(birds chirping)
(footfalls)
Saachi.
(sighs)
(birds squeaking)
Saachi.
Wake up, Saachi... Saachi... Saachi.
Chinni.
Got scared?
Chinni.
Look here
I will never leave your side. Okay?
See, I've made a doll for you.
(laughs)
Do you like it?
I will never leave your side.
Do you like the doll?
(crying)
Sir, please save me! I'll become destitute!, Sir
Sir... Sir...
Sir...please bring my husband back to life.
I am all alone now, Sir.. Sir...
Please do something, Sir.
Bring him to life, Sir.
I can see the Goddess's fury in his eyes.
I have no one to...
The Goddess's eyes are burning red like embers.
The forest and the greenery around are furious with you.
Don't touch them.
Don't burn this body in the forest.
-The Goddess won't allow it. -Sir!
-Saachi. -Shhh!
(bird squeaking) (crying)
This is such injustice.
We must've committed some sin which we are not able to grasp.
We can't find food,
We can't even light the firewood.
Today, it's her husband who died!
Tomorrow, all of us are going to die!
Please save us by showing us a way out, sir.
Sir. Sir.
(intense music)
It's just a stone now.
The forest only looks green.
The Goddess has already left, setting the forest by fire in her wake
What can we do to calm down the Goddess, sir?
The Goddess demands a sacrifice.
She wants a life which can beget human life.
(ominous music)
Not you.
That girl!
-Mother! -Sir!
-She is just a small girl, sir. -Mother!
Please spare my girl, sir. Please don't sacrifice her.
Sister, please tell him.
She is a small girl.
I beg you, aunt.
Sir, Please spare my daughter.
Take my life instead.
How can you take my daughter's life, brother?
Shantamma, don't make him angry.
Go back.
Someone, please save her.
You guys have kids too. Please understand.
Please save her for god's sake.
Please save her.
(scary music)
(water pouring)
Does God really exist, mother?
Does he really ask to kill people like us?
Will they really kill Chinni?
Nothing will happen to Chinni.
I won't let anything happen to you and Chinni.
Get some sleep.
(girl weeping)
Move fast, Satya.
Satya, this way.
Saachi..Toy!
Shantamma, stop!
Satya, come fast.
-Mom, Saachi is- -Get in, Chinni.
Satya!
Chinni!
Mother!
Chinni!
Chinni... Sit down. Satya!
Hey! Shantamma is here. Come fast.
-Mom! Saachi! -Satya!
Come fast.
-Mom! Saachi! -Satya! Chinni!
Get hold of her.
Mother!
Chinni!
Mother!
Chinni!
Mom! Saachi!
(child crying)
(alarm ringing)
(whistle)
Chutki!
Chutki, it's getting late!
(keypad clanking)
(clank)
I have been calling you for a while. Why aren't you responding?
Finish your breakfast...
(Chutki) Tsk.
You talk about freedom outside
but here, you control me all the time.
You don't tell me how you want to be. Have breakfast..
Brinda, You too have breakfast.
(faucet running)
(clank)
Done with breakfast already?, Have some more.
You are gonna decide how much I eat too?
Hey Chutki, wait.. You eat.
Wait... I'm coming.
-Apply Bindi. -Nope.
-Let me put... -Have you gone crazy?
How many times should I say that I don't like these things?
Wear it for mom's sake.
(motorbike approaching)
07 EH 1993
Don't you know that my uncle is a Corporator?
And you don't care for what he says?
We are searching, sir...
What kind of police station is this, sir? You're not even offering me a tea.
Mr. Ramana,
What happened to that 9034 Maruti vehicle that we were searching for?
Sir... we didn't find it yet.
I'm busy with the missing case of the little kid, Swetha...
Do you want me to leave that and take this case up?
Sir. That is...
You can look into this after solving that... but don't delay...
You call me tomorrow, Sir. I will update if I get any information.
Okay.
You just saved me, Ramana...
He is hounding me for this 15-year-old Maruti vehicle...
which won't even fetch the price of onions
Let's have some tea.
(vehicle approaching)
It's okay...Madam
Good morning, madam!
Why do you even bother?
Hello Sir!
Don't you know that she doesn't care for these things?
What's up with her, sir?
She's always busy on the computer.
Why doesn't she chat with us, sir?
The other day, she was on a routine security drill.
Her shenanigans resulted in traffic jams everywhere.
We can do our best only if we know our job, uncle.
