Private Detective: Two Plus Two Plus One

You killed the plant finally

I told you so often

to water it every day

You're an ass.

- Raj...

"hurry up, or you'll be late"

One more

How much?

- Six bucks each

Two bucks less?

- Ten is enough

"Honey, wait"

How'll I survive without you?

Push it

Such a weakling

She betrayed me again.

- Why don't you get it repaired?

You do that.

I'm getting late

I told you

to get that rose from Preeti

"To Bombay VT?

- It's already hired, sir"

"Sir, the balance amount?

- I paid you a tenner"

Get lost

Hello there

"Get up, hurry"

Follow that car

Turn around

Doesn't get any faster?

Hurry up

Faster. Overtake it

"She looks very decent, sir"

I don't think

she can do something wrong

"If anything,

blame it on her good looks"

Move it

We might lose her

Close in

Turn left

I can sense mockery behind love

It's a devious

and treacherous world

I'm not one of them.

I'm merely a spectator

They fall in love

while I bemoan

They conspire

while I take the risks

Either I join them or I differ

... depends on the need

"Lovely, isn't it?"

Well...?

- Shall we go home?

Let's go

Purple color.

- Which one?

"The long one.

- Not that, Meghna"

Why not?

It'll look nice on me

But that's not for sale.

- I've seen it in your house

Take Harish out for shopping.

- Amrita! Listen...

Want me to tell him?

- Shut up and listen

"I'll wear flowers in my hair,

for the disco"

A long dress and a rose in my hair.

- Not a long dress

"All right, a mini dress

and a rose in my hair"

Raj will love it.

- Shut up

Naughty girl.

- But I'll handle Raj

Nice color

Not bad.

- Look at this

How about this?

Nice. Can I try it?

- You will be charged for that

How much?

- I'll dig Harish's pocket

You won't find him.

He's hardly seen these days

Chacha!

(Chacha - Uncle)

Cha-cha-cha

Cha-cha-cha

That's a mantra

Pick up something

for a quick prediction

You picked a blue dress

with your left hand

Your man... loves his woman dearly

But you need him badly

"My turn, uncle"

Leather... triangular

You don't need anyone

You are happy all by yourself

But everyone needs you

Wear this

This gemstone needs

the warmth of your body

A ring for me?

Your man is still

under your control

Which one?

Do you use this

to drive thieves away?

How did you enter?

Through the binocular

Let's see your face

Why does the daylight fade away?

Why not meet at nights?

The nights are beautiful

But you are really brutal

at nights

"Mr. Universe has left,

so I'd better leave now"

Are you through?

Are you leaving?

"I don't intend to,

but my job makes me helpless"

There are many more open windows.

I'll be back

You're welcome

In the last three days...

the two of them met twice...

I've been staying at a rented flat

since last three months

"Here's the estate agent's

visiting card, and these are... "

the photographs

He's about 27-28 years old

Six feet tall

Drives a white Gypsy

"The license number is MH 02751,

I guess"

What happened?

You know him?

It's always

the person you know who...!

But you can't help it. Bad times

"Besides,

the women of today!"

They have tasted flesh

You can get over it.

No big deal

"If you say,

I'll trace his house"

Shall I fix him?

- That's my job

I even take up divorce cases

These photographs will help.

- That won't be necessary

Your charges...

and drop dead

Wonder what your wife

found in him

What pleasure does she derive

by making you miserable?

I'm not dieting

But I just can't eat

non-vegetarian stuff

I see

You do cook with pleasure though.

- That's for you...

and your friends

"Else, I'm not in favor of

turning stomachs into graveyards"

"Be quick on it, Harish.

- Not here!"

"Right here, Harish.

I'll count till five"

Amrita...

One...

two...

three...

four...

Meghna!

Take care of your husband.

He's bent on killing himself

What happened?

- Nothing

I used to have a friend...

a close friend

A real gentleman

"He had no vices,

no shortcomings"

"One flaw, though.

He wasn't straightforward"

"In other words,

he loved to lie"

"Trivial lies, reflexive... "

unintentional.

Not for cheating anyone...

"neither meant ill will,

nor goodwill"

He was weary

of his own behavior

The line between truth and lies

ceased to exist

Truth and falsehood are only

a hair's breadth apart

It was as if he had

a transparent tongue

"Initially it was fun,

but eventually it became a habit"

"I mean, the game

went out of his hands"

It made him dance

like a puppet

"Stop it, Raj.

- Then?"

"To cover up one lie,

he had to lie again and again"

Soon he lost count of the lies

he told. He couldn't remember them

"Gradually, he failed to

give continuity to his lies"

He just wouldn't remember

where he left last time

"He was left helpless

like a spider, incurable"

"It was a foolish disease,

yet dangerous and hopeless"

"He was distraught,

yet incurable"

Poor guy.

- Falsehood mirrored the truth

What are you getting at?

- My friend...

"was inimitable,

a master in his art... "

"could do anything.

He could destroy, even kill"

But he lost his stand

"He wandered, ran, hid"

"A few months after his wedding,

his wife deserted him"

That's very bad

He was aggrieved.

He loved her dearly

"He still loves her, he said.

He said, time will heal him... "

but time won't

snatch his memories away

What about his wife?

"She escaped. However,

she realized her mistake"

"As it happens in a story,

she pitied herself"

"For all he said,

she read otherwise"

"For all his dreams,

she realized something else"

She finally panicked.

- I found this lying down

"For my friend's lies,

his wife screamed out the truth"

Now hurry up and tell

what happened finally

"Raj, you are dragging it too far.

- And finally one day... "

it all came to an end.

He killed himself

"When we broke the door and entered,

he was suffering, fighting with death"

The gun was lying by his side.

He had lost a great deal of blood

He was dying

but he had not changed

He had five different stories

to describe his death

"First he said he shot himself,

then he invented a thief... "

"then a girl, a friend,

vengeance, misery, accident"

"He cried, he smiled

and finally... he was gone"

"We, his friends, were by his side

till he breathed his last"

We did what we could

"Death meant nothing to him,

he swore"

"Then, it was all over"

God save us from such a death.

- Raj...

I never heard this story

from you

Maybe because it's fresh

"Hey, I almost filched your lighter"

"You can keep it if you like.

- No, I don't want it"

It's a loving gesture from him.

It's only a lighter...

"not a diamond ring. Keep it.

- All right, to please you"

Well done.

You must never refuse a gift

Absolutely.

- Always be grateful

"I hate that story, Raj"

"Because you are innocent,

and clean at heart"

Recognize me?

- Who are you?

You got my present?

- What have you got?

Some memorable photographs

Maybe you'd preserve them for ever

They mean nothing to me

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