Dabba Cartel (2025) s01e04 Episode Script

1
It's been a while
since you called me, Chacko.
Guess why I called you.
Were you missing me?
That's sweet.
Try again.
I know the sales have declined this month.
JJ was saying that a new party
is selling MD in Mumbai.
He's lying.
That's what I said.
That's what I said.
But numbers don't lie.
They will increase next month.
What if they don't?
I promise you they will, Chacko.
Good. I like the confidence.
-Good night, Moushumi.
-Good night.
Please take this.
Shahida, what is this?
Fifty lakhs.
And…
this is the rent you owe,
which I'm going to give to Kishore-ji.
Your problem is solved.
What do you want?
The same thing you want.
For Sitara to keep running
and not shut down.
You just have to do one small thing.
Deposit some of this money
in our account every month.
That's it.
-"Our"?
-Yes.
You're Raji's…
Sheila.
Let's talk directly.
We can clean this dirty money anywhere.
We don't need you for that.
But Shahida said that you need money.
You do, right?
I'm not giving you control of Sitara.
We have our own business to run.
We don't have time for anything else.
Look, it's very simple.
Create a dummy contract in our names.
Deposit this cash
in that account. That's it.
In return, you can keep 10%
as compensation.
-Shahida, what's happening here?
-Relax.
Think about it and let me know.
The offer is valid till tonight.
What the fuck, Varuna?
How long does it take to open the door?
Shut the door, Shankar.
Take your bullshit behaviour
somewhere else!
I'm not a dustbin where you can dump
all your office problems!
Enough!
Do you have any idea how stressed I am?
And you're still doing this?!
How am I supposed to know, Shankar?
You don't tell me anything!
I've to see the news like the others!
And what is going on in VivaLife?
Varuna, not now.
Then when? When you get arrested?
What, do you think I don't know anything
about the Modella-fentanyl scam?
Fuck off.
Shankar, you have to…
What happened, Mamma?
Nothing, my child.
Papa's just in a bad mood. Sorry.
It's okay.
Madam is here.
Greetings, madam.
All this is for the festival?
Yes, madam. Tijori Madam herself
is handling everything.
I'll take a look around.
Enough, let's go home.
Aww, it's so cute though!
Auto?
-Raji, where are you going?
-That…
-Sankalp Siddhi, right?
-Yes.
-Come on, I'll drive you.
-You'll be late. I'll take an auto.
It's on the way. Come on.
-Mala! Hello! Mala!
-Hi!
Why haven't you been coming to work?
I'm running my dabba business.
It keeps me busy.
Okay, do one thing. Stay busy.
Come by the house and collect your salary.
You keep it. I don't want it.
Actually, as it happens,
I'm short of delivery girls.
If you need work, call me.
What?
Idiot.
From now on,
I'll drive you to Sankalp Siddhi.
I can manage.
It's not hard at all to just take an auto.
It's not hard to take one, but have you
seen the condition of the roads?
And look at how heavily it's raining.
What if something bad were to happen?
I mean, it's our job
to take care of our baby now, right?
I'd like to drive you every day.
If you don't mind, that is.
-Bye.
-Bye.
-What's up?
-I got a call from Chacko.
He's getting suspicious.
I'm shutting it all down.
What?
You can't shut the business down
just like that.
This is not a joint venture, Sheila.
I was just helping you out.
I won't take any more risks.
Look, why are you getting so nervous?
He's just made one phone call.
Look, enough of this.
Do you remember my condition?
The day Chacko gets suspicious,
I put an end to everything.
Forty-three and a half, forty-four,
and this is forty-five.
-All good?
-Could your accounting ever be wrong?
It's 45 lakhs in total.
-The supply shouldn't stop.
-What are you saying?
I'll send my man tomorrow
to take your order.
Thank you. See you.
-Thank you.
-Got it.
What is it?
You've missed so many of my calls.
You should have called back.
