[Title Montage]
[choking]
[jail inmates shouting]
Mr. Taklaya!
You...
They are beating up Mr. Mustafa.
[whistling]
[siren wailing]
Catch them.
They are beating up Mr. Mustafa.
Bloody bastard!
Get him.
Why, Mustafa?
I am sure you got to know everything in detail, Mr. Rao.
I am sure you know who did this and the reason behind it.
Mustafa, you are crossing your limits.
If the matter gets out of hand...
...higher authorities will get involved.
You don't have to handle the issue...
...but the ones who started this. I didn't start this.
We don't create issues among ourselves.
We need to teach them to be patient.
You already did that.
Then why are you asking the question?
Get this straight.
I won't be responsible for whatever happens next.
Okay, Mr. Rao. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Rao.
[footsteps]
[thunder]
He is here. Mr. Mustafa is here.
What happened?
Didn't I tell you about the rule?
Never abandon your friends... Do you remember?
And take your enemies to task.
Mr. Mustafa, I didn't run. I went to get help.
Help! Bastard! Help?
I trusted you.
He shouldn't be seen here. Got it?
I am telling you, asshole. He shouldn't be seen here.
The Rs. 5 lakh is over. Everything is over.
He shouldn't be seen here.
Get out. Move.
Get out. I will beat you up, bastard.
To hell with him. Get him out of here.
Mr. Mustafa, trust me. I didn't run away.
Don't irritate me. Get lost. Move!
Mister, where can I find Madhav Mishra?
Who? That idiot.
He lives there. On the second floor.
Thank you.
[knocking]
Coming.
[door opening]
Sorry, Mr. Madhav.
Actually, I couldn't connect to your number.
That is why... - Come.
Please be seated. I will be right back.
"There doesn't seem to be any hope."
"But someone is giving me hope."
"I keep thinking..."
"...what is happening."
"Why is this happening?"
"And why is this happening?"
Wow! Wonderful.
Take a seat.
Sit. Sit down...
Would you like to have a cup of tea?
- No. - No. Not here.
I will order for a special tea.
Pandey. Two cups of special tea.
Yes, tell me, Ms. Nikhat.
What brings you here?
Mr. Madhav, I don't have any new evidence.
Nor can I think of an argument.
What do I do?
You keep saying that Aditya is innocent...
...and that he is not the murderer.
You are not Ms. Lata...
...for the judge to like the song that you keep singing.
There is a fire.
Who is at fault? Of course the flame from the stove.
- Gas stove, cylinder, something. - What?
The thing is...
If we prove that the murderer is someone else...
...Aditya will be proved innocent.
Yes.
A boyfriend.
Yes. Her neighbour next door.
It could be a drug dealer too.
Yes. It could also be some old enmity.
If we say that an unknown person...
No... Not a stranger.
I had been to Sanaya's house...
...and whatever I saw, it clearly indicates that...
...Sanaya was familiar with the murderer.
Well, how many boyfriends of Sanaya do we know?
I mean, how many partners did she have?
Like Jimmy?
Jimmy! No... He is a cheap guy.
He is not a crazy guy. He can't kill anyone.
He is a coward.
One minute.
What happened?
[computer starting]
Come here.
[sound of keyboard typing]
This...
It's a bit slow.
Who is it?
- Here is the tea. - Give it.
Check this.
Check if it works.
Sir has asked you to clear the pending amount.
I will pay it tomorrow.
I don't have cash right now. Tell him.
Hey! Get out!
Sell this scrap and buy a calculator.
My phone works better than this.
Get out!
[door closing]
- Here you go. Come on, drink. - No, thanks.
It has that...
What is it called? Lemon grass.
The tea is very tasty.
What do you want to show?
Open that folder.
I found this from Sanaya's bedroom.
I mean I found this photo in the drawer.
They seem to be close.
His name is Sean.
Sean.
- What? - Sean.
Sean. Okay.
Here is what I can do. I will get the paperwork done.
Till then you can find out about Sean.
Okay...
