiles) Kaafi boring background hai. AMRUTA (smiles for the first time) Aap mujhe impress karne ki koshish kar rahe ho Mr. Khanna. ASHWANI Meri ex-wife ko toh isme kuch impressive nahin lagta tha. Sab boring lagta tha. AMRUTA Kitna time hua divorce hue? ASHWANI Do hafte...technically... Amruta nods. ASHWANI (CONT'D) Aapko kitne saal hue shaadi kiye? AMRUTA Teen saal... ASHWANI Bachche? AMRUTA (shakes her head) Abhi tak toh nahin. Aapke? ASHWANI Abhi tak toh nahin. Warna custody ke alag problems hote... AMRUTA Kya sirf aapki ex-wife bored thi...ya aap bhi... ASHWANI Dr. Lal...main ek gyaan ki baat batata hoon... (leans forward) After a point all marriages are boring... AMRUTA (sarcastic) Oh really!
30. ASHWANI (nods) Haan.. Kuch peacefully boring hoti hain...aur kuch annoyingly boring... mine was annoying... jo peaceful hoti...I guess...lambi chalti hain... Amruta looks sideways.
Then looks back at him.
AMRUTA Hum ek doosre ke kaam ke baare mein hi baat karen. ASHWANI (smiles) I know...dus second mein coffee...pandrah minute mein ghar ki...shaadi ki baatein...too fast for you? AMRUTA May be...toh... what exactly you do at DRI...? Ashwani smiles and picks up a tissue from the table. pen out from his pocket. ASHWANI DRI ka main kaam illegal money pakadna hai...smugglers ka.... tax chori karne walo ka... mera specialization drug smuggling hai... AMRUTA Oooh...high profile? ASHWANI (smiles) Main seriously tumhe...I mean aapko impress karne ki koshish nahin kar raha tha iss baar... AMRUTA Matlab pichli baar kar rahe the... ASHWANI (holds his fingers up) Thoda sa... AMRUTA (smiles) Nice try...Is it really difficult? ASHWANI To impress a woman...it's very difficult... AMRUTA Main drug smugglers ko pakadne ke baare mein pooch rahi thi.
He takes a
31. ASHWANI Ah...sorry...drug smugglers...well... (attention back to tissue paper) Kisi bhi drug smuggling operation ke teen part hote hain...Pehle smuggler drugs ka bada consignment khareedta hai...jo asaan hota hai...mushkil hota hai usse bechna...ek international border se doosre border tak laana...transport...zyadatar law enforcement agencies...jaise police...Custom...NCB...isi transport ko attack karte hain...lekin agar woh transport ko pakadne mein fail ho jaate hain...toh smuggler drugs bech ke paise banata hai...money...main isi paise ko pakadne ki koshish karta hoon... Amruta leans over the table, looking at the tissue. AMRUTA (nods) Interesting... (looks at Ashwani) Really. Ashwani looks at her. ASHWANI That's good. Maine apni ex-wife ko yeh sab batane ki koshish ki thi. Toh usne kaha tha 'bore mat karo.' (winks) I wish hum pehle mile hote... AMRUTA You wish. This makes him laugh.
She laughs after him. CUT TO:
EXT. HIGHWAY -- EVENING An ambulance drives down the hilly highway. us that it's driving towards Delhi.
The milestone tells
INT. AMBULANCE -- EVENING Mahendra slowly opens his eyes. Brinda is sitting next to him. As his eyes open, she smiles. That's the first thing he sees and that makes him smile. Weakly though. BRINDA Welcome back... MAHENDRA Hunh...?? BRINDA Kuch nahin...kuch chahiye?
32. MAHENDRA Beer... BRINDA Shut up. MAHENDRA Iss halat mein toh jhagda mat karo... BRINDA Sorry... Mahendra looks around.
Gathering his bearings.
