Private Detective: Two Plus Two Plus One Page #5

Synopsis: An urban contemporary film about adultery, murder and betrayal in the film noir style. A simple story to which the director imparts a feeling of unrest and disquiet, catching the city in its various moods. The film breaks generic conventions, notably in the presentation of the private detective through his deglamourised life and his process of discovery of 'who did it'. It is not constructed through his point of view at all. In fact the policeman and the detective, the fact finders, are in the dark about the crime, to the very end.
 
IMDB:
5.9
Year:
1997
130 min
94 Views


A man like you...

You want to hit me?

I regret! You are

suspecting my intentions?

But what harm can you do to me?

"If something happens to me,

your game is up too. Okay?"

That pistol is still with me

Want me to go with you?

Are you all right?

Hello... this is Upasana.

How are you?

"No, not as yet. But I'll

get to know by 4 'O clock"

What's she saying?

- Someone's blackmailing her

Amrita herself told me.

- But the testimony in court...

He's lying!

Harish wasn't there at all

"You don't know anything,

but I know the truth"

"Are the witnesses liars then?

- Yes, they are lying"

Harish didn't go to Amrita's house.

- How did you get to know that?

Harish was asleep at home.

He had returned tired

I left him and went to her.

- But that doesn't mean...

I went there. She was scared.

She said she was leaving the city

Without telling anyone.

Not even Raj!

But I had made up my mind

I shot her. I killed her

out of jealousy

I had stolen Harish's pistol

and gone to her house

I shot her in the head

I wrapped her body in a carpet

and dragged it outside

I then put it in a car

and drove away. I...

And the pistol?

- Pistol?

I left the pistol by the body

Maybe it was in the sea... I don't

remember. But that's the truth

Come

"This story isn't enough to

prove Harish's innocence, Madam"

Harish is innocent!

He hasn't done anything

How could he have killed her?

I told you!

He was asleep at home!

See that man?

- Who?

He's the one. The blackmailer

How do you know?

- He took a photo. From my house

That man is a beast.

- I see

We've found the killer!

It's the blackmailer

He was the one who killed Amrita.

- How do you know?

I know. The old lady told me.

He's the one who killed her.

He also took your pictures

What old lady? What pictures?

What are you talking about?

Don't you know? Didn't Amrita

show you the pictures?

Maybe she was scared

that you'd come back to me

"Say something, Harish"

Tell me everything.

If you remain silent...

I won't be able to do

anything for you

Do you miss her?

No

And me?

Meghna... love alone

isn't enough for me

I realize that now

To love someone is to

grow old with that person

I was never in love with her.

Believe me

You're the only one I love

I know that.

I always knew it

I will take you away from here.

With me

But she said she was

going away somewhere

What happened then?

She had even packed her bags.

She was about to leave

But she was killed

She has gone away.

And I'm the one who's trapped

I'll have you freed.

I'll take you home with me

I'll find him and fix him

"Be careful, Meghna.

He's a very dangerous man"

"That man is a killer, Meghna.

He's not like us"

"You can take Raj's help,

if you wish to"

This man who sent us the pictures.

What could he hold against Harish?

"And we still haven't got our hands

on the pistol, the weapon of murder"

He'll squeal. He'll tell us

where he has hidden the pistol

And Raj...? A man

whose wife has just died...

look at his face...

I can't really swallow that

"It's a clear cut case.

There are two women, friends"

One of them is having an affair

with the other's husband

The woman doesn't know that

And suddenly in their lives

comes a blackmailer

The woman is scared. She wants

to reveal everything to her husband

"Harish stops her. In the melee,

the pistol goes off in Harish's hands"

It's as simple as that

No. The truth isn't

so simple anyway

So what twist are you looking for?

Want me to dump all the testimony

and arrest Raj instead?

And arrest the girl who's going around

claiming that she committed the murder?

Oh no. That poor girl...

"Here, Das Babu...

have some fries. And relax"

I have solved the case

It's locked

"Careful, uncle"

Look at this

It's Harish's gun

You?

- By chance

"Had you not parked your car there,

we wouldn't have met"

"You were involved too,

I never knew"

"He sent you here, didn't he?"

"Finally, the two of you

are scared"

What am I supposed to do?

Call the police?

That drama you enacted in the court

was fantastic

What if someone believed you?

"Anyway, it's good when one puts

his heart into everything he does"

Did you find what you were looking for?

- Nothing important

We found this.

Don't move

Bloody thieves! All of them!

"Come on, hurry up"

I'm not letting you off the hook

I've got him!

I traced him out

You have to believe me now.

He's got the gun too

Here's the evidence.

Release Harish

"Arrest him, now.

Or he'll escape"

Come on

What did you lack inside the lock-up?

"What do you want from me now?

- Please help me, Raj"

"Meghna is in danger.

She is tracking someone, alone"

Meghna's history for you.

Forget her

"Raj, I'm innocent.

I have done nothing"

Really?

- Meghna is out of her mind

Just let me hide in your house

for one night

She'll certainly come to meet me.

- She's fine all alone

"And you, in the lock-up.

- I have done you wrong, Raj"

But I did not kill Amrita

"And why would I kill her?

I liked her, I was in... "

Why did you stop?

Say it. I won't mind

"Raj, trust me.

I didn't kill Amrita"

"Harish, you were seen"

People have testified against you.

That's it

"Who's your friend?

- Don't do this, friend"

Would I lie to you?

- Not at all

She was the one who had

falsehood running in her blood

Now it's running within you

You did what I was supposed to do

That's why I forgive you.

Now get lost

I won't inform the police

Only this while

Your gun is

out of place...

you have it going

with that girl...

then you are seen outside her house

on the day she is murdered

Are you sure you didn't do it?

Don't try to act smart.

Think of unlocking the handcuff

Where did you keep the gun?

- At home

At home...

who else had access to your gun?

I've figured it out at last.

Do you get it?

What?

- Your wife

"Stop raving, okay?"

The blackmailer is the murderer.

- Praise the Lord

"Buddy, blackmailers only

blackmail people. They don't kill"

Wanna bet? It's either your wife

or your friend

Will you stop raving?

Bloody pickpocket

I could die for that

"You are the one who robs women,

and you call me a pickpocket!"

Bastard! I'll teach you manners!

Hold it

Why did you escape?

"Why did you do this, Harish?

I could've saved you"

I can do anything for you

"Hello, sister-in-law"

"Get in, smartass"

You couldn't bear to see Amrita leave

without being punished

What do you mean?

- You only told me that...

she was packing when you reached there.

- I knew about your affair long before

I still ignored it.

- You plotted to kill her

"That's when you pretended to be ill.

- I didn't pretend, I was really ill"

What about my gun?

Only you had the access to my gun

Let me go.

- I should've figured it out long back

Amrita wanted it. The blackmailer

had made life miserable for her

How was I to know that

you'll be trapped?

She didn't ask you for the gun.

Or did she?

I'm not so mean to kill

that wretched female

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Rajat Kapoor

Rajat Kapoor (Hindi: रजत कपूर) is an Indian actor, writer and director born in 1961. Kapoor was born in Delhi, India. As a teenager he would watch films with his family and decided to become a filmmaker at the age of 14. He mainly focused on acting at first. In 1983 he joined the theatre group Chingari in Delhi, later moving to Pune to attend the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII). more…

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