The Eken: Ruddhaswas Rajasthan (2023) Movie Script
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LONGEWALA, INDO-PAK BORDER
RAJASTHAN
Take a look.
Hmm.
It's the original.
Hey, get the bag.
Here's one crore.
- Give Babu Saab my regards.
- Sure.
Bye.
- Did you get the money?
- Yes, 20 lakhs.
Twenty lakhs?
Give it to me.
I'll give you 10 lakhs.
Leave Jaisalmer immediately.
Don't try to act smart.
Give me my share.
- What--
- I'll get off at Ramgarh.
- Have to count the money.
- Do that later.
- Pay me or I'll expose you.
- Stop it. We're at the border.
Barun, start the car.
I'll give you your money.
- Barun, drive.
- Pay me first.
Let's get out of here.
- Okay. Move it.
- Hurry up, Barun.
I'm warning you!
I'll expose you all.
Don't worry.
You'll get your money.
- Want your share, right?
- Yes, give it to me.
Here you go!
Barun!
Barun, get him!
I...
I'll tell everyone...
Go ahead, bloody bastard!
Hello.
Babu Saab wants to know
if the job's done.
It's done.
Where to dump the body?
Come to Gamnewala.
Okay, fine.
Bye.
Give me a hand.
Come on.
(announcement over PA system)
(indistinct chatter)
- Sayan has sent a car for us.
- Great!
Car number 8905.
There it is.
(announcement over PA system)
Put it in.
Okay, I'll do it.
(announcement over PA system)
- Greetings!
- Greetings!
- What's your name? Hey! Hey!
- Umed Singh, sir.
- I got it right!
- There he goes again!
What are you reading
on your phone?
Thanks to the internet
learning a new language is easy.
- There he goes again!
- Eken Babu.
Is it necessary
to say "hey" twice?
I've just started learning.
We must pick up a few words
of the local language.
You're in Jodhpur.
Suppose, you want to know
Bapi's name.
Just say,
"Bapi, what's your name? Hey! Hey!"
Should I call him by his name?
No, don't call him Bapi.
Just say,
"What's your name? Hay!"
No, not "hay".
"What's your name? Hey! Hey!"
Please stop it.
Enough now.
Bapi, what's the plan?
The plan is...
-Jodhpur to Jaisalmer.
-Hmm.
- Stay at Sayan's place.
- Okay.
Then sightseeing.
- And a night in the desert camp.
- Lovely!
Where first in Jodhpur?
- A place of pilgrimage for Bengalis.
- In Jodhpur?
Jodhpur Circuit House.
From the film, "The Golden Fortress".
Really?
It's been a lifelong dream.
Can't believe it!
Here we are.
Wow!
- It looks the same, isn't it?
- Yes.
What's so special about it?
Eminent filmmaker, Satyajit Ray,
shot a film here.
I see.
Bapi sir,
I've got goosebumps.
Come on.
Sir.
- The famous spot.
- Yes.
- Mandar Bose was sitting here.
- Right.
- Here or there?
- Oh no!
Come on.
- Where are you going?
- What's the rush?
- Stop.
- What happened?
What a photo!
Let's go.
(song playing)
You know where we are
right now?
No.
Where?
See.
Oh my God!
Ramdevra?
Calls for another cup of tea.
(song playing)
THE EKEN
THE EKEN
BREATHLESS IN RAJASTHAN
Turn up the fan.
- What do you think?
- Beautiful!
It's a Rajput painting, isn't it?
Yes.
Nihal Chand is a pioneer
in Rajput painting.
This is a replica.
It's called "Bani Thani"
or the bride of Rajasthan.
The bride of Rajasthan
has a sweet name, you know?
No idea.
"Dessert" Queen.
Desert and dessert.
Get it?
- Breakfast is ready.
- Please come.
- Why did you take the trouble?
- Oh, come on!
We're so lucky to have Eken Babu
as our guest.
What's this?
- Is it made from camel milk?
- Just try it.
- What pickle is it?
- It's garlic pickle.
- Garlic?
- Yes.
I've never had it.
But I love it.
There he goes again!
The potatoes taste great!
- Just have it.
- I am.
Eken Babu is really excited
to try Rajasthani cuisine.
Want to try a smack?
"Shahi gatte" is a lip-smacking dish.
"Dal baati churmur"
is also a famous dish.
- "Churmur?"
- It's "dal baati churma".
Oh! "Churma."
You're too funny.
Hold on.
I have to take photos
of the food.
- I'll send them to Khuku.
- Khuku...
- Your wife?
- Yes.
Why didn't you bring her along?
She couldn't make it
because of her busy schedule.
I see.
- Do you have non-veg food here?
- Of course, we do.
There's "laal maas"
and "mohan maas".
Just wait and watch.
You'll put on weight
by the end of your trip.
- I'll take some from Bapi--
- No.
- I'll get you more.
- Yes, please.
Okay.
After breakfast
we'll go to the Golden Fort.
(indistinct chatter)
Where's the Jain temple?
- That way.
- Thank you.
(indistinct chatter)
Here's the Golden Fort.
The Golden Fort!
Where is Eken Babu?
He's hit it off with Sayan.
Heard his lies?
- About his wife?
- What else?
Apparently, she's too busy.
Such a cheapskate!
We've never met his wife.
Does she even exist?
Hey, what nonsense!
God knows!
Never seen her.
Oh my God!
"Uneasy lies the head
that wears a crown."
Not only you.
We're uneasy too.
Why?
I feel like Rajput royalty.
(singing folk song)
- Welcome to our land
- Welcome to our land
Bapi, take a photo.
- ...lose yourself
- ...lose yourself
- Done?
- Yes.
Give him 50 bucks.
- Welcome to our land
- Welcome to our land
- Find your way and lose yourself
- Find your way and lose yourself
Thank you.
What's your name? Hey! Hey!
Why the hell should I tell you?
Weirdo!
- Uh oh!
- Had enough?
Sorry.
- Welcome to our land
- Welcome to our land
Find your way and lose yourself
- The lyrics don't make any sense.
- Why?
How can one do it
at the same time?
Wow!
What a majestic fort!
Yes.
Alauddin Khilji once seized the fort.
Oh!
- And there's the great Thar desert.
- Yes.
Time to bring out the dry jokes.
- He's so funny.
- Stop it or your jokes will kill us.
The fort is on top
of the Trikuta Hill.
- People still live in the fort, right?
- Yeah.
Everyone in Jaisalmer
used to live in the fort.
- They still do.
- Only a few.
(indistinct chatter)
What's that?
- What?
- That temple.
- Whose temple is it?
- Goddess Chamunda.
Also known as Devi Mata.
There used be animal sacrifices.
The steps are interesting.
A strange design.
Who built the Golden Fort, sir?
Please don't call me sir,
Eken Babu.
- He calls everyone sir.
- He calls everyone sir.
I'll tell you the story.
The fort was built
by Rawal Jaisal.
- Rawal?
- It's a title used for kings.
Jaisal built the fort in 1155.
- Look at the design.
- There's a Jain temple too.
Next, I'll show you Mukul's house.
- Is it still there?
- In ruins.
He's here.
Grey jacket, black jeans,
cap and sunglasses.
He's wearing a muffler.
Take care of him.
- There's a hotel inside the fort.
- Yes.
Satyajit Ray's film...
My friends will come over
to take photos with you.
Sayan's colleague, Mr. Banerjee,
is dying to meet you.
I want a selfie with you too.
You can't say no.
Okay.
I really want you
to solve a case here.
- It'll be great.
- Come on, sir! Sorry, ma'am.
I don't do it on purpose.
Get caught up in mysteries.
Bapi and Promotho
guide me through them.
Such an old fort!
It's a beautiful place.
Sayan, let's take...
- Selfie?
- Yes, selfie.
Right.
Come here.
- Come closer.
- Okay.
- He's getting away! Come on.
- Hurry up.
(indistinct)
Listen...
- What the hell?
- What's going on?
Hey!
What a mess!
Are you hurt?
- Bengali?
- Yes.
Thank you.
Thanks.
Thanks once again.
I'm Shatadru Ghosh.
Archaeology professor
at Oxford University.
Rajyashri Sen is the curator
at Jaisalmer Museum.
I'm here on her invitation.
Oh!
Why did they attack you?
Actually, I'm here...
to look for a statue.
- Natesa idol.
- I see.
A Lord Shiva idol.
Very expensive.
Of great historical value.
A 17th-century idol.
I was asking around
at the fort.
All of a sudden,
those guys attacked me.
Oh my God!
Is the idol missing?
I have doubt.
I don't know, actually.
Do you want
to ask me something?
Yes, sir...
Will you have the cookies?
- No, please.
- No, let it be.
Hey, Rajyashri.
Here.
That's Rajyashri Sen.
Rajyashri Sen, the curator
at Jaisalmer Museum.
And this is Ekendra Sen.
- Sayan, Promotho, Bapi...
- Hi.
- I'm Anusha.
- Right.
You remember our names?
Sir, I heard what happened.
- Are you hurt?
- No, they saved me just in time.
You should inform the cops.
You must find out
why they're after you.
No, it's alright.
I'm here for a few more days.
I'll have to be
a little more careful.
Rajyashri, forgot to tell you.
Eken Babu is also a senior officer
with Kolkata Police.
He's a famous detective.
How are you, ma'am?
Fine, thank you.
Can we visit the museum?
I've heard the Kalibangan bull statue
is still there.
Sure.
I'll be there till 5:00 p.m.
Come over.
Mr. Ghosh will be there too.
We'll get going now.
- Bill, please!
- No, sir.
- I insist.
- Please.
Okay.
Thank you so much.
See you later.
Thank you, sir.
- Bye.
- Bye.
Let's go.
Hey.
Hey.
Why were you
after his cookies?
What about the ox from Oxford
and the bull from Kalibangan together?
What do you mean?
- Drama king, as Promotho puts it.
- I see.
- Let's get going.
- Let's go.
Promotho, pay the bill.
- What?
- Let's go.
Find your way and...
- Hold this.
- Sure.
He hasn't treated us to anything
since tea in Jodhpur.
- Let it be.
- You've indulged him.
- Such a miser!
- Come on.
(indistinct chatter)
Why did we come
to see the "Kalingabagan bull"?
Not "Kalingabagan".
It's Kalibangan.
Haven't you studied about it
in history?
- I studied science.
- Damn it!
Wait here.
(indistinct chatter)
It's so hot.
Hold this.
- Keep it in your bag.
- Okay.
- It's impossible.
- Why is it impossible?
- No, sir.
- No...
Wow!
It's huge.
Why would I lie to you?
- Okay, come here.
- I'm sure.
There it is.
You're mistaken.
Eken Babu!
- How are you?
- I'm well.
- Do you recognise?
- The Kalibangan bull.
Not that.
Do you recognise me?
We met at the hospital
in Kolkata.
(indistinct chatter)
You'll get your bill on our app.
- Okay, thank you.
- Thank you, sir.
Eken Babu.
Discharged?
So, you're doing fine.
- All thanks to the doctors here.
- They're the best.
- That's why NH RN Tagore Hospital.
- True.
Oh!
Got the invoice on the app.
Amazing.
I remember!
- Are you fine?
- Yes.
- Hope you're doing well too.
- Yes.
- Are you here on a vacation?
- No, to shun.
- What?
- Vacation.
- Bapi, let's go.
- Sir, just a minute.
- A selfie with you, please.
- Sure.
- Thank you.
- Welcome.
Come on.
Hmm...
Look at the intricate artwork.
- Unique!
- Yeah.
Hmm...
- What happened?
- Huh?
I have a stiff neck.
- Bapi sir, isn't it great?
- Yes.
Such ancient works of art...
Magnificent!
Why don't you get it?
- But...
- No.
What's going on?
- Something is wrong.
- Hey!
(indistinct chatter)
How is it?
Fantastic!
It's "mawa kachori"
or sweet fried bread.
Excuse me.
You melt the sugar
to make a syrup.
Then you dip "kochuhari"
in it, right?
- What are you saying?
- Umm...
What's "kochuhari"?
Fried bread is called
"kochuhari" in Hindi.
It's "kachori".
Okay.
- You got it, right?
- Crazy fellow!
My goodness!
What's our plan tomorrow?
Visit the Gadisar Lake.
- There's a Jain temple too.
- Okay.
Then go to Bada Bagh.
The driver can take you
to another place.
Wish I could go along.
Kuldhara.
It's an abandoned village.
- Totally deserted.
- Wow!
Yes, sir.
The place is haunted.
Haunted?
We'll have to stay the night.
The only ghost I'm allowed
to be around is Khuku.
Look at his audacity!
You'll get it
when you get married.
Not allowed to stay the night.