Did you forget this month's payment?
Business is a little slow right now.
I'll pay next month.
Look, Aaji.
This is not some car you're driving
that you can just start and stop
whenever you feel like it.
I'm also answerable to my boss.
Is he your boss or mine?
Handle him.
You old hag!
Who do you think you're talking to?
I want my money right now.
Otherwise, I'll come there and kill you.
I've sold more goods than someone
like you has any right to expect.
"Someone like me"?
Lower your voice!
-Bitch, listen--
-You'll get your money!
Hello?
Motherfucker.
What's being done about
the fentanyl news leak, Shankar?
Talks are ongoing with the IBDC,
and guess what?
They have agreed on a price.
And they are going to drop
the investigation.
That's good.
And also, we have moved out
everything last month.
All the data has been deleted.
So basically, everything is done.
What about batch manufacturing
and packaging records?
I'll take care of it.
Do it personally.
We can't afford another leak.
You're right.
Shankar, we really need
to be on top of things.
Sure, Shailaja.
Bye.
-Here, take this.
-Raji!
-Greetings, Mrs Tijori.
-Greetings, beta.
I've been looking for you.
Where do you disappear off to? Busy, busy?
How are your parents in the village?
-They're fine.
-Fine?
It's peak season.
They must be busy, right?
Yes.
So when will they send our Ganpati statue?
A Ganpati statue?
But you haven't placed an order.
Then I'll place it right now.
What's the big deal?
When my vendor cancelled
at the last minute,
I thought I would help you out.
I told everyone that this year, we had to
buy our Ganpati from Raji's parents.
Society members
should help each other, right?
Yes, but--
No ifs or buts. No, no, no.
Don't worry about them.
I have it under control. I'll manage.
Just tell your parents to send
the Ganpati statue by tomorrow. Okay?
You're looking so sweet.
By tomorrow, okay? Okay.
What are you doing? Work faster.
Keep one Ganpati statue aside for me.
Make sure you definitely tell Baba.
Okay, Aai, I'll call you later.
Why are you letting yourself
be dragged into Tijori's problems?
Didn't she complain about your business?
I'm doing it for the Society.
Where else are they going to find one
at such short notice?
Do you have to go today?
Look, Shankar Sir especially asked me
to visit the factory with him.
But don't worry.
I'll be back by tomorrow morning.
We'll go to the doctor then.
Don't worry about it.
You're so busy already.
I'll go by myself this evening.
It's just a regular checkup.
If it wasn't for work…
I'll come next time, I promise.
Payment ahead. The slip?
-Where's the slip?
-What?
-Is this your first time coming here?
-No.
Bhai sahib, write the medication's name,
the quantity you want, and your address.
-Yes, bhai sahib?
-Do you have Modella?
-Modella?
-Yes.
-We don't have it. Yes, ji?
-Crocin.
-It's been bought from here before.
-Who has bought it?
We don't stock that medicine, bhai sahib.
Yes, bhai sahib?
Bhai sahib, it's a big order--
Bhai sahib, you've been told
it's not available here.
Enquire elsewhere.
Got the address?
Payment ahead. Write the address.
Becosules, 500 strips.
Disprin. One thousand strips.
What did you want again? Disprin?
A thousand strips.
Here it is.
Sir, one minute.
Sir?
How big is the order?
Our business completely collapsed
after the news broke, bhai sahib.
Forget Modella, even the sales of our
other medicines have gone down.
On top of that,
the bloody suppliers are now refusing
to supply the goods.
Forget about all that. Have some tea.
Sure. Thanks.
By the way, how many people
have you sold Modella to?
I mean, I need to pick up the stock
from somewhere.
If you have any connections, let me know.
I will figure something out.
One minute, bhai sahib.
Do you have a pen?
-I have a pen.
-No, I don't.
Bhai sahib, write your name, number,
and how many you want.
The moment I receive the product,
I will call you first.
