This, uh…
is a list of some of the things I need, Bishnu.
I'll perform the Nikumbala yagya.
Meghnad performed this ritual.
The thing is…
I have to get rid of some negativity.
Make sure nobody gets to know what I'm about to do.
I'll be performing it alone.
Meghnad also performed it in some quiet cave somewhere.
Completing it would have made him unbeatable.
What are you asking me? Why am I doing it, hmm?
I'm about to pull off a very big scam.
What I mean to say is that I'm gonna do something really big.
And for that, I have to be unbeatable.
You won't understand. Go.
[narrator] Bishnu looked innocent but was burning from within.
He was actually Shukla's brother-in-law.
The fire within him has been burning like an Olympic torch for 20 years.
Bishnu's mother-like sister was Shukla's first wife.
She was pregnant when she suddenly died due to food poisoning.
But the poison in the food was probably intentional.
A new criminal case was filed against Shukla every other day.
His parents watched helplessly as he turned into a criminal.
And when parents lose control of their children,
they get them happily married.
Shukla's father was an astrologer,
and he matched an innocent girl's horoscope
with Shukla's.
[priest chanting]
[narrator] Anyway, Bishnu's sister was a simple lady from a village.
But Shukla never really took to her.
The moon in Shukla's horoscope is placed in such a way,
that his own offspring posed a threat to him.
Shukla always had his fun in the city. You know what I mean.
In the village, he'd be frustrated.
[dramatic music playing]
[narrator] They were taught in school that no electricity
and lack of entertainment in villages
is the reason for growth in population.
[dramatic music fades]
[Shukla's wife] Read what's written here.
[tense music playing]
[narrator] Shukla suspected that a little guest was arriving.
This might have been good news for others. But for Shukla, it was an ominous sign.
Get me water for my bath.
[narrator] Sometimes when children see something, they can't forget it.
His elder sister's death affected him so much that Bishnu lost his voice.
It's still a mystery,
why the man who was least affected by his pregnant wife's death
was so upset with the loss of his… brother in law's voice.
No one could understand it.
Bishnu? Have you taken everything?
What about your schoolbooks?
[laughs]
You wanna listen to the radio?
[narrator] He brought Bishnu with him to the city.
And when Bishnu grew up, he started handling the party office.
[groaning]
[narrator] Today, Shukla cannot function
- without Bishnu. - [mumbles]
LUNCH
- Bansal. - 923697…
[narrator] Like Asthana is his telephone directory…
- Hey, Bishnu! Get this AC to work. - [narrator]…Bishnu was his remote control.
[mumbles]
It works fine the moment you touch it.
- Hey, Bishnu! - [Bishnu yelps]
Get me some rasmalai, will you?
Ah! Here come the samosas.
Where the hell are you going? Come here.
Come, come and sit here with me. Come on. Sit, sit, sit.
Here. You eat first today.
[narrator] To be honest, Asthana was a bit jealous of Bishnu.
Asthana may know about girls like Rihanna…
[Shukla] Have one more.
[narrator] …but he had no idea about Shukla-ji's assets.
Jewelry, cars, businesses, property…
Mind you, I said "businesses."
Because Shukla has a lot of illegal businesses,
but he also makes Swachh Mineral Water.
All this is managed by Bishnu.
And Bishnu installed CCTV cameras in all of Shukla's vehicles
so now he could even keep an eye on Shukla.
But Bishnu was waiting for the right chance
to avenge the murder of his beloved elder sister.
And that chance walked right into his lap.
- [theme music playing] - [sirens wailing]
[gunshot]
[theme music concludes]
[pensive music playing]
Bhaisahab, can you tell me the way to Sahabganj?
[Triloki] I don't know. I'm not from here.
- Don't know anything, then go home. - [Triloki] Asshole.
[narrator] This area is rather new to these people.
And in this very basement, the robbery will be planned.
Triloki is the one who got them here.
[Triloki] I have a fiancée. This is her gaming parlor.
- Does all this work? - [Triloki] No, no, not yet.
Some of her complicated machines are still stuck in customs.
Your fiancée seems to be quite a tech freak, bro.
[narrator] Jhumpa was not Triloki's fiancée yet,
and this is a VR parlor, not a gaming parlor.
This VR business started from Bihar with Jhumpa,
who lived in a small town but had big dreams.
