Hail the Lord.
- Hello, ma'am. - Hello.
- How are you doing? - Very well.
That's a beautiful sari you have worn.
- Is it a new one? - No, I bought it long ago.
- I am wearing it today. How are you, dear? -Good, aunt.
All good? Okay, bye.
Rickshaw!
I am home!
Mom, are you on the terrace?
Mom!
Brother Annu.
Annu!
Yes, Aman.
Surya Narayan, tell me quickly.
Will shaving the stubble lead to a thick growth?
That is what I did for a thick growth.
You must be shaving with the razor going down your cheeks.
- Go upwards. - Hey.
Will doing that result in faster hair growth?
I tried it on my chest.
Now, I have a rainforest there which was earlier barren ground.
My facial hair is sparse. It is not dense.
If I shave my chest, my family will get to know it.
It's risky. Let me try it on my arm.
Okay. Listen. Did you manage to save some money?
- Do you remember the plan? - Of course, I do.
To be able to save money, I should earn it in the first place.
Steal some from the piggy bank at your house.
All it has is petty change.
The family will know if I take money from it, as it would become lighter.
Does your family weigh the piggy bank every day?
They don't. Make use of it.
Hey.
Mom, open the door. It's me.
Mom, open the door. It's me. Annu.
Mom!
Why is the door shut?
- What happened? - Where's mom? Mom!
- She's not home. - What? Hasn't she come as yet?
What happened?
- What did you do to your face? - Why are you back early from work?
I can't connect to her.
What happened?
I told her that I was coming to the market, but she said no. Call dad up.
Will you tell me what happened?
She was returning from the temple and someone snatched her chain.
- How? - Just call dad!
- He won't stop questioning. - Shanti!
- Where's your mom? - She hasn't reached home yet.
What do you mean? Call her.
- I tried but couldn't connect. - Could not.
Could not connect.
Annu. Come with me.
We must search the way to the temple.
You stay here and try to connect with her.
Have you come alone?
You scared us, mom. We could have picked you up from the market.
Mom, did you sustain any injuries?
Say something.
- Mom. - Mom.
Shanti.
- Dad. - Yes.
She won't speak up. Shall we consult a doctor?
She hasn't sustained injuries
- but she is in trauma. - But what do we do now, dad?
Get some water to drink. Get a jug full of it.
- Do make some tea as well. - Even I will have tea.
I know that you will have it as well.
This happened to her in broad daylight.
- I won't let go of that guy. - Calm down now.
Your mother is...
Why does she wear so much jewellery and go alone?
All right but don't tell this to her.
Why?
'The thief is always seeking out chances to strike.'
'Poets who steal couplets of others and forward them as their own,'
'Romeos who lie on dating apps'
'and those who steal money from their own house,'
'all are seeking the same.'
'Beauty.'
'For a middle-class person, nothing is more beautiful than gold.'
'The price of gold shoots up soon after it gets stolen.'
'Renowned economists are researching this price-action.'
'But the Mishra family was not a victim of theft.'
'They fell prey to snatching.'
'Theft brings only financial loss.'
'But when a valuable gets snatched,'
'it shatters a person's confidence.'
'Her chain got snatched. That means'
'someone was able to get that close and cause harm.'
'The biggest loss here is of self-respect.'
'Episode 2, Snatching'
Hey.
Sorry.
Don't be depressed, Shanti.
- Are you spitting out depression? - Dad.
I am observing a holy fast without water.
I can't consume anything unless I see the moon.
- My lips are getting dry. - Come on.
You haven't eaten anything since morning. Stop this stupidity, Shanti.
Why observe a fast on an ominous day?
It is a sacred day of 'Jaya Ekadashi' during 'Shukla Paksha'.
It will attract bad karma if I break the fast.
- If you don't do it, your blood sugar levels will shoot up. -Yes.
- Mom. Let's cancel this. - Yes.
It's not some train ticket.
Such a sacred day will come only after a year.
Misfortune will haunt us for a year then.
What if you complete the fast? Will you get the chain back?
Completion of the fast
will bring me merit equal to that of giving away
1 crore gold coins in charity.
And?
It also redeems our ancestors' souls from hell.
- Are our ancestors dwelling in hell? - Hey.
No more, dear.
They got redemption soon after the gold chain was stolen.
Mom.
We'll buy a new chain for you. That one was anyway old. Right?
- It wasn't of any use. - There he goes.
He scored 84 percent in the 10 grade only by fluke.
That chain was old and was made of gold.
We bought it at a cheaper rate. Now, its price has increased.
I bought it for Rs. 40,000 in the 15th year of marriage.
