Shantaram (2022) s01e12 Episode Script

Oh, fuck. Did Nightingale
do that to you?
No. Mostly it was the other
one who did the hitting.
So where am I taking you? Didier's?
No, Karla's.
None of the past lies or
bullshit mattered anymore,
just that Karla was alive and
hadn't got killed trying to help me.
What the fuck did you do, Abdullah?
All this is you and Karla's
doing, not mine, I think.
Where is she?
I don't know.
This is bad.
Hey, Modena, can you hear me?
- Modena.
- He's not going to make it.
Yeah, well, he has to.
He's the only one who can tell
us where Karla and Lisa are.
Let us go, and I'll tell
Khader to let you live.
Khader is done. Walid will see to that.
You two tried to fuck me,
and now I've fucked you.
Khader knew nothing about it.
Then you have destroyed
him as well as yourself.
You should run while you can.
To where? To what?
This is all I am.
The noise will come and go,
and the Palace will remain.
What are you gonna do with us?
I'm going to sell you
both to the highest bidder.
No!
He's lost a lot of blood,
but he's stable for now.
Lin, I can't stay any longer.
Walid is attacking our
businesses all over Bombay.
What good did all this do? You
should have listened to Khader.
Maybe you shouldn't have
lied about everything.
Stay here. If I hear
anything, I'll call you.
If he wakes, reach me at Khader's.
Keep him alive, whatever it takes.
"The arrogance of these gangs
in Bombay has become too much,
an assumption that they
can work with foreigners
to corrupt our democratic institutions.
And anyone who chooses
to stand against them
is killed or removed.
Walid Shah revels in the
fear that his name instills
and understands all too well
that greed motivates most men
more than honor."
This journalist has a
real turn of phrase, huh?
Khader's men are running. He's
holed up in his house like a rat.
It won't save him.
I've spoken with the other companies.
They don't like this
story of Khader's either.
I have their word that
they won't interfere.
Keep up the pressure, Rafiq.
Blow by blow.
Every single one of Khader's
operations until he has nothing left.
- Then we will go for him.
- Yes, boss.
And, uh, this sisterfucker doesn't
get a free pass either, huh?
Turn of phrase or not.
They hit the book factory.
Three dead, everything gone.
See that they get what they need.
If I was Walid reading
this, I'd be doing the same.
When Karla does something,
she does it well.
Tell that to those men out there.
You think Walid has her?
Karla is either dead, escaped, or
Walid is keeping her as collateral.
I hate doing nothing.
What about the other bhais?
The bhais and their
companies will not intervene.
They're all fucking cowards.
No. They're survivors.
Arre, no, no, no, Sis. You are
my guest. I will do the cooking.
I won't have you saying
ki "Vikkie had me stay
and then made me cook my
own andaaz," and all that.
- No, huh? No.
- Suit yourself, yaar.
Hey, the paper's selling
out everywhere, yaar.
Whole of Bombay's
talking about your story.
- My story?
- What?
Nishant put his name on it.
Fucking thief. Thief!
Could it be an error?
These papers are constantly
apologizing for their mistakes.
You still get paid, no?
Arre, it's not about that, yaar.
This is my work.
Where are you going? The
whole point of you staying
is so that you can
stay out of harm's way.
What danger could I be in
when I apparently had no
part in writing the story?
We are confident in our reporting
and stand by all the
details of our story.
So this Zhou woman
buys Indian girls and
sells their virtue?
- Who does she think she is?
- This is very bad business, Linbaba.
People will be very angry.
It's a dark stain
Hey, hey, Modena.
Hey, hey.
Can you hear me?
Lisa?
I don't know.
When I found you, they were gone.
Who did this?
Maurizio.
- Zhou.
- Zhou? What does she have to do with this?
Her money. Took them. Palace.
Modena. Modena, listen to me.
You're gonna bleed out.
You need to stay still.
All right. Easy, easy,
easy. Easy. I got it.
Lin, the money is at the train station.
You have to get her back, Lin. Please.
Okay, listen, listen. You
need to stay still, all right?
I'll get them.
How much is it?
I don't know. Must
be 200 grand at least.
Lin, that's 150 lakhs.
I have never seen so much
money before in my whole life,
forget all in one bag.
Let's go.
At the risk of you making another point,
can I ask what you're doing about
the number plate of
that taxi I gave you?
Any idea how many taxis
we have here in Bombay?
The registered owner is in
Sagar Wada, but the taxi is not.
So now we're relying on some
officer taking notice of our request,
seeing the taxi and
reporting it in to us.
- Your point being?
- These things take time.