This girl will be the death of us!
Told you not to stay away for so long.
She sold her scooter, she sold our furniture,
she even sold the junk we had outside!
- What! Why didn't you stop her? - I had no clue when she did all this.
Is she telling the truth?
Just come with me, Papa, I have something to show you.
Go ahead, fall for her nonsense!
Look, Papa, I've started coding classes with the money.
- I didn't go shopping. - You mean the Internet!
[Jhumpa] Papa, coding is the future, bigger than the Internet.
- Then why didn't you do engineering? - Engineers will come to work here.
- Even he's an engineer. You are, right? - Yeah.
Okay, then. Well done. Have you given it a name?
[narrator] From coding to tracking, gaming, and then, virtual reality.
Jhumpa could flash a code on your computer
and with the help of that, access your device remotely.
Jhumpa made a lot of upgrades to her life, but there's just one hack.
Jhumpa's boyfriend, Triloki.
- Jhumpa. - [narrator] He was a thief.
I love you.
- And where is this from? - A friend of mine gave it to me.
He didn't need it anymore. He's not seeing anybody at the moment.
Loser! Always gifting me stolen things.
If you don't quit stealing, I'll quit you.
[tense music playing]
[Triloki] Hmm.
Try and touch me one more time, and then see what happens to you!
- You don't believe me? - Mm-mm.
[soft music playing]
Inspiration.
[smacks lips] Idiot.
[Baankey] We were worried that we might land up in jail
because of their love story.
If Triloki were to tell Jhumpa about our plan…
After all, he was an informer,
and he could totally leak our robbery plan.
- I've already had my food… - Come on.
[Baankey] The group was of the opinion that we should test their love.
[narrator] So on the same night,
Jhumpa was introduced to a rich lover boy on Facebook.
Triloki was made to drink a lot
- and was locked in a room with Sajana. - Hey! Whoa, what are you doing?
I'm right here!
Stop pretending, okay? Hurry up! Now strip for me.
[whimpers]
Jhumpa says that life is like a mirror.
And it reflects…
what we wish to attain.
Such a mature thing to say!
Fuck off, bastard!
[Triloki] Jhumpa!
I've been calling you all night long! Do you even care about me or not?
[tense music playing]
[narrator] Both passed the test.
Now, let's leave their love story behind and focus on the main story.
The party office was a fortress.
Like JP told us, the dogs, the guards, the working staff, Madan Singh
and CCTV cameras on every floor.
But he can't speak.
- [Baankey] Hmm? - [JP] Well that's great.
Let's also get a cripple. He'll help us make a run for it.
[laughs]
But, bro, I understand whatever he's trying to say.
I've learnt some sign language on YouTube.
Hey, uh, there's no one else?
[narrator] Of course, there was. Candidate number one, Asthana.
If Asthana can become even one-fourth the minister that Shukla is,
he'd be sorted for life.
What more could he ask for?
You've been saying that you'll buy me a flat.
But you haven't even showed me a brochure.
You know, Shenoy Builders are in Shukla's pocket.
I can get you a flat whenever you want one.
Have a little patience. There's a lot coming.
[narrator] Candidate number two, Madan Singh.
He's just too loyal. He'll never betray Shukla.
- [Ansari] Get me a uniform too-- - [Triloki] Baankey! Baankey!
- Come, come. - [narrator] Candidate number three,
Bishnu.
There is a saying that when four dumbfucks come together…
- Come. - [narrator] …the fifth one somehow
finds his way there.
This is Baankey, Ansari.
- And this is… - And this is who?
[imitating Bishnu]
Is he's saying he'll shove his thumb up our asses?
[laughs]
He's saying that he's a part of the plan as well.
Oh, okay.
Please make it very clear that he won't get an equal share.
Oh, man. Will you ever stop being so stingy?
Let's see if you can spend what you are getting.
- You drink cheap shit anyway. - Only in the mornings.
[all laugh]
Even his laughter is on mute?
He won't take a smaller share, JP Bhai.
Because he is the one who will get us into the party office.
Then don't give him that option.
Who is he to decide things for us? We made this plan.
He can ask for any amount he wants, but he doesn't deserve a share.
Who the hell is he?
Canteen manager for the party!
Hey, listen. Please…
[narrator] The drunk JP almost fucked up the whole plan.