MAHENDRA Kahan ja rahe hain... BRINDA Delhi...Usmaan sir ne arrange kiya...warna wahan toh woh dealer aur uske gaanv wale humein dhoondh rahe the... Mahendra looks at the stretcher next to his. Stephanie Menslot (National Geographic journalist)is lying on it, sleeping. Mahendra looks back at Brinda. MAHENDRA Khemka? BRINDA (shakes her head) Nahin bacha...pehle hi itna torture kiya hua tha usse...aue ek goli bhi lagi thi... Brinda looks at the journalist. BRINDA (CONT'D) Beech mein kuch der ke liye hosh aaya tha isse.... She looks back at Mahendra. Then from her jacket pocket she takes out TWO FILM STILL ROLLS. Mahendra looks at the rolls then at her. MAHENDRA Yeh kya hai? BRINDA Woh photographs jo isne kheenche...gaanje ki keti aur smuggling karen walon ke... apne hotel ke bathroom mein chuppa rakhe the isne...inhi photographs ka pata jaan-ne ke liye un logon ne Khemka aur isse zinda rakha hua tha... MAHENDRA Isse batana mat...ki iske photographs tumhare paas hain...hamare kaam aayenge...
33. BRINDA Yeh rolls ab hamare hi hain...isne diye mujhe... jab beech mein hosh aaya tha isse...toh issi ne mujhe hotel ka address deke in rolls ko wahan se nikalne ke liye kaha tha... EXT. OUTSIDE ANSARI'S BUILDING. AGARIPADA -- EVENING Ansari's car stops outside the building. one side. Wasim gets off from another.
Ansari gets off from
Ansari stops at the gate as he sees one of his men waiting for him. The man comes forward. MAN (to Ansari) Bhai...woh phone aaya tha...apna godown loot liya kisi ne... On Ansari's face. CUT TO: INT. NCB BOMBAY. MAIN HALL -- EVENING Usmaan puts the phone down and comes out of his cabin. USMAAN Kartik. Kartik looks up from his work. KARTIK Sir. Mahendra aur Brinda bas Delhi pahunchne wale hi hain. USMAAN (comes forward) Good. Mere informer ka call tha...Ansari ka godown loot liya kisi ne...Sewri wala... KARTIK Koi andar ka khaas aadmi...? ya phir koi rival...? USMAAN Jo bhi ho... Ansari ko uske bill se bahar nikal ke kuch karne ke liye kaafi hai... Kartik thinks of something. Opens his diary. He sees a note that he has made. Kartik closes it and looks Usmaan. KARTIK Ansari ka rival - Raghav - do din pehle jail se choota hai. Lekin Raghav... uska gang itna strong nahin hai ki Ansari se panga le sake... gangwar hua toh Ansari aise saaf kar dega Raghav ke gang ko. (snaps his fingers)
34. USMAAN Raghav. Ansari jaise calculative aur sharp nahin hai. Emotional hai. Lekin usse uske logon ka support bahut hai. Isiliye aajtak gang chala raha hai. (looks at Kartik) Godown ka address diya hai mujhe informer ne... jaakar dekhne se faayda kya hoga pata nahin... but... want to come along? Kartik leaves his place immediately. KARTIK Definitely. EXT. OUTSIDE ANSARI'S GODOWN -- EVENING Huge door with the broken lock. JAGDALE (O.S.) Do din hue nahin tere Raghav ko nikle aur tum logon ki harkatein chalu ho gayin... EXT. LANE -- EVENING A little away from the godown a car is parked. INT. CAR -- EVENING Inside the car Jagdale is sitting with Selva. SELVA Humne kuch nahin kiya. Bhau toh waise bhi abhi-abhi jail se nikla hai isiliye koi lafda nahin karna chahta. Ansari ke gang ke andar ka koi aadmi haath daala hoga uske maal pe. Jagdale looks at Selva. JAGDALE Lekin Ansari ke godown ka khabar toh tu mujhe dene wala tha na. SELVA Mere ko pata lagta ki godown idhar hai toh main aapko bolta nahin kya? JAGDALE Maroge tum sab agar yeh kartoot tum logon ki hai toh... SELVA Kartoot toh hamari nahin hai saheb...par dil ko khushi milti hai ki koi Ansari ka nuksaan kiya.... Jagdale sees something.