[door opening]
Thank you.
- Take care. - Yes.
English is so confusing.
The spelling and the pronunciation doesn't match.
Sean is pronounced Shawn.
Are you Sean?
- Who are you? - Madhav Mishra. Lawyer.
No, I don't need a lawyer.
You don't need me but I want to talk to you.
I hadn't talked to her for long.
But I was sad to know about her.
How close were you two?
We were close for quite some time.
But it's been five years now.
One of my friends had the same problem.
A psychologist cured him.
I can get you his number.
I need sandpaper for this.
Where did you meet Sanaya?
I think it was a birthday party.
Any reason for the breakup?
I don't remember.
Well, ours was a causal relationship.
No, I don't think so.
You were in a serious relationship.
I am sure the breakup hurt you.
Yes... Go ahead.
Her father.
He is an asshole.
This is the punishment for dating Sanaya.
It wasn't my choice to breakup with Sanaya.
Her father was a villain.
Even I think so. He is merciless.
Okay. I will take your leave.
Okay.
Listen to me.
Ask your friend for the psychiatrist's phone number.
Psychologist, not psychiatrist.
Yes. For the leg.
Thank you, sir, for arranging this meeting...
...on such short notice.
I want your signatures on a few papers.
What is this?
Actually, I am defending your case from the next hearing.
- And Ms. Mandira... - I know.
There are a few problems going on at her house...
...so she had to leave for Delhi.
But don't worry.
I will be regularly in touch with her.
And she is personally taking care of this case.
We all are there for you.
- Adi... - [bell ringing]
Aditya, I'm sorry.
I shouldn't have asked you to listen to your heart.
No. In fact, thank you for saying that.
Let's go. Aditya, don't worry.
I am trying my best. You will soon be out.
I pro...
[door closing]
Mr. Gautam, where are you going? The EMI?
I will pay the EMI next month for sure. Let me go.
Mister, it's already been a month.
- What? - I want to go.
You want to go!
Hadn't I warned you about the consequences?
- Come on, give it. - Come on!
Yes, I will give.
What do you mean? Give it right away. Got it?
Listen to me.
Who are you?
I work for the police.
Don't be scared.
I want to ask you something.
I don't know anything.
Okay. Don't tell me what you don't know...
...and don't hide what you know.
At least for the sake of Sanaya.
The day when the incident took place...
...where was Mr. Rustom?
Mr. Rustom and Sanaya had a fight.
He was shouting over the phone.
I was in a different room...
...but I could still hear his voice clearly.
Then he left in his car.
He must have gone to Sanaya.
Okay.
Sir.
Don't drag me into this.
No... Your name will not be dragged into this.
Trust me. I don't know your name.
- Pushpa. - Okay, Ms. Pushpa.
Your name won't be dragged into this.
Thank you.
Do you want Mr. Mustafa to forgive you?
You need to do something.
This is a pigeon's egg.
Are you ready?
You need to swallow it whole.
This... What is this, Mr. Taklaya?
Come on!
I can't do this, Mr. Taklaya.
Hold your breath and swallow it.
Swallow it...
Done.
Now, you need to swallow all of them...
...and then call your mother.
Thank you.
It means Rustom was home, that night.
You know, I think an over-possessive father...
...killed his daughter out of anger.
This is what happened.
Patient. Have patience, Ms. Nikhat.
Well, we can't suspect someone out of the blue.
We will gradually convince the court for a reinvestigation.
Madhav, the court cancelled...
...Ms. Mandira's appeal for reinvestigation.
Why will it accept our appeal?
These two are different things.
You are not understanding.
It is clear that Rustom is the murderer.
And Mr. Madhav, I think we have enough evidence...
...against Rustom.
And this is our golden chance.
We should not let it go.
Listen.
Have you seen the statue of justice?
It stands quietly like this.
Do you think that statue has a heart...
...which will understand your feelings?
You need to furnish evidence...
...for whatever you say in the court.
And we don't have any.
We need to drop a few hints...