They think too much of themselves. Writing exams and becoming SIs!
Ah, yes. No, not you sir.
For 8 years you have been in the same position. You are quite different.
See, she's going to come and talk to me.
Mr. Ramana?
Where is the attendance register?
Yes. Coming, madam.
Looks like the old man has hidden the register.
(chuckles)
(vehicle halts)
Solomon sir is here...
Clear the table...
-Good afternoon, Sir. -Greetings, Sir...
Greetings, Sir.
(clears throat)
Sarathi... Come in for a moment.
Tell me.
It's been two days since my funds are due. When will you fetch it for me?
Why don't you send your husband to fetch it?
Why will I ask you if he in town?
Say that first then... I will get it when I come at night...
They won't be available after the evening.
I will send it through my constable, Ramana. Okay, bye.
These affairs are a big headache, man.
Anyway, what is happening in the Station?
Sir, the corporator recommendation guy was here.
Stop there... Do one thing.
Text me all the updates in one go.
which I will forward to ACP directly instead of typing each line as you speak.
By the way, what's the new SI upto?
She is asking for some case to be assigned, sir...
-Case? To them? -Sir!
They will flee on mere sight of the criminals.
They are too sensitive.
We shouldn't encourage them in these matters.
Those who think like criminals like us should be on duty.
Do you get it?
(electricity get off)
-What happened? -Looks like the power tripped, sir.
Srinu!
-Hey Srinu! -Sir!
-Call for the electrician. -I will look into it, Sir.
-Your father's name? -Kundheti Obaiah.
Come here.
What's the collection today?
Not much, Sir. Two thousand only.
-Sad that it isn't enough for you also. -Yes, Sir.
Take it out.
-Did you guys inform the electrician? -Sir!
He pilfered everything.
(metal box clanging)
(motorbike halt)
Ouch!
(humming)
(water flowing)
(dog barks)
(suspenseful music)
Hey! Where do you think you are going?
That's where we wash our clothes. Go pee someplace else.
Hey! Can't you comprehend our words?
(shutter clicks)
Move!
Move... Move...
This is a 'No Entry' zone, please.
How many times should I tell you?
-Hey! -Sir!
Were you alone when the body is found?
No, Sir. They were also there at a distance.
-Did you touch the body? -No, sir.
-Sarathi. -Sir!
Get some tea.
What happened?
Rats and bandicoots have badly damaged the body
which makes it tough to figure out.
We will send it to the lab and give the report in two days.
It might take another day to get mortician's sign on it.
It's a suicide attempt. He jumped to his death somewhere else and washed up here.
We have seen enough cases.
Be careful about what you write in the report.
Don't create headache for us by getting creative.
Sir!
Hey! Will any sane person have tea at this time?
I am going back to the lodge. Finish the formalities and come.
Okay, Sir.
(sighs)
Hello sir, stop.
Not possible to go that side. It's a crime scene.
Press.
Sir, stop.
-Didn't you hear me? -What is it?
Go back.
Please.
Let's go.
Dude! Push the stretcher properly... so much for your seniority.
Look who is talking!
Check it. Is the wheel stuck again?
-Try to move it. -Okay.
You should've brought another stretcher.
Why didn't you get it?
You're irritating me from the morning.
Look for someone else from tomorrow. I'm done with you.
-It's fixed. -Let's go.
Madam? What are you doing here?
You are supposed to handle the crowd.
(crickets chirping)
-How is she gonna go home? -By walk, sir.
After shouting at her in the morning, Will you give her a lift now, sir?
Don't form new habits, sir.
Let her walk.
Madam!
We are going to the station. You can join us.
-Will you have tea? -Hmm...
Brother, give tea.
Thank you.
Did you see the dead body, sir?
Died somewhere but washed up here...
By the way, sir...
Why do these drunkards and those who commit suicide die in the drainage, sir?
It stinks.
It's not a suicide. It's a murder.
Murder?
There are brick marks on the body.
There are traces of gunny bag thread marks.
Someone dumped the body in a gunny bag with bricks into the canal here.
(he chuckles)
What! murder, it seems...
What are you blabbering, madam?
Is this your first time seeing a dead body?
This is not the first time.
Someone stabbed my father to death.
(intense music)
Saachi!
Dude, why am I needed here?
You are more than enough, right?
No, sir. Forensic H.O.D insisted for station head.
Bastard. Everybody likes to assert dominance.
This way, sir.
