Kahaani

Synopsis: Kolkata is abuzz with the preparations for the annual Durga Puja festival, as seven months pregnant Vidya Bagchi steps off the airplane from London. Her first stop is the local police station to file a missing person report. Weeks ago, her husband Arnab arrived in India for a job assignment. The first two weeks, they talked daily on the phone, and then without explanation, his calls stopped. Everywhere Vidya turns, no one can remember Arnab. There is no trace of him at the guest house or his workplace. But Vidya will not give up her search. Somewhere in Kolkata she will discover the dangerous truth.
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Director(s): Sujoy Ghosh
Production: Viacom 18 Motion Pictures & Pen India
  16 wins & 12 nominations.
 
IMDB:
8.2
NOT RATED
Year:
2012
122 min
$1,030,219
Website
2,904 Views


Park street.

Tollygunge.

Passengers are advised..

..to inform the Metro

Police on finding..

..any unidentified

box or alien object.

The door is closing.

Hello.

Yes, I am on the train.

Which bag?

Speak louder.

Which bag?

Next station Ravindra Station.

Platform on the right hand side.

Why is she crying so much?

She's hungry.

Why don't you feed her?

I forgot her milk bottle at home.

Yesterday I bought a new game,

Call Of Duty:
Black Ops.

What a game. Great graphics.

Look, there's Kushal.

Kushal, why are you so scared.

Give it. Give the bag.

Why are you scared?

What are you hiding in your bag?

Is it something special?

What are you hiding in your bag?

Give the bag. Give the bag.

We are not throwing it away.

Give it, give the bag.

I will go back home.

Come on. Come on, let's go.

Show me the bag.

Hey, you left your bag behind.

The milk bottle is right here.

More than 100 are expected to be dead..

..in Kolkata Metro Rail due

to the deadly gas attack.

Its believed that a terrorist

group is behind this attack.

Even on the third day passengers

are hesitating to travel by the Metro.

The relatives of those..

..who died in the gas attack

staged a rally in Kolkata today.

And requested the government..

..to find out who is

responsible for this attack.

Madam.

Madam.

Madam. Madam. Come with me.

Who are you?

What do you want?

Move, move.

You shouldn't lift heavy

objects in such a condition..

Move. Go away.

You shouldn't lift heavy

objects in such a condition.

Let me, let me.

Leave it.

I know, I have a kid too.

Let me, madam. Please.

Move aside. Move.

You are taking my passenger.

Please move.

Don't mind, madam. But

can I ask you something?

I have been driving a

taxi for the past 15 years.

Every passenger either goes home

or to the hotel from the airport.

You are the first passenger who is

going straight to a police station.

Get the tea quickly.

Press any key.

It's up, it's up, it's up..

Here it is.

It's here.

It's working!

It's shut down again.

What happened now?

That's what his wife

must be saying every night.

Sign here.

Madam, here's the police station.

How much?

Here's your bag.

Madam, this is my number.

If you ever need a taxi, call me.

Thank you.

Where do I go to file a

missing person's report?

Yes, you go.. I..

Just go straight.. I mean,

it's just straight ahead.

Thank you.

Shall I carry this?

Thanks.

It's okay.

My husband is missing.

Are you coming from out of town?

London.

You arrived just now?

Yes.

Madam.

We will need some details.

Actually, a month ago..

Tea.

Will you have tea?

No.

Yes, go ahead.

He came to Kolkata a month ago.

He had a two week assignment

in the National Data Center.

Okay.

First two weeks we

would talk every day.

Then he suddenly stopped calling.

No messages or anything.

And I didn't know what to do.

So I came here directly. I..

Speak softly.

Doesn't my time have any value?

Why are you screaming?

No need to shout. He

can hear you clearly.

Your name.

Vidya Bagchi.

Bidya Bagchi.

No, it's Vidya. With a V.

Madam, in Kolkata Vidya,

Bidya .. same feelings

Isn't it, Rana?

What?

Vidya, Bidya are all

the same, isn't it?

