Scoop (2023) s01e02 Episode Script

1
[man 1 shouting indistinctly]
[soft instrumental music playing]
[man 2 shouting indistinctly]
[singing Hindi love song]
Those tresses shining brighter
Than the sun ♪
- [Jagruti's uncle] Papa! Papa!
- [in English] Yeah?
[in Hindi]
Those tresses now look like the moon!
Those moon-like tresses!
Those eyes deeper than the ocean
Hide some deep-buried secrets! ♪
- How can I praise him enough ♪
- How can I praise him enough ♪
- [Jagruti's uncle] So romantic!
- [in English] Oh, oh. Sorry, sorry, sorry.
[all laughing]
Hey, Jag Jagu,
those shawls look so pretty.
- Yeah.
- See?
- That That that blue one is lovely!
- No!
[Jagruti's uncle] The bargaining,
you leave to me. I'll handle it.
- I like this one in black.
- Naa haa, Jagu! Not the black one at all.
Anyway, it's not that you'll wear
this black one and go for any function.
But, Mommy, in our house,
there's plenty of chaos,
and even without black clothes, okay?
And black is an elegant color.
- [in Gujarati] Right, Uncle?
- [in English] Yes!
And, Jagu,
someone who's dyed their gray hair black
has lost all rights
to call black an unlucky color.
[both laughing]
- [gasps]
- Tit for tat!
- So you like this black color, right?
- Yeah, yeah.
- Sir, how much for this one? Tell me.
- [salesman] Sir, 4,000.
- What?
- Hey, Mommy?
For Mani Bhai, Jasu Ben, Divya Faiba,
everybody else also, we should take. No?
Yeah, get some
for your friends at the office also.
Mota Nani, I'm very hungry!
Please, let's go back.
- Yeah. Let's go back.
- Yeah, let's go. Come on.
- Come on, let's go.
- [cellphone ringing]
- Two thousand is enough?
- Yeah, Shridhar?
- [Shridhar] Sen has been shot.
- [tense music playing]
- When? Shit!
- [Shridhar] A couple of hours ago.
- What's his condition?
- [Shridhar] No one knows anything yet.
I'm reaching the crime scene
and Deepa's going to the hospital.
But this is crazy, yaar, Shri!
I know that you're there with your family,
but this is a big story, J.
[theme music playing]
[tense music playing]
Check the CCTV footage for the entire area
and round up all the eyewitnesses.
I would personally want to talk
to all of them.
And, yes, this, uh
All of Sen's recent articles,
IPL etc.
I want links to all of them.
And, please,
please secure the crime scene
and make sure it doesn't get too crowded.
Out.
- [cell phone vibrating]
- [sighs]
Come on, hurry up.
[cell phone vibrating]
[scoffs]
- You're really late to the party.
- [Jagruti] I'm in Srinagar.
- With my family on vacation.
- [indistinct chatter]
- Sir, did you find anything yet?
- As much as I know you,
you must've already spoken
to two to three sources by now.
So, why don't you tell me?
Sir, he had a lot of haters.
Sen Dada had exposed an IPL betting scam.
We all know the politician behind that,
who was exposed.
Number two, he also broke the story
on the 10,000-crore oil mafia scam.
The kingpin of that scam
was also sent to prison.
Could be his men?
I've heard that he's
at the Arthur Road jail,
but is very active from there.
Clearly, you're not letting go
of that page one.
[family members laughing]
- Calm down, you guys!
- Sorry, sorry.
Sir, there's another lead.
Sen Dada had submitted a report
against some senior IPS officers
to the Anti-Corruption Bureau.
Are you chasing this?
You know, Jagruti? I too have a theory.
That theories that are not backed
by evidence can destroy careers.
Sitting far away in Srinagar
is not going to help much.
If you want an exclusive, then get here.
- I can stay in this place forever
- [in Gujarati] Don't you guys get it?
[in English]
This is the biggest story of the year,
and I'm bloody stuck here in Kashmir!
Niece, Sorry.
- [dramatic music playing]
- [reporters clamoring]
[reporter] Sir, one question!
Sir, please comment.
[reporters clamoring]
[music fading]
No, I just spoke to Sen last night.
And he was in good spirits.
He told me,
"Editor, sir. I want to do one big story."
"Let it out of the ballpark
just like Dhoni."
"And then I can retire." [exhales deeply]
I got a feeling that he had the story,
but he said, "No. Nothing."
And now, this
You know, Imran, this is not making sense.
Balls, Sen would've retired.
I used to joke with him.
"That even after you die,
your ghost will still pull off
a crime story."
[chuckles softly]
[somber music playing]
- Imran, I'll be back.
- Yeah, sure.
[inaudible chatter]
[somber music intensifying]
Come, come. Shoot this.
Shoot this, shoot this.
Come, come, come, come, come.
Come. Come. Come on.
Stop! Stop, stop, stop. Stop!
[Imran] Shut it! Shut it, right now.
Have some decency. Barging right in.
Out! Show some respect.
If we show respect, sir,
the audience will change the channel.
[Imran] What rubbish! Out!
Even we are upset about losing him,
but we're just trying to do our job here.
It's okay.