Looks ahead.
Selva follows his gaze.
Ansari's car has stopped outside the godown.
35. SELVA (O.S.) (CONT'D) Yeh Ansari ka gaadi hai... Jagdale looks back at Selva.
Selva nods.
INT. ANSARI'S CAR -- EVENING From behind the tinted window, Ansari is looking at the godown. Anger slowly rising up in his eyes. Behind him his aides and Wasim look in his direction. ANSARI Chalo. EXT. OUTSIDE ANSARI'S GODOWN -- EVENING Ansari's car moves away. INT. JAGDALE'S CAR -- EVENING Jagdale jots down the number of Ansari's car. aside and starts driving.
Then puts the pad
EXT. LANE -- EVENING Jagdale's car takes the same road as Ansari's car. P.O.V. KARTIK'S CAR -- EVENING Jagdale's car driving into the same lane where Ansari's car went. Kartik looks at Usmaan. KARTIK Jagdale hai sir. Usmaan nods.
Gestures Kartik to follow them.
EXT. OUTSIDE ANSARI'S GODOWN -- EVENING Kartik's car drives past Ansari's godown and follows the same lane where Ansari's and Jagdale's vehicles went. INT. ANSARI'S CAR -- EVENING Ansari sitting in the passenger seat. His jaw tightly clenched with anger. There is silence inside the car. MUSA (V.O.) Dhande mein jitni zaroorat humein teri hai utni hi hamari zaroorat tujhe hai. INT. STD PCO -- LATE EVENING Inside the vacant PCO Ansari has the receiver held against his ear.
36. MUSA'S VOICE Itna andaaza toh tujhe bhi ho gaya hoga ki Bambai mein tere paanv bhi koi khaas mazboot nahin hain. Aur agar tere yahan rehte hue koi maal loot sakta hai toh tere peeche kya hoga. Zubeydah bhai theek bolte the. Abhi tujhe yahan bulane ka time nahin aaya hai. Aur kuch?
ANSARI Ya rakhoon.
MUSA'S VOICE Main teri bhalai ke liye hi bolta hoon... ANSARI Rakhta hoon... Ansari puts the phone down. He looks at the phone for few moments. Then picks up the receiver and dials a number. It rings. CUT TO: EXT. MANALI. HIGHWAY -- LATE EVENING An Ambassador car is driving behind a lorry. ring.
SOUND OF phone
INT. AMBASSADOR CAR -- LATE EVENING Raja answers the call. RAJA Bhai. INTERCUT: ANSARI Kya chal raha hai? RAJA Seb load kar diye hain...raaste mein hoon. ANSARI Phal nazuk hai. Sambhaal ke. bahut ho gaye hain...
Khane wale
RAJA Nazar toh thi kuch logon ki. Bambai se yahan tak aa gaye the. Jaise-taise seb bacha ke nikaal liye... ANSARI Lekin yahan godam se aam ke barah bakse lut gaye... Raja is quiet for a moment. RAJA Kisne kiya?
37. ANSARI Jaldi pata lag jayega... Raja is quiet again. ANSARI (CONT'D) Lekin jab tak yeh seb thikane nahin lag jaate main kuch karna nahin chahta...isliye inko jaldi thikane laga...rakhta hoon. Ansari puts the receiver down. Then gets up from the stool and taps on the shutter. The shutter opens. EXT. OUTSIDE STD - PCO -- LATE EVENING Ansari walks out of the PCO.
The manager gets inside.