...that Rustom can also be a suspect.
And we need to make sure...
...the reinvestigation starts on that basis. That's it.
- But... - If that doesn't work...
...I will get a witness...
...who will say that he saw Rustom going to Sanaya's house.
Your Honour, please refer to exhibit number 404...
...that has been submitted.
I am sure you know him.
Do you recognise this man?
Please answer.
Yes, Your Honour.
How do you know him?
Five years ago...
...he used to stalk my daughter.
Stalk?
That's quite weird...
...because according to him...
...Sanaya and he were in a relationship.
Relationship, my foot!
I'm sorry.
They were in a very serious relationship.
Your Honour, kindly refer to exhibit number, 146.
As you can see, Mr. Barucha...
...this man, Sean... That's his name.
Sanaya is kissing him.
I am sure Sanaya doesn't kiss stalkers.
Sanaya was not in a relationship with him.
He gave drugs to Sanaya and trapped her.
That is why you beat him up so badly...
...that he was admitted to a hospital.
I care for my daughter.
I did what was right.
Objection. Relevance.
What do these things mean, Ms. Hussain?
They make sense, Your Honour. Please hear me out.
Well, then get to the point faster.
Yes.
Where were you on the night of murder, Mr. Barucha?
I'll repeat the question.
Where were you on the night of murder?
Please answer my question.
Had you met Sanaya that night or not?
I met her. So what?
What do you mean to say?
Is it a crime for a father to meet his daughter?
No. But hiding this fact for so many days...
I don't get it.
What's the reason?
Reason! What reason?
Does your father distribute circulars saying...
..."Look, I met my daughter".
What are you talking?
What I am saying is...
...my father doesn't hit my boyfriends either.
And Mr. Barucha, with all due respect...
...I wouldn't have asked you this question...
...if Sanaya hadn't been murdered that night.
Do you have the key to Sanaya's house?
What do you mean to say?
What happened that night, Mr. Barucha?
Did you have a fight with your daughter?
Out of anger...
As we all know that you beat up a person, in anger...
...did you beat her up too?
What the hell is going on?
- Please answer my question. - What is going on?
You met Sanaya and you had a tiff with her.
Yes, I had met her and also fought with her.
But over the phone.
How can you do this to me?
Do you have any idea what I'm going through right now...
I got to know...
...that Sanaya has started abusing drugs again.
So, I went to talk to her.
To explain to her and to confront her.
It's fine. Okay? You'll be fine.
You are going to be strong.
Come with me, dear.
I'm sorry, Dad.
I don't want mom to see me like this.
I promise, I'll come see you tomorrow.
I promise.
- Okay. Take care of yourself. - Yes.
Okay?
I regret.
I regret that I left my daughter home alone
in that situation.
Why didn't I take her back home?
Maybe...
Maybe... If I had taken her home...
...today she would have been...
Mr. Barucha, your story is incomplete.
Let me complete it for you.
You left Sanaya's house late in the night.
But somewhere along the way...
...you changed your mind.
And you decided to go back.
Around 1:30 to 2:30 a.m...
...you got into her house.
You entered the house and you saw your daughter Sanaya...
...in an inbriated state with drugs and alcohol...
...in a compromising position with a stranger.
You couldn't believe yourself.
Silence!
She had promised you a while ago.
She was yet again abusing drugs...
...and you couldn't take it.
You were hurt, you were angry.
The fear of losing your reputation, ego, your frustration...
...everything engulfed you.
And at that very moment, Mr. Barucha...
...you lost yourself.
You lost control, you got furious.
Out of anger, you stabbed your step-daughter to death.
What?
- What are you saying? - Cold blood...
What are you talking?
This clearly is conjecture.
Silence.
Ms. Hussain, do you have any clue as to what you are doing?
Do you have an eye witness to support such a grave accusation?
Do you have any proof?
Your Honour, may I?
- Yes, you may. - Thank you.
Ma'am, I am sure you have no evidence to prove your claim.
But I have the proof.
