It Happened In Calcutta (2020) s01e01 Episode Script

[Title Montage]
[Firing]
[On Radio] Pakistan launched
a full scale war against India.
The Pakistan airforce
suddenly struck at our air team
in Amritsar,
Pathankhot, Srinagar, Avantipur
Uttaralaya,
Jodhpur, Ambala and Agra.
Their ground forces are
shelling our defence position.
In Sulemanki, Khemkaran,
Kunj and other sectors.
[Ronobir] It is said when
a person is about to die,
he remembers the moment
which matters the most to him.
Kusum didn't know whether these
were her last moments or not.
She could see the most important
moments of her life.
[Rat screeching]
Whom did she think of?
Me.
Me.
Because of whom
she was heartbroken.
Because of whom she was devastated.
Because of whom
she was at this place.
But who am I?
Let me first tell you
who Kusum Ganguly was.
[Helicopter roaring & firing]
[Ronobir] Kusum
Ganguly was the only
MBBS student of
Calcutta Medical College.
Trailblazer in 1962.
The time then was amazing.
And so was she.
[Music playing]
Summer of 1962.
So many things were new.
Marvel had released the
first Spiderman comic.
Russia had launched the first
satellite in the galaxy.
And China sent a message
of war to India.
From Cold War to Communism.
From Beatles boy charm
to women's rights movement.
It was all happening in Calcutta.
And in our college.
And she was representing
this new generation.
What were you, Kusum Ganguly?
The only female MBBS
student of our college.
You came so confidently
in a class of 200 boys.
You were not the one to step back.
You were going to change
everything.
You were going to be the
first doctor in your family.
And you were going to
make your mother proud.
And amidst all that,
you were about to meet me.
[Kusum] Brother!
Where is Mrs. Jones?
First year co-ordinator.
I don't know.
Check in the first floor office.
[Kusum] Thank you.
[Door opens]
Mrs. Jones?
[Music playing]
[Glass sound]
[Kusum] Ah! Sorry!
- Who? Kusum?
- [Kusum] Ratan, there
- Kusum.
-There they are doing it.
Doing it? What?
- It
- Where?
Supply room.
Okay. I'll go and check.
No! Please! Don't go there.
Disgusting!
They are the rich spoilt brats.
They are not interested
in studying.
He has bribed and
taken someone's seat.
- I'm sorry you had to see that.
- Disgusting!
His gluteus Maximus Naked.
Gluteus Maximus?
You can say a.
You are laughing at me.
He didn't stop after seeing me.
- What fker!
- Hey!
These words don't suit you.
Good girls don't talk like that.
Good girls don't do that. Kusum, if
you hang out with this boring guy,
then you will be doomed.
- [Kusum] Why?
- What do you mean by saying why?
You are the only female doing MBBS.
[Charulata] If you hang out with
him, five years will get over soon.
You are just helping yourself.
[Ratan] This is college.
I come here to study.
Not to see girls.
In five years, you
must have found one.
- Kusum!
- Sorry.
Do you know what's
happening in the world?
WHO declared Cholera an epidemic.
India already have
two or three cases.
God knows when it
will spread everywhere.
You are going to become a doctor.
Focus.
Don't think about gluteus maximus.
And boyfriends?
Don't think about these things.
Sorry, I slept while standing here.
- [Kusum] Charu!
- Then go and sleep.
You don't have to learn anything.
How to wash bedpans?
Yes, comrade.
I'll sleep. Is it fine?
Come along.
How do you tolerate him?
How do you tolerate her?
Forget him.
I'll take you to the orientation.
Okay. Wait!
[Ratan] Your course prospectus,
student ID are in this envelope.
Take care of this file.
Am I a five-year-old child?
I could have done it.
If you hang out with her
then maybe you can't do it.
I was fourth in nursing.
[Charulata] He was
seventh in his class.
Pseudo intellectual.
That doesn't
make you a doctor, birdbrain.
I will chirp on a handsome soldier
and I'll go to America.
You stay back here.
I can't I can't handle this.
I will go for the orientation.
- Okay. Thank you.
- [Ratan] Bye.
Woo some good doctor.
You will be happy.
- I don't want.
- Orthopaedist?
- No. - Who do you want?
Name it. Just name it.
All the teachers in the auditorium.
They will tell me about the course.
Okay. Let's go.
[Announcement] All MBBS
boys and nursing girls,
please assemble
in the main orientation hall.
MBBS boys and a girl.
No. P.S. I love you.
Did you hear it?
[Paromita] I want his record.
[Paromita] My friend, Joydeep
is a pilot with British Airways.
Paro? I didn't know
the garage party will be a swell.
[Paromita] The Beatles are gods.
And our local music.
Dramatic music.
Don't go, my beloved and all.
[Kusum] Wow!
Do you become cool criticising
Indian things?
Who the fk are you?
No, Paro.
She is my bestie. Meet Kusum.
- The fresher showed you
your place. - Really?
- First year.
- MBBS.
Oh hello! Doctor. Good.
The only girl in
a class of 200 boys.
And also the first female
student of MBBS in our college.
- Find in Calcutta.
- Wow!