- Are you done? Let's go.
- Yes.
Let me compliment him.
I've never had such great "kochuharis"
in my life.
- What's your name? Hey! Hey!
- How do you care?
Oh no!
Rajputs are put off
by everything.
(indistinct chatter)
When you visit a new place...
you should shop
from the local market.
Meet the locals.
Have local food.
That's the complete experience.
Seen this anywhere?
- Where's Patwon Ki Haveli?
- Right ahead.
I have a lot of replicas.
But it's difficult
to get this exact one.
(singing folk song)
It's rare to come across
such great sculptors.
Now the world
is just full of smugglers.
- Look at the camera.
- Hmm?
(indistinct chatter)
- Bapi, frame this photo too.
- (singing folk song)
It's an artificial pond.
This was the source of water
for Jaisalmer.
Look around.
I'll be right here.
- You have my number.
- Okay. Thank you.
- Are you the guide, sir?
- Yes.
This Natesa idol...
Where can I find it?
This...
- I think it's in Kuldhara.
- Kuldhara?
Is it still there?
- Yes, it's there.
- Okay.
- Thank you so much.
- Welcome, sir.
Shatadru sir.
Hello.
- Good morning.
- Good morning.
- Can I ask you something?
- Please.
- Good morning.
- Good morning.
- Safe and sound today?
- Absolutely.
What were you saying?
Why are you looking
for the Natesa idol?
What's the matter?
There's an auction house
in London called Tarokiv.
A lot of rare idols
are auctioned there.
I came across
some of their catalogues.
I suspected that most of the idols
are from Rajasthan.
Oh!
Did you see the Natesa idol
in the catalogue?
Yes, here it is.
The first one.
Don't think it's here anymore.
Since I'm looking for them...
- You were attacked, right?
- Right.
The local guide said
it's in Kuldhara.
- Kuldhara?
- Yes.
We're going to Kuldhara.
Come along.
Clear your doubts by feeling it.
What?
I think you mean,
by witnessing it.
Witnessing?
- Let's assume he's right.
- Oh!
Let's go.
We'll be late if we're any later.
And stop scratching me.
(indistinct chatter)
Here.
It's Khuku.
Hello, Khuku.
Yes, we've reached Jaisalmer.
All the shops are closed.
The market is empty.
- The handicraft store is shut.
- Don't mind him.
Some festival is going on.
Like our festivals.
No, I won't forget.
I'll pick it up.
Hello...
Hello? Hello!
There's never any network.
Pramod.
Some tourists were asking
about the Natesa idol in Kuldhara.
- Umed Singh sir.
- Yes?
- Is Kuldhara in "aguna" or "athuna"?
- "Aguna."
- Bapi sir.
- Hmm?
"Aguna" means east.
- "Athuna" means west.
- I see.
Interesting, isn't it?
You have a keen interest
in languages.
Lord Linguist!
Sorry?
The car behind us
wants us to pull over.
- "Drop!"
- What?
Stop.
- What did he say?
- The usual.
Hey, Rajyashri.
- Are you headed to Kuldhara?
- Yes.
- Great! Us too.
- I see.
- This is Sumanta Roy.
- Hello.
- He's the museum administrator.
- Okay.
- This is Prof. Shatadru Ghosh.
- Okay.
He teaches archaeology
at Oxford.
This is Ekendra Sen.
Kolkata Police.
Oh! You're a cop--
Sorry.
Such a short cop?
Commendable!
My brilliance is in my mind,
not in my height.
Sumanta, what's wrong with you?
- Sorry, I was joking.
- It's okay.
- Lovely pair of shoes.
- Thank you.
Here are my friends,
Bapi and Promotho.
- Hello.
- Hello.
- They arrived yesterday.
- I see.
Sumanta just got back
from Kolkata.
No point wasting time.
Let's get going.
- Let's go, Eken Babu.
- Come on.
- We'll be in this car.
- Okay.
Sir, this is Kuldhara.
It was established
by a Paliwal Brahmin in 1251.
There were around 80 settlements.
Where did everyone go?
The elders say an epidemic
drove everyone out overnight.
- Umed Singh sir.
- Yes?
- They just up and left?
- What?
- Did everyone really leave?
- Yes...
- Is there a temple nearby?
- Yes, sir.
Take us to the temple.
Okay.
There's a story
local guides tell the tourists.
The village is deserted now.
It's a ghost village.
Here's the temple.
Let's go, Eken Babu.
Sir.
Did Rajyashri and Sumanta
meet in Jaisalmer?
As far as I know,
they met in Kolkata.
- Now they work together.
- Sir.
Wait a minute.
- Why don't you get it?
- I get it, sir.
But think about it.
How is it even possible?
I'm sure about it.
Look at the shoulder.
Zoom in.
Now take a closer look.
Hang on, sir.
Let me take a photo.
Come on.
- Show me.
- You guys look great.
- Always at daggers drawn.
- Thick as thieves.
What a fix!
How can I mess up
all the proverbs?
- You do it on purpose.
- What?
- Send us the photos.
- Of course.
- Send them all.
- Sure.
They look really worried.
It clearly doesn't belong
to this period.
- Don't you get the "bull-picture"?
- Huh?
"Bull-picture?"
What do you mean?
Sir.
The Kalibangan bull statue
in the museum
is possibly a fake.
The original is missing.
Let me show you.
Look at this.
This is what they're discussing.
- This...
- Is it--
How beautiful!
Let's go.
(indistinct chatter)
- Are you sure?
- Yes, sir.
I saw Rajyashri
at an antique shop last evening.
Rajyashri,
Paresh Jain has been calling you.
- Really?
- Is it on silent?
Hello.
Yes, Mr. Jain.
What?
- What?
- What are you saying?
What happened?
- My goodness!
- What's wrong?
- What happened?
- We're ruined!
- The Kalibangan bull statue is a fake.
- What?
The original is missing.
I must leave now.
Excuse me.
How is it possible?
- Get in.
- Singh, back to the museum.
Drive fast.
Sir.
You knew the statue in the museum
is a fake, right?
What can I say?
I had my suspicions.
Turns out, I was right.
If you've seen the original statue...
you'd know the bull's shoulder
is different.
Is it very valuable?
Worth a few crores.
Some greedy people...
- Why don't you look into it?
- No, not me. Please...
You're a cop.
The local police
won't give me permission.
At least, come to the museum.
- Museum?
- Come on.
What about the Natesa idol?
This is the original.
Let's go.
Okay.
(indistinct chatter)
Come on!
Yeah, yeah.
Look at the bull's shoulder.
Now see the original.
Here.
- Get it?
- So...
Someone has replaced the original
with a fake.
Mr. Ghosh shared his suspicion with me
last evening.
I informed
our archaeological expert, Paresh.
Today, he confirmed it's a fake.
Hmm.
In the museum,
there's you, Sumanta...
And security guard, Rajen.
Pramod works in the admin office
in the other block.
He's the senior assistant.
But he hardly has any work here.
Here he is.
What happened?
I told you
something is wrong.
Take a look.
- It's still here.
- It's a fake.
- What?
- It's a fake.
Fake?
A fake...
Who has the key to the gallery?
It's in my office drawer.
I have the keys to the drawer.
Okay.
You came back today, right?
Yes, I was in Kolkata.
Does Rajen have a spare key?
He has a duplicate key.
Where is he?
This is last night's footage.
No...
Show me the footage
of Rajen's last day at work.
Sorry?
The day he last came to work...
- Please tell him.
- Sure.
- Day before yesterday.
- Okay.
Here it is.
What about yesterday?
- Yesterday's footage.
- Okay.
Here you go.
There's no one.
Why are we missing
from the footage?
What about their footage?
When did you come?
Around 5:00 p.m.
Okay.
The CCTV has been hacked.
This is footage
from some other day.
Don't think a security guard
would hack the system.
Who else could it be?
Since you're in charge,
you'll be questioned.
But we're the ones
who informed the cops.
And the cops will question you.
Let's go, Bapi sir.
DCP Adarsh Srivastav, ma'am.
Rajasthan Police.
- Rajyashri.
- Look who's here.
What a pleasant surprise!
Ekendra!
What are you up to?
- Here for a case or on a vacation?
- On a vacation.
Adarsh and I were
in the same police training camp.
- Everyone fine at home?
- Yes.
- It's been a long time.
- About five years.
- Isn't it?
- Remember the Maniktala case?
We used to have samosa every day.
They'd serve red chutney.
And coriander chutney in winter.
And the chilli pickle
with fried bread was...
A bull has been stolen.
Do you want to be part
of the inquiry?
By the way...
He is brilliant.
You had more hair back then.
It was in my heydays.
I see.
- The CCTV has been hacked.
- Yes.
That means Rajen replaced the original
with a fake.
Now we'll get into trouble.
Hmm.
Will you inform Mr. Gupta?
Who's Mr. Gupta?
- Chemistry professor.
- Oh.
Dr. Anand Gupta.
He collects and preserves antiques.
He helped us save
a valuable Matrika idol from smugglers.
- Damn it! Sorry.
- No problem.
Don't worry.
It's okay.
Let it be.
- Sorry.
- It's okay.
- Who were we talking about?
- Anand Gupta.
Some people volunteer for him.
He can ask them
to keep an eye out for smugglers.
He runs a group
that actively prevents smuggling.
Anyway.
What did you do
in the last three days?
I came to office as usual.
Day before yesterday...
I handed over all the work
to Rajen and went home.
He hasn't been back since then.
When did you go to Kolkata?
Three days ago.
- What time was your flight?
- Eight a.m.
Jaisalmer to Kolkata via Delhi.
I dropped him off at the airport.
- I returned after he checked in.
- Hmm.
So...
- Sumanta wasn't here.
- No.
You were here.
That leaves Rajen.
- When did you arrive, sir?
- Huh?
Me?
Come on!
Are you suspecting...
It's our job to suspect everyone.
Adarsh, I had an aunt
who was suspicious of everything.
She used to wipe her fingerprints off
the door lock.
- Ahem!
- Ekendra!
Tell me, sir.
Three days ago.
I've put up at a hotel near the fort.
You can verify.
I went to the museum
the same day as you.
Maybe...
A little before you.
Just a little earlier.
That means
the statue was stolen
day before yesterday
or the night before that.
- Shatadru sir.
- Yes?
Did you take a good look
at the Natesa idol?
What is it, Pramod?
Have you lost it?
Why is everything going wrong?
It's the bloody professor.
Showed up out of the blue
and now the cops are after us.
You've got your money.
Now deal with them.
The cops are looking for Rajen.
Was it necessary to kill him?
Haven't you heard the saying?
If you're scared,
you're as good as dead.
What if the cops find the body?
Don't worry.
Babu Saab has swallowed it.
Who the hell is Babu Saab?
How do we care?
We get our money
once the job's done.
Now you handle it.
- Hmm.
- Listen.
Who's the other guy
investigating with Srivastav?
He's from Bengal.
Detective Ekendra Sen.
We have to stop him.
Hmm.
We have to stop him.
Stop the car.
Stop!
Perfect!
I'm certain this is the original.
- Are you sure?
- Yes.
- You're not mistaken, right?
- It's the original.
Did Tarokiv auction a fake?
But how could they auction a fake?
Some collectors are ignorant.
- To find out if it's fake--
- A safety pin is enough.
This is a fake too, sir.
What!
How did you know?
Look closely at the idol's foot.
A safety pin is jutting out.
My God!
A safety pin stuck to the foot
of a 17th-century Natesa idol.
A huge racket is behind it.
They're creating replicas
and replacing the originals with them.
Okay...
Let me talk to Adarsh.
- Bapi.
- Hmm?
Did you notice the safety pin
when you first saw it?
No.
Hello, Adarsh.
- Strange guy!
- Could you trace Rajen?
How observant!
We traced Rajen's phone location.
(indistinct chatter)
Last location is Longewala.
India-Pakistan border.
We couldn't reach him.
But he's been there
for the last three days.
Last three days?
So, the night before we arrived...
the bull crossed the border.
Hmm.
About the phone location...
Where did he start out?
Jaisalmer.
Jaisalmer?
Started out that very night.
Where's the phone?
Ekendra.
It's a huge desert.
But we're trying to find it.
Right, I understand.
Like finding needle in the sand--
Forget it.
Don't think you'll find the bull
in Jaisalmer.
But try.
Let's do something.
I have an informer called Hariram.
I'll put him to work.
He has all the information
on the market.
- And the Natesa idol...
- It's gone.
You won't find it.
We can ask for Interpol's help.
Ruchira, call Hariram.
Sir.
There is a possibility
that Rajen has been killed.
Why do you think so?
Because he's part of the crime.
He is untraceable.