JP-ji, he can't speak…
- but he can hear. - Please sit. Please.
[narrator] But then accepted his mistake.
Did I hurt your feelings? Sorry.
[narrator] If these people were not enough, meet Bela.
Bela is Baankey's younger sister,
but behaves like she's the big sister.
What are you eating?
It's a week old. It was to be thrown out, okay!
[scoffs] It can't go bad in a week.
Fruits go bad very fast.
- Just throw it away. - Mm.
- Give it to me! Give-- - [grunts] Bela…
[narrator] Like her father, her brother was a cop too.
Even she tried to join the police force once.
- [woman] Bela, what are you doing? - [Bela grunts]
Bela, we are running out of time! Move aside!
[narrator] But Bela was a little slow in training.
She thought all this jumping and running is good to become a criminal,
but the police's real job should involve the intellect.
[officer] Squad halt!
- [narrator] Where she had to use her feet… - [officer] Squad turn left! Hup!
- [narrator] …she started using her mind. - [officer] Attention!
[narrator] And when the mind starts working, so does the mouth.
I saw your right cheek on the left turn and your left cheek on the right turn.
What was that?
I was thinking that by turning right
and by turning left, how will we catch criminals?
This is the parade ground, okay? Not a place to think.
This is Tagore Ground. And he was a thinker.
Then do one thing. Take rounds of the Tagore Ground without stopping,
and think hard about why you were given this punishment.
Rifle high port! Double march!
[narrator] On one hand, she got into trouble because of her big mouth.
On the other, her sharp eye won her accolades.
While the others would still be assembling their guns…
[gunshot]
[narrator] …she would already hit the bullseye.
[gunshot]
[narrator] And when, in a chemistry lab, she discovered anesthetics,
for the first time, she thought of revenge.
Bela, what are you doing?
I am thinking. It's allowed here, right?
[narrator] Finally, she was expelled from the academy.
But the discipline from the training ground
and her loneliness will be with her forever.
Bhaiya was in the police, and you are also in the police.
I want to know what she did over there…
[narrator] But Bela was not upset.
- Listen, aunty! - [narrator] …because in the police force,
she would have to take shit. But she…
Please don't act like you give a damn about us.
[narrator] …preferred giving it back.
Only once a year you come to check whether we're alive or not,
and you live just down the road.
Hey, uh, Bela, your shift is about to start. You go.
Bhaiya, I don't do shifts like you. I don't have to go on duty like you.
I'm a news anchor! News anchor!
Yeah, so, isn't it time for your news? Go, you'll get late. Go.
[news channel theme playing]
[cameraman] And you're live in three, two, one.
Namaskar, I am Bela Pandey, and you're watching Hour by Hour News.
- No. - [narrator] And even now she's dealing…
- [Bela] No! - [narrator] …with breaking news.
I'm pregnant.
[sobs, groans]
[yelps]
- What do we do next? - [Baankey] Hey, should we dig a tunnel?
[Triloki] Mm.
[Baankey] And how long will it take to dig the tunnel?
[JP] Shukla will bury you in the same tunnel, you idiot!
What happened?
Whatever happened shouldn't have happened but…
- but it's happened. - But what happened?
Ansari, it hasn't happened yet, but it'll happen soon.
- Then just call me when it happens, okay? - [Bela] Listen, listen, listen!
Please just come home. I'm really scared, Ansari.
[narrator] "I'm really scared" was Bela and Ansari's code.
I'm coming.
- [narrator] This means exactly… - Hello?
- [narrator] …what you think it means. - No! Listen? That's not what I meant--
Guys, I have to leave. There's an emergency.
- Why? What happened? - Some problem at the university.
- Should I come along? - No, I have men there.
Okay, I'll see you guys.
- [Bela] Happy Birthday to you! - [all cheering]
[narrator] All this started a few years ago.
God knows why Bela cropped Dixit and Baankey both out of the photo.
[Bela] What could I do? Ansari would come to my terrace every day.
I would go upstairs to study. And Ansari, to fly kites.
He would fly kites like he was fighting a war.
He'd move his big arms in the air as if playing the violin
while hurling abuses.
What was I to do? Focus on public welfare or admire his chest hair?
[narrator] Just like Menaka would arrive to disturb Rishi Vishwamitra's meditation,
Ansari would arrive on Bela's terrace to disturb her studies.