- [sniffles]
- [music concludes]
[male reporter] Diwakar-ji, this is not
the time to point fingers at the police.
No, wait.
Please listen to me carefully.
First of all, just come to Mumbai. Yes.
[suspenseful music playing]
No, no. no.
It could create a huge problem.
You You just come down to Mumbai.
All right? Yes, I'll send you updates.
[Jagruti] Imran, you don't get it!
Diwakar Chaturvedi
wasn't just Sen's colleague.
The two were good friends.
And what Diwakar has to say is legit.
And if this angle,
the one that I'm thinking of,
- if that's correct, then it'll be huge!
- [Imran] Trust me, it's nothing.
It is just a hunch
of an angry and upset colleague.
We can't be the ones
to decide that, right?
If Leena gets her hands on this story,
it will be on Citi Mirror's
front page tomorrow.
J! It's not a story!
And this is not Citi Mirror.
Bye.
Where the hell is everyone?
Don't we have
tomorrow's edition to publish?
[suspenseful music playing]
Neha? Interested in an exclusive?
[dramatic music playing]
[Neha] Good evening and welcome
to News Night.
The top story tonight
is the shocking daylight murder
of senior crime reporter Jaideb Sen.
We have Mr. Diwakar Chaturvedi,
a senior investigative journalist himself,
joining us from Lucknow station
before he boards the train to Mumbai
to attend Sen's last rites.
Mr. Chaturvedi was not only
Sen's colleague,
but also his close friend.
Mr. Chaturvedi,
are you aware of any threats or warnings
that Sen would've received
in the recent past?
Neha, an investigative reporter
has many enemies.
Sen had exposed
many influential and powerful people.
It's not surprising then
that he was receiving threats.
Can you be more specific? Any names?
Recently, he had reported
about some corrupt IPS officers.
One of them, ACP Mahanande,
was furious with Sen.
And is that the reason why Mahanande
filed a defamation suit against Sen?
Absolutely! Mahanande Saheb has
direct connections with Dawood's family.
Sen exposed him.
The truth is for everyone to see.
[suspenseful music playing]
- [Jagruti] Where are you, Deepa?
- I'm going in.
[Jagruti] Confirm whether ACP Mahanande
is inside or not.
And do not let him out of your sight.
[Deepa] The India Now team is here, J.
- Mahanande's also inside. Confirmed.
- [Jagruti] Perfect.
ACP Mahanande
had himself warmed me over a call.
"That if Sen values his life
and wants to live,
he should stop pursuing me."
Are you saying that ACP Mahanande
threatened Jaideb Sen?
Yes. But you know,
Sen wasn't the one to give up.
- J, Mahanande's leaving his office.
- [Jagruti] Let him go.
I think we should get his reaction, J.
Just wait, Deepa.
We need much more than that. Just wait.
ACP Mahanande!
Is it true that you had threatened
to kill Jaideb Sen?
- Get out all of you!
- And what about this allegation, sir?
- Out
- Sir, who else is involved with you?
Who the fuck gave you the permission
to come here?
Sir, we've heard
there was an inquiry against you.
- Sir, what would you like to say?
- What the fuck is this nonsense?
- Sir! Ow! Sir!
- Put that down! Get out!
- Get out!
- [reporter] You can't treat us like this!
Sir, you can't be rude to us!
- [reporter] Sir
- [Mahanande] Get these people out of here!
- J, Mahanande's going back inside.
- [Jagruti] Perfect.
Imran was saying, wasn't he?
That Diwakar is not the story.
He was right.
The real story is now emerging.
ACP Mahanande.
If everything goes well,
ACP Mahanande will now
give us an exclusive.
Go inside after five minutes.
That doesn't sound right.
Are you sure
ACP Mahanande actually killed Sen?
That's what Diwakar is saying.
Without any evidence
you just declare someone a criminal
and make it breaking news on TV.
That's not done.
Come on, this Mahanande is not a saint.
Nobody here has clean hands.
He's a player and this player's games
are known to be legendary.
- J, should I go in?
- [Jagruti] Yup, go right in.
Jag.
Why don't you go inside?
Go eat, I'll be right there.
Come on. Why even get into all this?
- Hey, madam, wait. Where are you going?
- [Jagruti] That's Mahanande's PA. Kamble.
What's this, Kamble-ji?
You've forgotten me?
I'm Jagruti Pathak. Eastern Age.
Can I go in?
Sir, there's a Jagruti Pathak
who wants to meet you.
Sir, please, just five minutes.
It's urgent.
Sir, if you don't tell
your side of the story,
people will assume
Diwakar's version as the truth.
- Thank you, sir.
- Good. Just follow my lead.
- J, I can do this interview, I know it.
- [Jagruti] Deepa, listen.
Next time
when your editor completely refuses
to call your story a story,
but you still pull out
a front-page scoop out of it,
then we'll talk about this.
This is my story. Just do as I say.
[music concludes]
Who the fuck gave you the permission
to come here?
Sir, we've heard there was an interview
against you.
- Sir, what would you like to say about it?
- What the fuck is this nonsense?
- Sir! Ow! Sir!
- Put that down! Get out!
Get out!
- [reporter] Sir
- [Mahanande] Get these people out of here!
