It Happened In Calcutta (2020) s01e06 Episode Script

[Title Montage]
[Ronobir] In 1971,
forces of Pakistan attacked
11 Indian base forces.
Thus began a fearsome war.
Condition of Bengal was bad.
On one hand, East Pakistan
was being divided
and on the other hand,
Naxalites had infiltrated
the whole of Bengal.
The moment which had
begun with an ideology
had already turned violent.
Many rebels were already
flourishing at Naxalbari.
There was a war outside.
And inside too.
[Man 1] India will
lose from them both.
- From Pakistan
- Oh bro.
And Naxalites too.
Listen to me.
Police are raiding homes
and pulling out the Naxalites.
- Yes. - Government has become
very strict.
- Very stern.
- You are right.
Dhaka will fall and
Pakistan will step back.
[Ronobir] The politics
at Calcutta's coffee houses
was going to rise
like the cigarette smoke.
The real fight was on the ground.
Where Naxalites had turned
into God for the poor people.
Disparity between rural
and urban India was widening.
Reality of one was
different from the other.
[Man 3] I don't think
there will be a war.
Pakistan's military controls them.
Prafulla is absolutely pro Center.
[Man 2] Who will care about Bengal?
Red salute.
Red salute.
Red salute.
You can't stop us.
Due to foreign culture,
all of you have lost your minds.
All of you are still slaves.
There will be a change.
Red salute.
[Radio Announcement] According
to the government records,
10 lakhs refugees have ran away
from East Pakistan
and entered Bengal.
Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi,
is in dire a trouble now.
War with Pakistan seems
to be looming overhead.
[Ronobir] On one hand, India
was fighting battles internally
and externally.
On the other hand, Kusum too
was fighting a similar battle.
She was trying to learn
the ropes of a worldly life.
But by heart, she was still
a wide-eyed college girl
that she was nine years ago
whose heart had
been broken ruthlessly.
Today, Kusum was going to make
a major decision of her life.
[Ratan] After Aunt Madhu
passed away,
it's us who have to take care
of each other.
I have already spent
half my life with you.
[Ratan] And I want to spend
my remaining life with you.
Will you marry me?
Ratan.
You deserve happiness.
[Ronobir] Yes.
Good girl Kusum. Move on.
Get a hold of your life. Be happy.
Forget me.
If you can forget me that is.
- Yes.
- What?
I will marry you.
- But there is a minor problem.
- [Ratan] I know.
There is a lot of
work at the hospital
and you don't want
hassles of a marriage.
You can take as
much time as you want.
[Knocks on door]
[Door opens]
Major Kusum.
You have to report
at the hospital
- at seven in the morning.
- Okay.
Dr. Dasgupta, I can't
handle this situation alone.
[Kusum] Doctor, you have
to understand it
that cholera is an epidemic.
And we are understaffed
to handle this.
Dr. Kusum. Calm down.
[Dr. Dasgupta] I have informed the
higher authorities about it.
The paper work is almost done.
And very soon a specialist
in the field of Cholera
will be joining our hospital.
You are saying this since
a long time
[Kusum] that help is on the way.
Dr. Dasgupta.
If we don't get help
at the right time,
many lives can be lost.
Kusum, this patient
needs a bed immediately.
And none of the beds are vacant.
Isn't there a bed in ward B?
[Priyanka] Ward B is shut.
- Shut?
- Yes.
[Knocks on door]
[Door opens]
[Shushing]
People call me Bengal's Marilyn.
And I also feel like her.
[Monalisa] Very tragic.
[Camera clicks]
I love my Calcutta. Click
the photo.
[Monalisa] And
my heart beats for it.
[Reporter] Ma'am, will you be
featured in Manik's new movie?
[Monalisa] You guys are aware
of everything.
Very smart.
Bound by boundaries.
[Monalisa] It is a lifetime
project for me.
But you know what?
Enough about me.
Today, I am here for them.