What's the use? Wastage.
[Shubodini] Sorry. My friend
can't hide her jealousy.
[Kusum] It's fine.
She'll be used to it.
Oh please!
She will find a good boy
to get married very soon.
[Paromita] Shubu, let's go.
If she is the face of 60's
then I'm disappointed.
If seniors are like her
then I'm disappointed.
What did she say?
- She reverted.
- Fk you!
Excuse me!
Excuse me!
Excuse me!
[Indranill] Greetings!
First year students.
Welcome to
Calcutta Medical College.
And now I am
about to call upon my friend.
First, let me give
a brief introduction about him.
He is the topper of our college.
And he plays the guitar.
So please welcome
our student council President.
Mr. Ronobir Chatterjee!
[Cheering and applauding]
[Ronobir] I was always
surrounded with applauds.
All the girls were watching me.
And I was just
smiling at each and every one.
I was the fking Monalisa of boys
Any girl I see feels
I smile only for her
And then I saw you.
Miss.
You are sitting at the wrong place.
[Ronobir] That's the men's section.
No. It's the MBBS section.
Have you come through
women's reservation quota?
Merit! I am a topper.
No one scored more than me.
Oh really?
In the past 8 years.
You want to say that you
are better from the rest of us?
Is it just theory or you
do something practically too?
[Everyone laughing]
Surgeries are all practical!
Whoa!
Correct. And blood.
[Ronobir] Do you fall
unconscious on seeing blood?
Even if you fall
unconscious, it fine.
I will hold you.
Girls see blood every month.
More than men.
The second most painful thing
in the world is a dry socket.
[Kusum] When you
have a tooth extraction.
And when one feels toothache,
most men turn into babies.
But child birth
is the most painful
which you can't bear.
So yeah. We have to be tough.
I feel you will bring
a revolution here.
- Keep watching.
- You like to watch.
Isn't it?
And this college and
its teachers have nurtured us.
Have encouraged us
and given us their solid support.
[Ronobir] So guys,
please welcome the faculty
and the Dean
of Calcutta Medical College.
[Applause]
- How was she?
- Huh?
- The professor?
- Don't keep it a suspense.
- Guys, about Mrs. Jones
- [Principal] Ronobir?
By the way, I don't kiss and tell.
- I will be back.
- Okay.
- [Ronobir] Yes, sir.
- Listen.
- It's a new year.
- Of course.
New students.
[Principal] But no
hanky panky this year.
This year, it's academic
and athletic excellence.
I told you Mrs. Jones,
he is a bright student.
[Principal] Asset to the college.
Only asset.
[Ronobir] Talking about asset, sir.
- This is because of Mrs. Jones.
- How?
We are standing here
for her twin assets.
Patience and motivation
that forces us to push hard.
[Ronobir] I promise you, sir.
This year, I'll push really,
really hard.
Come now, Ronobir.
Yes, ma'am, as you say.
[Mrs. Jones] I'm sure a boy
like him is motivated everywhere.
We are getting late.
Shall we? See you later Rono.
[Footsteps]
[Kusum] Disgusting.
It was disgusting!
Hu What?
His buttocks?
[Gasps]
And she?
She is a teacher.
How could she?
Ronobir Chatterjee!
Legendary fker.
Nothing happened.
Sorry for the interruption
- Kusum Kumari?
- Yes. She came
Maybe even she wanted
the same thing.
[Writik] First day. First fk.
You fking bastard! How dare you?
Don't say anything about Kusum.
- [Ronobir] Back off!
- She's a very good friend of mine.
Hit him!
I told you many times not
to talk nonsense about others.
Fk off from here. Get out.
Sorry!
Kusum, we get it.
It's Kusum. Your friend.
- Fk you, Chatterjee!
- Sure.
If he has so much talent,
he should spread it around, right?
That was gross.
Since the past one year,
I have realised something.
Sex with Ronobir
is like ride a passage.
You can't pass from this medical
college without that.
No wonder the medical
education of India is so bad.
- Stay away from her.
- Absolutely!
Relax!
[Sigh of relief]
The fun in having
someone else's thing is
[Giggling]
[Rickshaw moving]
[Ratan] How was your first day?
[Kusum] What do I tell you?
Don't get me started.
Forget that.
Do you know who performed
on John F. Kennedy's birthday?
- Who?
- The famous, Marilyn Monroe.
- Really?
- Yeah.
Her life is amazing
as well as tragic.
[Kusum] Drop us here.
[Footsteps]
[Door opens]
Prawns coconut curry. Mutton curry.
[Kusum] Rosogulla. Sweets.
Mom, what is all this?
[Madhu] Ratan, look at her.
I am celebrating
as it was her first day.
And this is how she speaks.
Today was just the first day.
Let me become a doctor first.
Then do all this.
If aunt wants to celebrate,
let her celebrate.
Only you value me, Ratan.
Poppy seeds.
Yum! Thanks, mom.
By the way, Mrs. Sarkar
and Mrs. Peters
are coming to meet you.
We meet daily.
What's new about today?
You are studying medicine.
They wanted to congratulate you.
I am in no mood.
Now they will come
and say the same things.