I left Sanaya's house at 12 a.m...
...and went to a party.
There were around 50 guests...
...who saw me there...
...from midnight till I got the call from the police.
I have proof.
Ms. Hussain.
Mr. Bhandarkar.
Ma'am, we have fresh evidence...
...which proves that Mr. Barucha went to Sanaya's house.
Let me present that please.
There are a lot of new angles in this case and...
So, I appeal to the court to allow a reinvestigation.
Enough of wasting the court's time, Ms. Hussain.
The court will verify Mr. Barucha's statement.
And I suggest you stop misleading the court...
...and concentrate on your closing argument.
Thank you, Your Honour.
Adi.
Get out!
[knocking]
I am vomiting. Wait for a while.
I am coming in two minutes.
How long will you take?
Sit down.
I'm sorry, Mr. Madhav.
You asked me not to.
But I got carried away.
Okay.
Here you go.
It's done. Calm down now.
How are you, ma'am?
I am fine, dear.
- How are you doing now? - Fine.
Did you meet Adi?
It's been long.
I don't have the courage. I am scared.
Why are you scared, ma'am? Adi is innocent.
We know that.
I'm scared if something...
I can't see him in pain.
These days...
He doesn't look like my son these days.
I keep wondering...
...if I didn't raise him the right way.
I couldn't understand my son, dear.
I couldn't understand.
But whatever happened with that girl...
...my son can't do that.
Only an animal can do that.
Only an animal can do that!
Mr. Mustafa.
I was on it the entire night and got it for you.
You did India a great favour.
Hold this.
I will let you know if I need more.
Come on, leave. Do you want a medal?
Now, leave.
I know that you are angry.
I was not of much help. But thank you...
...for keeping me safe.
I can't do this.
I don't know what to do.
I am trying since a month to prepare the closing statements.
But I am not able to understand anything.
And these are UV rays.
Your skin won't get any better using these.
Instead it will get burnt.
Damn!
Is there anything in your house that works properly?
[murmuring]
Didn't they teach you in five years of LLB...
...that a man loses a battle when he loses hope?
Hope doesn't win cases.
But hope helps you win a losing battle.
Didn't Ms. Mandira teach you that?
Stories work in a court.
You need to present a story...
...which can fight all the lies and prove that it is true.
This is the truth.
We need to tell the truth, right?
All that happened.
Why not the person who went through all this tell the story?
Aditya.
Why not Aditya give the closing statement?
Let the truth come out and...
That's it.
Look, Aditya.
This is your chance.
You will tell everything that happened with you...
...in the court.
Everybody needs to see your truth.
But just make sure that you say everything convincingly.
They need to believe you.
Will you be able to do it?
Whenever I think about the suspension in school...
...do you know what hurts me the most!
My mom's look.
The way she was looking at me.
I can't see disappointment in those eyes again.
Present the story in such a manner...
...that your mother doesn't get disappointed...
...and you are proved innocent.
What if we still lose the case?
Listen.
If you just recite the story then maybe we will.
If you speak your heart out...
...then you can make an impact on others' hearts.
Mr. Madhav, I just have one thing with me.
And that's truth.
[crowd murmuring]
Your Honour. Aditya Sharma, the accused.
Small house, small dreams but huge responsibilities.
He used to drive taxi at night to help his family.
Everything was going good.
Then one night a very beautiful and careless girl...
...got into his taxi. That was Sanaya Rath.
The victim.
First, Aditya got angry at Sanaya...
...because Sanaya was changing her destination again and again.
Because of this, Aditya couldn't reach his destination.
His destination was his friend's party...
...where he was planning to spend the night...
...with one of his college friends.
You know, having fun.
Later, under the influence of alcohol and drugs...
...Sanaya started being sweet to him.
And Aditya misunderstands her.
He drops Sanaya home.
Then with a bad intention...
...he goes to the victim's house again...
...and tries to force himself on her.
But Sanaya fights back.
That brave girl fights back, Your Honour.
And that hurts Aditya's male ego.
