Private Detective: Two Plus Two Plus One Page #6

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


She was leaving just to escape you.

- I already knew about your affair

"Your lighter,

meeting place... "

"bed, sofa, mattress... "

"your pillow, blankets,

bed sheets"

"Yet, for the sake of your love,

I meekly accepted the facts"

I could have even

stripped you before Raj...

"and screwed you.

- Stop raving, witch"

Did I send you to her?

Did I lie naked

in someone's arms?

Did I catch you on camera?

Did I inform the police?

Was I sucking your blood?

Was I blackmailing you?

The whole world is regarding you

with contempt

"To save you, I was even ready

to own up to the crime"

And you call me a witch?

Drop dead!

"You will save me, eh?

I need to save myself from you"

"Look, you don't need to

chase the blackmailer for my sake"

You have tasted blood.

I hate the sight of you!

Get out of my car!

- Shut up and drive

What did you drill into her head

before sending her over?

Did I?

Your mind's working overtime

I told you to stop being silly

She's hunting for you

"Greedy as you are, you thought

you could find something there"

You would even fleece a corpse

If you can kill your wife

out of rage...

"if you can falsely implicate

your friend, I'm merely cannon-fodder"

I got to be careful with you

You'll be apprehensive

only as long as I'm alive

You are nuts.

Now pay for your sins

"When the police reach me,

I'll lead them to you"

You forced me...

I'm not a murderer

I'm not part

of the conspiracy at all

I liked that woman.

- Shut up

She's history

I was the one who

asked her to run away

Are you raving?

- I told her your game in detail

You'd push the car off the cliff

and pass it off as an accident

"You'd have been happier,

and she too, at the least"

Schemer! Bloody traitor

Even you turned out

to be a cheat

You are the cheat

I was trying to save her from you

She trusted me... she was scared

She was supposed to go to Kolkata

... I'd have followed her there

"Of the two of us,

I'd have been a better choice for her"

But you reached there before I could.

Bloodthirsty wolf! Bastard!

I wish I had killed her myself

I wish I had not met you.

- Listen to me...

You are the one who destroyed

my life. Get out of here

You'll hurt yourself. Give me the gun.

- Hold it

Stop! Or I'll shoot.

- It's not your cup of tea

I've seen a lot of this stuff

Hear this. In the war of 1971

they tried to kill me

But the bastards just

couldn't kill me

I can stave off death.

Look...

don't be stupid. Give me the gun.

- Hold it!

He's gone! Get the hell

out of here. I sense trouble

You killed uncle!

"Stop screaming!

- Stop screaming, swine"

Get the hell out of here.

- You killed uncle

Murderer! Murderer!

Let's put him in the car

"He's still breathing.

- Wanna wait till the last, eh?"

"Had I not been locked up with you,

I'd have smashed your head"

"As it is,

he was old enough to die"

"If we're caught red-handed,

we're done for"

"If the old man's destined

to live, he will. Get out of here"

Move it!

- Shut up! Pick him up

Move it!

Come on

Okay

J.J Hospital.

Turn right from the Highway

"If you hear a shot,

get inside at once"

"Stay outside at the gate, Gaitonde"

So you were driving recklessly

The brakes failed

There's an entire police force

surrounding my house

He must've surely contacted you.

- How?

I've been out since morning. How am

I to know where the poor man is?

We didn't tell him to escape.

- Trust me. I'll let you know...

as soon as I have

any news of him

Bad times drew in on us yesterday

Fate turned its back

on us yesterday

For all the great bustle

in our lives...

our time's up

Move

Time up

Move

What enmity do you have with us?

Why are you after Harish's life?

- Why did he escape from the lock-up?

You don't have even one

strong evidence against him

The entire case is laid on

false testimonies

The police is useless.

And what happens to uncle now?

Who's sitting in that car?

"Who's that in the car?

- It's them I guess, sir"

They're moving

They're running.

Stop there!

Get the jeep

Hurry

Run for your life

"Run faster, will you?"

"Not that way, fool"

Run!

Stop!

Freeze! Or I'll shoot

Night never falls in this city

No dark nights ever

The hustle and bustle never stops

Can't see a star in the sky

It's as if all the stars

have come down on the roads...

and lined up

The hustle and bustle will stop

only when there's darkness

The city never stops

"When we were little,

we used to sleep on the roofs"

The intense darkness of those

moonless nights come to mind

Pull over. Let me check

What have you done?

You killed him?

Looks like the bastard

has killed him

"Laxman, what's to be done?"

Let's take him home for dinner.

- Everyday happening

Get the handcuff.

- Handcuff him

He has confessed to the crime

He did it to make life hell for you.

He had access to your gun

He just couldn't gauge

how selfish the blackmailer was

He has lost it.

He keeps screaming

Mentions weird names

And he keeps abusing us

"Anyway, enjoy yourselves"

"As you sow, so you reap"

"What happened, Meghna?

- I'm fatigued"

We're going home

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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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