[Dramatic music]
[River flowing]
[Screams]
[Yelling in pain]
It's done. It's done.
- Listen, uncle. Listen. - Put the gun down.
[Gunshot] [Screams]
[Water splash]
[Emotional music]
[Airplane sound]
[Traffic sound]
[Wings flapping]
[Indistinct Chattering hawkers & shoppers]
[Intense music]
[Knock on door]
[Door opens]
Hey, I'm Daniel Gray.
Hi.
- Please come in. - Thank you.
I am recording right now, so I hope you don't mind.
Can you...
Can you turn off the camera for a bit?
I'll just get ready.
Sure. Of course.
I'm just trying to make this as real as possible.
No, it's... just five minutes.
Sure.
Please come.
[Footsteps]
[Rock beat music]
It's been a month, viewers, the alleged rape and murder of a young girl,
murder of an honest and impeccable police officer,
murder of a hardworking cab driver
and murder of a poor kid.
It's been 30 days and the killer is still on the loose.
My only question is, was this a crime of passion
or a psychopath on a killing spree? Or was it a politically
motivated vendetta as some make it out to be?
Is it a crime to be rich in this country?
This poverty argument,
does it justify such crimes?
Viewers, this dangerous criminal needs to be brought to justice.
He needs to be hunted down.
He needs to be shot at sight.
I came here and stayed in hiding for around a month.
By then, sir, the media had almost stopped publishing this story.
People get bored and there wasn't much spice left to add,
so the media became less interested.
[Sizzle sound]
[Soft music]
[Footsteps]
[Soft music]
By then I had also understood that I am no action hero
from a movie, that I'll wear a leather jacket,
walk in slow motion and kill my enemies and go scot-free.
No such thing is going to happen. This is real life.
So, initially I thought of surrendering.
But I was scared because I had already lost faith in the police.
I was scared that they might get me killed in an encounter.
Then I was contemplating talking to the media.
But I don't trust what the media does.
Earlier they used to work for money,
but now they are on a different tangent altogether.
What do you mean?
I mean, sir, nowadays the media doesn't work for money,
they have something else going on
which is beyond my comprehension.
There is ***** Kumar, who was different from the rest of the media guys.
Right from the beginning, he was searching for my side of the story.
I used to watch him on television earlier as well.
He seemed like one of us and he used to talk about our problems.
So I felt this man might put forth my story as it is, for the public
[Door closing]
Pradeep: "Behind all of this, an important pillar is the journalist
"Who can put forth his view on any atrocities done
on any class of society or community,
be it democratic or administrative,
and he should be able to put it strongly.
And be the face of a faithful ideology for the afflicted.
A responsible journalist also has the responsibility
to courageously standby the victim of a system until he gets justice,
because a fearful journalist gives birth to a dead citizen."
[Soft music]
[Traffic sound]
[Footsteps]
[Horn Honking]
We'll leave in ten minutes.
This is Nagpur, isn't it?
It's three hours from here.
Where can I go and pee?
Go anywhere.
Only ten more minutes, okay?
[Indistinct Chattering]
[Footsteps]
[Indistinct Chattering]
[Intense music]
[Footsteps]
[Intense music]
[Footsteps]
Hey, did you see that boy?
Which boy?
The one with the jacket and a bag and he had a scarf.
No.
Why? What happened?
No. Nothing.
What happened?
Nothing.
[Footsteps]
[Intense music]
Hey, who is that boy?
Don't you know?
No.
A month ago it was in the news.
What?
10 lakhs.
What 10 lakhs?
He has a reward of 10 lakhs on him.
- 10 lakhs? - Yes.
Listen, will you help me catch him?
I will.
We'll split half and half.
Are you sure?
Yes, of course.
Let's catch him.
Come.
And the chaos started again.
The matter had quietened down,
but the media came after me like rabid dogs
who have sniffed a piece of bloody meat
and they go sniffing after it.
I even felt that the media will catch me before the police does.
Report about the boy being spotted near Nagpur,
a month after the crime.
What will become of this city?
When I went home, the door was locked.
I understood that they've left home.
Everyone knows why they left.
I had seen on television how the media harassed them.
Police, relatives, neighbors and everyone.
Me too.
So, they must have left home and gone to the village.
People in villages are straightforward
They don't judge out there, sir.
It will be better for them there.
Better compared to this place.
[Soft music]
[Chair moving]
That night, after a long time, I slept peacefully,
absolutely tension free,
absolutely blank.
I was yearning for this kind of sleep since a couple of months.
And I felt very safe.
As it was my home.
Next morning I woke up fresh.
I thought of connecting with him through the ****app,
on that app the number you call from does not get revealed.
I called him through that app.
***** News?
Is this ***** News?
I want to speak with ***** sir.
No. I want to give him some information.
Sir, I cannot speak with you. I want to speak with ***** sir only.
It's about the murders that took place in Nagpur
two months ago.
Sir, I am the one wanted for that crime. Yes.
I cannot speak with you, sir. I want to speak with ***** sir.
Please ask him to call me on this Id.
Okay.
When the entire media was against me, sir,
it was this man who spoke from my side as well.
I used to watch on television.
So, I thought of waiting for him.
And he called.
The minute he said hello, I recognized his voice.
I told him everything that had occurred with me in sequence.
He said he would interview me and then he would
make arrangements for my surrender.
A friend of his had a farmhouse here in Nagpur.
He asked me to reach there.
He said he'd send me a car for pickup.
I refused.
