Pari

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Sorry, this is all that he knows.

Do you live alone in Kolkata?

Yes.

Don't you get bored?

No.

Then why do you want to get married?

Actually, I didn't have

any plans of getting married.

Do you want to ask me anything?

You...

You're studying to be a nurse, right?

I have finished my course.

Doing my internship now.

Can I ask you something?

Yes.

Have you ever had an affair?

No.

Never?

No, I've never had an affair.

I had a boyfriend.

He was a doctor, but we broke up.

Actually, now that I think of it,

I liked his bike more than him.

You know...it was so cool.

Do you ride a bike?

I have tried a couple of times.

But I get very nervous.

You should try doing yoga.

It will really calm you down.

Yoga?

We were taught yoga to calm

patients down before an operation.

Keep your finger on your nose and...

Take a deep breath.

Try it.

What, now?

Keep your finger on your nose and...

Take a deep breath.

Breathe out.

Now breathe in from the other side.

Should I remove this finger?

Breathe in from the other side.

There, it has started raining again.

Babai, how did you like her?

She was okay.

What do you mean she was okay?

Did you like her or not?

I did.

So Babai, should we go ahead?

No, let us wait for their response.

Oh ho, you don't need

to worry about that.

I know for sure that they will say yes.

How do you know that? Huh?

Whatever the outcome,

this is the last try, okay?

Look, you are overreacting now.

Ask your mother,

I found her after seventeen rejections.

All this is destiny.

Are you okay?

Babai, no! Babai!

Mother, sit inside the car.

We were returning from Barrackpore.

It was raining heavily.

Suddenly,

she jumped in front of our car.

Jumped in front?

What do you mean? Suicide?

Yes.

Do you remember where

the accident took place?

An old woman met with an accident here,

a few hours ago.

She was wearing a burkha.

Has anybody seen anything?

No.

Does anyone know who she was?

There are a lot of

Muslims who stay nearby.

How will we know who

it is under the burkha?

This belongs to the dog lady.

Who?

I don't know her name.

But everyone calls her the dog lady.

Where does she live?

At the end of the lane you see in front,

there is a pond...

After which, there is a jungle.

She has a little hut there.

Sir, can I say something?

That woman was weird and crazy.

She wouldn't talk to anyone.

She would pick up stray

dogs and take them home.

This is why everybody

called her the dog lady.

Look around if you find anyone.

Okay, sir.

She would roam the streets at night.

Sit alone and cry loudly.

We could hear screams

coming from her hut sometimes.

Is anyone there?

No sir. There's no one there.

Mother...

Mother...

Mother...

Don't be scared, I'm a police officer.

I have come here to help you.

Yes!

Should I remove this?

Mother will come and take it off.

Your mother has met with an accident.

You need to go to the hospital.

Go to sleep...

Go to sleep...

Go to sleep...

She came in front

of our car all of a sudden.

- We were taking her to the hospital...

- You, sign here!

Sign.

Is there anyone else at home?

Any relative...

Collect the body from

the police morgue tomorrow.

You have to pay three hundred

rupees for the discharge.

- You have to pay it now.

- Yes, I will give it to you.

Take this.

What will they do to my mother?

Nothing much.

They need to investigate.

How will you go to the morgue?

Do you want me to take you?

I will take you there.

Why do you need to go there?

That poor girl has no one.

Somebody should accompany her.

So? What is it to us?

Why are you getting involved,

unnecessarily?

Unnecessarily?

Mother, I was sitting

in the front. I know...

it was not a case of suicide.

- What happened?

- You have to go to the police station.

There's no problem as such.

From what the villagers said...

The police think that

it was a case of suicide.

But that girl?

Will she create any problems?

No madam!

She doesn't even know who her father is.

Don't you know?

Her mother had kept her shackled,

like an animal.

Look at what's going on nowadays.

Everybody is scared of getting robbed.

Nobody wears gold anymore.

What happened? Did you find anything?

Where are you going?

The doctor will be here soon.

- Hello!

- Sir..

There's a body here.

She died in an accident. A Muslim woman.

- Do you want me to come for the funeral?

- No, she has that sign on her arm.

Sign?

Of the Oladhchakra.

Now it is time for you

to start eating by yourself.

Do you understand?

Open. Here.

Chew it nicely.

There is an article in the

Bangladesh Tribune.

Have you read it?

Did you note down the

point on Hussain Saab?

Bangladesh Tribune!

Yes, I have, sir.

Near Satkhira...

they have found some skulls,

of children.

So, this is nothing new.

It has happened before.

These bodies from the Liberation War...

God knows how many more are there.

Yes, but according to the report

they are not from the Liberation War...

they are from the Doomsday Movement.

Is it?

Sir, may I ask you something?

Have you ever seen a Djinn?

No.

Grandpa, what is a Djinn?

What is a Djinn?

Explain it to him.

The naughty thoughts that you have...

Like, "I don't want to go to school!"

"I won't go to bed early!"

"I will disturb you when you are working!"

"I will talk about useless things."

Huh...

This is the work of a Djinn...

What we call the devil.

- They are very dangerous. Eat this.

- More dangerous than Ifrit?

Eat yourself.

Greetings, Faris.

Alright, I'll be there.

'Near Satkhira...'

'They have found some skulls, of children.'

'According to the report,

they are from the Doomsday Movement.'

That's it...It's almost over.

No...no...no.

Don't be scared.

It's only for a little while.

Bear the pain. It will be over soon.

Faris, how many are left?

Twelve.

Calm down, it will be alright.

Where do you live?

Huh?

Who else is there at home?

Keep that back.

What are you doing? You will get hurt.

Keep it back, you will get hurt.

Did you hear me?

Give it to me. Give it back to me, now!

Faris!

Faris!

Faris!

What happened, professor?

Where's that girl?

Find her!

Sharib, Shamsher, Rafiq! Let's go.

Keep a look out,

my house will be on the right.

Rubina Khatun?

Come here and sign.

Just a minute.

Is she the daughter?

Yes.

Does she have any more daughters?

Or just one?

What is it to you?

I was just asking.

Oh madam, carry on!

She has been given a bath, come inside.

Please move aside.

Why is she lighting that?

What?

Those...those sticks.

Those foul smelling sticks.

But those are incense sticks.

They smell good.

No, no. Stop them.

- Stop them now. I don't like it.

- Alright then...I will tell them.

Listen... that's enough.

Thank you. That's enough.

You leave.

I'll go by myself.

Sure?

Just a minute.

Can you hold this, please?

Keep this with you.

Just take it, you will need it.

Alright then, I will leave.

Which way is the pond?

Okay, I can find my way from here.

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