Maybe you haven't noticed, but
Bombay is in the middle of a gang war.
Dale Conti's not our biggest priority.
Nishant Patel.
That's the guy we went to see.
And now he's written a piece
about the same slum
where we nearly got Dale.
Tell me that's a coincidence.
Would you listen, whatever I say?
I would listen if you said to me,
"Hey, Wally, I found your taxi."
Good one, Detective.
Have you ever seen so much money?
Oh, I I can't say I have.
I mean, I'm tempted to steal it myself.
No wonder Maurizio's
ready to kill for it.
I'm happy it's not just
me having such thoughts.
I-Is it the best path, Lin?
Maybe I could go as a middleman
and broker the exchange
to be made elsewhere.
We don't have time.
Wait for Abdullah at least, you know.
Abdullah's got a war to deal with.
Look, if we're not back in two hours,
call him, tell him where I went.
Wait.
This time you must take it,
even if it's just for the show.
It never works out like that, mate.
Let's go.
Let me take this. I want
to feel how heavy it is.
Here.
Walid is running wild all over
Bombay, and I made no move in return.
The police won't act against Walid?
What do you think happens
to the family of any man
who tries to arrest Walid?
No one will move until the war is over,
and then we'll arrest the losers,
and we'll make our
deals with the winner.
Do you know where Walid is?
He's at his nightclub.
He has more men than you,
Khaderbhai, and a head start.
You worried you backed
the wrong horse, Sanjay?
If his men are all out attacking
us, then they're not guarding him.
What are you saying?
That we go after him in the
club. He'll never expect it.
He thinks we're running scared.
Instead, we go all or
nothing. Finish this.
It's the sort of thing
Walid himself would do.
Good. Let's give the bastard
a taste of his own medicine.
Zhou watches. There are hidden passages.
What are you doing?
Getting us out.
Stop! They're gonna hear you.
I know the people are angry,
but I'd say the murder of Minister
Pandey, the gang war taking place
and the fact you are on the phone, sir,
all points to the veracity of the story.
Despite this
you're asking me to deny this?
Will you go on the record, sir?
Yes, this is what I also thought.
- Okay, thank you, sir.
- You stole my fucking story.
I did it to keep you safe. That's all.
I talked it over with
my editor and he agreed.
- When this all dies down
- Would you have done that to a man?
You couldn't stand
that I found this story,
that something this big
didn't have your name on it.
No. I'm proud of you,
but I also want you to be
safe because I love you.
If that was true, then
you'd never have done this.
Kavvie, maybe he has a point, yaar.
Your story is out there in the
world doing the job you wanted.
If anything ever happened to you, I
would never forgive myself, Kavita.
Now I'll never forgive you instead.
- Kavita.
- Don't!
You've lost the right to
ever say my fucking name.
- Kavita.
- Give her time, yaar.
- I'll talk to her. I will.
- Please, yaar, come on.
Kavvie, one sec. Just wait.
Delivery for Nishant Patel?
The motherfucker in
the office back there.
- Over there?
- There.
Delivery for you.
From Walidbhai.
- Nishant. Nish Nish
- Just wait, just wait.
Nishant! Nishant! Nishant! Nish
Nishant.
Nishant! Nishant!
Why now? This place
has been here for years.
They are embarrassed, na?
See, for them, this
is the worst feeling.
Everyone knows all the
time bad things are there,
but they can do nothing about it,
na? So we pretend it is not so.
But when you don't
allow them to pretend,
then the people get very, very angry.
This Madame Zhou is
lots of trouble, I think.
Good. I hope they burn
this fucking place down.
It means Zhou will be
desperate for this money.
Hey, do we need to be
giving them all the money?
A deal's a deal.
Make more noise!
Let me out, please! Let us out of here!
I'll do anything! Tell
Zhou I'll do anything!
Please. I swear I'll kill myself! I
can't stay in here a second longer!
Open the door now!
Please, please, please.
I'll do anything.
Let's go.
Khader's coming for you here.
He thinks you'll never expect it.
He's desperate. Knows he can't
win unless he ends it now.
You're certain?
He thinks I will be helping him.
Ambush him on his way here,
and you can end all this today.
You're a truly
dishonorable bastard,
aren't you, Sanjay?
I'm just making sure
I'm on the winning side.
Yours, Walidbhai.
Let's go.
Hey, Wally. Found your taxi.
Very funny.
Fucking beauty.
Mr. Parker.
You are brave, I will give you that.
Or stupid. Maybe both.
I wasn't wrong, was I? Back then.
About what?
Your feelings for Karla.
Did she ever return your love?
To be honest, it's hard to tell.
Either way, you have something I want.
