Snakes and Ladders (2024) s01e04 Episode Script

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Welcome, boss.
Have you
assembled everything, Khan?
All good! Everything is in order.
- One large.
- Okay, sir.
One of the girls says
she knows you very well.
Is it?
Wow! Let's go.
I hope you'll take them
and go right away.
Are they that good?
- Did you do a background check on them?
- Of course!
What's up, Bhai?
Did you also start pimping?
I hardly see you around.
I have a reputation.
Really? Then there must also be
many cases on you.
- Look at his hairstyle.
- Boss.
Wears a wig and he calls it style!
Hey! Hands off!
Hi!
Have a blast at the nightclub.
I will send a vehicle to
pick you up in the morning.
Take good care of your body.
So who among you knows me?
Right behind you.
Hey!
You are Rico's girl, right?
He wouldn't have let you
go so easily.
So what happened to Rico?
Did you finish him off?
I will buy her, right away.
Okay, boss.
Boss! What's all this, boss?
I guess you will spoil her with gifts.
I can get gold whenever I want.
But this? This is something
far more precious.
You do one thing.
Pass this card to any customer
that you come across tonight.
Alright, boss.
So, shall I?
"Parasparam Women's Orchard?"
"Sophisticated physiotherapy."
Bye, Bhai!
Sir, two men from the Peipparai's Museum
have come to see you.
Which museum?
The place where Tribal artifacts are kept.
Museum of Indigenous Art.
The men don't speak Hindi,
they speak Tamil fluently.
- Sir?
- Ask them to wait.
- I'll be there in a minute.
- Okay, sir.
Sir, we thought we'd have
to travel to the city to meet you.
But you opened a branch here.
Everyone must realize
the importance of CCTV.
That's okay.
Our museum had your
CCTVs installed…
and yet one of our possessions
has gone missing.
Really?
What went missing?
It's called a locket pendant, sir.
There's a painting enclosed in it.
A kind of limning painting.
Fine, let me see what I can do.
How come the CCTV footage of that
particular day was corrupted?
Sir.
We aren't even sure
if it was stolen or lost.
Did you interrogate your museum staff?
Leave all that to us, sir.
Just answer what you're responsible for.
Retrieve the corrupted footage
as soon as possible. That's it!
Why are you getting upset, sir?
Did you inform the cops?
Register a complaint with the police…
and get me a copy of the FIR.
I will take the necessary formal action.
- Hello?
- Hello.
- Yes, tell me.
- Sir.
We met your manager regarding
the malfunctioned CCTV…
but he's being rude towards us.
Is it? Put him on the call.
Let me talk to him.
Here you go.
Leo? Leo, can you hear me?
- Sir.
- Just follow the orders.
- Okay, sir.
- Can you do that?
I will look into it.
I will try to retrieve the footage
at the earliest.
Let me know once it's done.
Okay, sir. Thank you.
Wow, it's a Joker.
Hey, big boss is here.
Welcome, Leo.
Sit.
Have a seat, boss.
Bring that mongrel here.
Walk! The big boss is here.
Sir…
Get him out of my sight.
I might kill him.
Move!
Did he reveal anything?
Not a word.
Boss…
like you said,
they stole the box
from the museum with ease.
Usually, once Blade finishes
off an assignment…
he still breaks into other places
to make chump change.
Similarly,
after stealing the box,
both jerks strolled around town.
You did tell them about the reward, right?
Then why the hell did they
go for chump change?
I promised them the money
as soon as they were done.
So, what happened?
They…
looted the marked houses…
and then went to Rettamugadu.
- Rettamugadu?
- Yes, boss.
They had marked two houses
over there.
But there was a mishap
in the first house.
And they parted ways from there.
But Blade asked Paari to leave
and broke into the second house alone.
Is any legal case registered
regarding the mishap?
Yes.
Police are on the hunt for Paari
and Blade.
Any police complaints
from the other house?
Nothing, boss.
We can squeeze out the truth
from Paari.
Rico!
I want Blade along with the locket
and the bag he stole, within a week.
Dead or alive!
If someone working under you
wants to start his own business,
then that means you've lost your respect.
And without respect, you can't be a boss!
Nab that mongrel immediately.
Let Paari be in custody.
You play "good cop" to him.
I'm sure he will disclose something.
Alright, boss.
That's why I didn't let anyone
lay hands on him.
Greetings, boss!
Sure, boss.
Rettamugadu.
Sign here!
- How's your Dad?
- Good.
My dad was supposed to come.
Uncle Mahalingam has asked Dad
to pledge this to you.
- So…
- He could have sent his son.
Why did he send you?
Sandy is at school.
It's a small task. No big deal.
Hello?
Gilly, I've come to the police station
with my dad.