Did he withdraw money
from any ATM?
He never used one.
- He hasn't called his family either.
- Hmm.
In all probability,
he's no longer alive.
Then we should've found his body.
- But we didn't.
- Hmm.
Sir, Hariram is here.
- Hello, sir.
- Hariram, ask around.
Eken, this is Hariram.
Hello.
Find out
if it has been sold in the market.
Or if it has been taken
across the border.
Okay.
If you have any news,
inform us immediately.
Okay, sir.
Here's your tea.
Thank you.
- When will Sayan be home?
- He's on his way.
- Your tea.
- Thank you.
- Your coffee, Eken Babu.
- Thank you, ma'am.
My friends will come over
to take photos with you.
Sure.
- Ma'am.
- Yes?
Will they take photos
with Promotho too?
Of course.
Why not?
Wish it was only Bapi and me.
Had enough of your taunts.
Oh come on, sir!
Life is nothing without humour.
Stop snacking.
You'll get a stomach upset.
The brain doesn't work
on an empty stomach.
Bapi, did you get it?
Indo-Pak border.
No idol.
No body.
No phone.
Nothing. Nothing. Nothing.
Find your way and lose yourself!
What happened?
Eken Babu is singing.
Oh!
I got scared.
You can't sing.
Don't you get it?
- Anything is possible if you try.
- Incorrigible!
You know,
my uncle acted in plays.
He once acted
as an Afghan hawker.
The real Afghans thought
he was one of them
and took him with them
to Afghanistan.
- What rubbish!
- I'm serious.
He couldn't take off the fake beard.
So they mistook him
for a real Afghan.
Why do you talk rubbish
all the time?
- Why do you "bag" me?
- Not again!
It's "bug". Not "bag".
Forget it.
Shed some light on the case.
It's a twisted case.
The Natesa idol was stolen
a long time ago.
- And in "Lungiwala"--
- Longewala.
Same thing.
The bull is way past
the border by now.
Then there's Rajen's murder.
His body is missing.
You said
Rajen had accomplices.
Who else is involved?
Two suspects work
in the museum.
- One of them is Rajyashri.
- Yes.
Who's the other one?
- I'll tell--
- Eken Babu.
Camel ride tomorrow morning!
Camel?
It's called "cam-L"
because L is for large.
- Should I get up on it?
- Yes, please.
- Bapi, come on.
- Yes.
- Make them sit.
- Yes, sir.
This one is ours.
- Sit in the front.
- Okay.
Wow!
- What a wonderful stench, Bapi!
- Hold your nose.
- Hold on tight.
- I know. You too.
- Get on.
- Careful.
Don't put your leg up.
Oh my God!
- Hang on.
- Let's go.
What are you doing?
What's wrong?
Sir.
A ship always rolls and pitches.
But it's a camel.
We're in a desert.
Isn't camel the ship
of the desert?
- Why are you doing that?
- Why should I tell you?
What the hell!
That's how the camel broke its back.
Get it?
Yeah, Adarsh.
Anand Gupta?
I see.
Okay, I'll be right there.
Be right there.
Hey!
Adarsh just told me
Anand Gupta is on his way.
Stop the camel.
Duty calls!
Stop them.
Please sit, dear.
What happened?
- Let's go.
- I'll pay for the ride.
- Let me pay.
- I'll get it.
Okay, come on.
(humming)
Here you go.
- For both of you.
- Okay, sir.
Thank you.
Bapi, what's the matter?
Anand Gupta is on his way.
- Are you going to the museum?
- Looks like it.
Oh!
What about lunch?
We'll eat out.
I'm sure Eken Babu is going
to leave his mark here too.
Then nothing like it.
- Sir, help me!
- Huh?
What's wrong?
Ate it up.
Ate up the green muffler
Khuku knit for me.
- Oh no!
- How?
Yanked it when I moved close
for a photo.
Haven't you taught him
any manners?
Very sorry, sir.
You think it's funny?
Nonsense!
We Bengalis
have poems on camels.
Camel walks with its head held high.
On the desert so dry.
Come on.
- My muffler...
- It's okay. Let's go.
Excuse me, sir.
Here you go.
Strange!
Can't tell it's a fake.
We found the absconding guard's phone
in Longewala.
Can't believe it!
Our riches smuggled away
to other countries.
Ekendra, he knows Bengali.
He used to live in Kolkata.
- Is it?
- Not for long.
We used to live near Ram Mandir
in Central Avenue.
I spent my childhood there.
So I can speak Bengali.
But I still use some Hindi words.
How can I help you?
Where can I get a green muffler?
- Sorry?
- A knitted green muffler...
Stop.
Oh!
Rajen wasn't working alone.
The Kalibangan bull
is worth a few crores.
If he sold it,
where did the money go?
And if he's dead,
then where's the body?
There are camel caravans
near the border in Longewala.
Why don't you ask them?
I'll inform the minister.
Okay.
A lot of foreign tourists
often visit the museum.
- What if someone--
- No, no.
Not possible.
They'd never get the original statue
to the hotel.
They only get the photos.
Once the deal is closed,
they get the original.
I have a good collection of photos.
All the statues from the photos
have been smuggled out.
Come over.
I'll show you.
That would be great.
Thank you.
If you don't mind...
Can I speak to you
in private, Sumanta?
- Sure.
- Me? Sure.
- Please excuse us.
- Let's go.
See you.
- Sir.
- Yes?
Is Rajyashri interested
in fine arts?
- What do you mean?
- Does she draw?
- Draw what?
- Does she sketch?
No.
Why?
It's nothing.
Thank you.
Oh! Okay.
Then I'll get going.
What sketch?
Here.
Found it in Rajyashri's dustbin.
Oh!
Is that why
you slid under the table?
It's not what you think, sir.
Many heads.
Many hands.
Welcome...
Welcome to our land
Find your way and lose yourself
Find your way...
Any update on the bull?
Not the Kalibangan bull.
A new item is on the way.
Patwon Ki Haveli.
A guy will be waiting
in a yellow hoodie.
Get going.
- Hariram?
- Yes.
Let's go.
- Where is it?
- Inside.
These alleys
are equally thrilling at night, sir.
Hmm.
Thrilling indeed.
Why are we out on a walk
at this hour?
Sir, haven't you heard the poem?
"You hunt pigeons in the day.
And owls at night..."
He... He... He...
Hariram?
(indistinct chatter)
- Hello, sir.
- Hello.
- Hello.
- Hello.
Shut up, Benzene.
Please come.
He won't hurt you.
Come in.
Purander, take care of him.
- Sir.
- Hmm?
Why is the dog called Benzene?
Chemistry professor.
Good.
You're improving.
Come on in.
I think Hariram's murder
is a trap.
It's difficult to bust
the smuggling racket.
This way.
People don't know
how precious these artefacts are.
Ask daughter-in-law
to serve breakfast.
Okay, sir.
Sir...
Where's the bathroom?
- Are you okay?
- I need to use the bathroom.
- Sure. That way.
- Thank you.
Effect of the snacks.
Keep the Gas-O-Fast ready.
- My goodness!
- Too many snacks!
Now you've got a stomach bug.
Here's the Gas-O-Fast.
- Gas-O-Fast?
- Yes.
Tastes great.
Made from fresh cumin.
India's original solution to acidity.
You have a beautiful bathroom.
What a huge cast-iron bathtub!
Bought or built?
He's asking if you purchased it
or had it made.
Ah! I bought it.
You wanted to show us
some photos, right?
Right, let's go.
This hall used to be
my family's trophy room.
All these antiques
were collected by my ancestors.
One minute.
Have a look.
All of these are missing.
Yes.
Every time an artefact is spotted,
I check with the photos.
- My goodness! All missing?
- Yes.
Binabadanrata Saraswati idol.
Apsara series.
And this one...
- The Matrika idol.
- Yes.
Ganesha idol.
All these...
Unbelievable!
Come.
This is
my wonderful daughter-in-law, Nanda.
Hello.
And that's a wonderful spread!
- Must be his artwork.
- Don't even ask.
He scribbles everywhere.
Jeetu, my grandson.
Jeetu, say hello.
- What happened to his hand?
- A rash.
Don't worry. It's an allergy.
It will heel.
It won't "heel".
It will heal.
- Please go ahead.
- Sure.
Come on.
Dig in.
Don't think
these two cases can be solved.
If Hariram's killer is arrested,
we might get a lead.
- Pleasure to meet you, Prof. Gupta.
- Same here, Mr. Ghosh.
Purander, hold him back.
- Thank you. Goodbye.
- Bye.
There's a Bengali rhyme
on Hariram's murder, sir.
What?
"Hey, Uncle Hariram.
You'll die soon.
Fever, cough and cold.
Die already, you're too old."
- You're impossible!
- It's written by Sukumar Ray.
Forget about it.
At least,
Hariram's body was found.
- Rajen's body has vanished.
- Maybe it's buried in the sand.
Might be found years later.
Like they do in the Everest.
It's a body not a pill.
Won't dissolve in water.
- Right.
- True.
- Are we going to "Boro Bagh"?
- Bada Bagh.
Do you have a plan?
Everyone will find out
sooner or later.
Have to get things done before that.
Call Sumanta.
- Bapi sir.
- Hmm?
- Is this Bada Bagh?
- Yes.
It was built in the memory
of great Rajput kings.
All the Rajput kings
were cremated here.
The bigger domes
are meant for the kings.
The smaller ones
are for rest of the royal family.
Oh!
- I'm really upset.
- Why?
- It's gone.
- Right.
The garish green muffler
Khuku made for me is gone.
The Kalibangan bull.
Thought he's talking
about the muffler.
- Some things are not adding up.
- About the muffler?
Not the muffler.
- Then?
- About the statues.
Explain.
One, Shatadru Ghosh.
A famous professor.
The moment he came here
for Tarokiv's idol
the Kalibangan bull went missing.
Besides, why wouldn't
an eminent archaeology professor
inspect the Natesa idol properly?
You mean
he's not protecting the artefacts.
- He's smuggling them.
- Quite possible.
Two, Rajyashri Sen.
Rajen might've had the keys.
But breaking into the gallery,
stealing the original
replacing it with a replica
and hacking the CCTV...
He couldn't have pulled off
such an elaborate plan.
Then who's behind the plan?
Rajyashri?
Maybe she sketched a replica--
And Sumanta.
He claimed he returned to Jaisalmer
the day after the theft.
But the fact is...
Where did he go?
Promotho?
- Come on.
- Promotho?
- There he is.
- Hey!
- Come on, quick.
- Hey, stop!
- Hey! Hey!
- Hurry up!
Who sent you?
Promotho, don't let him go.
I'll get the other one!
Stop!
- Where's the other one?
- He got away.
- Bapi sir.
- Yes?
Call Adarsh.
- Name?
- Barun Bhatti.
- Are you a driver?
- Yes, sir.
Hmm.
Who "dispatched" you after us?
Who "attached" you?
- Damn it! What is it?
- It's "sent".
- Who sent you?
- Nobody, sir.
We'll make you talk.
Wait and watch.
Adarsh, send his phone to SOG.
Get the location history
and call list.
- Ruchira, get it done.
- Yes, sir.
- Recognise him?
- No, sir.
Oh really?
- Didn't you drive him to Longewala?
- No, sir.
- Do you drive only in Jaisalmer?
- No, sir.
I often go to Longewala.
To Gadisar Lake.
But I've never seen him.
You'll be punished
if you lie.
Didn't they teach you in school?
- Let it be.
- Ekendra!
Sir.
Found Sumanta's number
in his call log.
- They've been in touch.
- Look at that!
- Bloody liar!
- Listen.
Don't waste our time.
Spit it out.
Yes, sir.
Took him to Longewala.
- Was he alone?
- No, sir.
Sumanta was with him.
I don't know anything.
They promised to pay me.
So, I drove them at night.
Sumanta met some guys.
Rajen was very scared.
He threatened to expose Sumanta
if he didn't get his money.
Then?
Sumanta and I killed him.
- What about the body?
- I don't know.
We dumped the body
somewhere else.
- Where?
- Near Gamnewala.
Come on, let's go.
Hurry.
- Did another car pick up the body?
- Yes, sir.
- Then?
- Sumanta said...
Babu Saab would swallow it.
- What?
- What did he say?
Babu Saab will eat the body.
Hannibal?
- Cannibal.
- Sorry.
Cannibal?
Does Babu Saab
feed on humans?
No idea, sir.
That's what Sumanta said.
He knows the rest.
Excuse me.
Sumanta Roy's house?
- This one.
- This one?
It's locked.
No way...
There he is.
Sumanta!
- Sumanta, stop!
- Hey, stop!
Sumanta, stop!
- What happened?
- Come this way.