This is exactly the kind of thing
that shouldn't have happened.
This directly implicates us.
How did this happen?
Uh, sir, Mahanande got taken by surprise.
- I hope he hasn't shot his mouth off.
- He has, sir.
To Eastern Age.
After seeing him on TV, I called him.
And I spoke to his PA too.
And within five minutes of his outburst,
Jagruti Pathak was interviewing him.
Jagruti?
What the fuck is this nonsense!
Put that
[tense music playing]
Shroff, you know what this means, right?
Opposition, the Press Association
They'll all have their own agenda
and they'll piss all over us.
Jagruti gave India Now
Diwakar and Mahanande, right?
Ask the desk to insert a quote
from Mahanande in the subhead
before putting it on page one.
- It's an exclusive, right?
- Of course, sir.
Thank you.
[Imran] Yeah?
Nothing, sir. Thank you.
[crickets chirping]
[Jagruti's uncle] Jagu beta?
Had your dinner?
Come, come, you can't keep working
so much all the time.
Come have your diner. Come.
- Has everyone eaten?
- [Jagruti's uncle] Yes!
We finished eating a long time ago.
Sorry, your entire day got wasted
just because of me.
Come on, don't say that.
Mama, I shouldn't be here.
This is really important.
I need to go to Mumbai, but
[Jagruti's uncle]
What, what? What's the matter, beta?
[soft instrumental music playing]
I had made so many promises to Neel.
I've spoken to him.
- He's upset, but I'm not sure.
- Obviously.
With great difficulty
you've come on holiday.
- And it's just one story.
- It's not the question of "one story."
The question is which "one story."
And this is really big.
And, Mama, out of sight is out of mind.
And then, out of job.
I'm a crime reporter.
And that too, a female crime reporter.
What do you think?
It was easy for me to become
a Deputy Bureau Chief in just seven years?
But this exactly is my ability!
I can deliver one big story after another.
That's why I'm never off the front page.
The field is my gambling den every day!
If I relax, even for a second,
at that moment itself,
everything will be over for me.
Now, you tell me, what should I do?
You should go.
Your mind is already there.
You won't be happy here.
You you should go, beta. Hmm?
Don't worry about Neel.
We're here, we'll take care of him.
And he's a responsible kid.
Jagu
you take care of yourself. Okay, beta?
Whatever you want to do,
please make sure you do it carefully.
Okay, beta?
Look after yourself.
[in Gujarati] I'm tired, Uncle.
- [chuckles]
- Get some rest, child. Get some rest.
[tense music playing]
[news anchor, in English] Silent protests
were observed across the city
by journalists as the Press Association
calls the government out on their inaction
in the Jaideb Sen murder investigation.
Sources, though, suggest
that the Press Association
is divided about the way forward.
[Imran] See, what I'm trying to say is,
let's not politicize this issue.
[Imran] Look at what's happened
in the last six months.
In UP, it was Vijay Kumar.
In Chhattisgarh, it was Umesh Singh.
In Karnataka, Shaheen Khan.
And here, it was Sen.
Every two months,
a prominent journalist is being killed.
And for this, we need better legislation.
Imran, just look. Look at where you are.
We've been called to the Mantralaya
for a meeting,
but the CM
doesn't even have time to meet us.
My guess is that he will send some flunky
to note down our demands.
The government thinks politically.
To get them to listen,
we should communicate
with them in a language
which they understand better.
CBI. Resignations.
More than 30 journalists have been killed
in India in the last decade alone.
In the meantime,
two governments have come and gone,
but, uh, nothing seems to have changed.
[Dalvi] Jagmohan,
from the Emergency to this day,
I have demanded many resignations,
and got those resignations too.
But tell me, to what end?
Exactly.
We don't want the government to oppose us
but to stand with us.
They should never get the feeling
that we are the enemy.
Especially, when it comes to this case.
Let's try and work together?
Better legislation should be a priority,
I agree.
But, Imran, politics is the only way
we can get it.
Even before they stand with us,
they need to at least hear us out.
[tense music playing]
- [man 1] Will it be done by this evening?
- [man 2] Yes, it will be done.
Sir, here, the oil mafia
had sent a death threat.
That's what Sen's wife has said
- in her statement.
- Hm.
And the technical evidence too, sir,
is pointing in the same direction.
Look, this is the fire examination report
here, sir.
Cartridge, 0.22 mm. Fire and bolt.
- Source, Nainital.
- Hmm.
Now, this oil mogul that we spoke about,
sir, the prime suspect,
he too has links in Nainital
Jagtap, the Rajan gang too has
some connection with Nainital, right?
- Dawood Den shoot-out.
- Uh, sir
This is a raw sketch of the shooter, sir.
He fired four bullets.
- It's a match with Suresh Kalia, sir.
- [Shroff] Hmm.
Suresh Kalia used to work with Rajan,
but eight years ago.
Here, I've dug up the call record, sir.
- They're with you.
- Hmm.
From these, there's no way to verify now
if he's in touch with Rajan, sir.
Okay, that's now, right? Dig deeper.
Find the connection. Let's get on with it!
This story was completely anti-Rajan, sir.
[Shroff] Hmm.
Sir, for that matter, Sen has said
and written a lot against Dawood also.