Okay.
Hey! Have you come to buy Modella
or to steal my customers? Motherfucker!
-What do you mean? What are you saying?
-Get out of here! Out!
Let's see who buys Modella from you
in the entire market! Kick him out!
Go on. Out.
Trying to play games with us…
Thane? What?
-Good evening, sir.
-Good evening, sir.
Good evening.
-Hari, park the car.
-Yes, sir.
-Hello?
-Yes, Preeti?
Preeti, listen up.
This evening, go to Green Court
and drink a beer on my behalf.
What's happened, Pathak-ji?
I have found the connection
between Modella and VivaLife.
What? How?
One moment. It's nothing. Sorry.
Before 2016,
VivaLife used to package
all its medicines in-house.
But after 2017,
they started outsourcing it to save tax.
These companies are all new on paper.
But VivaLife has put its own people
on the Board of Directors.
Pathak-ji, what are you getting at
with all this?
This is called real investigation.
Very good. But what about Modella?
Modella also comes to Punjab
through one such packaging company.
It's a company based in Pune.
Xipro Laboratories.
Xipro Labs?
And listen, do you know whose name is
on Xipro Labs' Board of Directors?
Shankar?
Shank…
Just a minute. How do you know that?
Pathak-ji, never mind that.
Tell me how soon you can reach Pune.
I will book a flight for you.
That's not how it works, Preeti.
I have to go to Kumar
and show him all this.
Then we can get a warrant.
We don't have time.
I also have some information.
Shankar is at Xipro Labs right now.
We can catch him with Modella red-handed.
-How do you know that?
-That's not important.
By the time you've gone to the FDSCO,
Shankar will have removed
all traces of Modella from Xipro.
Pathak-ji, please.
Please! We won't get
a chance like this again.
Okay. Send me Xipro's address.
I'll find out about the flights.
And listen.
Don't do anything silly.
What are you worried I'll do, Pathak-ji?
Preeti, I'm very serious.
Don't ruin our hard work.
Okay, Pathak-ji.
SOHUM MOTOR TRAINING SCHOOL
Sir, the factory equipment records
have been fixed.
That's great.
A journalist from The Front Page called.
She's writing an article on VivaLife.
So call her tomorrow for a factory tour.
We've got nothing to hide.
We have one batch left, sir.
Batch?
Sir, it's urgent.
Sir, I found this under your car.
Someone is tracking us, sir.
Most people take two or three weeks
to learn to drive. Ages, right?
I have a one-hour crash course.
I'm giving it to you for free.
-What does "A" stand for?
-Please.
"A" doesn't stand for please.
What does "A" stand for?
-Answer me. What does "A" stand for?
-Apple?
"Apple"? No.
"A" for accelerator.
"B" for brake.
"C" for Chavan.
Okay? Now, get in. Go on, sit.
-Go on, sit.
-Chavan, please. I can't do it.
I'm asking you nicely.
Will you get in and sit or not?
While I'm still asking you nicely,
you get in and you sit. Got it?
Go on. Get in and sit.
Legs in or I'll break them!
-Done?
-Yes, Bhau.
The cone that you see there? Don't hit it.
-Got it?
-Please.
-I can't do it. Please.
-Yes, you can. Look, it's easy.
-Be brave. I'm with you.
-Please.
-I'm teaching you. Relax. Quiet.
-Please, Chavan.
And that needle there should not fall
below 40. Come on, speed up.
-Speed up. It's going below 40.
-Please, Chavan. Please.
Look. Speed up.
And you're not supposed to touch the cone.
-Cone…
-Please. No.
-You hit the cone, huh?
-Please, I'm sorry!
-Speed up! Don't slow below 40.
-I'm doing it!
-Look here. Say something to Aaji.
-Please!
-She is saying please.
-Please!
Aaji, treat me to something nice.
Look, your daughter-in-law
has learnt to drive in under an hour.