Get him!
Sumanta, stop!
I said stop!
- Stop!
- Hey, stop!
- Stop!
- Stop!
(indistinct yelling)
Get him!
Stop!
Stop!
Damn it!
Stop!
There he is!
Sumanta, stop!
You're surrounded.
Stop!
Sumanta!
Listen...
I didn't do anything.
Trust me, I don't know...
Lies!
You said you went to Kolkata.
But you didn't.
Says who?
Rajyashri dropped me at the airport.
I returned to Jaisalmer the day
after the statue was stolen.
No, sir.
You were in Jodhpur
the day after it was stolen.
You must've fled from Longewala.
What?
Have you lost it?
Just a minute, sir.
Here's my camera.
And here's the photo.
The morning in question
you were in Jodhpur Circuit House.
Isn't it?
Let me tell you
what happened.
You did board
the Jaisalmer-Delhi-Kolkata flight.
But you got off in Delhi.
Then you took an overnight bus
to Jodhpur.
I've seen the bus ticket.
Oh! You're a cop--
Sorry.
You replaced the Kalibangan bull
with a replica
and smuggled the original
to Pakistan that night.
You killed Rajen
on your way back.
Am I right?
You're the one who hired Barun
to attack us, right?
Speak up.
Or else, we know
how to make you talk.
Come on.
It was me.
I smuggled it.
But that statue is a fake too.
What?
What do you mean?
I sold it to the agents.
But now they're threatening me
because it's not
the original Kalibangan bull.
How long have you known Shatadru?
Well...
He sent me a mail
around five months ago.
We've been in touch since then.
Haven't you met him before?
- Met him here for the first time?
- Yes.
An imposter like Dr. Hazra
from "The Golden Fortress".
What?
What are you saying?
People often create
fake online profiles.
It should've occurred to me.
But symbolism...
Character...
He's quite well-versed
in the subject.
- Even riddles.
- Puzzle?
Yes.
I have a knack for riddles.
- Is he...
- He's good at them.
He's knowledgeable
about historical riddles.
Do something.
Call Shatadru
and put him on speaker.
The number you are calling
is currently switched off.
Please try later.
The number you are calling
is currently switched off.
Okay then...
Ma'am.
The fact that we suspect Shatadru
is an imposter...
And that Sumanta has been arrested...
Shatadru shouldn't get to know.
Just ask him
to get in touch with me.
Okay?
Bye.
Let's go.
Oh...
Did you make a sketch
of the bull statue?
- Huh?
- Why did you sketch it?
Just like that.
- I was sitting idle so...
- Oh!
Chose to sketch only the bull?
Good sketch!
Bye.
(indistinct chatter)
Who are you?
What are you doing here?
- What?
- Who are you? Why are you here?
I work here.
Here for my salary.
Oh!
Carry on.
Let's go.
The number you are calling
is currently switched off.
Please try later.
Madam.
...currently switched off.
If the cops come after me...
you'll be the first to die.
I'll be finished.
But Babu Saab
won't spare you either.
Who...
Who is Babu Saab?
Mind your own business.
Where's the original statue?
- I... I don't know.
- All lies!
Only you know where it is.
If we don't get it by evening
I'll bury you alive.
Hello, sir.
I need your help.
Not making any sense, sir.
- A man feeds on the dead?
- What?
- Feeds on the dead?
- Yes.
- Seriously?
- Cannibal.
Rajen's body is missing.
And Shatadru Ghosh...
Is he real or an imposter?
If so, does the real Shatadru know
someone is impersonating him?
Hmm?
What about the attack on him
at the Golden Fort?
Was it fake?
Was it staged?
But why?
- Bapi sir.
- Yes?
The fraud professor thought
he'd get away with the bull.
The Natesa idol was just a cover.
- You have a lot of friends abroad.
- Yeah.
Find out if there is a professor
called Shatadru Ghosh at Oxford.
Okay.
- Hurry up.
- Yeah, yeah.
It's Shatadru.
What?
Hello.
- Shatadru sir.
- Yes?
When did you last talk to her?
My phone was charging.
Saw Rajyashri's missed call
after I switched it on.
I tried calling her
but couldn't get through.
Found her main door locked.
That's when I informed...
Hmm.
Eken Babu.
Take a look.
A sketch of the bull statue.
Why did she sketch the bull
so many times?
I don't...
- Shatadru sir.
- Yes?
Did you talk to her
about the bull?
I told her it's a fake.
She got mad at me
and demanded proof.
Yes!
That's the reason.
That's why she sketched the bull
again and again.
So...
She used the sketch
to make a replica.
Then switched it with the original.
But she never thought
she'd get caught.
Can you prove
you're a professor at Oxford?
What?
- Are you suspecting me?
- Can you prove it or not?
Just a minute.
If I was involved
why would I inform you
that Rajyashri is missing?
Why?
Because Rajyashri knows
where the original bull is.
Maybe Sumanta and she
were working together.
Or maybe it was you and her.
Now you're acting innocent.
And Rajyashri has fled with it.
Quite possible.
Isn't it?
You can verify it.
- Ridiculous!
- (indistinct chatter)
- Eken Babu, come outside.
- Your card.
Thank you.
Oh!
He was here this morning.
Does he know...
When did you last see Rajyashri?
- She left at noon.
- Where did she go?
I don't know.
She left with a bag.
Did a car pick her up?
I don't know, sir.
Was it just one person or a group?
I don't get it.
- Adarsh, ask him.
- Yeah.
How many guys were there?
Did they attack her?
Did you see anyone else?
Pramod came after you left
in the morning.
- Get lost.
- Okay, sir.
Pramod?
By now, he must have...
Sir.
He's in Barmer.
Traced his phone.
But now it's switched off.
Barmer?
Munabao is about 125 km
from Barmer.
Munabao?
- A village on the Indo-Pak border.
- Correct.
He's fleeing to Pakistan.
Pramod, Dilip Singh here.
Yes?
Couldn't reach your other number.
Babu Saab said
he's found the original bull.
Where?
Kuldhara Temple, 10 p.m.
Pratap Singh Chauhan
will be waiting.
He'll have a flute with him.
Take the bull from him
and go to Longewala.
Won't get into trouble, right?
The cops are looking...
...for Sumanta and Rajyashri.
Get out of there.
Pratap Singh Chauhan?
Yes.
Babu Saab has sent me.
Hmm.
What's this?
This...
You walked right into my trap,
Pramod.
- Where's Rajyashri?
- Hey!
- Stop!
- Hands up!
Stop!
Get him!
- Catch him!
- Stop!
Pramod!
- Move back!
- Take shelter!
- Be careful, sir.
- I'm okay.
Come on.
Pramod, hands up!
Thank you, Ekendra.
Take him away.
Promotho, bring him here.
- Get off!
- Come on.
Move it.
Pramod, turn around.
Recognise him?
How did you like the trap?
I don't know where she is.
I just went over
to Rajyashri's place.
You didn't go over for nothing.
Why did you go?
Sumanta was arrested.
I was scared she'd turn me in.
Or else, that place...
I'd always skirt.
What were you doing
in a skirt?
Ekendra.
He doesn't mean
a woman's skirt.
- He meant he'd avoid her house.
- Oh! Okay.
Where is Rajyashri now?
I don't know where she is.
I don't know anything.
Let me go.
- Ruchira.
- Yes, sir?
- Bring him here.
- Sir.
If you've done anything
to Rajyashri...
I don't know anything, sir.
Please let me go.
Sir.
Do you recognise him?
Pramod Singh.
He was with Dilip
at Patwon Ki Haveli the other night.
He's the one
who murdered Hariram.
- Hey!
- Shut up! Sit!
- Sit!
- Sit down!
Hello, Mr. Gupta.
Hello.
Is Rajyashri missing?
- Yes, she's missing.
- Impossible!
She'd come home to meet me.
What?
When?
Around 4:00 p.m.
She left in half an hour.
Can you come over to my place?
Sure.
- Do you see the car?
- Yes.
- Zoom in.
- Okay.
Zoom in on the number plate.
- It's clearly visible.
- Yes.
- Adarsh, trace the car.
- Yes.
- The time is 4:35 p.m.
- Right.
What did Rajyashri tell you?
She was really worried.
Wanted my help.
She knew
where the original bull is.
But she didn't tell me.
She said
it would put my life at risk.
So she would inform the cops.
Oh...
She left me this note.
"In Sharanya's shelter
lies the king's vain jubilation.
Case tairs lies
lodi the dearthenun."
What does it mean?
I can't figure it out.
- I need some time.
- Hmm.
Where did you get this?
When we went over to Rajyashri's house
the other day...
...you showed me
a diary of sketches.
- It's from the same diary.
- Oh!
Take a look.
She's written the same lines
and crossed them out.
Sir, who is Sharanya?
- Goddess Durga.
- Goddess Durga.
So, a king seeks
Goddess Durga's help.
- Which king?
- Lord Rama.
Right.
Lord Rama sought
Goddess Durga's help.
Then "case tairs lies
lodi the dearthenun."
Doesn't make any sense.
So, the "case" has "lies"?
- Don't "bag" me.
- Uff!
I said I don't get it.
"In Sharanya's shelter...
Case tairs lies..."
Sir, one thing I can make out.
Rajyashri's riddle will lead us
to the original statue.
So, the sooner we crack it,
the better.
- Is this "laal maas"?
- Yes.
I've only made it a few times.
- Don't know how it's turned out.
- It's delicious.
- Want some more?
- Yes.
I'll get some.
- Bapi sir.
- Hmm.
The Rajput kings
were so well-built.
Suited to their appetite.
The platters were huge.
Remember Rawal Jaisal's platter
in the museum?
- Huge!
- Rawal Jaisal... Who's that?
What the hell!
- He built the Golden Fort.
- Right.
- Oh no!
- What's wrong?
- The mutton is overcooked.
- Oh no!
The bones have almost melted.
Eken Babu.
Eken Babu?
Huh?
What?
What is it?
Nothing.
- Eken Babu.
- Hmm?
We got mementos for you.
- This is for you.
- Thank you.
- This one's for you.
- Thank you.
- What about me?
- Bapi, for you.
Camel!
Look, I got a camel.
Do you like it?
A camel!
- Thank you.
- Welcome.
- Like it?
- Yes.
What did you get?
- Here.
- A dog!
- He got a dog.
- I got a king.
Why a dog?
Are Rajasthani dogs famous?
Ask Anusha.
She bought them for you.
- What a beautiful box!
- Like it?
I love it.
Thank you.
Here, take a look.
- Where are you going?
- Just a minute.
- What's wrong?
- There's dessert.
Let me solve
the mystery first.
Adarsh.
Search Anand's house tomorrow.
Rajyashri went to his house
but she never left.
Don't trust the CCTV footage.
I'll explain everything tomorrow.
Okay, bye.
Right.
Rajyashri never left his house?
How did you know?
Benzene, sir.
Think about the CCTV footage.
When Rajyashri entered the house...
...the dog barked at her.
But he was quiet
when she left.
What does it mean?
It wasn't Rajyashri.
No more "mawa kachoris".
All smuggled out.
Won't be any left.
All smuggled out.
- "Kochuhari!"
- What's wrong?
- What happened?
- What's wrong?
Eken Babu?
Sharanya is Goddess Durga.
Durga, the slayer of evil.
Durga, the invincible.
"Durg", the fort.
Wait here.
(indistinct chatter)
What are you delivering
for Mr. Gupta?
Taking back
the immersion heater.
- It's not working.
- Oh no!
- Did he buy it recently?
- Day before yesterday.
What's going on inside?
- A police inquiry.
- Oh!
Take care.
Bye.
Oh God!
There goes the loudspeaker.
- Hello, sir.
- Come in.
- Good morning.
- Good morning.
Did you ask the cops
to look for Rajyashri here?
It's the logical thing to do.
She was last seen
at your house.
But she left.
Your dog didn't bark
when she left.
Come on!
Dogs don't always bark.
- Anyway, please have breakfast.
- No, I'm on duty now.
Oh!
What a hassle!
Anyway, I have no objection.
- Come inside.
- Sure.
Found anything?
- No, sir.
- No sir.
- Ruchira?
- Nothing, sir.
Found anything?
No, sir.
We didn't find anything.
Is your geyser working?
- Yes. Why?
- Just like that.
- Thank you.
- Sure.
Sorry, sir.
It will be chilly
at the desert camp tonight.
Promotho.
We bugged a man
early in the morning.
All for nothing.
Your dog theory was wrong.
I'll prove it right.
- Mr. Know-It-All.
- Then prove it.
We're not getting anywhere.
What was it about "durg" or fort
in the morning?
Have you cracked it?
Sir.