[sighs] Come on, Jagtap,
what do you expect me to say
to the CM?
"Oh, sorry, sir. We can't find
any connection. Nothing solid."
He's calling me every hour.
They need updates!
- We need to make some arrests, Jagtap.
- Yes, sir.
And give the story-hungry media
something to chew on!
Break those goddamn protests.
That bloody Mahanande
has become a pain in the ass!
Sir, it was Diwakar and Pathak
who screwed him up
and put us on stand.
These so-called
investigative journalists
See, there's nothing new.
Investigative journalists
have connections in two places.
They have sources in the police force
and in the gangs as well.
But it's also possible, sir, that Sen got
too close to one of his sources.
Maybe someone from the D-Company.
And then, Rajan did what he did.
This anti-Rajan story
supports this theory.
[Jagtap] In that case, sir, we
You guys go ahead.
- Carry on, carry on. Let me think.
- Sir.
[music concludes]
[Shroff] Sir, I have checked everything.
We don't have much evidence
to establish any link with Rajan.
I need more time, sir.
[suspenseful music playing]
Sir, if we jump the gun
this could backfire on us.
Okay, sir. Jai Hind.
[sighs]
We do have enough prima facie evidence
to suggest that the Rajan gang
is behind all this.
Ballistic reports
and, uh, the preliminary identities
of the shooters all point towards Rajan.
We also believe that, uh,
Sen was getting very close
to the Dawood gang.
- [reporter 1] And, sir, tell us
- One minute.
He was also involved in trading
information between the two gangs.
It's possible that he wrote a few articles
to please the don. Yes, ask.
Sir, can you tell us
what he got in exchange for this
Are you saying that
his journalism got him killed?
[reporter 2] Sir, will the police
take responsibility
for Mahanande's behavior?
[reporter 3] And what evidence
do you have to prove these claims?
These articles.
"Rajan's men fearful."
"Rajan rushed to hospital.
Undergoing surgery."
"Is Bombay's don losing his den?"
You know, all these articles
could've angered Rajan after he read them.
Or perhaps, they were written
at D-gang's behest.
It's possible
that someone instigated Rajan.
[reporter 4] All that you shared
right now, is it just a theory?
Or there's also some strong proof
to back this theory?
- [reporter 5] And one more question.
- Yes?
[reporter 5] Did did someone
from D-Company rat Sen out?
See, right now, the
the evidence is only circumstantial.
We have to dig deeper
and we're working towards it.
But it's possible that, you know,
some rival gang member may have given
a tip about Sen to Rajan or someone.
Or maybe some rival journalist.
You know, professional rivalry.
To get into the good books of Rajan.
[overlapping chatter]
- That'll be all, guys.
- [music concludes]
Isn't this just too simple?
If gangsters shot everyone
who wrote negative stories about them,
we would all have been dead already.
And Sen and Rajan
shared a pretty good equation.
He had also written
a lot of anti-Dawood articles.
Nobody thought of shooting him then.
You never know,
maybe Dawood is more tolerant.
Jagruti, I have a suggestion.
Try your hand at archery.
By constantly raining arrows down,
you know, as per the law of averages,
at least one of them
will hit the target. No?
In our lingo, it's called "guess work."
You're giving it a try,
I'm giving it a try.
- Was this one a bull's-eye?
- No.
But Mahanande has been transferred.
Punishment posting.
You know, Jagruti,
I have one more story on Sen.
Anyway, only if you're interested.
- [suspenseful music playing]
- [engine starting]
Police suspect that Sen was having
an affair with one of his colleagues.
- Poonam Krishnan. Have the cops and
- Veeru. Really?
Imran, I have an ex-IPS officer on record.
He's saying that Sen used to take money
to do positive stories
on certain other IPS officers.
And what proof
does this IPS officer of yours have?
He's ready to go on record, right?
Every story doesn't have proof.
You know how it is.
Without proof, there is no story.
You know how it is.
[Veeru] The Sen story is not speculative.
I have the tour manager on record.
That Poonam,
or They must have backed out
at the last moment.
For crying out loud,
this is a story because
Because Abu Salem's prison love letters
to his model girlfriend
was a story which I got, and you ran.
Now, there's no difference
between Salem and Sen?
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key
is going to visit Bombay.
He's hoping that more Bollywood films
are shot in New Zealand. My angle.
that Sen took bribes from the underworld
to expose rival gangs.
It has also come to light
that Sen's Powai flat was bought
much below the market rate.
Now, the question is,
was the rest of the money paid in black?
And if yes, by whom?
[laptop sound decreases]
Guys, why can't you see it?
There are suddenly
so many personal attacks on Sen.
Systematic victim sabotaging,
that's what this is.
They're feeding us the stories
to control the narrative.
Pointing a finger at Sen is like
pointing a finger at all of us, media.
Our protest is the reason
for their reaction.
If you people can't figure something
so basic, then I'm really sorry.
- But everyone is running with it, Imran.
- So let them run, Jagruti Pathak!
We will not be in a rat race
on such a sensitive topic.
Imran, you're aware that
we're not just a crime daily, right?
We can have political stories
Pushkar, you have page one.
What is the problem?
Thanks.
