Avrodh: The Siege Within (2020) s01e02 Episode Script

[gate opening]
Salaam, sir.
How are you doing, uncle?
All good. Thanks to you.
Sir, I heard your platoon
is moving elsewhere.
Yes, uncle.
It must be difficult, right?
Every two years, a new destination.
Mister, we are not here for fun.
So, tonight is your last night here?
What's the matter, uncle?
You seem to be in a very
curious mood today.
No. I was just casually asking.
Who are these two?
I haven't seen them around before.
They are my wife's relatives
from Srinagar.
After all, how much more grass
can these old hands cut
Okay. Show me their ID.
Yes. Boys, show him your ID.
Check them.
- Go. Go on.
- Okay, Sir.
- Goodbye.
- Goodbye.
[Title Montage]
Start from here.
Come this way.
Hello, Sir. All okay?
Hello, Sir.
[Pankaj] 'Good morning, sir.'
That bd's video.
How did you let it go on-air?
Sir, I am not sure.
Actually, it just somehow
slipped through the cracks.
Namrata hadn't informed me.
Do you expect me to believe that?
Your ratings must be off the roof.
By broadcasting a terrorist
like Abu Hafeez on prime time
you have given him
an audience of millions for free.
They use such interviews
for recruitment.
And that Namrata Joshi.
She must be thinking,
"Wow, this is real journalism".
Sir, I'll have a word with her
as soon as I go back to the office.
Remove the video.
I'll have it removed
as soon as I reach office.
Yeah.
Thank you, sir.
And
Put a leash on her.
Yes, sir.
This better be good.
I am the chief guest here.
I know, sir,
but this is very important.
Can we just
Come. Please, come.
[Manipuri song playing]
What is this?
It's an email
from the US Defence Secretary.
Our joint army exercises
have been postponed.
What nonsense is this?
These are tactics to pressurise us
before the SAARC Summit, sir.
Anyway, they're not happy about our
new-found friendship with China.
That Senator Dalton's bill
will have this effect
I was not sure.
This is not good news for us.
Any reaction from Beijing?
It's a win-win situation for Beijing.
On one hand,
they're offering us friendship
and on the other hand,
they're providing infrastructure
for the economic corridor
with Pakistan.
And
Before the SAARC Summit
the Amnesty report
is going to be released.
And as usual, our Kashmir policies
are on top of the chart.
Come on, Satish!
The Amnesty Reports
have always been against us.
Sir, the reports getting published
and Joint Defence exercises
getting postponed
is bad optics.
In a few days,
Sunita ji is going to New York
to attend the General Assembly.
We should prep her.
Yeah.
[phone ringing]
I don't get it.
It's the biggest news
of the year
and you've taken it down.
I will decide how big a story is
and how much airtime it deserves.
Anything else?
I'm going to Srinagar.
Really? Why?
The ADGPI has finally accepted
our request.
We'll get a statement
from the Army Chief.
Knowing you, meeting the Army Chief
can't be your only reason, right?
Anyway, have a good trip
and be careful.
[helicopter whirring]
[cheers]
Bhairon Singh ji, Sood sa'ab
looks very happy today.
[Bhairon] 'Isn't it obvious, Sir?'
After yesterday's encounter,
he's sure to get a Sena Medal.
Not sure about the medal
but the regiment
will surely get a citation.
Killing 55 terrorists
within 2 years.
Can the Bihar regiment do this?
[laughs]
Our
Our counting begins at 100, Sir.
Well played, Bhairon Singh.
Well played.
Well played.
It's been two months since
we've had a grand dinner.
Yes, it's going to be fun.
People from both platoons
will be together this time.
- Yeah.
- Did your leave get sanctioned?
[Maj. Sood] 'Ball ball'
Saved by a whisker!
Pass the ball.
It's not going to burst,
throw it.
[Gen. Arun] 'The credit for this
blood donation camp'
goes to GOC-in-C Balbir Singh
and his officers.
We are grateful to the Srinagar
District Magistrate and his team
because of whom
this camp has been organized.
Namrata Joshi, when we had met last
you were a junior correspondent.
And today, a senior news reporter.
How come you are here
and not on prime time today?
Did the sun rise in the west today?