Those who are in immense pain.
[Camera Clicks]
[Monalisa] I can't bear
to see their pain.
My heart beats for them.
You have come to help us?
Very good. We need help.
Come on.
There are many patients outside.
- And you can bring a
smile on their faces. - No.
I don't want to go.
Camera is here.
[Kusum] Work can also be
done without a camera, ma'am.
[Puking]
[Kusum] Come on, help us.
No pictures.
What happened?
Isn't your heart bleeding now?
The reality is not so glamorous.
- Now go. Stop wasting my time.
- Dr. Kusum.
Is this why you called me here,
doctor?
Actually
Dr. Kusum is very proud of
her education and her seriousness.
[Monalisa] She thinks ugly
sarees and no make-up
makes her superior to me.
Bye, doctor.
Please, Lisa, I
[Footsteps]
Yes, Dr. Kusum. What have you done?
Sir, we need medicines not camera.
[Dr. Dasgupta] Kusum, the purist,
you will never understand business.
Do you think medicines
come for free?
It's because of Monalisa ma'am.
All tickets for the evening's
Charity Ball have been sold out.
Now, you better be nice to her.
Today evening.
But sir, they need me here.
You are needed where I say.
- [Kusum] Sir.
- Kusum. Enough.
[Music playing]
[Dr. Dasgupta] What do you think?
Will there be a war?
[Man 4] We haven't
received any orders.
But yes,
the situation is not right.
Jyoti Basu considers
himself as a youth leader.
True.
For us, the war has begun.
Refugees, soldiers.
Cholera doesn't spare anyone.
[Kusum] And the way police
is thrashing the Naxalites.
We have a wounded patient
every day at our hospital.
Dr. Dasgupta,
Naxalites are being
treated in your hospital.
They are fighting with us.
And you are giving them shelter.
Illegal activities like this
is not allowed in my hospital.
Doctors don't believe in
ideologies while treating diseases.
[Clears throat]
But no such illegal thing
is done in our hospital.
Ah. Monalisa.
[Camera clicks]
[Man 4] Isn't she Monalisa Mitra?
Well done, Dr. Dasgupta.
Come. I will introduce you. Please.
- Please come.
- [Man 4] Sure.
This way.
[Camera clicks]
Nothing helps the poor much
like a rich moviestar.
Manik said, nobody could
play this role except for me.
- [Man 4] Manik?
- Manik? Satyajit Ray.
He is a very close family friend.
He said, nobody except me can do
the role of a female doctor.
This isn't my duty.
Look at the brighter side, dear.
Hospital need funds.
And this is how it works.
Do you know each table is
booked for a thousand rupees?
What is the need to show off
while doing charity?
You need to relax.
[Priyanka] Where is Ratan?
On a call.
He will come.
[Switches light off]
[Door opens]
[Loads gun]
[Basu] Open the door, doctor.
So, what's going
on between both of you?
Well
- [Priyanka] Sorry, it is not
my business. - No. It's fine.
He
Asked me. We are engaged.
[Priyanka] What?
Awesome. I am so happy for you.
Thank you.
[Priyanka] I knew it.
When I saw you together,
I could tell you are in love.
Love? No.
[Kusum] I have already done that.
It's nothing great.
Ratan and I
We are more.
Friendship. Trust. Respect.
- These are more important.
- [Priyanka] Really?
I guess you have
been cheated in love.
Doesn't matter.
I have learnt
crying doesn't reduce the pain.
We have to heal.
And Ratan?
Ratan has helped me heal.
He has gathered my
broken pieces
and fixed them again.
That's life, right?
Somebody is always with you
and you cannot even see them.
Because the spotlight
is always on someone else.
[Dr. Dasgupta] Ladies and
gentleman,
welcome Monalisa.
[Music playing]
[Monalisa] Thank you, everyone.
Thank you so much, doctor.
Can I get a glass of water?
Like every queen wants a king,
every heroine wants a hero.