I'm sure Lord Rama
has nothing to do with it.
"In Sharanya's shelter
lies the king's vain jubilation."
- Right?
- Right.
So, the king is jubilant
in Goddess Durga's shelter.
Hmm.
Give me some more words
for jubilant.
Jubilation...
- Joy, hap--
- That's it.
Sharanya is Goddess Durga.
"Durga" comes from "durg" or fort.
So, the king is jubilant
in the fort.
Jubilant is joy.
So, we've got fort...
King and joy...
- Tell me.
- You mean...
- Rawal Jaisal.
- Right.
Rawal Jaisal sought shelter
in the fort.
What about "vain"?
Don't worry about it.
It means cocky.
What?
We've cracked the first line.
Problem is in the second line.
"Case tairs lies
lodi the dearthenun."
But I'll crack it soon.
The cool desert wind will help.
(singing folk song)
Get him!
Catch him!
Sir.
I would've been surprised
if we weren't attacked.
But who could've planned it?
Rajyashri?
Promotho, do you have network?
- I do.
- Good.
Check if there's a professor
called Shatadru Ghosh at Oxford.
Look it up.
He is the real Prof. Shatadru Ghosh.
His name and photo
are on the Oxford professors' panel.
Hmm.
The original.
- Bapi sir, bring my phone.
- Sure.
"Case tairs lies
lodi the dearthenun."
What does the fort
have to do with it?
Here you go.
Hello.
- Hello, Shatadru sir.
- Yes.
Sorry to call you so late.
Meet me at Gadisar Lake
tomorrow morning.
Okay.
I need to talk to you.
Sure.
Good night.
Thank you.
"In Sharanya's shelter
lies the king's vain jubilation."
"Case tairs lies
lodi the dearthenun."
How did you know?
- Who sent this to you?
- Rajyashri.
When?
- Nope, nope, nope.
- I'm challenging you.
Without solving the riddle
the original statue can't be stolen.
I'll send it to you.
So she knew...
...the bull
was going to be stolen.
That's why...
she hid the original
and left us this riddle.
Right.
I was going through it last night.
I've decoded the pattern
of the riddle.
Look at the second line.
The syllables are jumbled up.
Remember Shibram Chakraborty--
Tell me, Adarsh.
Anand Gupta is not at home.
- What?- Yeah.
- Okay. Meet me at the fort.- Right.
- To the Golden Fort.
- Hurry up.
Drive fast.
Cough up the truth.
You said the right thing
at the right time.
- Thank you.
- Shibram Chakraborty saved us.
- Which story?
- "Farewell, Professor."
To get rid of his professor...
a student jumbled up newspaper names
to resemble Sanskrit verses.
- Right.
- Hey, just a minute.
"Andifo edfrienith,
Manstate, Shibangobo."
Right.
The Statesman, Bongo Bashi
and The Friend of India.
- Oh!
- The letters have been rearranged.
Our riddle is more complex.
"Case tairs lies
lodi the dearthenun."
Means "idol lies
underneath the stair case."
Staircase means steps.
And it's obvious
the idol is that of Devi Mata.
Let's go.
Let's get the bull.
"Underneath the stair case."
Not here.
(indistinct chatter)
They've taken it.
But not long ago.
I'll check.
It's Anand Gupta's car.
Damn it!
Eken Babu!
- What happened, Ruchira?
- Ekendra is here.
- What's wrong?
- Anand has fled with the statue.
Ruchira, do something.
- Wait at Anand's house with Shatadru.
- Sir.
We'll be there in a bit.
- Do as he says.
- Yes, sir.
- Come on, Ekendra.
- Promotho, get in.
- Hurry up.
- Drive fast.
Ekendra.
Are you sure he is our guy?
Anand Gupta
is a very influential person.
We'll get into trouble
if we're wrong about him.
I don't know.
I'm confused.
Let's get there first.
There he is!
That's Anand Gupta's car.
Catch up to them.
Hurry!
Pull over.
Drive faster!
Faster!
Stop!
Come on, Ekendra.
Hey!
Where's Mr. Gupta?
He went towards the hill.
Hurry up, Ekendra.
Let's go towards the hill.
Come on.
There he is.
There!
He's running away.
Let's go!
Follow those camels.
- Get up.
- Let's go.
Hurry up!
Follow them.
Hurry up.
Speed up!
Faster!
Speed up!
Faster!
Come on!
Speed up!
Come on, faster!
- That way, Adarsh.
- Turn left.
Faster!
Stop, Mr. Gupta!
Stop right there.
You can't get away.
- Hands up!
- What's going on?
- Stop the camel.
- Help me down.
Don't move!
Hands up!
Thank you so much, officer.
Don't try to run away.
What the hell is happening?
Not hell.
You're going to jail.
Hands up, chemistry professor.
- Promotho, search his pockets.
- Hmm.
Just a minute.
Just a minute.
We are running after the same thing.
Get it?
Hang on.
Officer, excuse me.
Very good, officer.
Give me the bag!
Here it is!
So?
This is it, right?
Any later and the statue
would've gone across the border.
Officer, arrest him.
His name is Salim.
Take care of it.
Done!
Mystery solved.
Here you were suspecting me...
Thank you, sir.
But we still have to find out
how Rajyashri disappeared.
We've got one.
The others will soon follow.
- Am I right?
- Yes, you're right.
We have to search your house
once again.
Again?
Why?
Your bathroom, to be precise.
Come in.
This is the crime scene.
Rajen was possibly brought here.
Later, Rajyashri too.
This is where they disappeared from.
What? Come on!
What rubbish!
- Are you buying it?
- Just a minute.
You did two clever things.
First.
You gave us Rajyashri's note
to divert attention from yourself.
Second.
You sent her phone
to the Jaisalmer desert.
So that her phone location shows
she went missing from the desert,
not from your house.
Ekendra.
Please explain.
What do you mean
she disappeared from here?
From here means...
From this bathtub.
What?
Noticed a few cartons
the first time I was here.
Labelled KOH
which stands for caustic potash.
Not surprising
for a chemistry professor.
But you know what, sir?
When mixed with hot water,
caustic potash generates a lot of heat.
When used in large amounts,
the heat is so lethal...
...it can dissolve dead bodies.
Mass, tissue et all.
This process is called aquamation.
Many countries use it
to dissolve dead bodies.
Desmond Tutu was aquamated
as per his last wishes.
Shatadru sir said the other day...
It's a body not a pill.
Won't dissolve in water.
That's when it struck me.
Then Anusha said the other day...
Oh no!
The mutton is overcooked.
The bones have almost melted.
The bones would've melted
if she'd boiled it a little more.
That's when it struck me again.
Two people are missing.
Did someone make them disappear?
Then...
I recalled everything
that happened here.
Alkaline hydrolysis.
Right, sir.
Caustic potash is the alkali.
Potassium hydroxide.
Very toxic.
Burns your skin.
It's not a rash
on his grandson's hand.
Those are caustic potash burns.
It struck me again
when I met the delivery guy.
What are you delivering
for Mr. Gupta?
Taking back
the immersion heater.
- It's not working.
- Oh no!
- Did he buy it recently?
- Day before yesterday.
Why an immersion heater
when the geyser is working?
Why did he need
the water to be so hot?
Because...
he used caustic potash
to heat up the water from the geyser.
And the immersion heater
to heat it further.
That's how he dissolved
Rajen and Rajyashri's bodies.
Sumanta had said
Babu Saab swallows the bodies.
Babu Saab doesn't swallow the bodies.
He melts them.
How?
A chemistry professor
knows it only too well.
How?
He used alkaline hydrolysis
to liquefy the dead bodies
and drain them out.
Know what's interesting, Adarsh?
You won't find any DNA samples
of Rajen or Rajyashri in the bathtub.
Because this process
doesn't leave any DNA traces.
The only way is
to collect DNA samples from
any bone fragments in the drain pipe.
Do something.
Check the drain pipe
for bone fragments.
If we find any, then bingo!
- This is absolutely rubbish.
- No, sir.
There's more rubbish to dig up.
Our next stop is your garden.
But first,
I'll need the photos of the statues.
Ah!
What a beautiful garden!
Full of colourful flowers.
What a joy!
Isn't it?
Now it's time for some magic.
Look at the photos.
And the scribblings on the back.
Anand's grandson didn't do it.
It was Anand himself.
I'll tell you why.
The Ganesha idol.
Marked in pink.
Which means the idol is buried
under the pink flowers.
The Saraswati idol.
Marked in yellow.
Which means the idol is buried
under the yellow flowers.
Adarsh, ask them to dig it up.
- Come on, get to it.
- Okay, ma'am.
Sir.
Anand Gupta sir.
You're too smart
for your own "bad".
- "Good."
- For your own good.
You were trying to run away
with the Kalibangan bull.
But it was stupid of you to turn
when you got caught.
- There's a Bengali saying--
- Not now.
Okay then.
You can't prove anything.
Oh, we will.
Rajyashri never left your house.
It was your daughter-in-law,
Nanda Gunti.
- Debi.
- Sorry, Nanda Debi.
She went out
disguised as Rajyashri.
So, there's footage
of Nanda returning.
But no footage of her leaving.
Am I right?
Here she is.
Ma'am, do you have anything
to say?
I didn't let them steal
the Kalibangan bull.
Very good.
Rajyashri, relax.
Nobody can touch you
when I'm here.
Now, where's the original bull?
It's with me.
- I've kept it somewhere safe.
- Very good.
You can trust me.
Tell me where it is.
- Actually, I--
- Babu Saab, your tea.
What Babu Saab?
Why are you calling me that
in front of her, idiot?
What will she think?
She calls me Babu Saab
because I'm her father-in-law.
You...
No, no.
You think I'm Babu Saab?
Come on!
You pretend to help the cops
catch the antique dealers.
- Have the tea.
- Help!
Help...
Change into this.
Anand Gupta sir.
There's a Bengali saying.
Sin can't be hidden for long.
The seized idols
are enough to put you in jail.
As for Rajyashri's murder...
Bone fragments
don't drain out so easily.
Let the cops look for them.
The aquamation set-up
is sufficient evidence for the court.
Forensic team is on the way.
Be alert.
Take her away.
Come on.
Get going.
Mr. Gupta.
Time to leave.
- Where's he going?
- Behind the bars.
Behind the bars!
Please, sir.
Come.
We should get going too, sir.
Let's go.
Eken Babu.
- This is for you.
- Oh my!
Look!
Thank you so much, ma'am.
I owe you one.
"Oh come on, sir!"
Come, Banerjee.
Look who's here to meet you.
- A small token from us.
- Thank you.
- Hello.
- Thank you.
Can't believe
I'm meeting Eken Babu in person.
Now you've solved a case
in Rajasthan.
- Let's take a photo.
- Yes, sure.
Yes, please!
Here we go.
Ready?
(indistinct chatter)
You get a photo too.
(song playing)
LONGEWALA, INDO-PAK BORDER
RAJASTHAN
Take a look.
Hmm.
It's the original.
Hey, get the bag.
Here's one crore.
- Give Babu Saab my regards.
- Sure.
Bye.
- Did you get the money?
- Yes, 20 lakhs.
Twenty lakhs?
Give it to me.
I'll give you 10 lakhs.
Leave Jaisalmer immediately.
Don't try to act smart.
Give me my share.
- What--
- I'll get off at Ramgarh.
- Have to count the money.
- Do that later.
- Pay me or I'll expose you.
- Stop it. We're at the border.
Barun, start the car.
I'll give you your money.
- Barun, drive.
- Pay me first.
Let's get out of here.
- Okay. Move it.
- Hurry up, Barun.
I'm warning you!
I'll expose you all.
Don't worry.
You'll get your money.
- Want your share, right?
- Yes, give it to me.
Here you go!
Barun!
Barun, get him!
I...
I'll tell everyone...
Go ahead, bloody bastard!
Hello.
Babu Saab wants to know
if the job's done.
It's done.
Where to dump the body?
Come to Gamnewala.
Okay, fine.
Bye.
Give me a hand.
Come on.
(announcement over PA system)
(indistinct chatter)
- Sayan has sent a car for us.
- Great!
Car number 8905.
There it is.
(announcement over PA system)
Put it in.
Okay, I'll do it.
(announcement over PA system)
- Greetings!
- Greetings!
- What's your name? Hey! Hey!
- Umed Singh, sir.
- I got it right!
- There he goes again!
What are you reading
on your phone?
Thanks to the internet
learning a new language is easy.
- There he goes again!
- Eken Babu.
Is it necessary
to say "hey" twice?
I've just started learning.
We must pick up a few words
of the local language.
You're in Jodhpur.
Suppose, you want to know
Bapi's name.
Just say,
"Bapi, what's your name? Hey! Hey!"
