Drishya Page #9

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But if he is patient and thoughtful,

he can overcome any difficulty

When did Rajendra

return from the retreat?

- The next day

-What time?

I don't know

He didn't come

to the office that day

Do you know this man?

Yes sir

Did he recently

travel in your bus?

Four-five days back

Any time before that?

I think the 1st of this month...

Where did they say

they were going?

To some retreat center

in Nanjangud

One double room

Sir, 750 plus tax

This doesn't seem

like a family lodge

Shall we go elsewhere?

Madam, many families stay here

Let me show you the room

ls he a regular customer?

No, sir

How then do you

remember him so well?

Only when I showed them

the room, they decided to stay

When did they occupy the room?

Don't remember sir

Did they say why they

came to Nanjangud?

No, I don't think so

Did you check the ledger entry?

These people maintain two ledgers

One has Rajendra's registration

He checked in at 6:15 pm on the 1st

and checked out next morning

Why two ledgers?

One for people who want bills

the other for those who don't want them

How come you

remember him so well?

Can one forget such

a good customer?

- Are you the owner?

-Yes sir

Why, sir?

The biryani was great

Other than my house,

your hotel serves the best biryani

Thank you very much sir!

Not just the taste,

your hotel is also very clean

It's understandable that

you remember him

But remembering when he came,

and why he came...

That is surprising!

He told me that, sir

How can I as a good businessman

forget a good customer?

Hey. get lost!

Hey you!

How is it possible for these people

to seethe family in Nanjangud...

...when you say

they were at home?

I feel Rajendra is speaking the truth

He is the one who is lying

No madam, I am not lying

I saw Rajendra that day

If that is proved false,

I will resign from my job!

Did you contact the guru

who conducted the retreat?

Yes ma'am, he was in Mumbai

he may be back now

Get him on the phone

From what you are telling me,

they must have come here...

If he can remember my talk

with such detail and clarity...

...they must have come

I have never previously delivered

the yogic message I gave that day

That's why I feel

they must have come

Can any other participant

have told them?

No one else could have spoken

of the retreat in such detail

Thank you, Guruji

Mom, where are

Dad and Shreya?

I too want to run a

theatre in our village

Do so, sir

This is a digital projector

the light intensity will not lessen,

No sound problems,

and no changing carbon

Very less maintenance too

Dad, tickets

My wife

and my elder daughter

Do you know

when they came?

They came on March 2nd

How do you so correctly

remember the date?

Sir, they came to

the projector room itself

They spoke of the previous day's

retreat, hotel stay and all

Hey...Get lost

ls our investigation going

the correct route?

I think so

But we don't have a single

bit of evidence so far

All the evidence supports them

lam not basing my

thinking on evidence

His behavior,

his manner of speech

We can look at these to see

if he is speaking the truth

We are trained for that

The evidence might

support him...

...but he is lying

I can feel it

It may also be a mother's

concern for her missing son

I think...l underestimated him

He is definitely not a

fourth-standard passed half-wit

He's smart!

From the information

collected so far...

...we know Rajendra

has been here 35 years

Provision stores, video library,

real estate this is how he has prospered

Though he has studied only

till class 4, along with Kannada...

...he can speak Tamil, Telugu,

Malayalam, and English

Interestingly, he learned these

languages watching cinema

Yes madam, he's crazy about films

There's nothing he hasn't seen

How can an

ordinary man live like this?

It's an interesting point

to think about

Cinema

It's an important link

You see hundreds of people a day

Isn't it surprising to remember

one family among those people?

You even know when

and why they traveled

That is something

to think about

You say they finished

the retreat on the 1st...

...and traveled

with you on the 2nd

How are you able to

remember this after 25 days?

I don't know exactly

You just said they were

coming back from the retreat

When I saw them recently,

they reminded me

Recently?

Three days ago

Where?

Hello, uncle

You all here?

Sir, you don't recognize me?

Don't you remember him?

We finished the retreat on the 1st

and returned on the 2nd in his bus

Ah, I remember now

After the retreat on the 1st, we

returned in his bus on the 2nd

Has the movie started?

No sir, how come you are alone?

Didn't bring the family?

How can I get them every time

from Moornad to Nanjangud?

What about the costs?

Last time, there was a retreat

here on March 1st

Sol came with the family

Murali, last time when we went

to the retreat in Nanjangud...

...we didn't pay you

You have to give us

tickets this time

It's been a while since you came

Not at all

After the retreat with

Guruji on the 1st...

...we stayed over at a hotel

and ate your biryani

Have you already forgotten?

He hasn't come to our

lodge since, madam

I told you the other day...

We went to a retreat 20 days ago

on 1st and 2nd March

I told you, remember?

Didn't I tell you to pay the tax

the day after the retreat?

Tell me, when did I

go to the retreat?

March 1st, Saturday

Tell me again when?

March 1st, Saturday

Hello...no, this is not the IG,

SI Ravishankar here

Yes, yes, the IG

called from this phone

Who is it?

Guruji on line

Tell me, Guruji

CD?

Yes, we gave all

participants a CD

We also registered their names

Their names aren't in the register

Perhaps they ordered the CD

using a different name

Might possible

But there is no proof that they

were in the village on the 1st and 2nd

We left here in

a private bus at 5:30 am

When we reached

the retreat had begun

But your sister said

you all had fried rice

She must have forgotten

How can I forget

a good customer?

It was the 2nd I think

He came to

the projector room itself

The bus conductor is

my husband's friend

He didn't accept our

money or give tickets

He didn't come

to the office that day

I don't remember

the hotel name

March 1st Saturday

They traveled

in our bus on the 1st

I don't know

when we reached

It's a family lodge

I'll show you your room

When I recently saw them

we returned on the 2nd in his bus

He just recreated that day

What?!

Don't you get it?

He just recreated that day

He has recreated the missing days

March 1st and 2nd are the dates

he has recreated to make us believe

What is important in a film?

Scenes

Images

Some scenes deeply

affect our minds

Their travel on

the 1st and 2nd is a lie

They have really

executed it very well

It is true that they visited

all those places

But it was not

on March 1st and 2nd

It was March 3rd and 4th

That is, two days later

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