It must be worth at least 50,000 rupees today.
22 karat. Pure gold. It weighed 18.5 grams.
Dad, we never saw this chain.
You don't remember it. Bring it and show it to him.
But the chain is gone.
Get the album. I'll show it in a photo.
This. The stuff given by Sardar Ji was really amazing.
The chain had an amazing shine when it was new. Oh.
You know? The first time when your mom
wore it for the head tonsuring ceremony of her nephew,
the cameraman would only click photos of her.
That's right.
He clicked photos of her neck. I had almost thrashed him.
You know, Pinky went green with envy. He said
- 'brother-in-law has started taking bribes.' -That's what he does.
- Yes. - So, do you take it?
No way. I bought the chain on EMI.
It was 25 instalments of 1000 rupees and a down payment of Rs. 15000.
Ask your mom. I hope she remembers.
I got it home quietly just a day before our anniversary.
I had brought alcohol, snacks and chicken.
She went quiet after seeing it and went into the kitchen.
She was looking for chicken masala when I sneaked up behind her.
When I held the chain
and displayed it to her,
her expression changed in a matter of seconds!
She started blushing.
She couldn't say anything.
- Mom. - Where are you off to?
- To cook food. - But you are observing a fast.
But you people are not.
- You were laughing a lot. - I said nothing.
Dad, why talk about the chain and make her feel all the way more sad?
She, too, is at fault.
Why did she have to wear such an expensive chain and go out?
Dad.
Don't be cynical. It's time to be an animal.
Not just her chain, but her self-respect has also been snatched away.
We will avenge it.
Why get furious? Hey.
Dad.
There is such pain in the water she spat out.
No fish can swim in this. Poor fish.
- Let's go now. - Where to?
Let's go after the depressed damsel and the angry young man. Where else? Come.
So, mom, you left for the temple at 1 p.m., right?
You had worn the chain and earrings. Then you hired a rickshaw,
got off at the temple. What happened after that?
I offered the sacrament at the temple.
- I talked to the priest. - What did you talk to him about?
- Dad, just wait. - He must have asked about the chain.
He was talking about the benefits of the fast without water.
I see.
So, the redemption of ancestors and the theory of earning merit
came from him.
It was my decision to observe the fast.
He sends us the story of 'Jaya Ekadashi' every year.
- Dad. - Yes.
- The priest is a sensitive man. - Also, he's a noble soul.
That sensitive man is known for power theft.
When I came out of the temple, I saw the same rickshaw driver
who had dropped me there.
I told him to take me back home.
He said it will cost Rs. 50.
I said I paid Rs. 30 on one side and will pay the same now.
He was adamant.
He must have hiked the fare after seeing the gold chain.
I saw no other rickshaw around.
- I started walking towards home. - That proved disastrous, mom.
- You should have agreed to 50 rupees. - Hang on.
I understood what happened.
Mom, please continue.
I went ahead of Gol Market.
All of a sudden, I heard a motorcycle coming from behind.
I turned around.
The pillion rider on the bike hit me hard on the shoulder.
I fell to the ground.
I thought some school kids might have bumped into me and run away.
When I checked my neck, the chain was gone.
Mom.
Didn't you see the face of the rider?
The bike's colour. Do you remember anything?
There's no need to remember anything.
Mom, do remember the rickshaw driver's face.
- I will nab the gang. - How?
I will ask mom to describe the rickshaw driver's appearance
and then look for him in every nook and corner of the city.
The moment I find him, he's finished.
Hey. Why, brother?
He is hand in glove with the chain-snatching group.
How can he be a part of it?
How would the chain snatchers know that mom is wearing jewellery?
Here's how it went. The rickshaw driver dropped mom at the temple.
Then why was he waiting outside?
Didn't he get any passengers near a temple?
Perhaps, the poor guy was relaxing after eating offerings.
He had noticed mom's jewellery.
When mom went inside the temple, he called his group to strike.
Then he stood outside to keep an eye.
Had she sat in the rickshaw, she'd have been kidnapped.
- There he goes. - They would demand a fat ransom.
It would be a big mess.
- Aman, keep the peas in the kitchen after shelling them. -Yes.
Okay.
- Where is she off to now? - To the terrace.
To get clothes I had put up for drying.
She has to do all the work today.
Dad, why talk about kidnapping right in front of mom?
She got scared and left.
Otherwise, she would send us to put clothes up for drying.
You are right.
Listen. Hereafter,
we must be careful while talking to her.
We are already careful. It is you who is going overboard.
You say something discomforting and she just leaves.
- I said what I felt was right... - Dad, tell me what we need to do.