Should I call him by his name?
No, don't call him Bapi.
Just say,
"What's your name? Hay!"
No, not "hay".
"What's your name? Hey! Hey!"
Please stop it.
Enough now.
Bapi, what's the plan?
The plan is...
-Jodhpur to Jaisalmer.
-Hmm.
- Stay at Sayan's place.
- Okay.
Then sightseeing.
- And a night in the desert camp.
- Lovely!
Where first in Jodhpur?
- A place of pilgrimage for Bengalis.
- In Jodhpur?
Jodhpur Circuit House.
From the film, "The Golden Fortress".
Really?
It's been a lifelong dream.
Can't believe it!
Here we are.
Wow!
- It looks the same, isn't it?
- Yes.
What's so special about it?
Eminent filmmaker, Satyajit Ray,
shot a film here.
I see.
Bapi sir,
I've got goosebumps.
Come on.
Sir.
- The famous spot.
- Yes.
- Mandar Bose was sitting here.
- Right.
- Here or there?
- Oh no!
Come on.
- Where are you going?
- What's the rush?
- Stop.
- What happened?
What a photo!
Let's go.
(song playing)
You know where we are
right now?
No.
Where?
See.
Oh my God!
Ramdevra?
Calls for another cup of tea.
(song playing)
THE EKEN
THE EKEN
BREATHLESS IN RAJASTHAN
Turn up the fan.
- What do you think?
- Beautiful!
It's a Rajput painting, isn't it?
Yes.
Nihal Chand is a pioneer
in Rajput painting.
This is a replica.
It's called "Bani Thani"
or the bride of Rajasthan.
The bride of Rajasthan
has a sweet name, you know?
No idea.
"Dessert" Queen.
Desert and dessert.
Get it?
- Breakfast is ready.
- Please come.
- Why did you take the trouble?
- Oh, come on!
We're so lucky to have Eken Babu
as our guest.
What's this?
- Is it made from camel milk?
- Just try it.
- What pickle is it?
- It's garlic pickle.
- Garlic?
- Yes.
I've never had it.
But I love it.
There he goes again!
The potatoes taste great!
- Just have it.
- I am.
Eken Babu is really excited
to try Rajasthani cuisine.
Want to try a smack?
"Shahi gatte" is a lip-smacking dish.
"Dal baati churmur"
is also a famous dish.
- "Churmur?"
- It's "dal baati churma".
Oh! "Churma."
You're too funny.
Hold on.
I have to take photos
of the food.
- I'll send them to Khuku.
- Khuku...
- Your wife?
- Yes.
Why didn't you bring her along?
She couldn't make it
because of her busy schedule.
I see.
- Do you have non-veg food here?
- Of course, we do.
There's "laal maas"
and "mohan maas".
Just wait and watch.
You'll put on weight
by the end of your trip.
- I'll take some from Bapi--
- No.
- I'll get you more.
- Yes, please.
Okay.
After breakfast
we'll go to the Golden Fort.
(indistinct chatter)
Where's the Jain temple?
- That way.
- Thank you.
(indistinct chatter)
Here's the Golden Fort.
The Golden Fort!
Where is Eken Babu?
He's hit it off with Sayan.
Heard his lies?
- About his wife?
- What else?
Apparently, she's too busy.
Such a cheapskate!
We've never met his wife.
Does she even exist?
Hey, what nonsense!
God knows!
Never seen her.
Oh my God!
"Uneasy lies the head
that wears a crown."
Not only you.
We're uneasy too.
Why?
I feel like Rajput royalty.
(singing folk song)
- Welcome to our land
- Welcome to our land
Bapi, take a photo.
- ...lose yourself
- ...lose yourself
- Done?
- Yes.
Give him 50 bucks.
- Welcome to our land
- Welcome to our land
- Find your way and lose yourself
- Find your way and lose yourself
Thank you.
What's your name? Hey! Hey!
Why the hell should I tell you?
Weirdo!
- Uh oh!
- Had enough?
Sorry.
- Welcome to our land
- Welcome to our land
Find your way and lose yourself
- The lyrics don't make any sense.
- Why?
How can one do it
at the same time?
Wow!
What a majestic fort!
Yes.
Alauddin Khilji once seized the fort.
Oh!
- And there's the great Thar desert.
- Yes.
Time to bring out the dry jokes.
- He's so funny.
- Stop it or your jokes will kill us.
The fort is on top
of the Trikuta Hill.
- People still live in the fort, right?
- Yeah.
Everyone in Jaisalmer
used to live in the fort.
- They still do.
- Only a few.
(indistinct chatter)
What's that?
- What?
- That temple.
- Whose temple is it?
- Goddess Chamunda.
Also known as Devi Mata.
There used be animal sacrifices.
The steps are interesting.
A strange design.
Who built the Golden Fort, sir?
Please don't call me sir,
Eken Babu.
- He calls everyone sir.
- He calls everyone sir.
I'll tell you the story.
The fort was built
by Rawal Jaisal.
- Rawal?
- It's a title used for kings.
Jaisal built the fort in 1155.
- Look at the design.
- There's a Jain temple too.
Next, I'll show you Mukul's house.
- Is it still there?
- In ruins.
He's here.
Grey jacket, black jeans,
cap and sunglasses.
He's wearing a muffler.
Take care of him.
- There's a hotel inside the fort.
- Yes.
Satyajit Ray's film...
My friends will come over
to take photos with you.
Sayan's colleague, Mr. Banerjee,
is dying to meet you.
I want a selfie with you too.
You can't say no.
Okay.
I really want you
to solve a case here.
- It'll be great.
- Come on, sir! Sorry, ma'am.
I don't do it on purpose.
Get caught up in mysteries.
Bapi and Promotho
guide me through them.
Such an old fort!
It's a beautiful place.
Sayan, let's take...
- Selfie?
- Yes, selfie.
Right.
Come here.
- Come closer.
- Okay.
- He's getting away! Come on.
- Hurry up.
(indistinct)
Listen...
- What the hell?
- What's going on?
Hey!
What a mess!
Are you hurt?
- Bengali?
- Yes.
Thank you.
Thanks.
Thanks once again.
I'm Shatadru Ghosh.
Archaeology professor
at Oxford University.
Rajyashri Sen is the curator
at Jaisalmer Museum.
I'm here on her invitation.
Oh!
Why did they attack you?
Actually, I'm here...
to look for a statue.
- Natesa idol.
- I see.
A Lord Shiva idol.
Very expensive.
Of great historical value.
A 17th-century idol.
I was asking around
at the fort.
All of a sudden,
those guys attacked me.
Oh my God!
Is the idol missing?
I have doubt.
I don't know, actually.
Do you want
to ask me something?
Yes, sir...
Will you have the cookies?
- No, please.
- No, let it be.
Hey, Rajyashri.
Here.
That's Rajyashri Sen.
Rajyashri Sen, the curator
at Jaisalmer Museum.
And this is Ekendra Sen.
- Sayan, Promotho, Bapi...
- Hi.
- I'm Anusha.
- Right.
You remember our names?
Sir, I heard what happened.
- Are you hurt?
- No, they saved me just in time.
You should inform the cops.
You must find out
why they're after you.
No, it's alright.
I'm here for a few more days.
I'll have to be
a little more careful.
Rajyashri, forgot to tell you.
Eken Babu is also a senior officer
with Kolkata Police.
He's a famous detective.
How are you, ma'am?
Fine, thank you.
Can we visit the museum?
I've heard the Kalibangan bull statue
is still there.
Sure.
I'll be there till 5:00 p.m.
Come over.
Mr. Ghosh will be there too.
We'll get going now.
- Bill, please!
- No, sir.
- I insist.
- Please.
Okay.
Thank you so much.
See you later.
Thank you, sir.
- Bye.
- Bye.
Let's go.
Hey.
Hey.
Why were you
after his cookies?
What about the ox from Oxford
and the bull from Kalibangan together?
What do you mean?
- Drama king, as Promotho puts it.
- I see.
- Let's get going.
- Let's go.
Promotho, pay the bill.
- What?
- Let's go.
Find your way and...
- Hold this.
- Sure.
He hasn't treated us to anything
since tea in Jodhpur.
- Let it be.
- You've indulged him.
- Such a miser!
- Come on.
(indistinct chatter)
Why did we come
to see the "Kalingabagan bull"?
Not "Kalingabagan".
It's Kalibangan.
Haven't you studied about it
in history?
- I studied science.
- Damn it!
Wait here.
(indistinct chatter)
It's so hot.
Hold this.
- Keep it in your bag.
- Okay.
- It's impossible.
- Why is it impossible?
- No, sir.
- No...
Wow!
It's huge.
Why would I lie to you?
- Okay, come here.
- I'm sure.
There it is.
You're mistaken.
Eken Babu!
- How are you?
- I'm well.
- Do you recognise?
- The Kalibangan bull.
Not that.
Do you recognise me?
We met at the hospital
in Kolkata.
(indistinct chatter)
You'll get your bill on our app.
- Okay, thank you.
- Thank you, sir.
Eken Babu.
Discharged?
So, you're doing fine.
- All thanks to the doctors here.
- They're the best.
- That's why NH RN Tagore Hospital.
- True.
Oh!
Got the invoice on the app.
Amazing.
I remember!
- Are you fine?
- Yes.
- Hope you're doing well too.
- Yes.
- Are you here on a vacation?
- No, to shun.
- What?
- Vacation.
- Bapi, let's go.
- Sir, just a minute.
- A selfie with you, please.
- Sure.
- Thank you.
- Welcome.
Come on.
Hmm...
Look at the intricate artwork.
- Unique!
- Yeah.
Hmm...
- What happened?
- Huh?
I have a stiff neck.
- Bapi sir, isn't it great?
- Yes.
Such ancient works of art...
Magnificent!
Why don't you get it?
- But...
- No.
What's going on?
- Something is wrong.
- Hey!
(indistinct chatter)
How is it?
Fantastic!
It's "mawa kachori"
or sweet fried bread.
Excuse me.
You melt the sugar
to make a syrup.
Then you dip "kochuhari"
in it, right?
- What are you saying?
- Umm...
What's "kochuhari"?
Fried bread is called
"kochuhari" in Hindi.
It's "kachori".
Okay.
- You got it, right?
- Crazy fellow!
My goodness!
What's our plan tomorrow?
Visit the Gadisar Lake.
- There's a Jain temple too.
- Okay.
Then go to Bada Bagh.
The driver can take you
to another place.
Wish I could go along.
Kuldhara.
It's an abandoned village.
- Totally deserted.
- Wow!
Yes, sir.
The place is haunted.
Haunted?
We'll have to stay the night.
The only ghost I'm allowed
to be around is Khuku.
Look at his audacity!
You'll get it
when you get married.
Not allowed to stay the night.
- Are you done? Let's go.
- Yes.
Let me compliment him.
I've never had such great "kochuharis"
in my life.
- What's your name? Hey! Hey!
- How do you care?
Oh no!
Rajputs are put off
by everything.
(indistinct chatter)
When you visit a new place...
you should shop
from the local market.
Meet the locals.
Have local food.
That's the complete experience.
Seen this anywhere?
- Where's Patwon Ki Haveli?
- Right ahead.
I have a lot of replicas.
But it's difficult
to get this exact one.
(singing folk song)
It's rare to come across
such great sculptors.
Now the world
is just full of smugglers.
- Look at the camera.
- Hmm?
(indistinct chatter)
- Bapi, frame this photo too.
- (singing folk song)
It's an artificial pond.
This was the source of water
for Jaisalmer.
Look around.
I'll be right here.
- You have my number.
- Okay. Thank you.
- Are you the guide, sir?
- Yes.
This Natesa idol...
Where can I find it?
This...
- I think it's in Kuldhara.
- Kuldhara?
Is it still there?
- Yes, it's there.
- Okay.
- Thank you so much.
- Welcome, sir.
Shatadru sir.
Hello.
- Good morning.
- Good morning.
- Can I ask you something?
- Please.
- Good morning.
- Good morning.
- Safe and sound today?
- Absolutely.
What were you saying?
Why are you looking
for the Natesa idol?
What's the matter?
There's an auction house
in London called Tarokiv.
A lot of rare idols
are auctioned there.
I came across
some of their catalogues.
I suspected that most of the idols
are from Rajasthan.
Oh!
Did you see the Natesa idol
in the catalogue?
Yes, here it is.
The first one.
Don't think it's here anymore.
Since I'm looking for them...
- You were attacked, right?
- Right.
The local guide said
it's in Kuldhara.
- Kuldhara?
- Yes.
We're going to Kuldhara.
Come along.
Clear your doubts by feeling it.
What?
I think you mean,
by witnessing it.
