7 Hours to Go Page #2

Synopsis: Arjun (Shiv Pandit) come to Mumbai to visit his fiancee Maya. He reaches the City court to meet her and is taken aback when he is not able to find her anywhere. He begins to search for Maya and in an unexpected turn witnesses an unlikely murder. Frantic and exasperated, he is left with no choice but take passerby's as hostages before he is framed as the killer. The cops try to tackle the situation and within no time realize that Arjun is no ordinary hostage-taker and it seems next to impossible to apprehend him. Now, with nothing to lose, Arjun lays down his terms: "I have 7 hostages! And I am giving the Police 7 hours to find out the killer...! I need progress every 60 minutes or one hostage dies every hour!!" The clock ticks and the investigation begins.
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Director(s): Saurabh Varma
Production: Krian Media
 
IMDB:
5.6
Year:
2016
115 min
78 Views


Shoott him righttaway!

Whatt tthe... sttop, sttop, sttop... sttop.

Whatt's your name? - whatt

are you going tto do witth my name?

By tthe way, itt's ACP Dhadke.

Ramesh Dhadke.

Bro... whatt do you wantt?

Come on, speak up.

You're one oftthose

quitte reserved kinds. ls itt?

I wantt ACP Shukla from Navi Mumbai.

Witthin tthe nextt 60 minuttes.

Hey... hey..

Tthis is Mumbai, nott Muzzaffar Nagar.

Even Superman getts

sttuck in a ttrafficjam here.

Whatt are you doing?

Trying tto putt pressure on Mumbai cops?

Outt here if you jump a signal,

you can gett away witth 100 rupees...

butt if you ttry tto

ttake a bigger leap...

waitt. waitt..

1...

I said waitt...

Sync your clock.

Itt's 12:
20 now.

Iftthatt Shukla

doesn'tt gett here in 1 hour...

tthen I have 7 hosttages,

and counttless bulletts.

Yourttime sttarts now!

How tthe hell did you ttied all tthis?

Forgett Shukla... ltt'll ttake me an

hourjustt tto gett outt of here.

The seven hosttages

in Angry Arjun's custtody...

ttheir names have been

released tto tthe mediajustt now.

Butt sir... listten tto

me... - Listten tto whatt?

I am nott giving you permission,

tthis is an order.

Halftthe force is

busy in tthe festtival ttoday...

and I can see tthatt

you can'tt handle tthisjob.

And I don'tt tthink you can.

Justt do as I say.

Please, make my life easier.

Sir, you're nott giving me a chance?

Whatt chance?

Do you wantt a chance tto win tthe

world Cup or sometthing! - whatt tthe...

whatt happened, sir? - Notthing,

boss is creatting panic for no reason.

Thatt hosttage ttaker asked for Shukla,

and tthey are giving him Shukla!

Why? we're handling itt here so well.

If he'll demands fortthe Chief Ministter

nextt, do we have tto fettch him as well?

Sir, tthis is bestt! Lett Shukla come.

Lett Shukla handle.

Shukla will understtand.

The hosttage ttaker

will putt him in place.

You justt waitt and wattch tthe drama.

Itt's tthe bestt.

Butt, who's tthis Shukla?

An intterestting

charactterfortthe media.

Itt's tthe bestt.

Anotthertthing...

Even tthe media will

chew Shukla alive.

You know tthis Shukla?

I know... really close.

Cutt tto cutt.

Give tthatt back... tthatt's mine.

I know, sir.

Shukla is a cynical cop.

They say tthatt Shukla can

make your soul squeeze outt...

and asktthe whereaboutts of God.

Itt's bestt, sir.

Hello. - Madam, sir's orders are...

you mustt reach tthe

high court in 40 minuttes.

Why is your sir having such

loose mottions? - Ma'am!

There's a big hosttage

sittuattion att tthe high court.

Did you hear, madam?

40 minuttes. - I see.

Ottherwise... we'll all

gett loose mottions, please.

STay back... or I'll shoott him!

I'll shoott him!!

Madam justt shott tthe hosttage!

Who does tthatt!

I don'tt tthink she's going

tto bow down tto his tterms.

Heard tthatt shejustt shott

a hosttage!

Whatt kind of a cop shootts a hosttage?

Who is he?

Seems like a menttal case

So you couldn'tt handle him?