And in spite of that, she's crying.
Enough of this.
Chavan, this is between you and me.
Aaji, I'm under pressure too. Got it?
You shut up!
I restocked because you asked me to.
One crore's worth of merchandise.
I want my money. Quickly!
Otherwise, I will teach Raji
how to fly a plane.
Shahida, listen to me carefully.
Where's the money?
Hey, Varuna-ji? Where is the money?
You give me money one day
and come to collect it the next?
Is that how business works?
It's not that simple.
Varuna-ji, where's the money?
-Where's the money, Varuna-ji?!
-I gave it to a vendor.
-As soon as the product--
-What vendor? Which one?
Why didn't you ask us
before giving our money to your vendor?
Varuna-ji, you've no idea what will happen
to Raji if you don't return the money.
What will happen to Raji?
You'll find us all dead.
You will find us with our throats slit!
What? Just a minute. What is going on?
What the fuck have you got me into?
Shahida, what's happening?
Sheila-ji, Ms Varuna gave the money
to someone else.
I hope nothing bad will happen to Raji.
MDMA?
Drugs in dabbas?
Raji getting kidnapped?
What the hell is going on here?
You shouldn't have spent the money.
If we don't give Chavan the money,
I don't know what he'll do.
Just get out of here.
When were you going to tell me all this?
Were you waiting for this day?
Raji told me not to.
Stop making excuses.
I'm not used to lies
coming out of your mouth.
Bring her home quickly.
We'll talk later.
Why have you kept it?
Didn't I tell you two months ago
to send everything to Baroda?
-I told you to do that, right?
-Sir, we sent five batches.
And?
We were told by the company
to keep one batch here.
Who told you to do that?
Well?
Who in the company told you to do that?
Did Vinay Sir say so?
Why would Vinay say that, man?
-Yes, sir.
-Yes, sir.
Vinay Sir himself told us to.
Aditi Sehgal, sir.
A journalist from The Front Page.
She is in regular contact with Vinay Sir.
She is the same girl
who wants to visit the factory.
But, sir, what would Vinay Sir gain
by doing this?
The company will also go under,
right, sir?
Nothing will happen to VivaLife.
All they need is a scapegoat.
Shailaja will hold me accountable
for the Modella scam.
And Vinay knows that.
Sir, you should leave this place.
It's not safe, sir.
I will manage everything.
We don't know
who is leaking information to Vinay.
This has to be between us, Hari.
Yes, sir.
Take it to our waste management plant
and burn it.
SIDDHI TEA STALL
Hey, give me a hand.
Sir, we will incur losses worth crores
if we destroy it.
If we get caught with it,
we'll have to shut the factory down.
That's just the best-case scenario.
How much is it?
Twenty-seven lakhs.
-And the rest?
-"The rest"?
I have sold more stuff for you
than you expected.
Let's end this matter here. Let Raji go.
-Put the knife down!
-Ba!
-Put it down!
-He won't!
What will you do? Huh?
Ganya! Kill her!
No! Don't! Ba! Ba!
You'd better understand this, Aaji.
I'm your boss.
You work for me. Got it?
You're my servant.
Write down this fact if you need to!
I won't keep repeating it!
Ba.
-Please, please, please!
-Take this.
Sell it.
I'm giving you three weeks' time.
What are you looking at?
Lower your gaze!
Pick it up!
Ganya!
Ba!
Ba!
Ba.
-Let her go.
-Ba. Ba!
Ganya, drop the mother-in-law
and daughter-in-law home.
Ba!
Hurry up. Get the car quickly.
Enough. Right here.
Open the gate.
Pathak-ji, these people are moving
the Modella away from here as well.
Call me as soon as you land.
In the meantime,
I will try and think of something.
MAHARASHTRA POLICE
Madam, this is a traffic checkpoint,
not a police station.
If you want to lodge a complaint,
you'll have to go to the police station
two kilometres away.
