Monica Page #2

Synopsis: Public Prosecutor Mathur names an accused, Sandeep Mishra, and three other suspects who had arranged the homicide of Lucknow-based journalist Monica. The trio are Aseem Ray - a wealthy publisher; Pamela Grewal - a businesswoman; and Chandrakant Pandit - the former Telecom Minister and soon-to-be Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. With odds stacked heavily against him, Mathur presents, what is an apparent circumstantial case before a female judge, and must prove beyond a reasonable shadow of doubt, that Sandeep was directly involved - even though direct evidence indicates that the murder was committed by two unknown males, and that the deceased victim lived a dual life.
 
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Year:
2011
124 min
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murder has been committed.

I will request the court to

file a charge-sheet in the names..

..of all three of them.

And those three names on whose

orders this murder was committed.

Pamela Gerewal, industrialist

Asim Ray editor, 'Morning Star'..

..Mr. Chandrakant Pandit,

ex-minister of telecom.

I object, Your Honour.

The exhibits which the prosecution

is presenting right now..

..the honorable court or the defense

didn't have any information about it.

Long live..

Chandrakant Pandit - Silence!

Silence please.

Please approach the bench.

Kindly meet me in my chamber.

'The public prosecutor

has created a sensation in..'

'..the court today by presenting

three tapes of Monica Jaitley.'

'The three names mentioned

in these tapes are..'

'..Pamela Gerewal, Asim Ray and Mr.

Chandrakant Pandit..'

'..the party member of the district.'

Mr. Mathur, what is this joke?

Are you sure that the

prosecution has enough evidence?

Mr. Chandrakant Pandit can become

the chief minister of this district.

And you are implicating

him in a murder case?

I am just questioning him.

- On what grounds?

Monica! Monica herself

is the evidence.

Your Honour, these exhibits

can't be made the proof.

Because the tapes can

be fake and the diary..

The diary can be someone's

trick of mind too.

Mr. Mathur, till now you

don't even have the identities..

..of the persons who

have committed the murder.

What is the police doing?

Can I ask you something?

What is their importance in this case?

Nothing.

Because, Honorable Judge,

nowadays you can get such murderers..

..anywhere by offering them a

meagre amount of Rs. 5,000 to 10,000.

These unemployed villagers,

these youth of universities..

..can cross any limits to please

their political bosses nowadays.

Why don't we arrest the

people who take advantage..

..of their circumstances

and helplessness..

..and force them to do such work?

And it's.. and it's really a shame.

But that is the law.

Nobody is guilty until proven.

Thank you, Your Honour.

I will appeal the

court to present them..

..as the defense witness in the court.

But I..

No political drama will

take place in my courtroom.

You can call them, Mr. Verma.

Don't sensationalize this

case to get the headlines.

Right now the party member Mr.

Chandrakant Pandit..

..has reached here and we would

like to ask him a few questions.

Long live.. - Chandrakant Pandit.

Long live.. -Chandrakant Pandit.

Sir, we would like to know..

Long live.. - Chandrakant Pandit.

Long live.. - Chandrakant Pandit.

Long live.. - Chandrakant Pandit.

Mr. Chandrakant Pandit has come.

Mr. Pandit. - Mr. Pandit is here.

Some decision will definitely

be taken today. I think so.

It's okay.

You took a long to show

throw your weight, Raj.

There's a right time for everything.

And then, it passes away.

Raj, give an application to me too.

I will get the CBI inquiry made on it.

After all I too want..

..Monica's murderers to

get the severest punishment.

Trust me.

Hello!

My name is Mr. Chandrakant Pandit.

I have never seen you before.

But I knew your daughter.

Believe me.

I really regret her death.

Take care of Raj.

He needs your support.

He is very upset.

Please be seated. Please. Sit down.

Did he have any affair with his wife?

No. He used to get a Rakhi..

..(a sacred thread that a sister

ties on brother's wrist) tied by her.

That's why her husband and

brother are embracing each other.

Really? Then did he know that

his wife was going around with him..

Sit down. Sit down.

Oh, darn!

Oh, darn! Oh, darn! Dammit!

Honorable Judge, I have come

to thank you that you exempted me..

..from personally appearing

for the hearing of this case.

Thank you.

By the way, my statement

is with the defense council.

But still I want to assure the court..

..that I won't accept the post..

..of the chief minister

of this district..

..till Monica's parents

don't accept me as innocent.

Till then on every

hearing of this court..

..I will try to be

personally present as..

..an ordinary Indian, as a common man.

Jai Hind! May I?

Mr. Pandit, why are you called...

..all the way in this dispute?

- Please, sir. One comment.

Just one question.

Please reply one question, Mr. Pandit.

Mr. Pandit, reply one question.

Please reply before going.

What should I say?

You can definitely say something.

She was your friend after all.

How about your first meeting?

How the heck can she

just die and become a murder?

How much coverage should a story get..

..how many words it should include,

will I have to tell you?

Be thankful that only

this much news is published.

A journalist is killed.

The whole community

is bound to stand together.

Huh! Community? My foot!

Agents!

Pam!

I am leaving.

Be seated.

Please.

My father had died in the same city.

The people forget about it.

They will forget her too.

'We have got her photo clicked now.'

'I will be blessed

if her wedding is fixed.'

'Mona's father,

I am still telling you.'

'Are you listening to me?

Don't make any delay.'

'Even if she passes her B.A. exams..'

'..will any prince come to marry her?'

'You will not understand.'

'Nowadays there is a

demand of educated girls.'

'How much is the charge?'

'Eight copies for Rs. 60.'

We always kept on talking.

We never heard her words.

I regret they are the parents

who bid the first price..

..of their daughter in our country.

But Mr. Raj Jaitley,

you had a love marriage, right?

'Something which you never were,

which I couldn't become.'

'Both of us would have

exchanged our complaints.'

"This slight pain which

is pricking my heart."

"Someone ask my heart

how special it is."

"Why does it make me desperate

in the form of desires?"

"Why does it make me

see the scene of future?"

"I have lost from myself somewhere."

"I have lost from

myself somewhere." - Raj!

"I have lost from myself."

"I have lost from myself."

She hated him.

Actually she was impressed

by his hero-image.

But after marriage, she hated him.

I am sorry,

Raj, that I have to say all this.

'Move!'

'Raj! Raj! Raj!'

'Raj!'

'Raj!'

'What has changed, Raj?'

'Me?'

'You?'

'Do you think I am blind?'

'Can't I see everything?'

'You don't love me, do you?'

'You are jealous.'

'You are jealous of my success.'

'You are jealous, Raj.

You are jealous.'

'I hate you.'

Her parents were insisting

on her to marry..

..and she met you at that time.

Intelligent.

Charming. Topper in the university.

Wasn't it enough?

- I don't know why she married me.

'When beggars die,

there are no comets seen.'

'The heavens themselves

brace for the death.'

'..the death of princess.'

'What the heck is this, Monica?'

'I am sorry, Raj.'

'I'll do it again.'

'No. You won't do it again.'

'I said I am sorry, Raj.' - Just..'

'Just because you are my wife,

it doesn't mean you can..'

'..mess up the scene

and get away with it.'

'Raj.. - Don't Raj me.'

'Don't come here till

you learn your lines. Go.'

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