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- [conch blowing] - [temple bell ringing]

["Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra" playing]

[song fades]

[shutter clicking]

[upbeat music playing]

[music fades]

[rain falling]

[rain intensifies]

[thunder rumbling]

[low, eerie music begins]

[thunder rumbling]

[dogs barking]

[dogs barking menacingly]

- [panting] - [dogs continue barking]

[eerie music continues]

- [clattering] - [woman yelping]

[in Hindi] POLICE STATION DISTRICT - AGRA

[huffing, panting]

[woman in English] Help! [panting]

Help! Help! [exhaling]

My husband's going to kill me.

Please, please help me. My husband wants to kill me. Please.

[in Hindi] TWO MONTHS EARLIER

[in English] Today's breaking news, only on Visphotak News.

Hathni Kund Barrage on the Yamuna river in Haryana has been destroyed completely

due to heavy rains.

As a result of this, a lot of crocodiles have been washed away

with the flowing water, to low-lying areas such as Agra.

Will you help me get down?

My legs are hurting. Come. Help me.

[news report continues on TV]

Auntyji, come on. It's time for your shot of insulin.

You're here? With so many tomatoes?

They're quite cheap today.

So I was thinking...

- [woman] She looked so pretty. - [dreamy voice]...just buy some.

[light, romantic music playing]

[reporter continues speaking on TV]

[woman] Sona, please help me out this one time.

I promise you the next time you need me... [yelps]

I'll be there for you.

I helped you yesterday, didn't I?

[music intensifies]

[loudly] What!

She cancelled a 5-hour bridal makeup session!

I could've dolled up five clients in that time.

- Sorry, they fell down. - No problem.

She gave it to Seema?

[sucks teeth]

You know what? When Rani does her thing, girls look like brides for a whole month.

And Seema's clients, by the time they get to the altar,

they start looking as scary as Monjulika.

She'll come back to me.

I'm not going to give her a rupee's discount.

She hasn't even returned the lipstick she had borrowed.

Oh, no! Rani was so upset that she forgot her Kamla-Bimla here. Look.

Shall I go give it?

Go ahead.

[compounder] I'll be right back.

Just a minute.

Let's go.

Raniji! Raniji!

- Belanganj. - [compounder] Raniji!

Raniji, you forgot your... Raniji.

[gasps] Just a second.

[yelps]

No, that's not the point.

Stick to the bookings. You need to value other people's time.

[grunts, pants]

- Yeah, but... - [train horn hooting]

[fast-paced music playing]

- [distant chatter] - [compounder] Raniji

Raniji, wait!

[Rani] Yeah, just, just a bit further. Pull over.

SHROUD SHOP - QADER SHROUD STORE - BEWARE OF THIEVES

- [driver in Hindi] 30. - [in English] Here.

[music slows down, fades]

Raniji. [grunts]

You forgot these.

[Rani] Thank you, thank you, thank you so much.

Um, you ran all the way to give me these?

Oh, no, no.

I had some work here.

SHROUD SHOP, QADER SHROUD STORE BEWARE OF THIEVES

- Hmm. - Actually, it's for a patient.

- Looks like you take good care of them. - [chuckles awkwardly] Yeah, yeah.

Thank you! [chuckles]

- Actually, Raniji. - Yes?

- I, uh... - [woman] Rani!

- Rani, come here quickly. - Yeah.

I'll be back in two minutes.

- No problem. - Just two minutes. Okay? Hmm.

Listen, Rani, I goofed up.

Mrs. Sahay asked for Dirty Blonde, but I applied Slutty Red by mistake.

It's okay, we'll see.

I've told you a thousand times not to start without me.

- Hi, Mrs. Sahay. - [in Hindi] Arey, Rani?

[in English] Ah, keep it on, keep it on.

This enhances the color, you know? How have you been?

- One chai, please. - Yes, sir.

- We're applying an extra layer. - Okay.

You have time, right?

[soft, lilting music playing]

[Rani] Dirty Blonde, the best color in town. Trust me.

- [Mrs. Sahay] Really? - [Rani] Takes a little time to apply.

- [music continues] - [conversation muted]

[rain intensifies]

[Rani] We'll wash it off in ten minutes.

[lilting music continues]

[rain intensifies]

- Raniji. - Come on...

- I was thinking that would you... - What?

Would you like to watch a movie with me?

- What? - Friday?

Ah...

[slow piano music starts playing]

[compounder] At 6?

[music slows down]

- Okay. - Okay.

[man in Hindi] ♪ Once upon a time, There was a beauty ♪

♪ And her crazy lover ♪

♪ It was a magical age ♪

♪ A magical ambience ♪

♪ It was a magical world ♪

♪ After they met one day ♪

[woman] ♪ They started meeting Every day... ♪

RANI

[man] ♪ Then they fell in love ♪

[woman] ♪ It was a catastrophe ♪

[man] ♪ Where did you lose yourself ♪

♪ While listening to this story? ♪

♪ People are surprised Because they are unfamiliar... ♪

[grunts]

[woman] ♪ With the path that love takes... ♪

RANI

[man] ♪ I used to be familiar ♪

♪ With those paths ♪

♪ Once upon a time, there was a beauty ♪

♪ And her crazy lover... ♪

[client screams]

♪ It was a magical ambience ♪

♪ It was a magical world ♪

[man] ♪ There was a beauty ♪ [woman] ♪ There was a beauty ♪

[man] ♪ And her crazy lover ♪ [woman] ♪ And her crazy lover ♪

[music continues in background]

[Rani in English] For the sake of love, Rishu and I had gone too far.

Rishu had now become Ravi.

Our love was like a flowing river, but we were on the opposite banks.

And what stopped us from crossing over?

The Uttar Pradesh Police.

And to this day, we are giving it our all for that elusive happily ever after.

If love doesn't push you to the brink of insanity, it's not true love.

Only the meek seek refuge in a passionless relationship.

[music continues in background]

[music fades]

[indistinct chatter]

[bus conductor] Jaipur! Jaipur!

- Hurry up, Jaipur! - [breaks screeching]

[man over speakers] Enter inside. Hey, uncle, look here, here.

[knocking on door]

Gudduji, here, uh, the 25 that you had asked for.

Okay, don't worry, I'll take care of everything.

Within two months, you'll be off to Thailand.

- Two months? - Yes, two months

I'll let you know the exact date.

[footsteps receding]

So that proves the fact that, in every condition,

- the velocity remains cons... - [boy whispering]

- [boy stops talking] - What's going on over there?

- Pay attention here. - [boy] Yes, sir.

- So the velocity of... - [metallic clank]

[diabolic music playing]

Note this down, I'll be back.

[knock on door]

[diabolic music playing]

When are you giving it, Raviji?

Rent? I've given it already.

When will you give the answers to my questions?

[sighs]

What was the song?

[in Hindi] ♪ All I need is a lover ♪

♪ To love ♪

[intones the music of the song]

[in English] Poonamji, after my wife passed...

[sucks teeth] Raviji, your wife is gone but not your life, right?

And I'm not talking about love that lasts a lifetime.

Hmm?

Just... a night or two will do.

[coughing]

[coughs]

[coughs] I am sorry.

- I'm not feeling well today. - No problem.

You'll surely feel better someday.

I'll come back then.

[continues mock coughing]

[authoritatively] Hmm!

[in Hindi ] ♪ All I need is a lover ♪

♪ To love ♪

[continues humming]

[indistinct loudspeaker announcement]

[cell phone buzzing]

Hello.

[soft music playing]

[romantic music playing]

Uncle & aunty have gone to the Agra Masala Convention.

Masala Convention?

Now don't be a clueless cat, okay?

The point is, there is nobody home. So are you coming?

[sighs] Looks a bit difficult today.

Alright then, meet me with a gift on Raksha Bandhan, okay?

[laughs heartily]

When will we get out of here, Rishu?

- How much longer? - [Rishu] Plan is in place.

The agent has sourced new passports as well.

Just one more month to go, then it'll be just you and me going wild in Thailand.

Meanwhile, just see to it that you don't fall for the love of your fans.

And what about that compounder lover of yours?