My plan is ready. I'll call my friend and gather the boys.
We'll go right away and find the rickshaw driver.
- That's wrong. - Brother Annu.
I don't think you people are considering facts.
If what you are saying is true,
the rickshaw driver would bring mom home for free.
Did the rickshaw drivers appoint you as their advocate?
No, I strongly believe
that you are suspecting that man only because he is poor.
No, dear. This is not about the rich and poor.
- This is all about values. - Come on, dad.
Why won't you and your brother, Annu, commit thievery?
It's because you were given good values.
But these snatchers,
they start early in their childhood.
They steal valuables first from their home.
They strike first at the piggy bank at home.
Then they start stealing money from their father's wallet.
They don't get caught and that encourages them.
Now, do you understand how important values are?
Seven boys are on standby near the crossroad. What do we do?
No.
- What do you mean... -First, we should take her to the police station.
Who do we take to the police station?
- Your mother. Who else? - I see.
Do this. Take a photo of the gold chain
and the receipt of it.
- Ask mom where it is. - Why? I know it's in the almirah.
Okay. I'll go and talk to her.
Where is the almirah's key?
- Any idea where it is? - Must be there.
It's not here.
I wonder where it is.
Brother Annu, dad may say something rubbish to mom.
He's quite insensitive.
You may go. I'll get the key.
Okay, get it.
Okay.
What happened?
Nothing. Go on.
I said I wouldn't go to the police station.
- Why won't you? - It doesn't feel right to me.
I haven't eaten anything since morning. Think about my health.
You have been working constantly since you returned.
Putting clothes up for drying, cooking food, observing a fast.
But you won't agree to do what is most important.
Shanti, I understand that you are scared.
But we are here with you.
You need not say anything.
- We'll say whatever needs to be said. - And I'll do whatever needs to be done.
Then both of you should go there. Why take me?
That's strange. You are the victim in this incident.
They won't file a report if you don't go there.
Mom, you will have to sign a copy of FIR.
- Yes. - Filing a report is of no use.
It won't bring back what is robbed.
To prevent a bigger loss in future, we must file a report.
- What if the chain snatchers strike again? -Yes.
- That won't happen. - It has happened with Bittu's mom.
What?
- Don't you know? - No.
There was a wedding at Bittu's aunt's place.
And you know that Bittu's mom and his aunt don't get along well.
Just to make her feel jealous, Bittu's mom wore a lot of jewellery.
Her arms were decked with bracelets of gold.
The moment she extended her arm to bless the groom,
the bracelets bruised his head.
Bittu's aunt was standing there and she cursed her.
Later, Bittu's mom was going home all alone.
A gang of chain snatchers surrounded her.
She got scared and gave away all her jewellery readily.
The gang was happy as they got jewellery without any struggle.
The leader of the gang thanked her and also clicked a selfie with her.
- She paid a price for her action. - Did she file a report?
Not at all. That's my point. Now, listen carefully.
Three days after the incident,
she again took the road where she was robbed.
The chain snatchers surrounded her again
and they returned the jewellery robbed from her in a dirty bag.
Later, they slapped her across the face.
- Why? -When she was being robbed, she didn't say the jewellery was fake.
She wasted the time of the robbers.
They deleted the group selfie.
She took the fake jewellery back home.
That's why it is important to file a report, Shanti.
The rickshaw driver knows where we stay.
What if he and his gang sneak into our house at night?
Dad, I just want to find him once.
- I'll grab him and beat him black and blue. -Not again.
The keys.
- Where's the receipt? - Must be in the safe.
- I won't open the safe. - Why?
It has valuables in it.
If they get misplaced, you will question me.
Have you started doing drugs?
- Dad, did you hear that? - Enough!
Don't waste time. We need to go and file a report with the police. Come.
You people haven't eaten anything. Have some 'Tehri'.
Then we shall go to the police station.
Your mother is observing a fast, Annu.
So, let's file a report first and then think of eating.
Come on. Hurry up.
'If the kid does some mischief,'
'how will his mother threaten him?'
'Dear, the cops are coming to arrest you.'
'The police station nearest to your place'
'is the smallest node of the justice framework in this country.'
'If at all you need to visit one,'
'you feel a kind of injustice deep within.'
'Be it, an officer or a small-time businessman,'
'none of them go to a police station happily.'
'If you are at a police station,'
'it means something untoward has happened to you.'
'You may be a criminal or a victim,'
'your status of being a common man is in danger'
'soon after you enter a police station.'
- He's charged with half-murder. - Hey!
Listen to me. I think we should explain the chain of events to him.