Your husband's name?

Arnab.

Bagchi?

Arnab..

Stop messing with it Rana

Sorry.

And age?

Complexion.

Wheatish.

Height?

A little taller than this.

5'11?

Do you have a photograph?

Yes.

Doesn't my case have any value?

Doesn't my case have any value?

Softly. Softly.

What softly?

You will speak softly or

else I will throw you out.

He is listening to

what you are saying.

Love marriage.

Is this a year old?

No, two years.

Don't you have a latest one?

No.. Arnab didn't like

to get his pictures taken.

Isn't it enough that we

ran away and got married?

Now we have to get a

picture taken as well.

Come here. Otherwise what's

the proof that you married me?

It was the day we got married..

..so I forced him to

get our picture taken.

I see.

What does your husband do?

We both were software engineers.

Firewall experts.

Firewall?

We make programs to save

computers from virus attacks.

Like, the police..

protects the public. Right?

Get this done quickly.

Arnab was supposed to come to London

after the assignment, but he didn't.

He suddenly vanished.

Vanished?

Yes, I mean no messages, no calls.

And Arnab isn't like that.

Where was he staying here?

Mona Lisa, 172A

- Sarat Bose Road.

The place where he worked name?

National Data Center.

Yes.

But they said that Arnab never

came there for any assignment.

He did, I know.

We talked every day.

He would call me a thousand

times in a day and I would scold him.

So that he doesn't spend his

entire earning on the phone bill.

But I don't know why they are lying.

The case is slightly complicated.

I will do my best. It will be done.

It will take some time.

I will get it done.

Madam, you will need to sign this.

Sign, sign.

Why are you after that thing?

Leave it.

May I help?

You?

Oh yes, you are a computer person..

Take a look.

What a pain..

You just needed to clear some memory.

You won't face any problem now.

Are you satisfied now?

Now, madam, you just need to

sign and you're free to go.

What happened, madam?

Sit, sit.

Would you like some water?

Will you call a taxi for me, please?

Why, Taxi? Rana will drop you.

Rana, go drop her. Go.

Come.

How much further?

Its close-by.

Are you feeling better now?

Is this your first visit to Kolkata?

Yes.

Entire Kolkata is getting

ready for the Puja, right.

So you know about 'Durga Puja'?

I have a Bengali husband remember..

By the way, your name Vidya is

also a very common Bengali name.

Vidya.

I know.

Courtesy Mr. Chatterjee.

By the way, why do they call you Rana?

Your name.. The name

tag reads Satyoki.

In Kolkata everyone has two names.

One is 'Dak' name, which is

pet name like mine is Rana.

And the other is

'Bhalo' name, official name.

Satyoki.

But everyone

addresses me by my pet name.

Interesting. Two names

for the same person.

Two identities.

Satyoki. Arjun's charioteer.

Guesthouse?

Have we reached the hotel?

Mrs. Bagchi, this

doesn't look like a hotel.

Are you sure this is the place?

That's the address.

Why would your husband stay here?

I don't know.

Come.

Good evening. Are

you the manager here?

Yes.

I am Vidya Bagchi. I had

called you from London..

..about my husband Arnab.

Yes, yes. Arnab Bagchi.

Your Majesty, you..

Look, I am not the queen.

You can call me Vidya.

Bidya madam, when you

called from London..

..I told you that your

husband wasn't staying here.

The situation is

still the same. Arnab..

You've been saying

that all the while..

..and that's exactly why I came here.

I know this because he would

talk to me everyday from right here.

Sir, please explain to her..

Wait, wait.

Mrs. Bagchi, maybe

there's a confusion.

There's absolutely no confusion.

Arnab was staying here.

This man is lying.

Show me your records.

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Sujoy Ghosh

Sujoy Ghosh is an Indian film director, actor and screenwriter. He has directed Jhankaar Beats (2003), Home Delivery: Aapko... Ghar Tak (2005), Aladin (2009), Kahaani (2012) and Kahaani 2 (2016). more…

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