This is a smuggling case.
If I wait to lodge a complaint,
they will cross the border and get away.
You just have to issue a lookout.
It'll take just two minutes, Dattu Sir.
It doesn't work that way, madam.
First, ask your reporting officer
to call me.
Okay.
Look. This is DCP Sir's number.
You can talk to him.
What is this, Dattu Sir?
If this truck leaves Pune,
then we will be answerable
not just to the DCP,
but also to the FDSCO.
It is a central agency.
There will be an inquiry.
Why don't you just do it?
Preeti Jadhav Madam
from Kopri Police Station
and Ajit Pathak sahib
from the Mumbai FDSCO
have informed us that
vehicle number MH42DQ5142,
vehicle type, transport truck,
is suspected of being used to transport
intoxicating medicinal substances.
Copy that. Suspect for drug smuggling.
Do you have any other information?
This truck was spotted going to Surat
via the NH60 half an hour ago.
Copy that. Initiating BOLO
for truck number MH42DQ5142.
All units, please pay attention.
Please notify us
as soon as the truck is found.
Bhai.
-How much time will it take?
-Ten minutes, sir.
I'll go relieve myself while we wait.
Go on.
THUNDER MUMBAI
NASHIK BAND
-Sir, please open the door.
-Yes, sure.
Done, sir.
-Done?
-Yes.
Shall we leave?
-There's been a change of plans.
-There has?
Please check if there's any update.
Hello, control room. Any update?
-Nothing so far.
-No. But, we'll find it.
We will find the truck, madam.
Thank you for the tea.
-Don't mention it, madam.
-Copy that.
-Sir!
-What nonsense is going on here?
Jai Hind, sir.
-Shut it down!
-Yes, sir.
Have you forgotten the protocol?
On whose instructions
did you issue a lookout notice?
-She…
-Sir?
DCP Kale asked me to assist the FDSCO.
-Who? DCP Yashwant Kale?
-Yes, sir.
-From Thane?
-Yes, sir.
Sir, he must be sleeping.
It's pretty late.
-No big deal. I'll wake him up.
-Sir…
Jai Hind, sir.
Sir, sorry to disturb you.
It's very urgent.
Yes, sir.
No, sir. Did you give permission
for a lookout notice?
Yes, sir.
-Hello?
-Pathak, where the fuck are you?
Did you issue a lookout notice for a truck
in the name of the FDSCO?
No, sir. I--
Pathak, I'm getting police calls
from two different cities.
I don't care where you are.
Get to Kopri Police Station immediately
and report.
Understood?
Pathak-ji, they are moving Modella
away from here too.
Please call me as soon as you land.
In the meantime,
I will try and think of something.
Shall I make some tea?
Bappa Morya!Wake up!
Come on!
The statue is here!
The statue is here. Come on!
Do one thing.
Those big speakers in there?
Don't take them out.
What is happening, Hari?
The statue has arrived!
Step back.
You wanted to play the dashing hero?
The only reason you're still standing here
is because I know your mother.
The DCP had your suspension order ready,
do you know that?
But I convinced him that it was the drug
inspector who did all this, not you.
Why are you looking at him?
I'm talking to you!
You should be fully aware that you need
approval before raiding somewhere.
When you have to sit at home unemployed,
then you'll learn your lesson.
Pathak-ji! Sir!
I thought I'd surprise you
once my work was done.
I went to your parents' place
and brought the statue here.
They were surprised and said,
"It's you? You're here?"
I said, "Yes, it's me."
Raji?
Hey, what happened?
Did you miss me this much?
What happened?
Aaji, you've got to respect me!
Write down this fact if you need to!
Chavan won't harm you.
-I guarantee it.
-Please, Ba!
I'm your boss!
You're my servant! You work for me!
Don't forget your position!
Lower your gaze!
Otherwise, I'll come and kill your Raji.
Subtitle translation by: Neena Kiss