He doesn't desire my body. He desires my love.

He's a decent man.

But you're not that decent.

Panditji says, "Character nor behavior reveals,

to judge a person in love, realize what their heart feels."

[in Hindi] Uff!

[slow, romantic music playing]

[clock ticking]

[slow, expectant music playing]

[suitcase press catch clicks open]

[light music continues]

[knocking on door]

[music fades]

[wedding band playing outside]

- Bhai Sahab! - [vendor] Hmm?

- Tickets for the 6 o'clock show. - How many?

All of them, please.

[slow, lively music playing]

- [cicadas chirping] - [dogs barking at distance]

[ambulance blaring indistinctly]

[grunts, pants]

[Rishu] Rani. Hmm!

[Rani moans]

- [Rani moans, yelps] - Sorry, sorry! Did you get hurt?

- [Rani] Ah! - [Rishu] Huh?

[both moaning]

[in Hindi] Arey, yaar!

[both breathing heavily]

[Rani in English] Come on.

[both chuckling]

[commercials from theater echoing outside]

[indistinct chatter]

Hey, come on, move aside.

[movie dialogs continue in the background]

[vendor in Hindi] Tamatar le lo. [in English] 15 rupees, half kg.

[man] The city of Taj is under threat.

A crocodile was seen crawling around Aslam Tailor's shop.

So, I'm just doing a root touch up.

We'll keep it for half an hour. Then we will wash it off.

- Okay? - As you say, beta.

[thunder rumbles]

Arey, Abhimanyu? At this hour?

[chuckles] Again with so many tomatoes? Huh?

They were really cheap outside Royal Cinema.

[slow, pensive music plays]

So I thought might as well.

[thunder rumbles]

[whispers] Shit!

I am sorry.

Abhimanyu, I am so sorry!

Don't worry, Raniji. I'm sure you must've been busy with something important.

I... wait...

- So sorry. Take this... - Shall we try again next Friday?

I'll be waiting for you.

Again?

Waiting doesn't scare me. Because that can be done alone.

I'm scared of the conversations.

For those I'll need you as well, right? [chuckles]

[thunder rumbles]

Right.

[laughs heartily]

Stop laughing.

I feel really bad for him.

[indistinct chatter]

[Rishu] Raniji, you have quite the history of killing your lovers and admirers.

The police never found their bodies.

Don't try to act over smart... [gasps]

Help, help, help!

[fast-paced drum music playing]

[Rani] Oh no!

[police sirens blaring]

- [gasps] - [police siren blaring]

[police siren blaring]

[Rani gasps] Catch him!

[man] I said stop!

Stop.

[diabolic music playing]

- [jeep door closes] - [Rani whispers] Oh no, oh no.

[water running]

- [tap squeaks shut] - [aunty] Yes, sir?

[man] Does a girl named Rani Kashyap live here?

- [aunty] Uh... - [man] Locals gave us this address.

[aunty] Yes, she lives here.

Uh, she's a really nice girl. Poor girl is a widow.

She's got no family. She lives here as a tenant.

[man] We found her purse.

[aunty hesitates] I'll call her. Uh, Rani beta!

Yes?

[tense music playing]

[whispers] Coming.

[music intensifies]

So you managed to find me. Who stole my purse?

And we've crossed paths again, Raniji.

Fate.

It looks like divine justice is on its way.

Your favorite Dinesh Pandit,

says something along those lines in that novel, right?

[in Hindi] Wrath of Kasauli?

[in English] I've read the novel.

The climax was to die for.

Faked his own death and cut off his hand and placed it near the dead body

to save his damsel in distress.

- Thank you. - By the way,

I've heard someone's been looking for you for a long time.

Who?

[exaggerated tone] The ghosts of your past.

[slow, diabolic music playing]

[inhales deeply]

That officer has read Wrath of Kasauli.

He said he loved the climax and someone is on the hunt for us.

He knows what we did.

He only has a fictional story, no evidence.

He's trying to scare you.

[man 1 on screen in Hindi] I told you to go back, right? Why did you come back?

[man 2 ] I was missing you.

[man 1] We met in the morning. Did you forget?

[man 2] I was busy in the morning laying my traps.

[movie continue on screen]

[ominous music on screen]

[man 1] I thought two Indians could share their happiness and sorrow.

- [movie continues] - [sinister music playing]

[music intensifies]

- [Rishu panting] - [distant traffic noise]

[Rishu grunts]

[water flushing]

[dramatic music playing]

[intercept message in English] The number you're trying to call is out of coverage.

Please call again later.

[in Hindi] The number you have called is out of coverage area.

[dramatic music playing]

[distant traffic sounds]

[Poonam] Bhaiya, Husanpura?

[rickshaw receding]

- [man] Bhaisaab, what's wrong with you? - [Rani] The stench is really bad, bhaiya.

All customers are complaining. Please move your truck.

[driver] I'm leaving, madam. I'm leaving.

You've already picked up the garbage, so just leave.

[driver] I told you I'm leaving.

[Rani] "Strengths of the heart once intertwined,

love can endure attacks of every kind."

One minute. One minute. One...

This... Are you a fan of Dinesh Pandit?

This?

Some mad fellow wrote this on my truck

and paid me to simply wait here for an hour or so.

Why? Is there any problem?

[buoyant music playing]

[in Hindi] DINESH PANDIT

ATTACK ON LOVE

[suspenseful music playing]

[Rani in English] "Though I didn't want to talk to you,

my will lost and vulnerability took over.

Archana knew the place where her lover would be waiting for her."

- [Rani] Uncle, uh, uncle? - Hmm?

- The phone? - [man] Time to close.

- [clock ticking] - [tense music playing]

[rain intensifies]

[phone ringing]

- Rishu! Rishu! - [Rishu] Rani!

Rishu, are you okay?

Yeah, yeah, I am fine.

Okay, listen, I just met the agent and we're leaving for Thailand next week.

Rishu, Rishu, Rishu, I think the police is up to something, Rishu.

They're following me wherever I go.

Rani, listen.

The only thing standing between prison and freedom is your fear.

Kishore doesn't have evidence.

They just want to see you worried, that's exactly what they want.

And they might call you to the police station

to ask a few questions.

Just be strong.

- Hmm. - [phone clicks]

- Uh, Rishu? Hello? Rishu! Rishu! - [busy tone]

Hello?

[tense music playing]

Okay.

[in Hindi] POLICE STATION DISTRICT - AGRA

[tense music playing]

[constable in English] Come on! Come on, chindi chor! Go, sit in the van.

- [indistinct chatter] - [exhales]

[exhales again]

[Kishore exhales]

"Naitik Verma?"

New lover? Or a friend?

Why?

Because you talk to him for hours on end.

I thought we could be friends. He told me his name was Rahul.

Then one day, a woman called me and said that he's her husband.

So the friendship ended.

You know, the thing is, inspector sahab, especially nowadays,

can anyone be a 100% certain if they know a person?

There's a difference between knowing and recognizing, but you know that.

[noncommittal tone] Hmm.

But this time you can't spin your stories in the police station, Raniji.

Panditji says...

[laughs loudly]

You couldn't resist getting Panditji into the mix, could you?

I had to.

Because in a police station like this about 30 years ago,

he was framed, tarnished and fired from his job.

[eerie music playing]

Since that day, he has been trying to get his revenge through his books.

Look at any of his stories.

- The police will always be the losers. - [constable] Jai Hind, sahab.

So, the pen really is mightier than the sword, quite a revenge.

[eerie music continues]

[music crescendos, stops]

I've heard Dinesh Pandit bhaisahab left the world a long time ago.

But his books are being published even today.

[liquid fizzes]

[man burps]

My name is Mrutyunjay Paswan.

I don't think you recognize me.

I'm your relative, actually.

I think your memory seems to be a little weak, hmm?

[Mrutyunjay exhales]

If I had to tell you exactly who I am...

I'm Rishu's mom's sister's husband's sister's husband's brother.

[dramatic music playing]

Which means...

I'm Neel's favorite chacha.

[music intensifies]

[diabolic music resumes]

For you, Neel might be Rishu's distant cousin.