Witnessing?
- Let's assume he's right.
- Oh!
Let's go.
We'll be late if we're any later.
And stop scratching me.
(indistinct chatter)
Here.
It's Khuku.
Hello, Khuku.
Yes, we've reached Jaisalmer.
All the shops are closed.
The market is empty.
- The handicraft store is shut.
- Don't mind him.
Some festival is going on.
Like our festivals.
No, I won't forget.
I'll pick it up.
Hello...
Hello? Hello!
There's never any network.
Pramod.
Some tourists were asking
about the Natesa idol in Kuldhara.
- Umed Singh sir.
- Yes?
- Is Kuldhara in "aguna" or "athuna"?
- "Aguna."
- Bapi sir.
- Hmm?
"Aguna" means east.
- "Athuna" means west.
- I see.
Interesting, isn't it?
You have a keen interest
in languages.
Lord Linguist!
Sorry?
The car behind us
wants us to pull over.
- "Drop!"
- What?
Stop.
- What did he say?
- The usual.
Hey, Rajyashri.
- Are you headed to Kuldhara?
- Yes.
- Great! Us too.
- I see.
- This is Sumanta Roy.
- Hello.
- He's the museum administrator.
- Okay.
- This is Prof. Shatadru Ghosh.
- Okay.
He teaches archaeology
at Oxford.
This is Ekendra Sen.
Kolkata Police.
Oh! You're a cop--
Sorry.
Such a short cop?
Commendable!
My brilliance is in my mind,
not in my height.
Sumanta, what's wrong with you?
- Sorry, I was joking.
- It's okay.
- Lovely pair of shoes.
- Thank you.
Here are my friends,
Bapi and Promotho.
- Hello.
- Hello.
- They arrived yesterday.
- I see.
Sumanta just got back
from Kolkata.
No point wasting time.
Let's get going.
- Let's go, Eken Babu.
- Come on.
- We'll be in this car.
- Okay.
Sir, this is Kuldhara.
It was established
by a Paliwal Brahmin in 1251.
There were around 80 settlements.
Where did everyone go?
The elders say an epidemic
drove everyone out overnight.
- Umed Singh sir.
- Yes?
- They just up and left?
- What?
- Did everyone really leave?
- Yes...
- Is there a temple nearby?
- Yes, sir.
Take us to the temple.
Okay.
There's a story
local guides tell the tourists.
The village is deserted now.
It's a ghost village.
Here's the temple.
Let's go, Eken Babu.
Sir.
Did Rajyashri and Sumanta
meet in Jaisalmer?
As far as I know,
they met in Kolkata.
- Now they work together.
- Sir.
Wait a minute.
- Why don't you get it?
- I get it, sir.
But think about it.
How is it even possible?
I'm sure about it.
Look at the shoulder.
Zoom in.
Now take a closer look.
Hang on, sir.
Let me take a photo.
Come on.
- Show me.
- You guys look great.
- Always at daggers drawn.
- Thick as thieves.
What a fix!
How can I mess up
all the proverbs?
- You do it on purpose.
- What?
- Send us the photos.
- Of course.
- Send them all.
- Sure.
They look really worried.
It clearly doesn't belong
to this period.
- Don't you get the "bull-picture"?
- Huh?
"Bull-picture?"
What do you mean?
Sir.
The Kalibangan bull statue
in the museum
is possibly a fake.
The original is missing.
Let me show you.
Look at this.
This is what they're discussing.
- This...
- Is it--
How beautiful!
Let's go.
(indistinct chatter)
- Are you sure?
- Yes, sir.
I saw Rajyashri
at an antique shop last evening.
Rajyashri,
Paresh Jain has been calling you.
- Really?
- Is it on silent?
Hello.
Yes, Mr. Jain.
What?
- What?
- What are you saying?
What happened?
- My goodness!
- What's wrong?
- What happened?
- We're ruined!
- The Kalibangan bull statue is a fake.
- What?
The original is missing.
I must leave now.
Excuse me.
How is it possible?
- Get in.
- Singh, back to the museum.
Drive fast.
Sir.
You knew the statue in the museum
is a fake, right?
What can I say?
I had my suspicions.
Turns out, I was right.
If you've seen the original statue...
you'd know the bull's shoulder
is different.
Is it very valuable?
Worth a few crores.
Some greedy people...
- Why don't you look into it?
- No, not me. Please...
You're a cop.
The local police
won't give me permission.
At least, come to the museum.
- Museum?
- Come on.
What about the Natesa idol?
This is the original.
Let's go.
Okay.
(indistinct chatter)
Come on!
Yeah, yeah.
Look at the bull's shoulder.
Now see the original.
Here.
- Get it?
- So...
Someone has replaced the original
with a fake.
Mr. Ghosh shared his suspicion with me
last evening.
I informed
our archaeological expert, Paresh.
Today, he confirmed it's a fake.
Hmm.
In the museum,
there's you, Sumanta...
And security guard, Rajen.
Pramod works in the admin office
in the other block.
He's the senior assistant.
But he hardly has any work here.
Here he is.
What happened?
I told you
something is wrong.
Take a look.
- It's still here.
- It's a fake.
- What?
- It's a fake.
Fake?
A fake...
Who has the key to the gallery?
It's in my office drawer.
I have the keys to the drawer.
Okay.
You came back today, right?
Yes, I was in Kolkata.
Does Rajen have a spare key?
He has a duplicate key.
Where is he?
This is last night's footage.
No...
Show me the footage
of Rajen's last day at work.
Sorry?
The day he last came to work...
- Please tell him.
- Sure.
- Day before yesterday.
- Okay.
Here it is.
What about yesterday?
- Yesterday's footage.
- Okay.
Here you go.
There's no one.
Why are we missing
from the footage?
What about their footage?
When did you come?
Around 5:00 p.m.
Okay.
The CCTV has been hacked.
This is footage
from some other day.
Don't think a security guard
would hack the system.
Who else could it be?
Since you're in charge,
you'll be questioned.
But we're the ones
who informed the cops.
And the cops will question you.
Let's go, Bapi sir.
DCP Adarsh Srivastav, ma'am.
Rajasthan Police.
- Rajyashri.
- Look who's here.
What a pleasant surprise!
Ekendra!
What are you up to?
- Here for a case or on a vacation?
- On a vacation.
Adarsh and I were
in the same police training camp.
- Everyone fine at home?
- Yes.
- It's been a long time.
- About five years.
- Isn't it?
- Remember the Maniktala case?
We used to have samosa every day.
They'd serve red chutney.
And coriander chutney in winter.
And the chilli pickle
with fried bread was...
A bull has been stolen.
Do you want to be part
of the inquiry?
By the way...
He is brilliant.
You had more hair back then.
It was in my heydays.
I see.
- The CCTV has been hacked.
- Yes.
That means Rajen replaced the original
with a fake.
Now we'll get into trouble.
Hmm.
Will you inform Mr. Gupta?
Who's Mr. Gupta?
- Chemistry professor.
- Oh.
Dr. Anand Gupta.
He collects and preserves antiques.
He helped us save
a valuable Matrika idol from smugglers.
- Damn it! Sorry.
- No problem.
Don't worry.
It's okay.
Let it be.
- Sorry.
- It's okay.
- Who were we talking about?
- Anand Gupta.
Some people volunteer for him.
He can ask them
to keep an eye out for smugglers.
He runs a group
that actively prevents smuggling.
Anyway.
What did you do
in the last three days?
I came to office as usual.
Day before yesterday...
I handed over all the work
to Rajen and went home.
He hasn't been back since then.
When did you go to Kolkata?
Three days ago.
- What time was your flight?
- Eight a.m.
Jaisalmer to Kolkata via Delhi.
I dropped him off at the airport.
- I returned after he checked in.
- Hmm.
So...
- Sumanta wasn't here.
- No.
You were here.
That leaves Rajen.
- When did you arrive, sir?
- Huh?
Me?
Come on!
Are you suspecting...
It's our job to suspect everyone.
Adarsh, I had an aunt
who was suspicious of everything.
She used to wipe her fingerprints off
the door lock.
- Ahem!
- Ekendra!
Tell me, sir.
Three days ago.
I've put up at a hotel near the fort.
You can verify.
I went to the museum
the same day as you.
Maybe...
A little before you.
Just a little earlier.
That means
the statue was stolen
day before yesterday
or the night before that.
- Shatadru sir.
- Yes?
Did you take a good look
at the Natesa idol?
What is it, Pramod?
Have you lost it?
Why is everything going wrong?
It's the bloody professor.
Showed up out of the blue
and now the cops are after us.
You've got your money.
Now deal with them.
The cops are looking for Rajen.
Was it necessary to kill him?
Haven't you heard the saying?
If you're scared,
you're as good as dead.
What if the cops find the body?
Don't worry.
Babu Saab has swallowed it.
Who the hell is Babu Saab?
How do we care?
We get our money
once the job's done.
Now you handle it.
- Hmm.
- Listen.
Who's the other guy
investigating with Srivastav?
He's from Bengal.
Detective Ekendra Sen.
We have to stop him.
Hmm.
We have to stop him.
Stop the car.
Stop!
Perfect!
I'm certain this is the original.
- Are you sure?
- Yes.
- You're not mistaken, right?
- It's the original.
Did Tarokiv auction a fake?
But how could they auction a fake?
Some collectors are ignorant.
- To find out if it's fake--
- A safety pin is enough.
This is a fake too, sir.
What!
How did you know?
Look closely at the idol's foot.
A safety pin is jutting out.
My God!
A safety pin stuck to the foot
of a 17th-century Natesa idol.
A huge racket is behind it.
They're creating replicas
and replacing the originals with them.
Okay...
Let me talk to Adarsh.
- Bapi.
- Hmm?
Did you notice the safety pin
when you first saw it?
No.
Hello, Adarsh.
- Strange guy!
- Could you trace Rajen?
How observant!
We traced Rajen's phone location.
(indistinct chatter)
Last location is Longewala.
India-Pakistan border.
We couldn't reach him.
But he's been there
for the last three days.
Last three days?
So, the night before we arrived...
the bull crossed the border.
Hmm.
About the phone location...
Where did he start out?
Jaisalmer.
Jaisalmer?
Started out that very night.
Where's the phone?
Ekendra.
It's a huge desert.
But we're trying to find it.
Right, I understand.
Like finding needle in the sand--
Forget it.
Don't think you'll find the bull
in Jaisalmer.
But try.
Let's do something.
I have an informer called Hariram.
I'll put him to work.
He has all the information
on the market.
- And the Natesa idol...
- It's gone.
You won't find it.
We can ask for Interpol's help.
Ruchira, call Hariram.
Sir.
There is a possibility
that Rajen has been killed.
Why do you think so?
Because he's part of the crime.
He is untraceable.
Did he withdraw money
from any ATM?
He never used one.
- He hasn't called his family either.
- Hmm.
In all probability,
he's no longer alive.
Then we should've found his body.
- But we didn't.
- Hmm.
Sir, Hariram is here.
- Hello, sir.
- Hariram, ask around.
Eken, this is Hariram.
Hello.
Find out
if it has been sold in the market.
Or if it has been taken
across the border.
Okay.
If you have any news,
inform us immediately.
Okay, sir.
Here's your tea.
Thank you.
- When will Sayan be home?
- He's on his way.
- Your tea.
- Thank you.
- Your coffee, Eken Babu.
- Thank you, ma'am.
My friends will come over
to take photos with you.
Sure.
- Ma'am.
- Yes?
Will they take photos
with Promotho too?
Of course.
Why not?
Wish it was only Bapi and me.
Had enough of your taunts.
Oh come on, sir!
Life is nothing without humour.
Stop snacking.
You'll get a stomach upset.
The brain doesn't work
on an empty stomach.
Bapi, did you get it?
Indo-Pak border.
No idol.
No body.
No phone.
Nothing. Nothing. Nothing.
Find your way and lose yourself!
What happened?
Eken Babu is singing.
Oh!
I got scared.
You can't sing.
Don't you get it?
- Anything is possible if you try.
- Incorrigible!
You know,
my uncle acted in plays.
He once acted
as an Afghan hawker.
The real Afghans thought
he was one of them
and took him with them
to Afghanistan.
- What rubbish!
- I'm serious.
He couldn't take off the fake beard.
So they mistook him
for a real Afghan.
Why do you talk rubbish
all the time?
- Why do you "bag" me?
- Not again!
It's "bug". Not "bag".
Forget it.
Shed some light on the case.
It's a twisted case.
The Natesa idol was stolen
a long time ago.
- And in "Lungiwala"--
- Longewala.
Same thing.
The bull is way past
the border by now.
Then there's Rajen's murder.
His body is missing.