On the basis of that, he will file an FIR
and then Shanti will sign it.
All right, Shanti?
- Shanti. - Ma'am is here.
Tell me.
Ma'am, myself, Santosh Mishra.
- Yes. - She is my wife, Shanti Mishra.
Today, when she left the temple to come home,
two men on a motorcycle snatched the gold chain she was wearing.
- Were you with her? - No, ma'am.
They wouldn't have dared to do this in my presence.
Let me explain in detail.
- She left the home at around 1... Yes. - It's 1:15 p.m.
- At 1:15 p.m., she left for the temple. - All right.
She found an auto rickshaw right outside.
She hopped on it and reached the temple.
She paid a fare of 30 rupees.
When she came out after having performed the veneration,
she found the same rickshaw waiting outside.
Ma'am, actually, he had noticed the gold chain.
Brother Annu, what are...
Myself Anand Mishra. Her elder son.
This is Aman Mishra. Her younger son.
- Carry on. - When she came out of the temple,
she found the same rickshaw waiting outside.
She got into it. But this time, he demanded a fare of 50 rupees.
He charged 30 rupees earlier, but now, he hiked it to 50. This is unfair.
She got down and started walking.
That is when two men came on a motorcycle
and...
Later, it was...
Quiet!
Speak one at a time!
Ma'am, the rickshaw driver
had kept an eye on her.
Isn't that suspicious?
You know what else is suspicious? I am asking her the questions
- but you people are answering. - Ma'am,
- she is my wife. - She is my mother.
- Please wait outside. - Hey.
Make a list of the people you suspect.
Okay? I need to talk to the victim.
Ma'am. Show me the receipt.
She is observing a fast.
I hope she can speak. I'll manage.
- Please. - Sure.
I'll be outside. Don't worry.
- Mom, we are here. Don't worry. - Ma'am...
Don't worry. We are here.
You may go, dear. She is safe.
I am trying to defend the rickshaw driver. Sorry.
Only because of you people, I got scolded and sent out.
She is convinced by our theory. She wants to take the credit.
So, she sent us out.
She won't do any work. Rather, she will brainwash your mom
and tell her to drop the case as such incidents are common.
Can you identify the bike riders?
Do you suspect anyone?
- Ma'am, tea. - Keep two cups.
Oh. You are observing a fast without water.
Will I get the chain back?
We shall try. Keep your hopes under control.
Why get so worried, ma'am? It is just a gold chain.
It's a huge loss for my family.
I feel guilty for wearing it. If I didn't wear it, it wouldn't be stolen.
I see.
Would the loss be any less if someone had stolen it from your house?
Jewellery is meant to be worn.
You can say that
because nobody will snatch it from you.
Sign.
Do you think I'd have done something different if I were in your shoes?
Shanti, whatever you did today is just perfect.
Look at yourself. You are observing a fast without water.
You endured it while observing a fast.
You protected yourself from an injury and informed your family.
Reached home all by yourself
and are here now, to file a report.
Nobody can muster the courage to do all that.
This could have actually led to a greater loss.
These robbers carry blades.
What if...
Why are you not happy to be safe?
Shanti, you don't risk your life to protect your belongings.
Next time, don't be quiet.
Shout aloud and create a scene.
That is all you can do.
I don't say it just like that.
You look like someone who can do it.
A copy for you.
We'll call you.
- The report... - Aman, where is your dad?
Mom, did you file a report?
- Any hopes of getting the chain back? - I am thirsty.
Shall I get the priest's permission?
The moon has risen. Hey.
Let's buy a water bottle from the market.
- We shall go to Gupta Chaat place. - Want to break fast with snacks?
Will the police officer pay for the snacks?
She told me to be happy as I acted sensibly.
Anything useful? Did she reveal who could be behind this robbery?
She said that in most of the cases, a drunk husband is the culprit.
Come, Aman. Let's get a rickshaw.
Her chain got stolen and she is blaming me for it. Come.
Come on.
'Do you see their tolerance?'
'Not just you.'
'The keys of the safe are also a witness to it.'
'It did witness how lack of pocket money was about to lead someone to steal.'
'The character certificate given at the workplace is a witness'
'to the man's patience that stops him'
'from killing someone over insulting his mother.'
'Their mother did not drink the tea'
'and that led them to refuse to drink it.'
'They shall cook the vegetables at home'
'only after their mother breaks her fast.'
'Middle-class people'
'will consider that the gold chain that was stolen'
'will redeem their ancestors in hell from their sins'
'and put up with it.'
'But if the spiciness in snacks is not up to the mark,'
'there is a limit to tolerate everything.'