[somber music playing]
[indistinct chatter]
- [Jaideb] Good evening, Leena-ji.
- Good evening.
Jaideb Sen. Imran.
- Hello, sir.
- Hi.
You did that
national park encroachment story?
- Very well-researched.
- Thank you, sir.
He's researched you
inside out as well.
I want to report crime.
And in crime reporting, you have set
the benchmark really, really high.
Forget reporting crime,
he can stop all crime.
Hire him, Immy.
He could be your Clark Kent.
Why do you wanna
get into crime reporting, Dada?
- For a story.
- [clicks tongue]
[chuckles]
- I thought you will say, "For the truth."
- Every story has its truth.
Show.
Come on
Do you smoke, Dada?
Yeah, sure.
Thank you.
[music concludes]
Sen's death was ugly,
but what's happening now is uglier.
And we're responsible for this mess.
How are we responsible, Imran?
We love selling death for cheap headlines.
An exclusive here, a page one there.
We started treating
our readers like consumers.
It's just that
it's him now, so it's hitting me hard.
Imran, I'm sorry.
I'm really sorry for your loss.
I know it's a big loss. I understand.
But what if it's all true?
You yourself used to say
that Sen is so secretive.
But then, who knows?
Maybe he was playing both sides.
But this doesn't justify us leaking
somebody's personal details.
Someone who can't even defend himself.
We just can't assassinate
someone who's dead.
Imran, please don't take it personally.
We're all just doing our respective jobs.
[chuckles softly]
Jagruti, you know, in the good old days,
"If journalism is good, then by default,
it would be controversial."
Now, it's the other way around.
If it's controversial, then by default,
it's good journalism.
[cell phone vibrating]
Yeah?
Okay.
Do let me know if you need any help.
- What happened?
- It has begun.
Cops are going after every reporter
who has ever worked with Sen.
Payback time.
Oh, sorry.
They're just doing their job.
And this time, we all are suspects.
[tense music playing]
One of Dada's regulars.
He always met Pramod Irani
in Chembur at some bar there.
Eight to ten days before the
the shoot-out,
we met Pramod Irani
at the same bar in Chembur.
But before the shoot-out,
just one day before the shoot-out,
instead of Chembur,
we met at some bar in Saki Naka, sir.
- Dada was really nervous, sir.
- What happened at the meeting in Chembur?
- I don't know, sir.
- You went for a picnic, hmm?
And the Saki Naka meeting,
what did Sen Saheb say?
I don't know, sir.
Listen, I'll beat the shit out of you.
Trust me, you'll remember everything.
[Irani] Hello, Jaideb Bhai!
Write some good things about our nana.
Speak up!
Sir [exhales]
Sir, the second meeting
The second meeting wrapped up
in just five to ten minutes.
Actually, Irani got a call from someone
and he left, sir.
After that, uh
So, these drinking sessions
between Sen and Irani
were a daily affair?
Do you also drink?
- [sighs]
- [Jagtap] What's your drink?
- Glenfiddich?
- Uh, sir. No, no, sir.
- With soda, water, what?
- No, no, no, no, sir.
- On the rocks?
- No, sir. Thank you. Thank you.
- [exhales deeply]
- Then?
Sir, I'm telling you the truth, sir.
I have only met him twice.
Dada was there too.
Okay, so, did you go there
just to party and get drunk?
Or did you have any other motive?
Um
I actually wanted an interview
with Rajan, sir.
Why does everyone want to interview Rajan?
You guys give such unnecessary publicity
to such people, you know that?
Sen told you
that he'd get you an interview with Nana?
- Yes, sir.
- Meaning Sen and Nana were close?
I don't know, sir. I I don't
[in Hindi] Motherfucker
[in English] Tell me, were you with Sen
the night before the murder?
- Yes, sir.
- You met Pramod Irani
with Sen at a different location?
- Yes, sir.
- Then what are you hiding?
Sir, I'm not hiding anything.
What did you tell Irani
that got Sen killed?
- [Sandeep] Sir, I'm not hiding anything.
- Tell me!
Sir, I swear,
I'm not hiding anything, sir.
Sir, please,
I I don't know anything, sir.
- Bloody hell! Speak up. Speak up. Speak!
- Sir, sir, please, please, sir!
I swear, I'm not lying, sir! Please!
Sir, what are you
what are you doing, sir?
To be honest, Dada was very secretive
about his stories.
- Shoma was also
- Shoma?
His wife.
Even she wasn't aware.
Where Dada went, who he was meeting,
or what he was working on.
No wonder he went to Europe alone.
Raja-Rani Travels.
A package for two,
but a single passenger went there.
- [breathes deeply]
- Who was he meeting there?
Okay, tell me something.
In your line of work,
is there no competition?
Yes, there is.
Isn't there any in yours?
During the encounter days, yes, there was.
But that aside,
who was Sen's competition then?
[breathes deeply] Well, once over a lead
that A-to-Z news guy, Kulkarni,
got into an argument with him.
Okay.
Rizwan Chhibber and he got
into a scuffle once, at the press club.
- That guy from Ab Tak?
- [male reporter] Hmm.
- Why?
- Dada refused to confirm one of his tips.
Ah.