I have something you want.
It is empty.
It's not about what's in it,
it's about what I took out of it.
Right, Maurizio?
No, no, no, don't The money was
in the bag when Modena stole it.
- Where is it?
- Where are Karla and Lisa?
They walk, you get the money.
Have you seen the crowd out there?
They're gonna be in
here sooner or later.
You're gonna need that
money to get out of Bombay.
Let him have them.
Walid will finish them all soon enough.
Did Khader send you?
I don't work for Khader. Never have.
I don't need the money. Never have.
But there is a debt,
and Karla is not leaving
here until it is paid.
And I think we will let her know
that you are here
watching her pay it.
Hey, now, come on. What
are you talking about?
They are coming through the gates.
I guess we're both fucked, mate.
That mob gets in here, you're
never getting this money back.
Call Walid. Tell him to send some men.
Oh, I reckon it's too late for that.
Back! Get back now!
Now! I will shoot the
first one of you that moves.
- You're taking me to that money, hey?
- Not without Karla.
Huh? How does it feel?
You tell me now. Up. Get up.
Get the fuck back, huh?
You're gonna take me to that money,
or I'm gonna put one in your
spine and drag you there, okay?
Leave this room,
Maurizio, and you will die.
Fuck you! You bitch.
Move. Open it. Open it.
Get back. Get the fuck
back. Both of you, back.
Open it. Open it.
Get the gun!
Fuck you all! Fuck you!
I've had enough of
this shit, you hear me?
Lisa, Lisa, Lisa.
Give me the gun.
Shit.
Leave her for them. Let's go.
You think you will
get your happy ending?
Mm-hmm.
Okay, Prabhu's waiting.
Fuck.
We gotta go back. We need to go now.
He's gone?
You had one job.
He's coming.
We have him now, Rafiq.
That bastard cop set us up.
Get us out of here. Now.
Now!
Stay down, boss!
Yes?
It's Lin.
Come in, come in, come in.
You all in one piece?
More or less.
Has Prabhu been here?
No. H-How long ago did you send him?
I didn't. He wasn't
there when we came out.
Well, hard to blame him.
So much money to a slum-wallah
would be hard to resist.
Tell me what happened.
Short version, it all went to shit.
Got anything to drink?
Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Right here.
Also, uh, Walid Shah is dead.
I heard it on the radio.
Encountered by the cops, they said.
Khader won.
It seems so.
It's Prabhu.
Where have you been?
What? Hiding.
Waiting to see if you would come here.
The police almost got me. I had to go.
Sorry, huh?
All there, $302,000.
I counted it. Twice.
I need to go get Modena.
I think we should stay together.
No, he'll be waiting for me.
He's alone, so I have to go.
Lisa.
This is his.
It's okay.
Lisa, take him to mine.
$302,000.
What now?
This cop, Nightingale, he
doesn't know about me, right?
It should have been me.
You can't think like that.
Nishant died because of what I wrote.
Died protecting me.
And the last thing he heard was
me calling him a thief and a liar.
You didn't pull the trigger.
I've been sitting here
thinking about that,
about all the fingers
that were on that trigger.
What do you mean?
I think Karla played me. Used me.
And I can't stop thinking
about what she wanted out of it.
All this death,
a gang war, for what?
So she could be with
her fucking boyfriend?
- I'll be right up.
- Mm-hmm.
- Thank you, Prabhu, for everything.
- You're welcome.
Love finds a way,
Linbaba, always in India.
Give me your hand.
This is for you.
I don't think Lisa will mind.
When I'm gone,
I wanna think about you
spending that money with Parvati,
building the life you've always wanted.
You're one of the biggest
men I've ever met, Prabhu.
I don't know what I've done
to deserve you in my life,
but I'm glad for it.
To honor our friendship,
I've got one very important
thing I wanna ask of you.
- Lin, anything.
- Name your first son after me.
Anything but that.
Lin is a terrible name.
To remember me by.
I'll come back, 5:30, to
drive you to your train.
No argument, please. I
will see this to the end.
No charge.
I had another patient. When
I came back, he was gone.
But he was shot. How could he just
Will he be all right?
He was still very sick. I
would not have let him go.
All right. Let's have a look at this.
You'll have a little scar.
Seems like a small price
to pay after all this.
I can't believe you came to get me.
Yes, you can.
I never had someone
start a war for me before.
I guess I did, didn't I?
A wise man once told me,
"In India, love always finds a way."
Then I hope he's right.
Because I'm in love with you.
I'm not making a habit of this
waiting to see
waiting to see if you're alive or dead.
I thought you must have
been arrested by the police.