[music fades]

But you need to know something.

Neel meant the world to me.

My favorite, my darling nephew.

[soft, melancholic music playing]

You know, I danced like crazy at your wedding functions.

Showered money.

[Mrityunjay exhales]

You know Kishoreji, right? He's a close friend of mine.

And he has offered me a chance to take the lead in this case of yours.

So from now on...

I'll be asking all the questions.

Because

it's personal.

[eerie music playing]

Tell me one thing, this friend of yours, a special friend maybe, Naitikji,

Rahulji...

What makes him call the travel agent every single week?

- He... - [Mrityunjay] Hmm?

[mumbles] He likes to travel maybe, how would I know?

And you?

Why are you roaming around Agra all by yourself?

Isn't it so strange, Raniji?

It's been such a long time since Rishu's gone.

You broke all ties and are not talking to your family either.

You didn't even get married again.

So you mean to say, it's a crime for a widow to not remarry?

Are you planning on reporting me or arresting me?

- What are you trying to imply? - [loudly] I'm telling you

that I know Rishu is here with you in this city, here in Agra.

Otherwise, you living here

without any relative, without any friends simply doesn't make sense.

[silence]

[softly] Sorry.

What I'm also trying to say is...

I've known Rishu since the time he was just in his nappies.

He's like an iceberg. What you see is harmless.

But we'll never know the secret it hides underneath.

I... I'm a modern independent woman and I... I can manage on my own.

[scoffs]

[scoffs]

Raniji, people from the department call me by a number of names.

[eerie bird hooting sounds]

But my most favorite one is The Woodpecker.

The Woodpecker.

Do you know why?

It's because a woodpecker keeps pecking the trunk of a tree continuously

and relentlessly till he bores a hole in it.

He just doesn't give up.

The thing is that...

the law doesn't dare to intervene between me and all my cases.

[diabolic music playing]

- [eerie music] - [cicadas chirping]

Okay.

You may leave.

[music intensifies]

And Raniji...

if you run into Rishu, do tell him...

[music stops abruptly]

...his Montu chacha is back now.

[music resumes]

[diabolic music resumes]

[music fades]

You said that a team was keeping an eye on her, right?

Any news from them?

No, sir, nothing yet.

The force is searching the whole city, sir.

Where all does our beautiful madam take her lovely self in the city?

Uh, sir, home, beauty parlor, she's usually in a 2-kilometer radius.

Then deploy your force in the same 2-kilometre radius right away.

We'll nab Rishu in a week's time.

Okay, sir.

[diabolic music resumes]

Have you seen this person?

POLICE STATION BELANGANJ

[man 1] No.

- Seen him? - [man 2] No.

- Seen him? - Don't know him.

Look closely. Must have seen him somewhere.

- Seen him? - [man 3] No idea, sir.

Let's ask him.

- Don't recognize? - No, sir.

Good to go.

[bus bell rings]

[tense music playing]

[diabolic music playing]

Please, listen to me!

Sir, I haven't done anything.

- Listen to me. - [policeman grunts]

[Guddu] I've two small kids at home.

I have not done anything wrong, sir.

[engine starts]

[music intensifies]

- [indistinct chatter] - [traffic sounds]

[Poonam] Aunty, how can you say that?

Your son Sonu told me, "Mummy doesn't teach me anything at home.

She's on her phone, watching Anupama all day."

[booted footsteps approaching]

I'll call back in some time.

Have you seen this man anywhere?

[tense music playing]

I'll be back in just a moment.

Want some chai?

- No. - Yes.

Uh, sugar, three teaspoons.

Three teaspoons.

Ever heard about diabetes?

That's why I said, sir, only three teaspoons.

[breathing heavily]

[exhales]

[door opens loudly]

Raviji.

[tense music playing]

The police have come here.

They asked me, "Have you seen him?"

No, right?

I'll tell them.

Sorry, sir, I haven't seen him.

[booted footsteps receding]

Uh, arey, madam, I thought you're getting us chai.

It's not ready yet?

Aren't you ashamed?

Asking a woman on crutches to make chai for you?

[loudly] Get lost from here!

If you want chai, come with a warrant next time. Get out!

[chuckles softly]

[tense music playing]

Rani!

- Rani... - Not today. People are around.

- [Rishu] Listen to me. - You listen to me.

Who is that new DSP at the police station?

Montu chacha, I know. Get in, I'll tell you.

[Rani] Montu?

One minute.

[latch closes]

It's all over, Rani.

- Everything. - [voices trembles] Why?

He has arrested our travel agent, Guddu.

[tense music playing]

All the money we paid, everything, it's all ruined.

Today, the cops came to the coaching center as well.

That Poonam is also suspecting me.

I just don't know what to do now.

- [whispers] Let's run away. - Huh?

Come on, let's run away.

Rani, I've known Montu chacha since I was a kid.

If we both run away, he'll have even more fun.

We'll run to every nook and cranny, but he'll follow us and kill us.

Montu chacha! Neel! What kind of a...

- What kind of a family do you have? - We are left with no other option.

I'll surrender myself.

I'll tell the police you had nothing to do with Neel's death.

Have you gone crazy? Hmm?

Have you really lost your mind?

We ran away from Jwalapur and came here, why?

To surrender ourselves?

Rishu, you had to cut your hand.

- Try to understand what I'm saying. - [Abhimanyu] Auntyji?

[aunty] Oh, you're here!

Wait a second.

[Abhimanyu] Is Raniji home?

Rani beta.

[nervous chuckle]

[suspenseful music playing]

[Rishu whispers] Rani!

Rani...

I'll just go to another city.

In a couple of days, the police will track me and arrest me then and there.

- You will be... - Ssh! Shut up!

You're afraid because Montu chacha thinks we're here together, right?

I think I have a better idea.

But you have to trust me.

[thunder rumbling]

I thought I'd have to wait for you tonight as well.

I'll have to come home again for an appointment.

I guess all good things come to those who wait.

So will you marry me?

What?

I asked, will you marry me?

Are you serious?

What about love?

I don't have the heart to fall in love again.

I wait for you for hours at a stretch, but you never seem to notice me.

Why me?

If he can wait hours for me,

I think he could hold my hand and walk a few miles too.

And who knows?

Maybe love finds me after we get married.

Or maybe it won't.

- [heavy wind whooshes] - [rain intensifies]

[thunder rumbling]

Wow, Raniji...

It took you just a moment to make me the happiest man in the world

and the loneliest too.

Love has the same effect, Abhimanyuji.

It makes you strong and breaks you too.

If I had known love was this merciless, I would've stayed away.

[suspenseful music playing]

But now there's no turning back.

[Rishu] "My sins have been washed away since I fell in love.

Saying your name feels like I'm chanting Bajrang Bali's name somehow."

[devotees chanting "Hanuman Chalisa"]

- [birds chirping] - [chanting continues in background]

Don't do it, Rani. This is not the right plan for us.

Neither will Rani and Rishu be together, nor will Montu chacha come after us.

The chapter ends there.

[exhales deeply]

[scoffs] One of Panditji's lines came to my mind.

"I'll accept all your demands. Just make sure

- our fights don't involve a third person." - [mouths silently]

We aren't even fighting. Yet there is a third one.

We're spoiling our lives so badly, Rani.

Do you think our love will last forever?

- [softly] The wedding is in three days. - [woman vocalizing in the background]

Will you come?

[scoffs]

[vocalizing continues]

[man in Hindi] ♪ This deep bond between us ♪

♪ Always brings a smile when we meet ♪

♪ I am so besotted by you ♪

♪ That my eyes fill with tears of joy ♪

♪ I will bear this pain for you ♪

♪ With a smile on my face ♪

♪ I am so besotted by you ♪

♪ That my eyes fill with tears of joy ♪

♪ Joy and sorrow Are sides of the same coin ♪

♪ I hope these smiles Don't lead to tears ♪

♪ I will bear this pain for you ♪

♪ With a smile on my face ♪

So, what do you think,

will Romeo come here for his Juliet's wedding?

[guests chattering indistinctly]

I know the kind of person Rishu has been.

The only thing that can destroy him is his love.