Him flying a kite was no less than Menaka dancing to distract.
[Bela] But one day, I gave up
and, in a very clumsy way, started flirting with Ansari.
You fly kites very well.
Huh? A compliment?
Like you've never seen this?
Listen, if you're going down, just get me some tea.
[Bela] The problem was that he saw me as a sister,
and I had to change that.
But I couldn't come up with anything flirtatious to say to him.
I come to the terrace just to see you fly kites, you know.
To see me fly kites? What's there to see in it?
Come on, hold the bobbin. I'll teach you how to do it.
[narrator] His flirting skills were not the best,
and Bela found this very attractive.
Your shirts are always so colorful, just like all your kites are.
Like my kites? I only wear branded shirts.
What's wrong with you today? Come here in front of me.
[narrator] She was giving hints. He wasn't taking any.
God knows what happened to Bela.
Generally, she always has the gift of the gab.
You seem like boyfriend…
like boyfriend material to me.
[suspenseful music playing]
[narrator] And you see, when hints don't work,
words have to be used, like she did.
[lighthearted music playing]
- Take a step back, Bela. - [boy] Yay! We got his kite.
- You've lost your kite, Ansari. - Huh?
Huh, asshole!
Can I take that pillow?
- Bhaiya! - [grunts]
[Bela] It was a lot of fun riding with him on his Bullet.
- Ansari! - [Ansari] Oh, come on, baby.
I've come here before. The food… food is nice.
[music continues]
- You know, I can smell asafetida in this. - Now, you tell me what I should do.
Your brother has put checkpoints all across the city today.
[Bela] I was also scared that my brother would see us together.
Come, give me a smile.
[narrator] But her brother was a little naïve.
Neither could he see anything nor hear anything.
Hey, got it, got it, got it.
- [Bela] Bhaiya? - Yeah?
- I'm off to the university. - Yeah, okay.
Hang on, I'll drop you there.
[Bela] Our love managed to find it's place in everyday life.
Then come on!
Hey! Hey! Ansari, don't leave because you're losing, okay?
We'll continue later.
This is not done.
- You do this all the time. - [Ansari] I'll be back.
[Bela] I don't know why I didn't tell Bhaiya.
- Let me see his cards. - [narrator] They were holding their cards,
close to the chest.
I was right. He was gonna lose.
- Give me a kiss. - [chuckles]
- [gasps] Sorry! - Hit me again, hit me again.
[Baankey] You're back so soon, Bela?
"A police officer was attacked."
Uh, Baankey, you still here?
Well, isn't it my house? And did you come with Bela?
She was walking home, so I gave her a lift.
[Bela] Bhaiya! I'm making some tea.
- [Ansari] Okay, I'm leaving. - Yeah.
Listen, Ansari, better pay my fees tomorrow.
- No problem. - [Baankey] Your brother is still alive!
He keeps going there. He'll pay it.
Anyway, they see my uniform and don't take money from me.
In fact, they give me their money.
Forget it, both of you. I'll do it myself.
You think you're a gangster, Ansari?
[Baankey] Why can't you call him "bhaiya"?
- What's "Ansari"? - [Bela] Of course I can.
So… can I call you "bhaiya"?
There's no need for that!
Bro, I meant to say…
- it's fine the way it's going on. - What's going on?
[narrator] This is our police.
There's a crime being committed right under his nose,
- and he has no idea… - What's going on?
I'm not a fool, you know. I'm going to get to the bottom of this.
- Of what? - Of what?
[tense music playing]
Of this novel.
[lighthearted music continues]
[narrator] When Bela was on Ansari's mind, nothing else mattered.
Hey! Animal, stop!
You took time to open the door on purpose, right?
Listen to me--
[narrator] The size of Ansari's brain was not much.
But that was not the size that mattered.
This is all you get to see because we are moving on to Shukla-ji,
- who is up to no good again. - [lighthearted music ends]
I can take possession anytime I want, Asthana,
but the problem is I can't do anything auspicious before the 21st.
The north lunar node is eyeing my moon.
Watering plants eases it out.
[Asthana over phone] But you can do something mischievous, right?
I want you to meet this new girl.
All that after the 24th, Asthana.
This is not a very good time for intimate relations.
I can catch an STD.
You know what's an STD? Sex disease.