-Are you the station head? -Sir?
Hey, don't I look like that?
-Come with me. -Let's go.
(door creaks open)
-Come, sir. -Isn't it a suicide? I told you right?
He will say that the rats or bandicoots have bitten him and he died.
It's a brutal murder.
He was hit on his head by something made of iron, breaking his skull.
Not just that. He was stabbed thrice in his back with a knife.
Sixteen stabs around his chest.
One stab is enough to pierce the heart. Imagine sixteen times.
(retching)
His front ribcage is broken due to the brute force used by the killer.
Also, there is a time lag of twenty two hours between
stab wounds on the back side and on the heart.
He bled very badly.
For 24 hours before his death, he did not had anything to drink or eat.
He must have went through hell.
(sniffs)
After his death, they put the body in a gunny bag, filled it with bricks
and dumped it in the canal.
The rats in the drainage must have chewed up the bag,
and that's how the body surfaced.
And there is a bite here and also here, not sure what it is.
Something very peculiar.
But anyway, this is your report.
Is it possible to identify the body?
Male.
Middle-aged between 35 and 37 years.
Must be a week since he died.
That's not enough details to identify him.
That's not my problem.
Sir!
Sir, these many people went missing in last 30 days?
Sir, It's gonna take a lot of time to go through all of these.
Do we have to?
That's our duty, Srinu.
Carry on.
(clears throat)
You are right. Someone killed and dumped in a gunny bag.
That's why we collated all the missing cases for the past month.
Our people are looking through them.
-You can join us if you want to. -Okay.
Sarathi! I can take the post mortem report home, right?
Sign in the register and take it.
(motorbike start)
(tense music)
(sighs)
I should have been a thief instead of a police.
At least I would have made some money that way.
-You are a thief in disguise anyway. -Shut up!
- Blabbering nonsense. -Where is Sarathi?
(door creaks open)
What happened?
We don't need to review all the missing case files.
Let's filter the missing case complaints received from
those who work in either railways or coal mines,
that is enough.
Check this report, Sarathi.
There are traces of coal, granite, feces, sand in the nails of this victim.
He's also got small bruises on his feet.
Generally, these are the marks of those who work in coal mines or railway tracks.
Look here, Sarathi.
Give one more cup of tea.
Look at this too, Sarathi.
Mr.Ramana, there are 32 of them.
Call their families to the mortuary.
-Our victim must be one of these. -Sarathi, these too.
-What is your son's name? -Thomas.
-Tilak, right? -Yes, sir.
-Sign here. -Come with me.
Oh no!
(crying)
How could you leave us and go, dear?
Oh God! What sin did we commit?
It's all our fate.
How can I live without you?
Please don't mind me asking this...
Are you sure he is your husband?
He is my husband, madam.
His ear has been like that since birth.
He is my husband.
Oh no!
He left a month ago for work and never returned.
He cannot stay away for even a day without seeing his child.
Have you got suspicion on anyone?
We live an insignificant life, sir.
Why would someone hold grudge on us enough to kill, sir?
-Ramana, take the statement. -Please give, sir.
What is this Sarathi? (with half empathy)
Sad about such lives.
Okay then, you did a good job solving it.
Thanks, sir!
Is it done now?
Close the case.
-Sir? -Yes, what now?
We have to investigate the case, right sir?
Here I am trying to reduce your workoad,
why do you talk as if I am heartless?
It's been 10 days since he's dead.
No leads. No DNA. No sign of evidence.
What do we do?
Even his wife doesn't suspect anyone.
-What now? -Not that, sir.
Then why keep the case open and put our station's name to shame?
Have two beers and sleep at home, dear...
What?
-Venkatrao, start the vehicle. -Yes, sir.
(sobbing)
(intense music)
(vehicle start)
If the body was found here, where did it come from?
Water flow is from the other side, so...
Such a huge feather!
(chants)
(shutter clicks)
These wounds...
Why are both these wounds similar?
(celebration)
(fire crackling)
(crickets chirping)
(air flowing)
I thought you are asleep, why are you still awake?
Didn't I tell you I will be late,
why do you spoil your health by staying awake?
You've got a small life span as it is.
Jaaji, are you listening?
Jaaji!
(bird squeaking)
This is for you.
Do you know what's in this bowl?
Come.
Come... come... eat.
Eat it.
(bird squeaking)
Are you hungry?
(crickets chirping)
Chinni, look at the moon.
Look at it.
(laughs)