Aditya decides to teach Sanaya a lesson...
...that she will remember forever.
And that's exactly what happens.
After satisfying his lust...
...he kills the victim in cold blood.
The murder weapon which had Sanaya's blood on it...
...and Aditya's fingerprints...
...Aditya tries to clean it by washing it.
And the police find the murder weapon from him...
...when he gets arrested.
Your Honour, we have all the forensic reports.
We have eye witnesses, we have all the presented evidence...
...to prove that the accused is the culprit.
Your Honour.
You have got a case...
...which has the capacity...
...to give justice and assurance to every single girl in this city.
Your Honour.
Your judgement will send out a strong message...
...to every potential rapist, murderer...
...roaming around in the streets of this city.
These people should be punished severely.
This is my request.
Thank you, Your Honour.
That's all. I rest my case.
Defence.
Whatever happened with Sanaya Rath
was very painful.
The culprit should be punished.
But it won't be justice...
...if one innocent gets punished...
...for the death of another.
What happened that night and how did it happen?
Who is Sanaya Rath's murderer?
We had our own views on these questions.
Today, I want Aditya Sharma...
...to tell the truth of that night...
...in this court.
With your permission...
...the defence would like Aditya Sharma...
...to give its closing argument.
Permission granted.
Thank you.
[crowd cheering]
Go, Adi!
That morning we won a football game.
And we threw a party in the evening to celebrate our victory.
And before I left for the party...
...my sister, Avni, told me that she is pregnant.
Are you serious?
But she also told me to take a few rides before I go to the party.
Those rides help us.
Please drop me first, mister.
Actually, I didn't want to take many rides.
I wanted to go to the party.
But after three rides...
...I stopped at a pharmacy.
I left the shop and got into the car.
I felt like someone was sitting in the car.
Excuse me. When I saw, it was Sanaya.
Firstcabs?
I told her that I won't be able to complete the ride.
And told her to book another cab.
But she didn't listen.
The thing is that I am not getting out.
So, just start your trip.
I thought that it is a matter of 20 minutes.
I will drop her to the destination and go to the party.
We left.
And for the first time when she changed her destination...
...I didn't say anything.
But she kept changing her destination.
Keep driving. I am paying you, right?
And you will be paid extra money.
What is your problem?
That is when I got a bit angry.
I wanted to say many things but when I looked at her...
...she was crying.
Because she was fighting with someone over a call...
...sometime back.
When I saw her for the second time through the rear view mirror...
...she was having a pill.
I thought it's a medicine.
Finally, I dropped her home and left.
And after the Bandra Chapel...
...I heard something fall from the backseat.
When I saw, it was her mobile phone.
She was anyway tense.
I thought she will be more tense without her phone.
So, I went to her house and returned her phone.
I went there and I returned her phone.
She invited me inside.
Aren't you going to that party?
I will try. It's quite late now.
It happened because of me.
I feel terrible.
Please come in.
I don't know why I went inside although I didn't want to.
I shouldn't have done that.
I had never seen such a huge house.
I was quite intimidated.
Sit down. Relax.
Actually, I have to drive and go back home.
Yes, that's okay.
Have a drink. Chill for a while and then go.
Then she started dancing.
[music playing]
She offered me alcohol and...
...I accepted it.
[coughing]
- One more. - No, I'm good.
What? Why are you being so nervous?
You are acting as if you have never been around with a girl before.
Don't you have a girlfriend?
After that, we started kissing.
Then she slipped a pill from her mouth to mine.
By the time I could realise what happened or what is happening...
...I had swallowed the pill.
Then everything changed, my body started turning cold.
My body felt lighter.
I didn't know what was happening.
Because I had never felt as such.
And then we went towards the kitchen.
She kept her hand on the kitchen slab...
...pulled out a knife...
...and started stabbing in between her fingers.
- Your turn. - Then she gave me the knife...
...and asked me to do the same to her.
I was intoxicated.
I was feeling giddy and I didn't know what was happening.
But still I agreed to it.