Sir, if you see this girl, you won't be able to resist her.
[tense music playing]
Really?
Then we'll figure out a good window and…
do it in that auspicious time.
[narrator] I wasn't talking about this.
[Shukla] Free me from all my sins.
[Asthana] Sir, first commit the sin. Then we will take care of it.
First you tell me, Pathaani Tola action is happening today or not?
[narrator] Yes, this is it!
[Shukla] Fire fighters should get there a little late.
[tense music fades]
[Bela] Will you say something? It's been two years, Ansari.
[Ansari] Huh? We've been having an affair for so long?
This is an affair?
[gentle music playing]
Huh?
You think I'm just having an affair with you? Huh?
Bu-- But isn't it too early to get married?
Why? You're 28 years old, aren't you?
- Huh? - I was talking about you.
I'm old enough to be a mother now,
so I maybe I'm old enough to get married.
Mother? Get married?
Get out! Get out!
- Take this. Go! - Hey!
- Hey. What is wrong with you? - Go!
If you're not thinking about marriage, then don't even message me. Go.
- Go! - At least let me take my stuff.
[narrator] The fire here was so strong
that, for some time, Ansari had forgotten about the fire at Pathaani Tola.
"Let's get married." Is this a fucking movie or something?
I'll never understand why girls start thinking
about marriage in the middle of sex.
- [gentle music concludes] - Fucking shit!
Hello? Have you lost it or what?
Didn't you have some problem at the university?
At the university, I got to know there's a fire at Pathaani Tola.
- So, I'm going there now. - Shukla set fire to Pathaani Tola?
So, you came to take water from my house?
[Ansari] I didn't go to your house. I went to mine to get my gun.
I just parked my bike here so I could make a quick exit.
- Good you came by. - [tense music playing]
[cell phone ringing]
[engine revving]
[dramatic music playing]
[woman over phone] There's a huge fire
- at Pathaani Tola. - What?
- [woman] Everyone's looking for you. - O-- Okay, I'll be there in ten minutes.
[narrator] Despite the warning given to Shabbir, the protests continued.
So, it was time to show him that Shukla doesn't just bark.
He bites too.
[crowd clamoring]
- [sobbing] - [indistinct yelling]
[in Hindi] Water! Water! Get water in the bucket! Water!
- [in English] Jai Hind, sir! - Jai Hind, sir!
- [officer] Dada, Rastogi.
- [Rastogi] Mintu. - Jai Hind, sir!
- Oh, sir, why did you come? - Whose house has been set on fire?
Shabbir's house. Remember him?
- [dramatic music continues] - [crowd clamoring]
[cries]
[Rastogi] Mintu, you guys should leave now.
Sir, we'd like to watch the show for a while.
Let's record a video for Shukla-ji.
[man laughs]
PATHAANI TOLA
DEATH TO SHENOY
- Yeah, Dixit, where are you? - [Dixit over phone] Near the paan shop.
We're also near the paan shop.
[Dixit] Bhaiya, I saw Mintu's men over here.
[Ansari] Shabbir Bhai…
[woman wailing]
Who did this?
Looks like Shukla's work.
[cries]
[narrator] Mintu and Arunoday were standing on the side recording videos.
Ansari's pea brain would become much bigger in matters like this one.
He could see through everything.
Shukla ordered it, but they did it.
Ansari, the IG was here. Start something and you'll be arrested.
I need to take care of my mother.
Why don't we settle the score right now?
Baankey, just take this. This is what you guys seize first.
I'm sure Maachis started this fire, Sameer Khushwaha?
[Sameer] What the fuck will you do?
- [grunts] - [Sameer] Hey, Ansari!
- [grunts] - [upbeat music playing]
[grunts, yells]
[grunts]
[groans]
[all groan]
[suspenseful music playing]
[siren wailing]
[upbeat music playing]
[Sameer grunting]
[indistinct chatter]
[officer] Go inside, sir.
You don't understand what I'm saying?
- Wait right here. - [reporter] Ansari-ji…
- Asthana-ji, we have a very big problem. - [reporter] Let us ask him some questions.
- Let us ask him some questions. - The media has come here.
[knocking on door]
[tense music playing]
[Shukla] What happened?
Sir, I have some bad news.
[theme music playing]
[theme music concludes]
Subtitle Translation by Sanika Munagekar