Hey, Kusum,
did you go to medical college?
- Will you become a doctor? Blah!
- Why is your mood off?
- That Ronobir!
- Don't talk about him.
[Ratan] They were speaking
nonsense inside the locker room.
I had to stop him.
- Who?
- What did he say?
Leave it.
They are rascals.
Surgical students.
Charu said they all are arrogant.
What was he saying?
Boys will be boys.
Should I forgive them saying
boys will be boys?
What does he think of himself?
Who? Who thinks? Who is he?
I told him to keep away from you.
Since when did you
become my bodyguard?
I said who? What are you hiding?
Hiding?
Don't you know the
intentions of boys?
[Madhu] I am trying to be careful.
Don't worry.
I won't commit the same mistake as you.
I won't allow any Gaurav Roy
to come in my life as you did.
[Song playing]
[Madhu] I always wanted
your well-being.
[Ratan] Aunt, I will talk to her.
[Song playing]
What celebration was this?
I am becoming a doctor. Big deal.
[Ratan] It's a big deal for aunt.
She raised you alone
since you were a child.
She gave you everything.
And now you are becoming a doctor.
It is a big deal.
Mrs. Sarkar. Mrs. Peters.
They are so excited
to meet me today.
Do you know what they called me
when I was a kid?
They used to call me
a little bastard.
I am learning from
mother's mistake.
I
I have learnt that
I won't allow any
boy to ruin my life.
I won't be helpless
like Madhu Ganguly.
Why would you be helpless?
No boy will leave you alone.
The boy who loves you
In my life, in my goal
[Sighs]
There is no place
for a boy like Ronobir Chatterjee.
[Kusum] Men are not important.
They are useless.
[Footsteps]
[Guitar strumming]
[Ronobir] Blame it on Ronobir.
Kusum, the name of the book
on your life should be this.
When you met me,
everything changed.
Kusum Ganguly, I don't know
what was special about you.
I was hooked and booked.
You planned so many
things about your life.
Your education.
Your future. But life.
Life threw a challenge at you.
Me.
It is said life happens
when you are busy making plans.
Life was stuck in your plans.
Or should I say Rono was stuck?
[Splashing water]
- Yes, ma'am?
- Charulata?
She asked me to meet her here.
[Waiter] Sorry, ma'am. Only members
and their guests are allowed here.
This is a private club.
Okay.
[Ronobir] Let her come in.
She is my guest.
[Ronobir] It was the 60's.
People now know toxic masculinity.
But back then it was celebrated
with the word Casanova.
And I was a happy Casanova.
Kusum, my eyes are here.
Uh! Sorry!
- Sir, your drink?
- Thanks.
You can see my body.
[Ronobir] I was joking.
I have no issues.
If you are done,
can I cover myself?
- Only if you are done.
- [Chuckles]
Maybe I came to the wrong place.
[Ronobir] Actually,
you are at the right place
for the first time in life.
Charu and friends are on
the first floor at American diner.
I can take you if you want. Cheers!
Listen! It can be seen.
Really?
Your effort.
Don't try to be stylish.
It's evident.
[Ronobir] You know why
I like this drink?
It's a perfect mix
of sweet and sour.
At the same time.
[Chuckles]
[Whistles]
[Song playing on radio]
Sir.
[Song playing on radio]
[Waiter] Sir, how is your drink?
[Ronobir] It's actually perfect.
[Song playing on radio]
But I think I must
change the location.
[Song playing on radio]
[Song playing]
Give me money for the jukebox.
Stop wasting my coins.
I need to travel back home.
[Song playing]
[Subhodini] Listen! The
government is selling condoms
at every health centre
for 5 paisa.
I will lose my pocket money.
When will we take the
advantage of this benefit?
Why do you want to
have sex before marriage?
Best contraceptive
is to abstain from sex.
I've heard the Kennedy government
of America has made a pill.
So the women have
control on their body.
Not men.
Horny pills for sex. Wow!
I am serious.
[Ronobir] Hello, ladies.
There's nothing for me
in the menu today.
You try this.
We have all the varieties.
It's tasteless.
You can eat it all.
I don't eat leftovers.
Being a doctor, you are so scared.
Because I am a doctor.
I don't want your germs.
Or your illnesses.
Then you must
be a big fan of the rubber.
Of course!
But I wish it
could eliminate aholes
like it eliminates STDs.
Shakespeare said,
the lady protested too much.
Rabindranath Tagore says,
speak as much as you know.
Don't mix medicine and literature.
[Kusum] It sounds forced.
Move aside.
[Ronobir] This
this attitude was killing me.
Kusum, in everything
you did have a softness.
And a challenge in that softness.
You were that medicine
made from a different concoction.
I was up for the challenge.
I wish it wouldn't happen.
I wish we weren't excited
about accepting challenges.
I wish we both didn't meet.
If I hadn't come into your life
Then today, after 9 years,
you wouldn't have had
to face your death.
[Firing]
[Shackles moving]
[Ronobir] But what to do, Kusum?
The books that you
kept close to you says,
everything is fair in love and war.
All is fair in love and war.
- [Gunshot]
[Theme song playing]