Using the landline number we got,
we have to somehow find
that dead guy's address.
Okay, but don't ask your dad
about the address absent-mindedly.
That's not funny.
I… I will take care.
- Pazhani!
- Sir?
- This is my son.
- I know him, Sir.
His syllabus covers a lesson called
"Criminal Judiciary System".
He's got some doubts about it.
So, just guide him on how we operate.
Alright, sir. Come with me, Irai.
Uncle, are all these paper files…
di-di-digitized?
No, Irai. The Government
has outsourced the work.
It is under process.
Oh!
What will you do when you get
missing cases from other stations?
Will you send the details
through po-po-post?
Emergency reports will be
immediately uploaded to the internet.
Only the past or pending files…
So the emergency case details
from other stations…
ca-ca-can be accessed
from here too?
Definitely.
May I?
Here. Go ahead.
Your dad said that you
always top the class.
Irai…
Uncle, can I play games on this?
I knew it!
Well, the annual exams
are around the corner.
My parents won't let me play.
- So…
- Go ahead.
Come here!
So you came here with the excuse
of clearing doubts,
but instead, you are here
to play games?
If your dad finds out,
I'll get an earful.
But yeah, go ahead. Play.
Parasparam,
Magalir Thottam,
Baby Nagar, Green Gates.
So, a girls hostel?
Sounds like a…
monastery.
Good.
Let's head over there
and get our work done.
Work?
Like Bala said…
we have to frame that the deceased thief
is still alive and absconding.
But how?
Were you able to turn his phone on?
Not yet.
We have to take multiple
photos of the dead guy.
The photos should verify that he is
alive and moving around.
We have to show the photos on
the phone to Mr. Parasparam.
More importantly, the other thief has
to see those photos and believe it.
A photo shoot for the dead guy?
Also, photoshop them.
Dig him up again?
Women's Orchard?
Let's make Raagi talk to them.
What do you say?
This is not advisable,
given her health condition
Raagi needs to be at Woman's Orchard
to identify the other guy.
She must come.
How will we manage
school and home?
Get suspended again?
We're heading with our eyes closed.
Hope no one comes in our way, Jesus.
My dad is coming.
- Greetings.
- Welcome, Chezhian.
You guys are playing here?
You all could've stayed at Raagi's
and kept her company.
- Who is Raagi, Uncle?
- Stop acting now.
- How's everyone at home?
- All good.
It's just that…
- You know about Raagi's incident, right?
- Yeah.
She is staying at my place.
Okay.
That case…
it's kind of running in my head.
So, I thought…
I'll check out a few…
weak houses.
We were inspecting houses
that were easy targets.
So, I just wanted to inspect your house…
as well. If you don't mind.
No, no. Please.
Go ahead, Chezhian.
Go with him.
What?
- What happened?
- What happened?
- What is he doing here?
- Tell us.
What's up, guys?
Who got imprisoned?
Irai?
Does this belong to you?
No one uses an inhaler in my house.
Correct.
You don't use an inhaler.
Maybe…
What if it belongs to the thief?
I don't think that belongs
to her, Dad.
Perhaps it belongs to my grandpa.
I might have brought it here
to play with it.
Does this look like
it's meant to play with?
Sorry, Dad.
Bro.
The phone's not working.
Can you please check?
Looks pretty damaged.
It's completely dead.
You better buy a new one.
Bro, will it work if we buy any
new spare parts? We can buy it.
You can hardly find spare
parts for this cheap phone.
Don't waste your time.
Is there any data in it?
Give, I'll check.
It has an SD card.
It also looks corrupted
due to water exposure.
Leave. You don't have to pay anything.
Who said anything about paying you?
What was he expecting?!
Guys, let's go.
What should we do next?
Look, guys.
To find out what's on a phone
that's not working,
obviously, an SD card is what people
will try to read.
We shall buy a similar SD card,
then copy the photos Gilly photoshops
to it and put the card in this dead phone.
And we shall show it to the
guy at Woman's Orchard.
It'll give the impression
that the dead thief is alive…
and he's been to other places. The images
we put on the card will be enough for it.
Lost in thoughts, Paari?
Are you regretting to have teamed up
with Blade?
I should not have taken up that task.
He said, "It'll be your last task."
I wanted to quit it once and for all.
But Leo wasn't ready to set me free.
I believed it'd be my last assignment…
and after that, I'd lead a peaceful life
like everybody else.
My Kavi's radiant smile.
I imagined a different life altogether.
But…
why did you guys break into that place,
which Leo never ordered you to?
We went straight to the museum.
There were no guards there at that time,
just like Leo mentioned.
Stealing that box was a cakewalk.
All it had was a chain with a pendant.
Blade examined it.