After all, we are legally obliged to screw him. Hmm?

[music resumes]

♪ Joy and sorrow Are sides of the same coin ♪

♪ I hope these smiles Don't lead to tears ♪

♪ With a smile ♪

♪ I feel smothered ♪

♪ Let me catch my breath ♪

♪ With a smile ♪

♪ Whom can I tell my secrets to? Close friends are hard to find ♪

♪ I will bear this pain for you ♪

♪ With a smile on my face ♪

♪ I will bear this pain for you ♪

♪ I will bear this pain for you ♪

♪ I am so besotted by you ♪

♪ That my eyes fill with tears of joy ♪

♪ Joy and sorrow Are sides of the same coin ♪

♪ I hope these smiles Don't lead to tears ♪

♪ I will bear this pain for you ♪

♪ With a smile on my face ♪

- [music continues] - [conversation muted]

[loud drums playing]

[conchs blowing]

[diabolic music playing]

[music fades]

[low, tense music playing]

[tense music continues]

[Rani breathing heavily]

[clock ticking]

You... You drink rum?

Sorry? Uh, yeah, sometimes

Hm, uh, you have whiskey?

[ambulance sirens blaring]

When I used to look at you from a distance,

I had a thousand things to say to you.

Now you're in front of me, I don't know what to say or do.

I'm stressing out thinking about

- what I can say to make you laugh. - [chuckles]

Have you heard of Dinesh Pandit?

[clicks tongue]

Even Rishu didn't know about him before he met me.

[scoffs]

You had to bring Rishuji into this.

He is always here.

[low, pensive music playing]

[In that case...

you, me and Rishuji could play snakes and ladders.

Love plays out between two people, Raniji.

If it's three, we're better off playing snakes and ladders.

Tell me one thing.

Hmm?

Didn't you feel bad

when I said I'm getting married to you just for my convenience?

- Didn't it break your heart? - [clicks tongue]

You must have made some plans for yourself.

Love, lover, romance, intimacy, passion, etc. etc.

I was seven when my parents passed away.

[melancholic music playing]

What remained of my family was my chacha, chachi and their two kids.

They passed away when I was about 20.

I was the only one left.

The house, these windows, the roof and the walls.

I had a job, but that could barely get me out of bed.

When I couldn't see a light at the end of the tunnel,

I tried to end my life too.

[tense music playing]

And that's the day I saw you at the clinic.

[uplifting music playing]

[dreamy, voice echoes] Sky-blue dupatta rose-pink kameez.

I had never before seen such colors in my life.

My whole world changed completely.

Such beautiful colors, made my clinic, my house,

my neighborhood, all turn rosy pink.

The whole city, in fact the Taj Mahal I saw from my house, turned pink as well.

If I have to play snakes and ladders with you for the rest of my life,

I'll do it with a smile.

Shall we?

[man in Hindi] ♪ Your eyes and mine ♪

♪ Locked in a gaze ♪

♪ Your dreams and mine ♪

♪ Are so alike ♪

♪ I know not, nor do you ♪

♪ But this is the wonder of the divine ♪

♪ I wish I could express ♪

♪ What's going on within my heart ♪

♪ I wish I could express ♪

♪ What's going on within my heart ♪

♪ Is it love or an illusion ♪

♪ Wonders everyone ♪

♪ I wish I could express ♪

♪ What's going on within my heart... ♪

Who is it, Raniji?

Pizza.

I didn't order it.

Wanted to surprise you.

♪ The love I imbibe from your gaze ♪

♪ Drives me out of my senses ♪

♪ My very soul Is getting intoxicated by you ♪

♪ What fault is it of mine ♪

♪ That I fell in love with your eyes ♪

♪ And was driven out of my mind? ♪

♪ My very soul Is getting intoxicated by you ♪

♪ What fault is it of mine? ♪

[in English] Come on! Come on, you lost again!

What kind of a champion are you?

Hmm...

I'm only focused on winning the real game, Raniji.

Game of Life, just with you.

If you tell me to jump from the roof, I'll do it. Just for you.

But I don't have the permission to love.

But that's what Dinesh Pandit's character Surekha said just a second ago.

Show me.

Hmm.

Proceed with caution.

Who knows what the pages of this book contain?

Surekha might get permission to fall in love.

You keep waiting for the big twist. I'm off to sleep now.

[Rani sighs]

Good night.

Yeah, I'm soon going to get my PhD in waiting anyway.

Raviji.

I got a little carried away.

The thing is that seeing the police my heart goes dhak dhak

dhak dhak.

[heartbeats pounding]

It starts pounding really hard.

[sound of heartbeats continue]

[tense music playing]

[dramatic music playing]

[grunts]

Why do you play so hard to get, Raviji?

You don't have a hand and I practically don't have a leg.

But together we could walk miles on end. Perfect.

Do you know what happened to my leg?

[suspenseful music playing]

For my ex-boyfriend, I was on the second floor, and I jumped off.

[eerie music playing]

[chuckles softly]

[snorts loudly]

[Rani] "I gave him my heart thinking he's my own,

but he butchered it leaving me broken and torn."

From the day we got married until now, we're just playing snakes and ladders.

The actual board game.

But your tongue is stuck way down Poonam's throat.

She keeps blackmailing me, harassing me, what do I do?

And I pushed her away. You saw that too, right?

I told you to stay away, stay away from that... that wicked bitch.

- Who knows? Maybe you led her on. - Seriously?

That's how much you trust me and my love?

Didn't I trust you when you told me you were going to marry Abhimanyu?

Correct. It's all my fault.

I made a plan, so I was wrong. Abhimanyu is trapped and that's my fault.

And Montu chacha? That also must be my fault.

I told you, I was ready to surrender, but you didn't listen to me.

- He's not going to leave us alone. - Go to hell!

And take your Montu chacha with you.

At first, we didn't love each other.

Then we fell in love but the timing was off.

When the timing was right, we couldn't be together 'cause there were issues.

Finally, when we sorted everything, we were about to leave,

your Montu chacha comes out of nowhere.

The timing of our love story is bad. I don't think this is going to work out.

[gasps]

Last time you thought our relationship won't work out, I cut off my hand.

But I didn't let go of your hand.

This time if I have to cut off my head, I'll happily do that as well.

My love for you has made me a criminal anyway.

[footsteps receding]

[indistinct traffic sounds]

Oh! That's not fair, Raniji.

You've already started drinking without me?

You are crying? Is everything all right?

L...

- What? - L...

L... S... D.

LSD!

Are you high on drugs?

[sucks teeth]

Love. Sex. Deceit. LSD.

You'll find it all over Agra.

There is LSD everywhere around us.

Look, all I need is love.

Poonam just wants sex.

And Abhimanyu is a victim of deceit.

[diabolic music playing]

He's trapped for no reason.

He shouldn't have got married.

[diabolic music playing]

It's all my fault.

It's Montu chacha's fault.

Montu... whatever he's doing, [sniffles] he shouldn't be doing it.

I don't want to be here.

[sniffles] Please take me away from here, Rishu.

[sobbing] Please take me away.

Please take me away.

[melancholic music continues]

[suspenseful music playing]

[music intensifies]

- [music fades] - [insects chirping]

[birds chirping]

[loudspeakers playing the adhan indistinctly]

[grunts]

[indistinct traffic sounds]

[vendors calling out wares]

[diabolic music playing]

[music stops abruptly]

[tense music playing]

Please call Rishuji right away.

[loudspeakers announcing rides]

[people shrieking, whooping]

[shrieking continues]

[shrieking fades]

See, I'm not much of a preacher.

But you need to leave the city soon. I can help you make arrangements.

Passport, police...

- I'll take care of everything. - But how?

I'm a compounder.

Be it the judge or the DIG, I know all their dirty secrets.

Everyone gets sick.

I've given shots to the biggest of shots, I'll manage everything.

But, Abhimanyuji...

why are you trying to help us?

Mom, Dad, childhood, teenage years... Couldn't save any of it.

But the least I can do is save my love.

So what if I can't spend my life with Raniji?

It's her happiness that matters.

If I live in some corner of her heart because of the things I say and do,

then maybe some day she'll grow tired of Rishuji

and think about me instead. So...