Sir, the ADGPI rejected me from taking
your interview in Delhi many times.
So, I thought that,
let me catch you in Srinagar.
There was a time
when we used to hear
the news on TV.
But nowadays,
there's only breaking news.
I think you're talking about
Abu Hafeez.
I don't think there is anyone
in this country
who did not listen
to that terrorist's statement.
[phone vibrating]
Anyway, you got what you wanted.
I was just doing my job, sir.
Anyway, the Army hardly
ever issues a statement.
Every profession
has its restrictions.
You gave these people a platform
because of which
everyone heard them.
But the reaction to that
can be heard not in news studios,
but throughout Kashmir.
That is why I have come to you.
To give you a platform.
To hear your voice.
Ms. Joshi
my training has only taught me how
to terminate my country's enemies.
Your channel will get
a lot of voices
to fill your prime time slot.
But my platform is the battlefront.
And I only know how to kill
the enemy for my country.
Good day.
[engine revving]
-[Namrata] 'Yeah, Sarthak.'
- One text.
One text is all it takes, Namrata.
I'm sorry.
It was a sudden trip actually.
Since my interview went off-air
because of your boss's instruction
this trip is a reaction to that.
We won't talk about work, remember?
I know the golden rule.
[Sarthak] 'When are you coming back?'
I don't know.
What do you mean
you don't know?
I don't know, Sarthak.
Do you always know where
your boss is sending you and why?
And do you always know when you
will be back? Do you know that?
[Sarthak] 'Fine.'
I'm thinking of going downstairs
and getting drunk.
Not a bad idea.
Maybe you'll find someone.
[Namrata] 'After all, a government officer
is a prize catch.'
Was that a compliment?
I love you.
That's the problem.
I love you, too.
[knock on the door]
[door opening]
- Hello.
- Hello.
Is Fakruddin ji at home?
- I am
- Namrata.
- Yes.
- He has gone out.
But he'll be back any time now.
Please come inside.
- Okay.
- Oh, no.
You don't have to remove
your slippers.
Please come inside.
- He keeps talking about you.
- Really? How sweet.
- When did you arrive?
- Uh, I arrived today.
- Is everything okay?
- Yes, all good.
- Please sit. I shall get tea.
- Okay. Thank you.
Hello.
- How are you, Namrata?
- I'm fine. How about you?
- Please sit.
- Thank you.
When did you arrive?
- This morning.
- Oh, God.
Sorry. I couldn't come earlier.
No problem.
You are no longer an ordinary journalist.
You are a celebrity now.
No, no.
I am still who I was six years ago.
- A journalist.
- Always in search of a story.
Correct.
But two years back, you left my side.
How are you?
How would a father be
after losing two young sons?
I still feel
that they are roaming outside
hiding and having fun
in the curfew.
But they must be returning home.
They don't return.
I had never thought
that the kind of stories I used to search for
with my camera team in Kashmir
Feroz and Bilal would turn into
one of those stories.
After their death
it's as if time itself has stopped.
Time never stops.
And as you would always say
"If we have to
change the situation"
"then the honest people
must step out of the shadows."
Words I once spoke
sound alien to me now.
I hope your people
don't seem alien to you.
By the way
how are Imaad and Fariq doing?
- My informers?
- Are you in touch with them?
I haven't spoken to them
for almost a year and a half.
Do you want to create
your network in Kashmir?
I want to work with you in Kashmir.
But I don't think you want that.
Oh, when did you come?
- Just now.
- Tea. - Thank you.
- Would you like to have some tea?
- Hmm.
I'm very disturbed by one thing
that Abu Hafeez said.
I can see a story.
I'm thinking of collecting
some on-ground information.
I have forwarded you
Imaad and Fariq's number.
Tell them that I asked
you to talk to them.
Kashmiris don't trust outsiders
so easily.
Firstly,
the observation tower.
It is very important to silence
the sentry posted there.
Sir, we have completed the recce.
We will finalise the plan
in the next two days
and then attack.
Anyway,
they have a big feast tonight
for two regiments.
Their army will be
double in number.
Fools!
The big feast is today.
Two platoons are present together
and you are planning on attacking them
after two days?
- Sir, without preparation..
- With Allah's blessings
the attack will happen
tonight itself.
Two platoons are together.
