Kahaani Page #4

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
2,859 Views


This is not done.

We'll have to look

for the HR department.

I am totally screwed

myself on this one (in Bengali)

Meaning?

I will explain that later.

What's written here?

Same. Xerox.

This door.

Chief accounts. No, no, no.

Rana. H.R.D.

Look there.

If it exists then it

must be somewhere here..

..or it doesn't exist.

If Agnes has said it,

then it must be here.

DE. DH. DU.

DS. DC. DDH.

DA.

Mrs. Bagchi, hurry up. Please.

Just a minute, Rana.

Milan Damji.

There was no file on Milan Damji.

Milan Damji exists.

Who is Milan Damji?

Where did you get this paper from?

What difference does that make?

Who is Milan Damji?

Is he your husband?

Take a good look.

Is he your husband?

Take a look.

No.

He isn't.

Then what difference does

it make about who he is.

Forget Milan Damji..

..and I will forget where

you got this paper from.

End of matter.

Milan Damji isn't Arnab.

But he does look like Arnab..

..and if something has

happened to my husband..

..because of that, then it is

very important for me to know..

..who Milan Damji is.

Either you tell me

or you leave it to me.

I will find the answer

and come back to you.

How will you find out?

I will go out and ask every person.

Even if he's a common man

on the streets, the police.

Or the media?

Someone will surely have

an answer to this question.

Sit down, Mrs. Bagchi.

Sit down.

Do you know anything about..

..the attack on

Kolkata Metro two years ago?

Yes.

Milan Damji was behind that attack.

He's the prime suspect in this case.

Then why doesn't anyone

know about Milan Damji.

Milan Damji doesn't exist

for the world, that's why.

He didn't exist for me either.

Until the day I was

given the task to catch him.

But until then it was too late.

Milan disappeared and

so did all his reports.

But how can anyone just disappear?

It can be our agents.

Milan was a government agent.

He betrayed us. Joined

hands with the enemy.

We have been hiding

this from the people.

Not just that, there's

someone in our system..

..who is helping Milan.

This is a dangerous game,

Mrs. Bagchi.

Those who want to keep Milan

safe are very powerful people.

They can do anything.

Hello.

Madam.

Hello, madam.

Madam. I am so sorry.

It was a mistake.

Are you alright?

I saved you today.

My reflexes.

What if I can't save you tomorrow?

Oh, God. One

shouldn't think like that.

You and your child should stay safe.

I will pray to God for that.

I will pray to God for that.

Madam.

Madam. Kolkata, dangerous city.

Right?

Anything can happen here at anytime.

I am telling her for her own good.

Go back.

Go back, madam. Go back.

Very dangerous city, Kolkata.

No.

I don't want to come back.

You can have your bureau, your system.

One project.

Just one project failed.

That doesn't mean we

shut down the bureau?

Shut down the system..

Just one project

How easily you can

say that, Bhaskaran?

Just one project.

You gave me this assignment,

Bhaskaran.

Pick three ordinary guys, train them..

..and turn them into

bureau's best agents.

And what did I do?

I created a monster.

I found two good people..

..but an animal like Milan

Damji got trained as well.

And he joined hands with

those he had to save us from.

He killed the very

civilians I trained him to protect.

We will find Milan,

you just come back.

You cannot find Milan,

Bhaskaran, that's the point.

I trained him. You cannot find him.

Only fools like you

and me can be found..

..who keep ranting

Our system is perfect.

Law has the upper hand.

There is no

corruption in our system.

Everything is hunky-dory.

Bhaskaran.

One man helped Milan Damji to escape.

That man is still

working in your bureau..

..right under your nose.

The day you find him,

that day I will come back.

Rana, three things are possible.

One..

Arnab has left me and ran away.

Two..

Arnab and Milan Damji

are the same person.

And third..

Arnab looks just like Milan Damji..

..and that's why Arnab's in trouble.

That must have happened.

So you are saying that

Arnab looks like him and so..

I am sure.

We will have to find

Milan in order to find Arnab.

And the day we find Milan,

we will find Arnab.

Mrs. Bagchi, how is that possible?

Where do we start

looking for someone..

..we don't know anything about?

From his house.

Meaning?

I mean Agnes's file had

Milan Damji's home address.

How much further?

Ten minutes.

Sorry.

It must be somewhere around here?

Which way is Bishambar Mallik Lane.

Mrs. Bagchi, this is

Bishambar Mallik Lane.

Didi, where is number 9.

This one.

This one?

Yes.

This is the one. Come.

Number nine. Come on.

You are ok to climb up?

Yes. Let's go.

Carefully.

I don't know which one it is.

There are no numbers.

Nothing's wrong.

Where is number three?

Over there but it's locked.

Anything wrong sir?

Nothing, nothing.

Come.

Here it is.

But it's locked.

I see. Give.

The police is breaking

and entering himself.

You said so.

Wait.

I wonder why anyone

needed to lock this place.

There's nothing here.

And even if there was anything..

..then Khan must

have taken it away .

Mrs. Bagchi.

Mrs. Bagchi.

Yes.

Let's go from here.

There's nothing here.

Yes, let me take a look.

Mrs. Bagchi, don't do that.

No, no, I am okay. I

will surely find something.

Let's look there.

Did you see, Rana, only flat

no.3 didn't have a letter-box?

Who is it?

Are there any letters for no.3?

There is one.

There in no.9.

Just a minute.

Poltu, come here.

Where are you?

Rana, Milan used to

order tea from here.

Maybe they might know something.

But how do you know?

You offered me tea in a

similar glass in the police station.

See what they are asking for.

Remember, there were

two similar glasses..

..at Milan's house.

Yes.

Now, there was no

kitchen in Milan's home, so..

Didi Poltu.

One minute.

Are you scared?

He is my friend.

What is your name?

Poltu.

Poltu? Pet name or real name?

Pet name. Real name is Subroto.

Subroto, no need to be scared.

So tell me, do you remember anything..

..about the person in flat no.3?

Flat no.3? No.

Anything.

I mean what kind of a person was he..

Short-tempered?

Or would he smile each

time you delivered tea?

Would he say something?

No, he wouldn't say anything, but..

He would order only one glass of tea.

And sometimes a second

person would come to meet him.

That's when he would order two teas.

Yes, there was someone.

Who was the other person?

He would always carry a suitcase.

And the corners looked like gold.

Suitcase?

This big.

Briefcase.

Oh, you look so handsome

when you smile, Subroto.

You can win any

child's heart so easily.

I am completely sure.

What?

That you will be a great mother.

Donation bills. Nonsense.

He said there's a

letter from the bank.

But this is a blood bank.

People's blood bank.

Bombay blood group?

Rana, Agnes had said that

Milan had a rare blood group.

Bombay blood group.

Sir, if any person

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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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