[tense music playing]

She'll need a couple of lifetimes to get tired of me.

But I've heard that you are an expert at waiting.

Don't be so egoistic, Rishuji.

Today, the love of your life is with you and I am the victim of love.

Fate can be really evil sometimes.

If it's not meant to be, even eternal lovers would never meet.

And if it's destined,

two strangers who've only just met on a train,

can journey together till eternity and beyond.

[music intensifies]

Destiny is etched on the palm of our hands, my friend.

In the name of love, I didn't think twice before cutting my hand off.

[tense music intensifies]

[people shrieking loudly]

[in Hindi] SAHNI CLINIC

[dogs growling, whining]

[in English] Just a second.

[tense music playing]

- [keys jingling] - [latch slides open]

[door squeaks]

[music fades]

[pigeons cooing]

[latch squeaking]

[latch clicking shut]

[pigeons continue cooing]

So you'll leave for Thailand from here in a couple of days, alright?

Until then, be my guest.

This is the bed, the bathroom is over there.

It's Sunday, so no one's coming. I'll be coming through that door itself.

- I'll lock this one from outside. - Thank you.

[latch slides open]

[soft suspenseful music playing]

[keys jingle softly]

[distant traffic sounds]

[boxes clattering softly]

Should I come along?

It's risky.

- [softly] Abhimanyu... - Hmm?

Sorry.

I mean it.

If you're sorry, come with me for one last movie tonight.

[soft, tense music playing]

Okay then, uh...

I'll go give your husband his tiffin.

And then I have to take my lovely wife for a movie.

[eerie music playing]

[pounding on door]

[wedding band playing outside]

[latch slides open]

[slow, eerie music playing]

Poonamji, um...

- [eerie music continues] - [latch clicks]

How did you find out I am here?

I followed you here.

You thought a resignation is enough? You will need much more...

[music intensifies]

[music fades]

Give me a month to sort everything. I'll come back to you soon.

And if you don't come back...

then...

[diabolic music playing]

[music fades]

[slide latch closes]

[knocking on door]

[Rishu] I told you, Poonamji...

[tense music playing]

[door squeaks]

[in Hindi] Matar pulao.

[in English] Raniji told me it's your favorite, so...

[breathlessly ] Yeah, keep it on the table.

[latch squeaks shut]

[Abhimanyu sniffing]

[sniffs exaggeratedly, exhales]

Jasmine... Wow!

Was a lady in this room?

[steel box clanks]

Yes, uh, Poonam was here.

Who Poonam?

- She was my landlady, actually. - How did she come here?

[sighs] Now what do I say, Abhimanyuji.

[sighs]

She keeps following me.

Blackmailing me as well.

- Blackmail? - Yes.

Why? What does she want? Money?

- She must be after something. - [scoffs] Me.

- You? - [Rishu] Yes.

[both laughing heartily]

[boxes clinking]

[scoffs] [in Hindi] Arey, baap re!

[in English] What's her full name?

Why do you want to know?

I was thinking I'll send her a friend request.

[sighs] Don't worry, she won't tell anyone about all this.

She loves me. That's what she says.

Hmm.

Love?

[eerie music playing]

So, the thing is, Poonam likes you, and you like Raniji,

but then even I like Raniji, but Raniji likes you.

[music intensifies]

We're all wasting our lives chasing something way beyond our reach. [chuckles]

Just simplify it, professor.

Take a U-turn and go back to Poonam.

Raniji stays with me. End of story.

[music fades]

[silence]

Arey, I was just kidding around.

Why did you get so serious? [laughs]

- Enjoy your food, I'll get going. - Thank you. Okay.

Something wrong?

[suspenseful music playing]

Did someone else come, too?

[diabolic music playing]

Uh...

[breath catches] No one.

[music intensifies]

[music gets louder]

Does Raniji know you're such a big fat liar?

[Rani] I would've preferred the movie plan.

There are crocodiles in this area. [nervous chuckle]

But I guess, they're mostly near the railway bridge, right?

And anyway, the police have cordoned off the area with tapes and stuff.

So the... [chuckles nervously] the plan must be safe.

[softly] No?

You think the police and their flimsy tape can stop the crocodiles?

- [mumbles] No. - [Abhimanyu] This river is their home.

If someone tries to invade your home, your life, that too on the basis of a lie...

nobody will tolerate it.

[Abhimanyu] I've told Lallan so many times,

"Take off your slippers before coming in."

[metal clinks]

This soil is from the jungles of Rajgir.

The same place from where I sourced that snake long ago.

The one that bit my whole family and killed everyone.

Lallan must've told you about it, right?

[Abhimanyu whistling]

Did you know, Raniji?

My chacha betrayed my father when they were business partners.

He stole his entire business.

So you know what? I finished off his entire family.

[chuckles eerily]

I cannot stand betrayals, I'm a bit fragile.

I loved you with devotion and all the right intentions

with all my heart.

[chuckles eerily] And how did you treat me?

I did not feed the snake for four whole days.

So, hungry and angry, when the snake eventually bites,

the fangs go that much deeper.

Chances of survival next to zero.

[tense music playing]

If we are able to control a human or a beast by their nature,

they end up turning into a puppet.

[Rishu grunts] Ah!

[strains, grunts]

[fast-paced, tense music playing]

Abhimanyu!

[padlock clatters]

Abhimanyu!

Abhimanyu!

Don't you dare touch Rani!

[tense music playing]

[water sloshes, gurgles dangerously]

[gurgles again]

[dramatic music intensifies]

[music fades]

Okay, come on, tell me one last thing, Raniji.

Did you ever, for even a single moment, think that we could be together?

[water rippling]

Yes.

I did.

Maybe some other time...

Maybe some other place...

If Rishu wasn't a part of my life, then...

maybe it could've been us.

[slow music playing]

Okay then.

You, me and my rosy pink Taj Mahal, that's enough.

Life is great, but the love of my life has another date.

[chuckles]

But that's okay, Raniji. This color also suits you very well.

I mean, if a couple of your lovers aren't six feet under,

can you even really call this place the City of Love?

[Abhimanyu whistling a lively tune]

[door clattering loudly]

[wedding band playing outside]

[Abhimanyu] Do you know, Raniji? There is one more thing that connects us.

Panditji's words.

Your life is an adaptation of Wrath of Kasauli,

while mine is inspired by The Revenge of the Cobra.

Both of us used Panditji's pen to write our destinies, Raniji.

[soft, diabolic music playing]

You really seem to have met your match.

All that remains to be seen is who is the bigger fan of Panditji.

[music continues]

The day I saw you at the clinic,

the first thing that caught my eye was,

in these soft, silky hands, was Panditji's book.

Then came the sky-blue dupatta,

the rose-pink kameez,

then these eyes,

and by the time I reached your lips, I was already in love.

[music intensifies]

[Rani grunts]

[song fades]

[dogs barking]

[dogs barking menacingly]

Help! Help! Help! [breathlessly]

[voice trembling] Help! [panting]

Help! My husband's going to kill me.

Please, please help me. My husband wants to kill me. Please.

[tense music playing]

Sir, I'm trying to tell them since a long time

that my husband wants to kill me.

Trust me, Abhimanyu is a really dangerous man.

He killed his whole family using a plot from Panditji's book.

He's a real psycho. He'll going to kill me...

Looks like this phrase suits you right now,

"birds of a feather flock together."

Are you even listening to what I'm saying?

- If you don't catch him, if it's too... - So what?

[rain pattering outside]

He's out for blood, sir.

You're safe here, listening to philosophies of life.

Who is he going to kill?

- [voice trembling] Rishu. - [diabolic music playing]

Who?

Rishu.

[chuckling]

[music continues]

[music fades]

[in Hindi] Pranaam, Elder Brother.

[rain falling outside]

[in English] Didn't I tell you that whoever killed our Neel...

I will drag them and throw them at your feet?

[sinister music playing]

[chuckling]

I'll call you back in some time.

[fast-paced music playing]

Wow!

I must admit.

The lover is extraordinary, the madam is such a cutie.

They are a thing of ultimate beauty.