Okay, so I've heard
that Dada was really good
at wining and dining his sources.
Is that true?
- Any issues with any of his sources?
- Not with a source, but, uh
over a source, yes.
- With Jagruti Pathak.
- [tense music playing]
Ah. And who did you say?
[exhales] Farhaan.
- Farhaan Tauquir.
- Rajan's shooter?
Sir, Jagruti madam
knew about Tauquir's murder
- even before the police.
- Ah.
In fact, she was the one
who informed the police.
This
- So, you've witnessed this fight yourself?
- No.
Dada once showed me a message.
From Jagruti.
It said that, uh
"Stay away from Tauquir."
- Or else?
- Or else
No, I didn't see anything else.
Yeah, but Pathak threatened Sen
in that message.
She did.
- Thank you.
- [music concludes]
Did you pack Kevin's gift?
- [in Gujarati] Mr. Chaos!
- Hmm?
- [in English] There's a gift for you too.
- What?
This can be our new home.
Here, you'll have your own room.
- [Neel] My room? Like Kevin's?
- [Jagruti] Mm.
Even I'll play video games with Papa!
Just like how Kevin
and his papa play every day.
- You miss Papa?
- Yes.
He'll come to meet you very soon, okay?
- You always say that, but he never comes.
- [chuckles softly]
- He loves you, na, beta. Even I do.
- Then why are you sending me away?
Go, get water for Ma, quickly!
[soft instrumental music playing]
Time teaches you a lot.
He will learn.
- Can I tell you something, Jagu?
- Hmm.
Don't lie to Neel about his papa.
- As in, don't make any false promises.
- Not now, Nana.
Hey, give me that. Show me the brochure.
Even I want to see it. Let me see it.
Wow! Wait, wait.
Oh!
- Within our budget, right?
- [chuckles softly]
For the down payment, there is an FT.
The rest, Murad is getting us a good deal.
He knows the builder pretty well.
Once the installment is taken care of,
I'll be relieved.
The first Pathak girl owning a house.
- [in Gujarati] Wow! Well done!
- [chuckles softly]
- [in English] Thank you, Nana.
- [chuckles]
[instrumental music continues]
Come, come. Just pack. Hmm.
- [Jagruti] Do you like it?
- It's for me?
It's from Kashmir.
It's known to bring good luck.
- Thank you.
- Be careful, J.
Hope your good luck
doesn't get passed onto Deepa.
[cell phone ringing]
Show me.
Oh! This looks really nice.
Yeah, Ashit, tell me?
[Ashit] Madam, Jaideb Sen had gone
to meet Iqbal Mirchi in Europe.
[tense music playing]
- What's the source?
- [Ashit] There's an officer in the ATS
who just keeps blabbering about Mirchi.
I heard it from him.
Confirmed?
- Iqbal Mirchi of the D-Company fame?
- [Ashit] Yes, yes, 100 percent confirmed.
Then your party is confirmed.
This is a completely new angle.
I'll see you soon. Bye.
Pushkar.
This is for you.
These scented candles will help you
smell an actual story from a PR piece.
Your gifts are in my cabin. Come on.
Don't even think about it. Out.
Come on, Aryan. Faster!
- Four. Five. [grunts]
- [cell phone vibrating]
Come on, beta! What is this? Speed up!
[cell phone vibrating]
Yes, Jagruti?
An ATS source is saying that Jaideb Sen
met Iqbal Mirchi in Europe. Did he?
If it's an ATS source,
you should confirm it with ATS, right?
Why are you calling me?
Sir, if ATS confirms it,
and if they solve the case themselves,
then you'll be stuck for no reason.
Why would you hand them
the credit for free?
Maybe this time you could confirm
something on record?
- Sen did met Mirchi in London.
- So, did Mirchi call the hit on Sen?
It's possible that Rajan found out
about Mirchi and Sen's meeting.
- Maybe he called the hit?
- [Jagruti] Or maybe Sen found out
that Mirchi's narcotics business
was what funded the Twin Blasts last year.
And that is why the ATS was after Mirchi.
Alternatively, the nexus theory was right.
That the police was protecting Dawood,
and by default, Mirchi too.
And Sen was onto it.
During the Dawood Den shoot-out
the police blamed Rajan.
And this time too.
You missed this one as well, Jagruti.
We're chasing Mirchi.
And we believe it could be him.
I'm confirming this with you, okay?
See, sir? It was so simple!
Thank you.
You're bloody welcome!
Yes!
Neel, help Mama with at least one bag!
You should start carrying
your own bags now, understood?
[car alarm beeping]
- Mama, we're going in this car?
- Yes!
But whose car is it?
It's my friend Murad's car.
I'll return it tomorrow.
[Jagruti's uncle]
Hello, we don't need it, Jagu.
[Jagruti] It's nice, isn't it, Mama?
- Nani, come look! There's a sunroof!
- Yeah, yeah.
Perhaps once you are back,
we will all take it for a spin
- and go to Marine Drive.
- [Neel] Yeah.
We will go for a quick drive.
- Here, here. Take this, take this.
- Oh, thanks, Nana.
If I'd forgotten this,
then we'd have to come back.
Get inside!
[cell phone ringing]
Yes, Deepa?
[Deepa] Hi, J.