EXT. AGARIPADA LANE -- LATE EVENING Jagdale and Selva see Ansari walking away from the PCO. JAGDALE Toh yeh hai iska phone karne ka adda...isiliye na apne paas mobile rakhta hai...na pager... EXT. TERRACE. AGARIPADA -- LATE EVENING Kartik's hiding place, from where he used to observe Ansari's house and his vehicles. Usmaan and Kartik watch Ansari as he walks to his building. Ansari gets inside his channel gate. The guard locks it. Usmaan looks at Kartik. USMAAN Iss area mein kitne aise PCO honge? KARTIK Pandrah ke aas-paas. Kal subah tak exact location aur unke phone numbers pata laga loonga. USMAAN (nods) Ansari sirf yehi PCO use nahin karta hoga. Area uska hai. Yahan jitne bhi PCO hain. Sab uske business phone honge... KARTIK Kab kis number se phone karne wala hai. Ya kis number pe aane wala - iss pattern ka pata lagane mein time lagega sir. USMAAN Lekin humein tap toh sab karne padenge...Krishnan se baat karta hoon...permission ke liye... Usmaan steps away from terrace.
Kartik follows.
38. EXT. AGARIPADA. BACK LANE -- LATE EVENING Usmaan and Kartik come out of the rear exit of the building that opens up into a quiet street. There is a BMC notice board on the building, saying that THIS BUILDING IS HAZARDOUS AND IS RISKY TO VENTURE IN, HENCE VACATED. Usmaan and Kartik get into Kartik's car.
Their car pulls away.
Few moments later another car pulls up. The window rolls down. Ashwani Khanna is sitting inside the car, watching Kartik's car rolling away. Once Kartik's car is out sight, Ashwani gets off from his car and closes the door. He looks at the building that BMC has declared hazardous. CUT TO: EXT. SAME TERRACE -- MOMENTS LATER Ashwani is standing there, looking down from the hiding point. Ansari's building is in front of him. Ashwani keeps looking at it. INT. ANSARI'S ROOM -- NIGHT A FEW MEN enter Ansari's room.
Ansari and Wasim look at them.
ANSARI Pata laga? One of the men nods. MAN 1 Dagdi chaal wala Raghu do din pehle jail se choota hai. Ansari do not blinks. MAN 1 (CONT'D) Uska aur uske aadmiyon ka kaam hai. Ansari nods. ANSARI Jab tak main nahin boloon koi kuch nahin karega...Raghu aur uske ladkon ko aise lagne do ki humein kuch pata hi nahin chala... MEN Ji...ji bhai... Ansari gestures them to leave.
The men exit one by one.
ANSARI (to Wasim) Tu bhi ja...
39. WASIM Lekin aap... ANSARI Main theek hoon...ja... Wasim slowly leaves his seat.
Leaves the room.
Ansari remains sitting motionless for a while. His eyes not blinking much, not moving either. His mind must be racing though. His hand then reaches for his drawer. The drawer opens. The gun inside stares back again at Ansari. Ansari stares back at the gun. His hand reaches for it and slowly lifts the gun. He brings the gun out and unloads it. Then reloads it. Then unloads again dropping the magazine out. The reloads again. Then unloads. Then in sheer frustration and anger he slams his fists on his desk. Once. Twice. His mouth open to scream. But his throat suppresses it. His hand kicks the stuff from the table away. face
From Ansari's DISSOLVE TO:
EXT. WATERFRONT -- NIGHT Isolated waterfront. Raghav and his men have tied the tarpaulin around some gunny sacks to make them waterproof. They tie the rope around the tarpaulin, while Raghu looks on. Once done, they tie the rope to a hook on the ground and drop the sacks inside the water. Selva walks up beside Raghav.
Raghav looks at him.
RAGHAV Kahan gayab tha subah se? SELVA Ek pehchaan wale ko milne gaya tha bhau. RAGHAV Tujhe maloom hai na itna bada lafda kiya hum logon ne. Ansari ko pata lag gaya hoga ki main jail se aa gaya hai. Bewkoof nahin hai woh. Tujhe kidhar akele mein dekha toh daal dega... SELVA Tu aa gaya hai na...mujhe kuch nahin hoga bhau...abhi darr nahin lagta... Selva smiles innocently. him.
Raghav pulls him closer and embraces
40. SELVA (CONT'D) (emotional) Abhi kisi se darr nahin lagta bhau. Raghav.
On Raghav's face. FADE OUT:
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