[in Hindi] Gajab!

[in English] Come on then, let's go and grab both of madam's...

husbands.

Okay, sir.

What, sir?

- Come on. - [police sirens blaring]

[suspenseful music playing]

[dramatic music playing]

[constable] Chriraunji!

[ticking-clock music playing]

[dramatic music intensifies]

[door squeaks]

[suspenseful music continues]

[in Hindi] DINESH PANDIT

[in English] Great!

Finally, even Panditji makes his entry.

Hmm...

Okay, sir.

[cell phone ringing]

Hmm!

Hello?

Mm-hmm.

Sir, we have new information.

Hmm.

[sinister music playing]

[police sirens blaring]

- [sirens continue] - [tense music playing]

[sharp whistles blowing]

- [whistles blowing incessantly] - [sirens continue blaring]

[sirens stop]

[camera shutters clicking]

[sinister music playing]

[people chattering indistinctly]

- [sirens blaring at a distance] - [cops talking over walkie-talkie]

[camera shutters clicking]

- [jeep engine whirring] - [walkie-talkie exchanges continue]

[bangs door]

You remember how your lover looks, right?

See him one last time. Come on. [shouts] Hurry up!

- [indistinct chattering] - [camera shutters clicking]

[man over walkie] A patrol party is arriving in ten minutes.

[sinister music playing]

[man over walkie] Contact Chandni Chawk police storeroom. Over.

Whom does this belong to, Raniji?

SAHNI CLINIC - NAME: ABHIMANYU

Ab... Ab... Abhimanyu.

[sinister music playing]

[diabolic music playing]

Rani Kashyap.

We have reasonable suspicion on you

for the double murder of Poonam Prajapati and Abhimanyu Bharadwaj.

[music intensifies]

But I didn't kill them.

[music fades]

And I'll have to ask her again...

Where is Rishu Saxena?

[suspenseful music playing]

Come on.

[Rani] Ah!

I can't find one husband, and lovers are queuing up for her.

Snow White and the not so better halves.

[tray thuds]

[footsteps receding]

[door squeaks open]

[door slams shut]

[Montu] Meenaji.

So, as per law, for how many hours can we hold her up in custody?

Law says within 24 hours, we have to present her in front of the magistrate.

Meenaji, you were on your way to the court with Raniji,

but, unfortunately...

you sprained your ankle, you were in pain.

Then you sat in the car, but the tire was flat. Hmm?

You reached the court, but it was too late.

The court was adjourned. Then came Sunday.

- So, when will you take her to court now? - On Monday, sir.

On Monday.

- [clicks heels] - Sir!

And, listen,

don't forget to take Mr. Discipline with you.

And do make very good use of him.

Hmm?

[Meena] Sir.

[iron lock clicks]

[iron latch slides open]

[clicks tongue]

You like to spit a lot of lies, don't you?

But today, you'll only spit blood.

Panditji says, "Bury me, drown me, burn me alive,

but don't let oppressors break my spirit.

This single belief can help love survive."

[chuckles]

There's one more thing I need to share. Go, tell this to Montu chacha as well.

If Rishu finds out that you ever laid a hand on me,

then the man who didn't hesitate to cut his hand off for me

will cut your throat...

Wow! I love this passion.

Divine lovers!

- [people chatting indistinctly] - [indistinct radio chatter]

[suspenseful music playing]

- Hey, listen. - Yes, sir.

Sir.

Speak to your media friends and tell them that Madam is being thrashed in custody.

Thrashed real bad.

But be careful.

- Nothing official or on the record. - Sir.

Sir, thrashing in custody doesn't seem right.

If the media finds out about it, they'd blow it out of proportion.

That's exactly what I want.

Agra Police have broken all possible limits,

protocols and boundaries.

We have confirmed news.

Agra police, in an attempt to cover up their own incompetence,

have arrested double murder-accused Rani Kashyap,

who was the prime suspect few months ago in another case.

She is being beaten up inside the lockup before being presented in court.

If something happens to Rani Kashyap, who will be held responsible for that?

[tense music playing]

[humming a tune]

Chriraunji! Chriraunji!

I, Rishabh Saxena, willingly surrender to the police for the crimes I committed.

I have one condition.

I want Rani to be present at the time and at the place of my surrender.

She should be able to walk on her own two feet

and come to me alone so that I am assured Rani is safe and sound.

Only then will I surrender myself to the police,

three days from today at 8 in the evening, on the railway bridge.

[melancholic music playing]

[sinister music playing]

[water rippling]

[birds chirping]

- [Chriraunji] Jai Hind, sir. - [Montu] Hmm.

I want a detailed recce of the entire area.

- [both constables] Yes, sir. - Hmm.

And tell these forest department officials to get out of here.

[constable] There are crocodiles under the bridge...

Nobody except the police should be allowed on this spot.

[constable] Yes, sir.

Sir.

[Kishore] Tomorrow night at 8, a train will cross the railway bridge.

We're gonna stop it.

Our force will be divided into two units.

As soon as we see Rishu on the railway bridge,

we'll start forming a perimeter.

[tense music playing]

[birds chirping]

[seagulls cawing]

Doesn't all this seem a bit too easy?

I don't think it's a good idea to give in to Rishu's demands

and let Rani go on the bridge by herself.

Rishu wants to play the game of chess, but he's up against a grand master.

According to his plan, when Rani will walk alone on the bridge

a small police unit will surround them from all sides.

They'll be at our gunpoint from above

and death swims in the water below.

They'll flap their wings, they'll poke their beaks,

but finally...

those lovebirds will end up exactly where they belong.

[scoffs] [in Hindi] Gajab!

[in English] Move it.

[jeep engine whirring]

[sirens blaring]

[tense music playing]

[train horn hooting]

[train chugging]

[train horn hooting]

- [train brakes screeching] - [engine stops]

[tense music playing]

[indistinct walkie-talkie exchanges]

[music intensifies]

[constable] Meena!

[handcuffs creaking]

[cuffs clink, click open]

[indistinct radio chatter continues]

- [walkie-talkie beeps] - [Kishore] Team B standby.

Wait for my command, alright?

[tense music playing]

Rishu! Rishu! Rishu! [sobbing]

You can't surrender. I won't let you.

We'll run away. We'll run away.

Move in. I repeat, move in.

- Seal the bridge - [constable] Yes, sir.

[footsteps shuffling, running]

Rani...

[guns cocking]

[footsteps approaching]

- [man 1] Arey, where is he going? - [man 2] Who is he?

[suspenseful music playing]

[man over walkie] Someone is breaking the siege and moving ahead.

Who is this idiot? He'll spoil our plans.

[radio exchanges continue indistinctly]

[suspenseful music playing]

The one who learned how to break the chakravyuh in his mother's womb.

We have the DNA report, sir. Sample does not match with the body.

[tense music playing]

Nobody move an inch.

I repeat, nobody move an inch.

Get everyone ready. But wait for my orders.

[footsteps approaching]

Sir, ask everyone there to stay put.

It won't take me more than a second to blow their brains out.

Abhimanyu, you cannot escape.

You have been surrounded by the police. Come on, put the gun down,

and we'll talk, okay?

I haven't come here to chat with you, sir.

I stand here for myself

and all those who are always left behind, the betrayed ones.

The ones who've been scorched and burned by love.

Love doesn't leave anyone behind.

Love gives you wings and sets you free.

I'm not interested in your poetry.

I loved you with all my heart, didn't I, Raniji?

I told you the tragic story of my life.

I even showed you the beautiful, pink Taj Mahal that we could see from my roof.

I laid my beating heart out in front of you.

You could have told me the truth. I never stopped you.

On top of that, you had the guts to go ahead and report me to the police.

[voice trembling] I warned you before as well, Raniji,

- I simply can't deal with betrayal. - [gun cocks]

[Abhimanyu grunts]

[dramatic music playing]

[grunts]

[both grunting]

[Rishu] Aah!

[Rishu] Ah! [grunts] - [Rani] Rishu!

[tense music playing]

[Abhimanyu grunts]

Rani.

Rani, no.

Drop the gun.