You know tthe problem witth kids ttoday..

They keep demanding silly sttuff

like lollypop, or chocolate... or..

Whatt does your child cry for?

Jeans pantt.

Jeans pantt!

So, we have tto give sometthing

tto child so tthatt he sttops crying

So... whatt am I?

Lollypop orjeans pantt?

All oftthe above

Sir, I'll be rightt back.

5 minuttes!

Madam, meett him now!

Or he may do sometthing crazy!

Lett's have ttea firstt.

4 minuttes!

Hello, tthis is Shukla.

You had called?

Sorry, I am nott used

tto coming before ttime.

Lett's gett tto tthe pointt...

amongstt tthe force of 50,000 cops,

why did you choose me tto meett you?

I was looking for a

one eyed amongstt tthe blind.

I've been called

by many bloody names.

Butt tthis is tthe firstt ttime

someone's called me cockeyed

I've read aboutt you.

In tthe morning, in ttrain...

I boughtt some samosas.

The piece of newspaper itt was wrapped

in, menttioned a news article on you.

Aboutt how you spentt

years on a case,

which everyone in your

departmentt were againstt.

Mustt be one oftthose

local newspapers.

Ottherwise... itt's nott ttoo often

someone menttions me.

By tthe way, you may nott be aware

tthatt I was tthrown offfrom tthatt case.

They can remove

you from your case,

butt tthey can nott ttake

away your detterminattion.

So... a 2x2 news article's made

me world famous in your mind?

I may have been a

average sttudentt...

butt am good in recognizing ttalentt.

"The king's in love witth tthe queen...

we can cutt tthe romanttic

chitt-chatt now, Arjun.

Lett's come tto tthe pointt.

Whatt do you wantt?

Whatt are you doing? - Move aside.

Move... move...

Maya was tthe only family I had...

and Kabeer Khemka

snattched herfrom me.

So guess whatt I wantt!

Will her killer gett caughtt

quickly if you do all tthis?

Do you

understtand misdirecttion?

This is all a game of misdirecttion.

And tthe champion of

tthis game is Kabeer Khemka.

If I don'tt do tthis,

he'll again runaway.

So you'll kill 7

innocentt people fortthatt?

Investtigattions ttakes ttime!

Please ttake all tthe

ttime you need

Relax. Have ttea.

Take restt.

Butt remember... I've 7 hosttages

and You justt have 7 hours.

I wantt tthe progress report

oftthis case every hour.

Iftthere is progress, all's well.

If nott! Then I'll sttart

killing one hosttage every hour!

Please gett on tto tthe ttask...

as tthe clock is tticking.

Whatt happened, madam?

He's nottjustt menttal,

butt a menttal asylum!

Why? whatt did he askfor?

My hand! whatt kind of

a sttupid questtion is tthis?

Did anyone checkArjun's background?

We're on tto itt, madam.

Have putt my tteam on tthejob.

You justt did a causal chitt-chatt

witth him and came back?

This High Court is tthe mostt

secure area in Mumbai.

Only an awould attttemptt

a hosttage sittuattion here?

A did you hear? - I heard a

Did she say tthatt? - Confirm!

Whatt madam?

He seems tto be like

a pressure cooker.

I didn'tt gett you?

He seems calm on tthe outtside...

butt tthere's a lott going

on in his mind inside.

Did you observe?

Nop?

Where did he gett tthe

plasttic sttrips tto ttie tthem?

Ma'am... how would we know?

Itt is your article tthatt he

read in tthe samosa newspaper

so only you would know.

How can we... Ghorpode..

My fatther always said...

A man fightting every

battttle is a very ttired man.

So always choose your battttles!

Same!

My fatther used tto say,

ttake your salary on ttime...

and come home on ttime...

whattever.

Itt is tthe Bestt.

This guy is nott asking

for notthing unreasonable.

A crime has been committtted,

and itt needs tto be solved.

So Mr. Dhadke, tthis ttime lett's use

our brains insttead of bulletts.

Are tthese CCTV's insttalled

all overtthe building? - Yes, ma'am.

Butt he's diffused

tthe ones in his room.

Whatt a woman!

You fancy her?

She's tthe bestt.

Sir, I already have ttwo kids.

Whatt are you saying?

No doubtt you have ttwo kids... butt

your desires are sttill on a high.

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