I wanted to see Nagpur one last time
because after that I was going to surrender.
[Auto engine sound]
As I walked towards the farmhouse,
I felt weird from within.
So much had happened with me that I couldn't believe
that someone would do the right thing for me.
I got scared.
[Dramatic music]
[Footsteps]
[Soft Dramatic music]
[Footsteps]
[Soft Dramatic music]
And I was right, sir.
There were these two men inside.
Now tell me, they weren't there to take my interview, were they?
They were there to kill me.
[Intense music]
[Emotional dramatic music]
Later I read in the news that the media guy
had some old monetary issues. So he must have made
some settlement with the girl's father to end the case
and give me away in the bargain.
They act like a messiah of the poor on Prime Time.
It feels like he speaks for the oppressed and suppressed people.
But one case sets pressure and all the morality goes down the drain.
[Intense music]
Where can I go in such a situation, sir?
What can I do?
That reporter never set foot on the flight to Nagpur.
He called sir and made a deal with him to close off his case
and he would get us the boy in return.
He had some money laundering and other cases against him.
Then sir called me
and asked Bobade and me to go to the farmhouse.
He said the boy would come there and we must shoot him.
You know that Bobade denies all of this.
No worries. Get an investigation done.
Everything will be out in the open.
I am also ready to surrender.
But the one who ordered me to kill both the girl and the boy,
will he surrender?
He didn't even let you take an interview.
That means he is hiding something from you.
That doesn't prove anything.
And in fact, your now raising allegations
against your ex-employer raises some doubts.
If you feel that way, that's your problem.
Not my problem.
[Wings flapping]
[Indistinct Chattering]
It's been two years now, sir, that I've been here.
I do odd jobs to survive.
But I feel scared all the time.
I had given up completely, sir.
Then I saw your ****** channel.
The way you portray people's truth,
I felt something
could be done here. Hence I contacted you.
Sir, sometimes I used to sit and think,
and I used to feel like killing myself.
I felt like committing suicide.
And sometimes I felt like going to her house and killing her father.
But even I know that I can't do either of them.
Now what can I do, sir?
What shall I say?
Do you have a plan to surrender in the future?
Sir, do you feel only I should be punished in all of this?
Even if I surrendered, the others involved will not face anything.
What's the use of surrendering then?
But don't you want the courts to decide that?
Now I have no faith in the system, sir.
Why did you stop working for the girl's father?
These powerful people you see, they are hollow from within.
They are always scared and insecure. If something
doesn't go as per their planning,
they get so petrified that they are capable of doing anything to anyone.
Now sir asked me to kill that boy and girl, but I couldn't.
He got very upset with me for that reason.
He wouldn't really talk to me. He wouldn't call me.
He wouldn't give me work.
I felt maybe someday something could happen
to me too, hence I started keeping distance
and eventually I left from there.
I heard that you were taking Bobade's interview.
And I knew that Bobade won't tell you the truth.
Fair enough, but why haven't you surrendered yet?
I am giving you an interview.
Had I surrendered earlier, then on some dingy street corner
I would have also been found dead in an encounter.
It's better that I give my interview
and bring out the truth in front of the people.
Later I'll face whatever has to come my way.
Is there anything more that you have to tell me?
No, that's it.
I have nothing more to say. Okay. Greetings.
Okay, so now you are accusing us of attempt to murder?
No. No, sir. I am not accusing you of anything.
I am just telling you what the boy told me,
that he saw you there with this other man.
Now these psychopaths will blame us and put allegations on us,
and we must go around justifying it?
No. I mean nobody knows if he is a psychopath yet,
- so we're just... - Leave it.
You guys find these psychopaths and criminals very interesting.
You don't like ordinary general people like me
Because interesting movies are made on criminals.
We are the boring lot.
I think I am done.
Best of luck for the film.
Make it and release it.
Sir, are you threatening me?
No, brother.
Remove this
or he'll get another new character into the picture.
Get this out.
Hello.
Good.
Hello, sir?
People have formed the habit
of seeing everything in black and white.
If the girl is the victim, then the boy must be the oppressor.
It's not that simple.
There must be something about what this boy said, right?
Everything has its complexities, nuances, gray areas.
But that bores us.
[Soft music]
Look at the state of our society today.
We have got used to seeing a simple villain and a simple hero.
Anything more than that requires contemplation.
But who has the time for that?
Are we done?
In this field working as a policewoman is tough.
And on top of it, I am a mother.
Sometimes in this field, you have to do things you never wanted to do.
But we are helpless and we have to do it.
It does cause mental stress.
And I feel if there are more women in the police force,
then law and order, which needs improvement,
will improve correctly. If more women join this field.
I'm done, sir. That is all.
Would you like to say something to your parents?
No, sir.
Are you sure?
We can continue tomorrow, if you feel like
there is anything else to add.
I have said all that I had to say, sir.
There's nothing left to say.
Isn't it enough for you, sir?
No. No, not at all.
I think this will be an interesting perspective.
Very important perspective to look at it from.
I cannot take sides just based on how convincing one sounds.
It will take someone in authority to verify all of this.
But yes.
Yes, I think this is going to make your voice heard.
Loud and clear.
Alright then.
- Sir, would you like some tea or coffee? - Yeah, of course.
Please come.
[Melancholic music]
I think we should take a break. Okay?
Okay, sir.
- The bathroom is downstairs, right? - Yes, sir.
Just go down.
Then take left.
Thanks.
[Dramatic music]
It's cold so...
Yeah, it is.
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