- [gunshot] - [Rani grunts]

- [Rani] Ah! - [Rishu] Rani!

- [Rani gasps] - [Rishu] Rani, give me your hand.

[Rani grunts]

- [both straining] - [Rani gasping]

- [Abhimanyu grunting] - [Rani whimpering]

[dramatic music playing]

[all three scream]

[water gurgling, sploshing]

[tense music playing]

[music intensifies]

[music fades]

[reporter] Difficult times seem to be a never-ending story for the Agra Police.

This accident took place as Rishu Saxena was about to surrender.

And Rishu and Rani have drowned in the Yamuna river

which is plagued with crocodiles.

As per reports, a third unidentified man fell into the river as well.

It remains to be seen if this case,

which has become a festering wound for the UP police,

would rip the system apart.

Sir, this is the end of their chapter?

A new chapter has just begun, my friend.

- Initiate the search operation. - Yes, sir.

[light music playing]

NEW TWIST IN RISHU SAXENA SURRENDER

SNAKE KILLS ENTIRE FAMILY

[man in Hindi] ♪ In what she says ♪

♪ And what you see ♪

♪ Far from these, you will find ♪

♪ The hidden truth ♪

♪ Pieces of truth ♪

♪ Fragments of lies ♪

♪ Have merged together ♪

♪ To form a broken image ♪

♪ To pick and choose ♪

♪ To reweave each thread anew... ♪

FOREST DEPARTMENT

♪ To reweave each thread anew ♪

♪ Once you see through the web of lies ♪

♪ You will gain clarity ♪

♪ And the truth will set you free ♪

♪ And the truth will set you free ♪

♪ And the truth will set you free ♪

♪ And the truth will set you free... ♪

[in English] Abhimanyu, Rishu, Rani, their houses, office, clinic, parlor,

all areas around these properties, whatever is being captured,

be it on laptops, or CCTVs, or even phones,

- I want all the footage, understand? - [constable] Okay, sir.

[man in Hindi] ♪ What can and cannot be ♪

♪ Lie in the realm of darkness ♪

♪ While the dim light reveals Countless stories ♪

♪ Why does the mind strive ♪

♪ To clear these webs? ♪

♪ Why does the mind strive ♪

♪ To clear these webs? ♪

♪ Once you see through the web of lies ♪

♪ You will gain clarity ♪

♪ The truth will set you free ♪

♪ The truth will set you free... ♪

Kishoreji, would you like me to tell you a story?

POLICE STATION DISTRICT - AGRA

[in English] This indigestion is a really dangerous thing, sir.

People think it's a petty little illness, and we binge on digestives to cure it.

But sometimes...

This could be a symptom of a much larger, underlying issue like cancer.

This case is just like indigestion, sir.

We look for something, find something else,

and the reality is totally different.

What are you trying to say?

Sir, if Rani, Rishu and Abhimanyu are actually dead,

who is the one benefiting the most from this?

[suspenseful music playing]

Rani.

[sirens blaring]

Rishu.

And Abhimanyu, right?

What do you mean?

Because the thing is, sir, if they were alive,

they would have been behind bars right now.

Rani was in there all along.

Rishu would be sentenced for the murder of Neel.

And Abhimanyu?

For the murder of his family.

SNAKE KILLS FAMILY

So Abhimanyu was actually being blackmailed by a man named Lallan.

Lallan is the same snake catcher who helped Abhimanyu kill

all his family members.

When the double murder happened,

the same morning, Lallan went to the clinic to meet Abhimanyu.

We got this footage from an ATM across the street from the clinic.

[diabolic music playing]

Dead.

The second dead body was Poonam's.

Poonam went to the clinic that day to meet Rishu.

She knew what he had been hiding.

She too was killed.

Perfect victims.

[suspenseful music playing]

And our dear compounder Abhimanyuji

topped his class in biology.

So he knew how to burn those bodies, how to fake their identities,

place items in such a way that they could not be identified easily.

[flames hiss]

[sinister music playing]

But the plot thickens a lot more, sir.

Thanks to an unnoticed camera at Bobby's garage,

we found some more footage.

According to the footage, Rani and Abhimanyu came back home

at around 7 in the evening.

And then, exactly 15 minutes later,

someone was seen entering Abhimanyu's house that day.

Rishu.

And maybe that evening among the three of them,

a plan was discussed.

Because after that,

at 10 in the night,

Raniji, portraying herself as a damsel in distress,

was seen running in the rain.

[dogs barking]

Help! Help!

Please, please help me, my husband wants to kill me.

And the interesting thing is that, sir, after Rani left the house,

two more people were seen leaving from Abhimanyu's house.

Rishu and Abhimanyu.

That's why I'm convinced, sir...

on that night...

a conspiracy was surely hatched.

So you're saying their plan was to jump from the bridge

into the river while everyone was watching them?

But there were crocodiles below.

They would've died.

What kind of a plan is this?

That is the mystery, sir.

One question still haunts me today,

why did Rishu specifically choose the railway bridge?

That's not the mystery. That's the whole case.

[exhales exasperatedly] Montu...

Sir.

I know you were personally invested in this.

But let it go now. Media is pressurizing us a lot.

Close this case file without any delay.

Because, the more you try to dig,

the more this department will be scrutinized.

[Montu] Sir, sir, we can't close this case yet again.

Please, all I'm asking is for is a little more time, sir. Sir!

[sighs]

[in Hindi] Arey, yaar!

[file flaps opening rapidly]

[in English] Closing the case file doesn't mean the case is closed.

We both know that.

No matter how deep you bury the truth, the truth will come back to haunt you.

And don't forget...

after all, you're The Woodpecker.

Hmm?

- [quirky music playing] - [jungle sounds]

[file thuds]

[dramatic music playing]

[music stops]

[in Hindi] SIX MONTHS LATER

[water rippling]

- [Rani] Rishu! Rishu! - [water sloshing]

Rishu!

- [Abhimanyu] Raniji! - Rishu! [whimpers]

- [Rani sobbing] - Raniji! Raniji! Raniji!

[sobs]

[sobs]

[melancholic music playing]

[Abhimanyu in English] Good evening.

No. This isn't how you spell it.

What happened? Everything all right?

Yes, I'm fine.

Just a little tired, that's all.

- Alright, you finish these, I'll be back. - Okay, ma'am.

- You want some water? - No, thanks.

[school bell ringing]

[boy] We're late. Hope class hasn't started.

[in Hindi] SHARDA PRIMARY SCHOOL, DEOSAR

[in English] Okay,

so now I want all of you to submit your homework notebooks here on my desk.

- Okay? - [students] Okay, ma'am.

[students chattering indistinctly]

- Ma'am. - Very good.

Ma'am.

- [Rani] Have you completed your homework? - Yes, ma'am.

[suspenseful music playing]

[in Hindi] CHAKIA, BIHAR

[woman in English] Listen, did you order something?

A book was delivered just now.

There's a photo of a crocodile on the front cover.

[quirky music playing]

[in Hindi] THE CROCODILE'S TRAP DINESH PANDIT

- [birds chirping] - [buffalo bellowing]

[Montu in English] "Only three copies of this book have been printed.

And you are reading one of them."

"Suraj and Arjun made a decision.

If they had to escape from the clutches of the police,

they would have to jump right into the jaws of the crocodiles.

They finally managed to find a place

which was full of blood-thirsty crocodiles.

And the plan to protect themselves from these crocodiles

began three days before the incident."

FIRST NIGHT

Rishuji, do you know why in Panditji's book

Suraj and Arjun gradually increased the amount of meat

that they fed to the crocodiles on a daily basis?

So that they remain a little hungry and force the crocodiles to think

the farther away they go... [grunts]

[grunts] the more meat they can eat.

We need to distract them from the railway bridge.

That is why we will drop the meat two kilometers away from here.

[train horn hooting]

[suspenseful music playing]

[boat engine whirring]

[crocodile gurgling]

[water rippling]

SECOND NIGHT

[train horn hooting]

THIRD NIGHT

[meat sploshes]

[crocodile gurgling]

[crocodile sploshing]

A 12-kilometre area all around the bridge is clear.