Have you left for Panchgani?
We've reached the highway.
Why? What happened?
[Deepa] The Crime Branch
is holding a presser.
Police made arrests in Sen's case.
Mirchi's guys?
[Deepa] Don't have the details.
But can you go?
Okay, I'll be there.
[suspenseful music playing]
- [horn honks]
- [indistinct chatter]
[Shroff] Over the last one week,
my team has worked tirelessly
on this case.
I believe we have cracked it.
So far, we've made, uh, seven arrests.
The main shooter, the one who shot Sen,
Suresh Kalia, we've arrested him.
And we're confident
that the man who ordered the shoot-out
- is Chhota Rajan.
- [reporter 1] Chhota Rajan?
[overlapping chatter]
[Shroff] After the Dawood Den shoot-out.
Sen in his articles called Rajan
"an aging don" and things like that.
This really upset Rajan a lot
and it provoked him.
Since when did the gangsters start
reading newspapers?
The thing is,
gangsters may not read newspapers,
but the news reaches them.
Are journalists still being rounded up
for investigations and questioning?
Yes. Rajan was the one
who ordered the shootout,
but it was a journalist who provoked him.
[overlapping chatter]
You told our paper that the Mirchi lead
is being investigated.
Are you still pursuing that?
[overlapping chatter]
We we are all with you.
We respect the work that you are doing.
But, please, one at a time.
Sir, are there any political bigwigs
also involved in this conspiracy?
[reporter 2]
Sir, is there a wider network?
[Atul] Just a second. Silence, please.
- [overlapping chatter]
- [Atul] Silence, please.
Dalvi, sir, go ahead.
[Dalvi] The shooter, Suresh Kalia,
who you've named
Yes.
to the best of my knowledge,
he had settled in his village
some ten to 12 years ago.
As though, he had renounced
all criminal activities.
Do you really have a confession from him?
Or should we consider this
as just yet another theory?
Dalvi-ji, a senior journalist like you
surely knows
theories don't solve cases. Proof does.
We have call data records
of Rajan talking to Kalia.
This will answer all your questions.
[overlapping chatter]
What about the call records, sir?
Say something at least.
[reporters clamoring]
[Jagruti] Sir!
Move! Sir!
Jagruti.
Your Iqbal Mirchi exclusive came out
two days ago, right?
By then, they had arrested
four out of the seven suspects.
They knew it was Chhota Rajan all along.
[scoffs]
But it's okay now, relax. Be careful.
In the hunt of that exclusive piece,
don't become their mouthpiece.
Hey, doesn't Salman Khan have
the exact same car?
Nice color, man.
Let's go.
[music concludes]
[Jagruti] Come.
Hold this.
- [engine igniting]
- [slow instrumental music playing]
[music fades]
Keep this money and hide it, huh?
Use it when you need it.
- My bacha.
- Wow, you got the top bunk again!
- [chuckles]
- [Neel] So? You should've come earlier.
Hi, Kevin!
- Hi, Auntie.
- Where are your parents?
- Gone to meet Father Francis.
- Hmm.
Listen, help Neel in his studies,
so even he can come first like you.
Auntie, Neel always comes first
in art class.
- Really?
- He's an artist!
Don't worry about him at all.
- [cell phone ringing]
- Okay. Give him his gift.
Yes.
- For you.
- [Kevin] Thank you.
- Yes, Imran?
- [Imran] Get to a TV, now.
[tense music playing]
[Rajan] You know, he was writing
all sort of nonsense about me.
Trying to be a smartass
and playing very dirty with me.
Dawood and he had made a plan to kill me.
- Which is why you planned to attack Sen?
- [Rajan] Yes, yes. That's right.
He was hand in glove
with the enemies of the nation,
so I did what I felt was right.
That's right.
Rajan has started dancing
to Mumbai Police's tune yet again.
Yes, and the irony is that
Sen was actually the first one
to catch on to this matter.
Shroff has known about Rajan
for a while now.
But he still kept mom.
And when I asked him about Mirchi,
he deliberately decided
to go on record about him.
It's pretty simple. Shroff wanted
to break this pattern with Rajan.
He wanted the public to believe
that he was following multiple leads,
and for all that, he has used you.
You know, Imran, while chatting,
I brought up the topic
of the Dawood-Mumbai Police nexus
to get him to talk and then he did.
What if Sen's theory
about the nexus was correct?
And all of this is happening
because of that?
I know you want to believe that,
but haven't I told you this
earlier as well?
They were trying to control the narrative.
They were feeding us.
You got played. It happens.
At least, he was on record, isn't it?
Anyway, forget that.
- Give a big hug and kiss to Neel.
- [music fades]
[chuckles softly] Okay, bye.
[soft instrumental music playing]
[Neel] Mama!
[sobs]
[sniffles]
Your next vacation is in five months.
Mama will come back, okay?
Be a good boy.
And study well. [sniffles]
I'll miss you.
[sniffles]
- Bye.
- Bye, Mama.
[ominous music playing]
[reporters clamoring]
[news anchor] News filtering in.
Fresh arrests have been made
in the Jaideb Sen murder case.
Top Chhota Rajan gang members,
Pramod Irani and John Samson
have been arrested by the Mumbai Police.
