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Is this investigation

taking the right course?

Yes. I think so.

Then, why can't we unearth

any clues?

All the clues and witnesses

seem to be in his favor.

I know, Mahesh.

All the proof and witnesses

are in Vijay's favor.

But, I know he's lying.

They are all lying.

I can feel it.

The police can tell from the

way a person talks...

...whether he's lying or telling

the truth.

I underestimated him by

considering him uneducated.

That was a mistake.

He may be a 4th grade dropout, but

he is extremely cunning.

He is really wily.

Vijay Salgaonkar is a very

good man.

I have checked his records.

He came to this village

25 years ago.

First, a tea stall,

then a grocery shop.

A video library, a garage.

He worked in diverse places

and grew up.

Later, he started

up his own business.

He's a fourth grade dropout.

But, he knows Marathi, Hindi,

English and Konkani.

He says, he learnt

all that from watching films.

He does love movies.

He never misses out

a single film.

Films.

That's an important link.

Come on, let's go!

Wait a bit.

What is it?

I forget to get money

for the tickets.

Is there any ATM nearby?

I...

What is this? I will have to

hold up the bus for you.

There's an ATM up ahead,

go ahead and hurry back.

Two minutes.

- Go on.

Prabhu, get me all the CCTV footage

from that ATM.

Where is it?

In Panaji?

Taligaon bus stand,

5 kms away from Panaji.

When was the bus

scheduled to leave?

At 3:
00 pm in the afternoon.

I want the CCTV footage

for the ATM...

...for 3rd October,

from 2:
30 pm to 3:30 pm right now.

Sawant!

You meet thousands of

passengers, every day. - Yes.

Let's say, you remember

the family due to the ATM.

But, when did the family

go to Panaji?

Why were they there?

It is impossible to remember

all of that.

He told you something

25 days ago.

How do you still remember it?

I don't remember.

He told me.

Yes, but, you were

told 25 days ago.

How can you still...

- No, I...

What do you mean?

- I mean...

...he told me that, when...

...we met again, recently.

Again?

- Yes.

When?

A few days ago.

Where?

Where did you meet him?

Uncle!

- Oh, how are you?

How come you're here?

Vijay, don't you remember him?

We came here for Chinmayanand's

sermon on 2nd October.

When we were going back

the next day...

...he was the conductor

on our bus.

You went to withdraw cash

at the ATM...

Oh, right! On the 2nd, after

the sermon...

...we went back on the bus

on the 3rd.

You were the conductor on that bus.

- Right.

You forget everything!

Sorry, I...

- That's okay.

See you later.

- Okay.

Mr. Vasu, has the show begun?

It's you!

No, there's still time.

Where is your family?

No, I am alone today.

- Okay.

There was a sermon on the

2nd, right?

That's why the family was

with me.

We went shopping on the 3rd and

then came for a movie.

After that, we ate at the hotel

and then went back home.

Imagine how expensive

that can be.

Dinkar.

We went to the sermon

at Panaji on the 2nd on your bus.

You didn't accept any money

from me.

But, that won't happen today.

Let me buy the tickets today.

Don't do that!

Why don't you tell him?

She won't say anything to me!

Here, give me tickets.

You've come after a while, sir.

No, we were here on the

2nd for the sermon at Panaji.

We visited exactly a day

after the sermon.

On 3rd October.

Right.

Thank you.

- Thank you, sir.

3 weeks? - I told you, I'm going to

Panaji for the sermon.

I told you to pay this

the day after I got back.

Yes.

- When did I go to Panaji?

Well...

On Saturday, the 2nd of October.

Yes.

- When did I go?

On Saturday, the 2nd of October.

When did I get back?

On Sunday the 3rd of October.

Yes, you got back on Sunday,

3rd October.

The next day on 4th October,

a Monday...

...I told you to pay this.

Yes.

- Go and pay it.

The other king was reformed

by his example.

The moral of this story

is, we must cultivate...

...the power to forgive others.

Great! Very good!

But, how did you hear

that story?

I told you, we went to Panaji...

...to attend Swami Chinmayanand's

sermon.

When?

Did you forget, already?

We went on the 2nd,

it was a Saturday.

And we got back on the 3rd.

That's where I heard

this story.

Okay.

Ma'am. Swami Chinmayanand.

Yes, Swamiji.

My followers record my sermons.

They are provided to the devotees

via DVDs.

The devotees can make bookings.

They can pick them up from the

ashram, within 2 weeks.

I have seen the booking list

for the sermon on the 2nd.

But, Vijay Salgaonkar's

name doesn't feature in it.

Alright, thank you so much.

Possibly, he booked it

under another name.

It's possible.

But it doesn't prove he wasn't

in Panaji on the 2nd and 3rd.

Ma'am, the CCTV footage for

the ICICI Bank.

No.

It's over, finished.

Vijay was telling the truth.

- But, sir...

We have wasted so much time!

It may have been better

to try to find Sam instead.

But, I really...

- Gaitonde.

But, what more proof

do you want now?

It's over, it's finished.

But...

Meera. Our investigation hinges

on the fact, that...

...whether Vijay was in Panaji on

the 2nd and 3rd, or not?

The camera doesn't lie, Meera!

The CCTV proves, that Vijay was

in Panaji on the 3rd.

Vijay was in Panaji on the 3rd.

Vijay was in Panaji on

the 3rd, too!

Makes sense.

That means...

- Meera.

Mahesh, he knew we were going

to watch this CCTV footage.

In fact, he wanted us to see it.

That was part of his plan, Mahesh.

- What plan, Meera?

It was an amazing plan.

At about 8:
30 am.

- The sermon had started by then.

Vijay wasn't here on the 2nd.

He saw the entire first half

of the film in the projection room.

No one forgets about

good customers, ma'am.

He told me about that, recently

again, when we met.

We had come to Panaji for

a sermon, on the 2nd.

He just recreated that day.

In fact, both the days.

The 2nd and 3rd of October.

What do you mean?

What do we usually remember?

Something we have seen

for ourselves.

Visuals.

Visuals.

Something we see,

can't be easily forgotten.

Visual memories are

the strongest memories.

For example, cinema.

You know, the stories you are

watching are not real.

But, you still believe in them.

Because, you have seen the story

and lived it in a way.

In the same way...

...Vijay and his family not only

concocted the story about Panaji...

...in fact, they lived it out.

They actually went to Panaji.

They stayed at a lodge.

They did eat the Pav Bhaji.

He sat in the projection

room and watched the film.

So, they stuck to their statements,

during the interrogation.

Because, they were telling

the truth.

Apart from one little detail.

What was that?

They didn't do all that

on the 2nd and 3rd of October.

They did that, some other day.

Perhaps, the next day.

Ma'am.

Vijay said, it was raining

on the way back, they were drenched.

And his family fell sick.

He also said, his kids missed

school for a few days.

He showed us the medical bills

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