And my hero.
My one and only.
My real life hero.
So let's call on stage.
Dr. Ronobir Chatterjee.
[Applause]
[Camera clicks]
[Priyanka] Kusum.
Are you okay?
Do you know him?
No.
[Camera clicks]
Dr. Ganguly,
I want you to meet someone.
[Dr. Dasgupta] Meet Dr.
Ronobir Chatterjee.
He has come from London
to help our staff.
He is a renowned
cardiothoracic surgeon.
[Ronobir] Hi.
I am sorry. Have we met before?
No.
Are you sure?
[Ronobir] Maybe not.
I find all the Indians alike.
It is a sea of drama out here.
Dr, Dasgupta,
did you get my enquiries?
Yes. We can talk about it.
You know,
you just have one problem.
You say something,
do something else
and don't deliver it at all.
We will manage everything.
But at present, the position
of the hospital is a bit strained.
I have left my thriving practice
at London and have come here.
[Ronobir] Because Monalisa
is a friend of mine.
I know that. I know.
And we will gradually
arrange for the whole amount.
But this is your country.
My country
is the United Kingdom
where I live. Dr, Dasgupta.
Don't try these
emotional skills on me.
[Ronobir] Okay?
- Scotch?
- Yes, sure.
- It is quite late.
I will get going. - Okay.
[Ronobir] Kusum wanted
to run away from her past.
But like Calcutta, her
past was not able to forget her.
Refugees of East Pakistan
and the terror of Naxalites,
Calcutta was completely shaken.
The one who wanted India
to become independent
was now being independent
from Pakistan.
The tired and scared war
refugees
were re-entering India.
The military of East Pakistan
refused to accept defeat.
And nor were the Naxalites
willing to step back.
It was a time for chaos.
Calcutta was swindling between
fear, suspicion and panic.
What's happened to him?
We had gone to buy
medicines for the epidemic.
[Basu] Police shot my son, Sapan.
[Pulls chair]
[Lights matchstick]
[Sapan] Doctor,
it is time for me to go?
Not so easily.
You have to fight many wars.
[Ratan] You have to be
reprimanded by Mr. Basu.
[Basu] Doctor,
being a son of a landowner,
yet you are saving our lives?
Don't abuse yourself, Mr. Basu.
It doesn't suit you.
What is the situation
at the village?
The epidemic has
spread in the village.
That's why we had gone
to arrange for medicines.
Don't worry, Mr. Basu.
Till I am alive,
neither cholera nor bullets from
the police be able to kill you.
[Footsteps]
[Ronobir] Kusum Ganguly.
The only female doctor
of our class.
Topper.
And you thought
I wouldn't recognize you?
You shouldn't hide from
your old friends like this.
Yes, we did have a summer fling.
But
There were a lot of cold
nights when I did think about you.
You know what is mean, right?
[Footsteps]
[Slapping]
[Ronobir] Hey, lost in thought?
I was just saying it's been ages
since I have been in Calcutta.
Maybe you could show me around.
No way, Dr. Chatterjee.
Why are you being so formal?
I thought we could talk.
[Kusum] What is there to
talk about?
That how I waited for
you and you left in a taxi.
How you got me pregnant
and you did not even have
the courage
to hold my hand and be with me.
You just ran away.
- But I was
- I was pregnant.
[Kusum] It is very easy for you.
You did not even look back.
We were kids. I had made a mistake.
It was a very big mistake.
[Kusum] So I will
just say one thing.
Thank you
for going away from my life.
Thank you so much.
You are a drama queen, aren't you?
[Ronobir] Babe, it's the 70's.
Will you stop this old record?
Come on.
You were an ahole.
Still are.
[Ronobir] Some wounds seems
as if they have been healed.
But a bit of scratch
had wounded the scars again.
She had thought that
she wouldn't lose her control.
But what happened 9 years ago was
very difficult for her to forget.
[Theme song playing]