And the place where we decide to get out of the water is completely up to us.

Tomorrow, when you tell Raniji to jump, will she agree?

[Rishu] Definitely.

Is your trust in your love that deep?

I'm trusting you as well.

I know you love my Rani so much

that you wouldn't hesitate for a second to get rid of me.

But the real question is, why haven't you done it yet?

It's because I'd rather have Raniji come willingly into my arms someday.

[both laughing heartily]

[Rishu, Abhimanyu grunting]

[gasping]

[Rishu, Abhimanyu grunting]

- Now. Okay? Hmm? - Yes.

[grunts]

- [Rishu, Abhimanyu screaming] - [water gurgling]

[Montu] "If you found the story interesting,

wait until you reach the climax.

Come to Tota-Maina Lovers Point.

Deosar, Himachal Pradesh, on 20th March, 6 in the evening."

Remember, you need to walk at least 30 minutes every day, okay?

Thank you, Doctor sahab.

[Abhimanyu] "Tota-Maina Lovers Point, at 6."

[wind whooshing]

[chuckles nervously] [in Hindi] Baap re!

[diabolic music playing]

[in English] That's a long way down, right?

Just be careful. [echoes]

[wind whooshing ominously]

Panditji says, "Red signifies jealousy and anger,

blood too is red.

Perhaps it's apt that red signifies love."

Panditji.

Isn't it a bloody unfaithful color?

But just one thing brings red into my life now.

The rose adorning your hair.

- The thing is, it's turned black now. - What?

Your red rose, it's turned black now.

[suspenseful music playing]

Raniji, come here first and then we'll talk.

One more step...

and I'll jump off the cliff.

Raniji...

Rishu was right all along, I didn't believe him.

Killing someone has become a game for you, isn't it?

Lallan, Poonam, huh? They were never a part of our plan, right?

Raniji, Lallan and Poonam were risky for us.

Life gave me a golden opportunity to forget the mistakes of the past

and start a new life with you and I grabbed it with both hands.

Just for you.

Tell me one thing honestly. We are... Were you ever happy with me?

I was. I was really happy.

Then, Raniji, because of a few mistakes, ple... please don't do this.

I'll pay the price for all my sins, but, Raniji, please...

Please don't jump off, what are you doing?

- Come back here. - [man] Arey, just stop this drama.

[suspenseful music playing]

If she was really going to jump off, she wouldn't have sent me an invite.

Tell me, Raniji, why have you called me here?

So that both of us end this chase once and for all.

[suspenseful music playing]

Both of us have used Panditji's pen

to write the pages of our destiny, Raniji.

Rishu! Ah!

- Rani! Rani! - [Abhimanyu] Raniji!

- Rani! - Raniji!

Rani!

Raniji!

- [Rishu] Rani! - [Abhimanyu] Raniji!

[water spraying]

[Abhimanyu] Raniji!

Now if we want to live, the world needs to see us die.

[in Hindi] "The Crocodile's Trap."

Dinesh Pandit?

[Rishu] Rani...

[in English] That's impossible. We are not going to repeat this madness.

Rani, please try to understand what I'm saying.

I've known Montu chacha since I was a kid.

If he finds out we're alive, he'll drag us from the depths of hell and lock us up.

And your plan is to take a shortcut straight to hell

by following a ridiculous plan from this book. No way, Rishu. No.

And the things we've already done?

The Revenge of the Cobra, Wrath of Kasauli.

The three of us lost our senses long ago when we became Panditji's disciples.

[Rishu] There is a difference, sir.

Panditji's books taught us how to live,

but you ended up learning how to take lives.

That's the difference.

[dramatic music playing]

[in Hindi] Yes.

[Rishu, Abhimanyu screaming]

- [Rani exhales, panting] - [Abhimanyu] Over there.

[tense music playing]

[water gurgling]

[water gurgling]

[tense music playing]

[Rishu inhales deeply, exhales]

[sinister music playing]

[grunts]

[eerie music playing]

[grunts]

[music intensifies]

[water sloshing heavily]

[Rani] Rishu! Rishu! Rishu!

- Rishu! [sobs] - [Abhimanyu] Raniji!

- [Abhimanyu grunts] - Rishu!

- [Abhimanyu] Raniji! - Rishu! [sobs]

[Rani] Rishu! Rishu! [sobs]

- [sobs] Rishu! - [Abhimanyu] Raniji!

[Rani sobs] Rishu!

- Rishu! - Raniji!

- Rishu! - Raniji!

[melancholic music playing]

- Raniji! Raniji! Raniji! - [sobbing]

Rishu! [sobbing]

[blubbering] Rishu.

Ri...

[insects chirping]

[Rani sobs softly]

[soft music playing]

Raniji.

[low, sinister music playing]

[tense music playing]

[sobs] Was killing Rishu the only choice you had?

You killed someone as well for the sake of love.

What did I do that is so wrong?

I did the same thing you and Rishu once did.

Is it fair to say the murder you committed was love

and the one I committed was wrong?

You don't even know the meaning of love.

You never really loved me, you know that?

- No, please... - All you did

was play a game of snakes and ladders with our lives.

You...

[sniffles] I made a huge mistake.

[breathes heavily] Okay.

Let me tell you one more truth, Abhimanyu.

I never thought I could be happy living my life with anyone else other than Rishu.

But after that incident...

I thought you are the one.

I could feel there was something special between us.

[whispers] Something.

[voice trembling] I never thought you'd betray me.

[breath trembling]

And this betrayal is something even I won't be able to live with.

[sniffles]

[sobbing] I made a mistake, Raniji.

[wind howling]

So, now your punishment is...

that you can never have me.

You might have won me over...

but you can never win against me.

[tense music playing]

[dramatic music playing]

- [urgently] Raniji, no, wait! - [Montu] Raniji.

[Abhimanyu] Raniji!

[dramatic music playing]

[Abhimanyu] Raniji!

[shrilly] Raniji! Raniji!

[dramatic music continues]

[Montu] Send the search and rescue team right away.

Abhimanyuji, let's go.

There is a lot of red accounted for in your ledger.

Poonam Prajapati, Lallan Barua,

Ashok Bharadwaj and family, Rishabh Saxena.

And maybe...

Rani Kashyap, too.

Take him away.

[flight announcements over PA]

[man] ...are requested to board the aircraft from gate number two.

Sir, we searched everywhere but could not find the body.

[pensive music playing]

What happened, sir? Couldn't find the body?

[snorts]

[chuckles]

[laughing soundlessly]

[laughing loudly]

[dramatic music playing]

[water gurgling]

- [sinister music playing] - [water gurgling ominously]

[music intensifies]

[grunts loudly]

- [grunts] - [ominous music playing]

[grunts]

- [knife clinks] - [water splashing]

- [music fades] - [conversation muted]

[Rishu] "Compared to the glow on your face,

everything else just seems dull.

You've now become an idol in my heart's sacred temple."

[temple bells ringing]

[bells continue ringing]

[dramatic music playing]

- [music intensifies] - [voice muted]

[exhales deeply]

[man in Hindi] ♪ Once upon a time, There was a beauty ♪

♪ And her crazy lover ♪

♪ It was a magical age ♪

♪ A magical ambience ♪

♪ It was a magical world ♪

♪ Once upon a time, there was a beauty ♪

[woman] ♪ There was a beauty ♪

[man] ♪ And her crazy lover ♪ [woman] ♪ And her crazy lover ♪

[both] ♪ It was a magical age ♪

♪ A magical ambience It was a magical world... ♪

[man] ♪ La, la, la, la ♪

[man] ♪ La, la, la, la ♪

[Rani] Panditji says,

"Relations are maintained within the boundaries of right and wrong.

But true love can blossom only beyond these constructs."

- [music fades] - [airplane taking off]

I was the one who taught them that.

To live peacefully one needs to die in the eyes of the world,

but they used it on me.

[chuckling softly]

It wasn't you, it was your father.

[in Hindi] The Crocodile's Trap, Dinesh Pandit.

[in English] Arey, sir, how did you figure out...

that Panditji is my father?

[dramatic music playing]

[music intensifies]

[in Hindi] Gajab!