Destroy both of them
We won't get
such an opportunity again.
Allah is with you.
Bye.
Bye.
Throw a grenade there
We have got orders.
We will attack tonight.
We don't have much time.
Get ready.
[Munir singing]
[applause]
[Soldier1] 'That was our
very own Munir.'
I think I should leave.
Boys, I think I should leave
otherwise,
the boys won't be able to unwind.
- Okay, sir.
- You guys enjoy yourselves, hmm.
Right, sir.
[Soldier1] 'Thank you, Colonel,
for your presence'
and giving us your valuable time.
Thank you very much.
I would like to invite on stage
a very good singer,
Major Sood.
A big round of applause
for Major Sood.
[applause]
Sir.
- Huh.
- Sir, we have a small request.
- The song that you sing on the
phone for madam - Hey, you!
- Madam?
- Oh man this
Can you keep a secret or not?
- It is everybody's request. - Oh, shut up,
man Everybody's request, it seems!
So, should I sing it?
Okay.
♪When I saw this girl
I felt like♪
♪Like a blooming rose♪
♪Like a poet's dream♪
♪Like a glowing ray of light♪
♪Like a deer in forest♪
♪Like a full moon night♪
♪Like a burning lamp
In a temple♪
♪When I hear a tone-deaf person singing,
I feel like♪
So out of tune, brother.
Even the enemies have run away.
Put on the music.
- Let's dance. Come on.
- Okay. Come on, boys.
["Badan Pe Sitare Lapete Huye" playing]
- Okay, boys. Enjoy.
- Boys, goodnight.
Enjoy yourself.
- I am tired.
- Already?
Okay, show me the photo.
I really look good.
- Blowing your own trumpet?
- Of course. Just look at this.
- Have you ever seen such a handsome guy?
- Right.
Oh, boy.
Dude, that's so cute.
Who is this?
Angel. My daughter.
Are you sure she's yours?
Hundred percent.
- How do you know?
- Scoundrel.
How do I know?
You are incorrigible.
Let's sit here.
Open-air.
But honestly, she's very cute.
- Thanks. - Seeing her
is stirring up paternal feelings in me.
Then let me introduce you to
Niharika's friends.
I said paternal feelings,
not marital feelings.
Which new girl was
that old song for?
Which girl?
♪When I saw a girl♪
Oh, God.
There was someone.
Already past tense?
Distance fucked it up.
Apparently,
to maintain a relationship
you have to stay together.
Who knew?
Someone should ask me.
I couldn't even see my first child
being born.
Sometimes I feel
a corporate job is best.
AC office.
Go home after work.
Spend time with the family
and then go to sleep peacefully.
No?
One week.
You would get bored of it
in a week.
Imagine.
The way you partied in NDA
for the last three years
Yes.
Would you have done that
in a corporate job?
- Party?
- Obviously.
PT at 4 a.m.
Patrolling at night.
Where will you get such a life?
You get married,
then we'll talk.
Should I get married?
Before your body goes weak,
get married.
Hey. All is working well here.
- I'll leave.
- Stay back for a while.
Oh, no.
I am thinking I'll leave tonight.
- Where?
- Poonch.
We have met
after so many days.
- Let's have another drink. What do you say?
- Well
- What are you thinking?
- Fine. Since you're forcing.
- That's like my boy.
- Let's go.
[song playing]
[gunshot]
[glass shattering]
[Soldier 2] Who's there?
Bilawal.
[gunshots]
[grenade blast]
[bullets firing]
[grenade blasts]
Adil, Ali, Moin.
Let's go, let's go, let's go.
From the front.
Moin.
[grenade blast]
Inform headquarters that we are
under attack. Come on, quickly.
[blast]
[shrieking]
[Wahaab] 'They've thrown many grenades,
sir.'
Will our boys come back?
Who would want to come back
from heaven, Wahaab?
- Our men are inside.
- Are you okay?
Yes.
You do one thing.
Take care of the things inside.
I'll take care of the LMG.
Go.
Sheikh.
Sheikh.
Out of the way!
[gunshots]
[grenade blast]
[gunshot]
[gunshot]
[groans]
Saved by a whisker! Pass the ball.
It's not going to burst,
throw it.
[Theme Music Playing]