I asked my father to go to the
police station, but he said no.
- No one knew where you
- S Sorry. Sorry.
Come over here and sit.
How is Qasimbhai?
He is doing well.
Khaderbhai sent men and they
took him to the hospital.
So Lin got away?
He will.
- Where did you get this?
- It's a gift.
A gift of our future together.
From Lin.
I promise
from now on, I will not
worry you or scare you.
God promise.
My father must not know
you have all this money.
Karla?
I left you a clean shirt.
You running out on me now
that you got what you wanted?
You need a new passport and papers.
We don't have time for that.
There is, if I get the
one Didier made for you.
- Khader?
- I need to see him, Lin.
Do you?
Why?
When I first came to
Bombay, I was a mess.
He saw something in me when
I saw nothing in myself.
He used you, same as he used me.
No. I wouldn't be here
with you if not for him.
Whatever else Khader's done, he was
a father to me when I needed one.
I need him to understand.
Understand what?
That choosing you doesn't
mean I betrayed him.
Besides, goodbyes are
important. You told me that once.
Yeah, I fucking did, didn't I?
Where's Modena?
He's gone.
Fuck, I'm sorry, Lisa.
No. He was gone.
Walked out.
Half dead and he just
walks out and disappears.
All this for that.
What was the fucking point?
Promise me you'll leave India.
Go somewhere new where nobody knows you.
Be happy together.
You're still coming with us.
I'm not going anywhere
without Sebastian.
He'll come for me when
he can. I know he will.
Go. I'll be fine.
I'll be at the station,
6:00, on the platform.
Okay.
Don't be late.
I lied to you
about Lin Ford,
about not knowing where he is.
If I told you the truth,
Nishant might still be alive.
That's the address of Karla Saaranen.
If anyone knows where Lin is, it's her.
I didn't know if you'd even see me.
I'm delighted to see you. I
was worried you might be dead.
When we first met, you had this
wild, hunted look in your eyes,
as if you were running away from
everything and anything, all at once.
You have that look again now.
We won. You don't have to go anywhere.
I think I do.
- With Lin?
- Yes.
First train out this morning.
I'm in love with him.
"A coward isn't capable
of exhibiting love.
It is the prerogative of the brave."
I'm very pleased for you, Karla.
After all the trouble I brought you?
You were right about all of it,
and I cost you what you wanted.
Sagar Wada isn't going anywhere.
The slum will remain as it is,
and, in a year from now,
when the scandal is forgotten,
I will still win the votes
because the people there
will owe me even more.
With Walid gone, my
position is even stronger.
Who else would challenge me?
I'm a patient man, Karla.
Good fathers always are.
A foreign detective
is in town after Lin.
We'd have to leave the
country, but he has no papers.
- You would like his passport.
- I know I have no right to ask.
Consider it my farewell
gift to you both.
And I will make certain that no
one questions you at the station.
Will you tell Lin that no
matter what he might think,
there is a reality
where he is still my son?
Thank you.
Come.
I am very glad you are alive.
Lin said you came after
me. Thank you for that.
Family is family.
Abdullah will take you to the station.
Lisa, you really don't have to do this.
But I want to.
We'd have none of it
without you anyway, so
Half is plenty,
and you guys will need money too, right?
Just take the money, Lin.
Can't you make life easy
for yourself just for once?
And I know Modena would
say the same, so
Thank you.
- Sebastian?
- Lisa.
Who is it?
Ms. Saaranen, it's the police.
Open up, please.
Open the door, please.
Karla's not here.
Who were you talking to?
None of your business.
No, you cocksucker!
No, no, no, no. No!
Dale!
Cops on every exit.
I got you, Dale.
There's a fortune in here.
You let me go, it's yours.
Fuck your money.
No second chances. I told you.
Mate, what difference
does it make? Seriously?
You're coming back with me, boy.
Here. Just have a look.
More police officers downstairs.
You gonna shoot us all?
No, just you.
No!
You'll never need to catch me
as much as I need to be free.
Hey! Chavan, he jumped.
He's getting away.
Hello, little mate, you remember me?
You got one chance to
save the rest of your life.
Where's he gone?
Excuse me. Excuse me, please.
Sorry. Sorry, I'm late
for my train. Excuse me.
Your attention, please.
Train number
Someone wants you to suffer, gora.
No way out of this for you.
Every time we cage a man,
we close him in with hate.
I embraced it.
It was the only thing that
could sustain me in that moment.
I had to turn my back on the
love I found in this place.
In the end, Karla was right.
Love is weakness.
So all I could do was surrender
to the fate-filled moment
and feel myself, my whole
life turning with the wheel.