And when I was stabbing in between her fingers...
Faster.
I was scared that something will go wrong and something happened.
And suddenly...
She got hurt in between her fingers...
...and her hand started bleeding.
I tried washing her hand.
I tried cleaning the knife.
And then we just got intimate.
And we went towards the bedroom.
And I will always remember that bedroom.
It was black and white.
There was a huge portrait of hers on the wall.
That's it.
That is the last thing I remember.
After sometime, I woke up in the kitchen.
I don't remember what happened from the bedroom till the kitchen.
I wanted to leave back home.
I went to the bedroom and tried to wake her up.
And when I went to wake her up...
...I saw that there is something wet in my hand.
When I tried to look carefully...
...I realised what it is.
[Aditya screaming]
I didn't know what's happening.
How it happened, what happened... I didn't remember anything.
I was scared.
But I knew one thing, Your Honour.
Had anybody seen me there at that time...
...it wouldn't have been good for me.
I rushed to the hall.
Whatever I found, I tried to clean the blood using that.
The knife which had my fingerprints on it...
...I tried to clean that.
I kept the knife in my jacket and left that place.
This was my mistake.
But in these seven months, from that point of time...
...every day, I think about what happened that night.
What if I had not run away from there?
Every day.
But whether I remember or not, Your Honour...
...a person knows what he can do and what he can't.
And I very well know that I can't do this.
I couldn't have killed her, Your Honour.
The court heard and recorded...
...the arguments of the defence and the prosecution.
After a month, the verdict of this case will be announced.
I am a senior lawyer.
People don't even let me take a leak.
I heard you are working for Mustafa.
You told me that I need to be alive at any cost.
I told you to live.
But you are fixing your own death.
It's quite late, Mr. Madhav.
[thunder]
God forbid, if you lose the case in the court...
...this place isn't that bad.
I'm here since 22 years.
I don't have a house or a wife.
There are a few people who are worried about you.
Like me.
There is a lot of difference between you and us.
We go around acting innocent.
But everyone is a liar. They smell of lies.
But you are honest, kid.
You smell of innocence.
Bet Rs. 5000.
No. Listen, fucker.
Bet Rs. 10,000. I want to earn.
Sulaiman, there is no match going on. What are you betting on?
Sir, matches don't take place only on a field.
There is one match going on in the court. Your case.
- Are people betting on that too? - Yes.
Don't listen to your heart, sir.
Bet that he will get a life sentence.
You will earn. One and a half for one.
Is it? What if I bet on his freedom?
It's 12 for one. But don't bet. You will lose.
- Okay. - I'll take your leave.
Okay, I will call you.
Fuck, the entire country is gambling.
[dog barking]
[footsteps]
[knocking]
Gautam.
You are drunk.
Your phone was switched off, Gautam.
Why are you being so irresponsible?
Gautam, what is going on?
Your... Gautam, this...
You gave my hard earned money to your bastard brother.
Where do I pay the EMI from?
They are threatening me.
It's up to you. Do something.
[table screeching]
Whore!
Cunt.
Has everyone lost hope?
Didn't anyone from my family come?
They must be coming. They might be on their way here.
It takes time due to the traffic.
- Adi. - Adi.
Stay here. I'll go there.
Be careful.
Case number 469780 of 2018.
State versus Aditya Sharma.
Call Aditya Sharma.
On the charge of Section 354D, stalking...
...the court finds Aditya Sharma not guilty.
On the charge of Section 449, trespassing...
...the court finds Aditya Sharma not guilty.
On the charge of Section 353, assault on public servant...
...the court finds defendant Aditya Sharma not guilty.
On the charge of Section 354, criminal assault on a woman...
...the court finds defendant Aditya Sharma not guilty.
On the charge of Section 376A, rape...
...the court finds defendant Aditya Sharma not guilty.
On the charge of Section 302, murder...
...the court finds defendant Aditya Sharma guilty.
The court sentences Aditya Sharma to life imprisonment.
[thunder]
[Theme Music Playing]