[dramatic music playing]
I'll repeat that again.
Ask about the charges!
Ask specifics about the last confessions.
The seven people arrested earlier
have not confessed yet.
- Understand that, Deepa?
- Yeah, yeah.
Oh, man! Now, how do we weave through
the sea of senior citizens?
Look, Dev Anand is headed right this way.
- Dev who?
- Dalvi-ji.
- Dalvi-ji!
- How are you, Jagruti?
Please tell Shroff sir
about a lead of mine
and convince him
to give me a confirmation.
I have heard that Samson
who has been arrested
procures international SIM cards
for everyone. Totally untraceable.
Dalvi-ji,
why are you being so charitable?
Why are you handing me your exclusive
on a silver platter?
They'll call you in soon.
Confirm it for yourself.
Oh, no, you will be called in
much, much before me. Want to bet?
And anyway, I am not at all hungry
for an exclusive.
I want the whole story to emerge
and that's enough for me.
It's not like that, sir.
Shroff sir and every other cop in there,
they all prefer reporters
from English newspapers.
That's right. The English media
- has a special quota for itself.
- [Jagruti chuckles softly]
But you and Shroff sir
also have your own samikaran.
- No, no. Keep all that going.
- [chuckles]
- It'll take you far.
- Sure.
Jagruti madam! Sir is calling you inside.
[suspenseful music playing]
- What's samikaran?
- "Equation."
Go. You make your own too.
[indistinct chatter]
Devrat, sir!
Hi. Deepa Chandra, Eastern Age.
Your daughter, Anshika?
She studies at Mount Mary,
Mussoorie, right?
I I also studied there.
But I was in batch 2005. [chuckles softly]
Ms. Pathak!
You know, I really needed to see you.
[music fades]
What do you mean?
[sighs] The entire day, we see criminals
and their rotten faces.
Crime Branch can use some color.
Some beauty.
Is that why you gave me a fake exclusive?
So, that I keep circling back here?
And the Crime Branch can use
some color and some beauty?
You knew
the Iqbal Mirchi story was bullshit.
- But you still confirmed it.
- You asked me.
That's when I confirmed.
That's how this works.
Tell me what do you want me
to confirm now?
Everybody already thinks I'm your stooge.
That I'm the Crime Branch's mouthpiece.
And this Mirchi story almost confirmed it.
[sighs] Ms. Pathak
[exhales] it is what it is.
That's how this equation works.
It's one-sided.
I'm always giving.
But if you want more,
then you have to give more.
- No?
- What do you mean?
I [exhales]
[sighs] I
Fuck.
Dalvi-ji, unfortunately,
your lead couldn't be confirmed.
Shroff sir has lost his mind completely.
Once he pulls himself together,
then you can go in.
Devrat sir gave me the confirmation.
I thought I should give it a try too.
And your task?
- Samson and Irani, what's their story?
- Yes. Neither of them has confessed.
In fact, Kalia hasn't either.
They're charged under MCOCA.
Conspiracy to murder.
There are days you get stories,
and on some you don't.
But what can you always get?
Some piping hot masala chai!
- [chuckles]
- [chuckles] Let's go.
[Dalvi] Imran and Jaideb Sen
would also report together like this.
Just like Jai and Veeru.
- Jai and Veeru?
- [Dalvi] Yes.
It was literally the wonder years.
Imran had Dawood's ear,
and Sen had Rajan's.
Between these two years,
the entire underworld was covered.
[Deepa] Hmm.
[Dalvi] Your pair is like Seeta and Geeta.
One of you has JCP Shroff,
and the other has ACP Devrat.
The entire Crime Branch is covered.
One of those two
will surely give you and an exclusive.
[cell phone ringing]
- Hello?
- [Sachit] Hello, Jagruti.
This is Sachit.
[Jagruti] I have your number,
Sachit, sir.
- I worked for you, remember?
- [Sachit] You're a star reporter now.
[chuckles] Anyway,
would you like to meet? Regarding a job?
Jaideb's job?
Wow! I wasn't expecting this.
Are you sure?
[Sachit] Uh, it was Jaideb, actually.
You know, just a few days before his, uh
Uh, he had casually remarked
"Pathak is getting good!" [chuckles]
[machine beeping]
[cassette tape whirring]
- [dramatic music playing]
- [whirring]
[Shivdasani] Hello?
- [Rajan] Hello, Shivdasani? It's me, Nana.
- [Shivdasani] Yes, Nana.
[Rajan] You know these useless boys got
that smart-ass crime reporter taken out?
What's his name? Um uh, Sen.
He was working for the other side,
for Dawood, for the ISI.
Irani got caught up in this
for no reason.
Actually, it's that reporter.
What's her name? That woman
Pathak Jagruti Pathak!
She would time and again complain to me,
Sen is this, Sen is that.
- She's the one who provoked me.
- You're sure this is Rajan?
It's 100 percent him.
You know, that builder, Manoj Shivdasani?
Rajan is speaking to him.
Jagtap
remember this recording needs to stay
between you, me, and Shroff sir.
- Understand?
- Sir.
[upbeat theme music playing]
[theme music concludes]
[suspenseful music playing]
[music concludes]