It wasn't a valuable one.
He got pissed off.
He took me along to rob
the marked houses.
I somehow feel that…
he deliberately trapped you
in this mess.
Why are you paying the price
on his behalf?
Share anything you know about Blade
and that bag, just to me.
Okay, think of it this way.
Why should he abscond?
It was after all some cheap stuff
we looted.
He has stolen many such jewelry before.
Then why should he still abscond?
What if…
somebody murdered him?
Let's fix a damn door for this!
Feels like we have dug it
a zillion times.
His corpse looks like rotten tomatoes!
It's deformed so badly.
Don't pull out the flesh.
Make it fast!
What's your plan?
I have already taken photos
of his face, right?
I'll use the clicked photos of his face
with these ones.
Hello?
Mr. Rajendran, this is
the pawnbroker speaking.
What is it, Dad?
Did you steal Santhosh's jewels?
No, Dad. I found it…
Why do you keep meddling
in his affairs?
You're the elder one here, right?
He tripped and fell from his bicycle.
It fell from his pocket.
So what if it was?
Why do you care what he does?
If one more time your name gets involved
in any of those kids' matters,
I'll put you in prison and get you
beaten to a pulp! Mind you!
It's not too late. If suspension
is what you have in mind,
I shall go and scribble something
in the principal's room.
I'm in.
You're in?
Gilly will join a new school next year.
We are the ones who
will pay the price.
I'm feeling very nervous.
He's feeling nervous
about such a silly thing.
There he comes.
He is to be blamed for everything.
Mr. Messy Hair!
- Where is the jewelry?
- Whose jewelry is it?
Did you steal it from your friend's place?
How does it matter to you?
It belongs to my family.
Let me ask your friends.
Screw you! Pinhead!
- What did you say?
- I said, "Pinhead!"
- Bloody thief, how dare you call me so?
- How dare you lay your hands on me?
Get your hands off me.
- Hey, Vinay!
- I should have never spared you this long.
Bala and Gilly. Come on!
You lanky fellow!
How dare you touch him?
Stop fighting, guys.
Careful!
Watch out, Sandy!
You're a goner today!
Guys, don't spare him!
Guys, we are near the principal's room.
You might draw his attention.
Let him go.
Listen to me.
We are doomed.
Stupid!
Freaks!
Stay at home if you aren't interested
in studies!
Why spoil the school's reputation?
Idiots. You're all suspended
for two weeks.
No revision classes, practicals,
or internals for you guys!
If you fail the annual exams…
you will be in deep trouble.
I'll give you a Transfer Certificate.
I'll throw you all out
without even giving you the TC!
Get lost!
Get lost!
Okay, guys.
- Bye, guys
- Bye.
- Bye, Irai. Bye, Sandy. Bye.
- Bye, guys.
Why are you late?
You heard me. Why are you late?
Nothing to worry about, Mom.
Knock it off, Mom.
Where do you think you're going?
- Answer me!
- Nothing to worry about, Mom.
Santhosh!
I met Bala's mom.
Why were you suspended
for four days?
Not just me. Irai, Bala, and
Gilly are suspended as well.
But, why?
How do I tell you?
Is coffee ready?
- Coffee, my foot!
- Why are you beating him?
You shut up! I want to have a word
with him.
Dare you interfere!
Come with me!
- No, don't beat him.
- Dad.
Come with me!
- Santhosh--
- Hey!
Go away!
Open the door, dear.
- Please, open up.
- You…
Why did you slap me?
If you don't answer me now,
I will rip you apart!
From where did you get this?
Answer me!
Sandy had his mother's jewels
with him.
I guess it fell out of his pocket.
My son found it and gave it to me.
Dad…
- Did you steal it?
- No, Dad.
Then from where did you get it?
Answer me or else I'll rip you apart!
Speak!
- You…
- Dad…
- I don't know, Dad. I didn't steal it.
- Then how come it is here?
- Told you, Dad. I didn't steal it.
- Then how did it end up here?
I took it from Gilly's house.
Dad, no.
Dad, please don't beat me.
Then why did you say
that you didn't steal it?
But it doesn't belong to Gilly.
What do you mean?
Last week…
an incident took place at Gilly's house.
What incident?
Gilly accidentally latched
a thief in a closet.
After a while,
that thief died inside the closet.
Bring me some water.
Oh, God!
How old do you think you guys are?
What blunder
have you guys made?
I'm afraid to even lay hands
on you now.
- Dear, what happened?
- Listen…
the petty shop nearby
is open, right?
Buy me a cigarette.
You had quit it for years…
Please! Just go and get it.
Please, Dad.
I'm sorry, Dad.
I will obey you hereafter.
My friends are innocent, Dad.
I don't know how I'll face them now.