You said
Rajen had accomplices.
Who else is involved?
Two suspects work
in the museum.
- One of them is Rajyashri.
- Yes.
Who's the other one?
- I'll tell--
- Eken Babu.
Camel ride tomorrow morning!
Camel?
It's called "cam-L"
because L is for large.
- Should I get up on it?
- Yes, please.
- Bapi, come on.
- Yes.
- Make them sit.
- Yes, sir.
This one is ours.
- Sit in the front.
- Okay.
Wow!
- What a wonderful stench, Bapi!
- Hold your nose.
- Hold on tight.
- I know. You too.
- Get on.
- Careful.
Don't put your leg up.
Oh my God!
- Hang on.
- Let's go.
What are you doing?
What's wrong?
Sir.
A ship always rolls and pitches.
But it's a camel.
We're in a desert.
Isn't camel the ship
of the desert?
- Why are you doing that?
- Why should I tell you?
What the hell!
That's how the camel broke its back.
Get it?
Yeah, Adarsh.
Anand Gupta?
I see.
Okay, I'll be right there.
Be right there.
Hey!
Adarsh just told me
Anand Gupta is on his way.
Stop the camel.
Duty calls!
Stop them.
Please sit, dear.
What happened?
- Let's go.
- I'll pay for the ride.
- Let me pay.
- I'll get it.
Okay, come on.
(humming)
Here you go.
- For both of you.
- Okay, sir.
Thank you.
Bapi, what's the matter?
Anand Gupta is on his way.
- Are you going to the museum?
- Looks like it.
Oh!
What about lunch?
We'll eat out.
I'm sure Eken Babu is going
to leave his mark here too.
Then nothing like it.
- Sir, help me!
- Huh?
What's wrong?
Ate it up.
Ate up the green muffler
Khuku knit for me.
- Oh no!
- How?
Yanked it when I moved close
for a photo.
Haven't you taught him
any manners?
Very sorry, sir.
You think it's funny?
Nonsense!
We Bengalis
have poems on camels.
Camel walks with its head held high.
On the desert so dry.
Come on.
- My muffler...
- It's okay. Let's go.
Excuse me, sir.
Here you go.
Strange!
Can't tell it's a fake.
We found the absconding guard's phone
in Longewala.
Can't believe it!
Our riches smuggled away
to other countries.
Ekendra, he knows Bengali.
He used to live in Kolkata.
- Is it?
- Not for long.
We used to live near Ram Mandir
in Central Avenue.
I spent my childhood there.
So I can speak Bengali.
But I still use some Hindi words.
How can I help you?
Where can I get a green muffler?
- Sorry?
- A knitted green muffler...
Stop.
Oh!
Rajen wasn't working alone.
The Kalibangan bull
is worth a few crores.
If he sold it,
where did the money go?
And if he's dead,
then where's the body?
There are camel caravans
near the border in Longewala.
Why don't you ask them?
I'll inform the minister.
Okay.
A lot of foreign tourists
often visit the museum.
- What if someone--
- No, no.
Not possible.
They'd never get the original statue
to the hotel.
They only get the photos.
Once the deal is closed,
they get the original.
I have a good collection of photos.
All the statues from the photos
have been smuggled out.
Come over.
I'll show you.
That would be great.
Thank you.
If you don't mind...
Can I speak to you
in private, Sumanta?
- Sure.
- Me? Sure.
- Please excuse us.
- Let's go.
See you.
- Sir.
- Yes?
Is Rajyashri interested
in fine arts?
- What do you mean?
- Does she draw?
- Draw what?
- Does she sketch?
No.
Why?
It's nothing.
Thank you.
Oh! Okay.
Then I'll get going.
What sketch?
Here.
Found it in Rajyashri's dustbin.
Oh!
Is that why
you slid under the table?
It's not what you think, sir.
Many heads.
Many hands.
Welcome...
Welcome to our land
Find your way and lose yourself
Find your way...
Any update on the bull?
Not the Kalibangan bull.
A new item is on the way.
Patwon Ki Haveli.
A guy will be waiting
in a yellow hoodie.
Get going.
- Hariram?
- Yes.
Let's go.
- Where is it?
- Inside.
These alleys
are equally thrilling at night, sir.
Hmm.
Thrilling indeed.
Why are we out on a walk
at this hour?
Sir, haven't you heard the poem?
"You hunt pigeons in the day.
And owls at night..."
He... He... He...
Hariram?
(indistinct chatter)
- Hello, sir.
- Hello.
- Hello.
- Hello.
Shut up, Benzene.
Please come.
He won't hurt you.
Come in.
Purander, take care of him.
- Sir.
- Hmm?
Why is the dog called Benzene?
Chemistry professor.
Good.
You're improving.
Come on in.
I think Hariram's murder
is a trap.
It's difficult to bust
the smuggling racket.
This way.
People don't know
how precious these artefacts are.
Ask daughter-in-law
to serve breakfast.
Okay, sir.
Sir...
Where's the bathroom?
- Are you okay?
- I need to use the bathroom.
- Sure. That way.
- Thank you.
Effect of the snacks.
Keep the Gas-O-Fast ready.
- My goodness!
- Too many snacks!
Now you've got a stomach bug.
Here's the Gas-O-Fast.
- Gas-O-Fast?
- Yes.
Tastes great.
Made from fresh cumin.
India's original solution to acidity.
You have a beautiful bathroom.
What a huge cast-iron bathtub!
Bought or built?
He's asking if you purchased it
or had it made.
Ah! I bought it.
You wanted to show us
some photos, right?
Right, let's go.
This hall used to be
my family's trophy room.
All these antiques
were collected by my ancestors.
One minute.
Have a look.
All of these are missing.
Yes.
Every time an artefact is spotted,
I check with the photos.
- My goodness! All missing?
- Yes.
Binabadanrata Saraswati idol.
Apsara series.
And this one...
- The Matrika idol.
- Yes.
Ganesha idol.
All these...
Unbelievable!
Come.
This is
my wonderful daughter-in-law, Nanda.
Hello.
And that's a wonderful spread!
- Must be his artwork.
- Don't even ask.
He scribbles everywhere.
Jeetu, my grandson.
Jeetu, say hello.
- What happened to his hand?
- A rash.
Don't worry. It's an allergy.
It will heel.
It won't "heel".
It will heal.
- Please go ahead.
- Sure.
Come on.
Dig in.
Don't think
these two cases can be solved.
If Hariram's killer is arrested,
we might get a lead.
- Pleasure to meet you, Prof. Gupta.
- Same here, Mr. Ghosh.
Purander, hold him back.
- Thank you. Goodbye.
- Bye.
There's a Bengali rhyme
on Hariram's murder, sir.
What?
"Hey, Uncle Hariram.
You'll die soon.
Fever, cough and cold.
Die already, you're too old."
- You're impossible!
- It's written by Sukumar Ray.
Forget about it.
At least,
Hariram's body was found.
- Rajen's body has vanished.
- Maybe it's buried in the sand.
Might be found years later.
Like they do in the Everest.
It's a body not a pill.
Won't dissolve in water.
- Right.
- True.
- Are we going to "Boro Bagh"?
- Bada Bagh.
Do you have a plan?
Everyone will find out
sooner or later.
Have to get things done before that.
Call Sumanta.
- Bapi sir.
- Hmm?
- Is this Bada Bagh?
- Yes.
It was built in the memory
of great Rajput kings.
All the Rajput kings
were cremated here.
The bigger domes
are meant for the kings.
The smaller ones
are for rest of the royal family.
Oh!
- I'm really upset.
- Why?
- It's gone.
- Right.
The garish green muffler
Khuku made for me is gone.
The Kalibangan bull.
Thought he's talking
about the muffler.
- Some things are not adding up.
- About the muffler?
Not the muffler.
- Then?
- About the statues.
Explain.
One, Shatadru Ghosh.
A famous professor.
The moment he came here
for Tarokiv's idol
the Kalibangan bull went missing.
Besides, why wouldn't
an eminent archaeology professor
inspect the Natesa idol properly?
You mean
he's not protecting the artefacts.
- He's smuggling them.
- Quite possible.
Two, Rajyashri Sen.
Rajen might've had the keys.
But breaking into the gallery,
stealing the original
replacing it with a replica
and hacking the CCTV...
He couldn't have pulled off
such an elaborate plan.
Then who's behind the plan?
Rajyashri?
Maybe she sketched a replica--
And Sumanta.
He claimed he returned to Jaisalmer
the day after the theft.
But the fact is...
Where did he go?
Promotho?
- Come on.
- Promotho?
- There he is.
- Hey!
- Come on, quick.
- Hey, stop!
- Hey! Hey!
- Hurry up!
Who sent you?
Promotho, don't let him go.
I'll get the other one!
Stop!
- Where's the other one?
- He got away.
- Bapi sir.
- Yes?
Call Adarsh.
- Name?
- Barun Bhatti.
- Are you a driver?
- Yes, sir.
Hmm.
Who "dispatched" you after us?
Who "attached" you?
- Damn it! What is it?
- It's "sent".
- Who sent you?
- Nobody, sir.
We'll make you talk.
Wait and watch.
Adarsh, send his phone to SOG.
Get the location history
and call list.
- Ruchira, get it done.
- Yes, sir.
- Recognise him?
- No, sir.
Oh really?
- Didn't you drive him to Longewala?
- No, sir.
- Do you drive only in Jaisalmer?
- No, sir.
I often go to Longewala.
To Gadisar Lake.
But I've never seen him.
You'll be punished
if you lie.
Didn't they teach you in school?
- Let it be.
- Ekendra!
Sir.
Found Sumanta's number
in his call log.
- They've been in touch.
- Look at that!
- Bloody liar!
- Listen.
Don't waste our time.
Spit it out.
Yes, sir.
Took him to Longewala.
- Was he alone?
- No, sir.
Sumanta was with him.
I don't know anything.
They promised to pay me.
So, I drove them at night.
Sumanta met some guys.
Rajen was very scared.
He threatened to expose Sumanta
if he didn't get his money.
Then?
Sumanta and I killed him.
- What about the body?
- I don't know.
We dumped the body
somewhere else.
- Where?
- Near Gamnewala.
Come on, let's go.
Hurry.
- Did another car pick up the body?
- Yes, sir.
- Then?
- Sumanta said...
Babu Saab would swallow it.
- What?
- What did he say?
Babu Saab will eat the body.
Hannibal?
- Cannibal.
- Sorry.
Cannibal?
Does Babu Saab
feed on humans?
No idea, sir.
That's what Sumanta said.
He knows the rest.
Excuse me.
Sumanta Roy's house?
- This one.
- This one?
It's locked.
No way...
There he is.
Sumanta!
- Sumanta, stop!
- Hey, stop!
Sumanta, stop!
- What happened?
- Come this way.
Get him!
Sumanta, stop!
I said stop!
- Stop!
- Hey, stop!
- Stop!
- Stop!
(indistinct yelling)
Get him!
Stop!
Stop!
Damn it!
Stop!
There he is!
Sumanta, stop!
You're surrounded.
Stop!
Sumanta!
Listen...
I didn't do anything.
Trust me, I don't know...
Lies!
You said you went to Kolkata.
But you didn't.
Says who?
Rajyashri dropped me at the airport.
I returned to Jaisalmer the day
after the statue was stolen.
No, sir.
You were in Jodhpur
the day after it was stolen.
You must've fled from Longewala.
What?
Have you lost it?
Just a minute, sir.
Here's my camera.
And here's the photo.
The morning in question
you were in Jodhpur Circuit House.
Isn't it?
Let me tell you
what happened.
You did board
the Jaisalmer-Delhi-Kolkata flight.
But you got off in Delhi.
Then you took an overnight bus
to Jodhpur.
I've seen the bus ticket.
Oh! You're a cop--
Sorry.
You replaced the Kalibangan bull
with a replica
and smuggled the original
to Pakistan that night.
You killed Rajen
on your way back.
Am I right?
You're the one who hired Barun
to attack us, right?
Speak up.
Or else, we know
how to make you talk.
Come on.
It was me.
I smuggled it.
But that statue is a fake too.
What?
What do you mean?
I sold it to the agents.
But now they're threatening me
because it's not
the original Kalibangan bull.
How long have you known Shatadru?
Well...
He sent me a mail
around five months ago.
We've been in touch since then.
Haven't you met him before?
- Met him here for the first time?
- Yes.
An imposter like Dr. Hazra
from "The Golden Fortress".
What?
What are you saying?
People often create
fake online profiles.
It should've occurred to me.
But symbolism...
Character...
He's quite well-versed
in the subject.
- Even riddles.
- Puzzle?
Yes.
I have a knack for riddles.
- Is he...
- He's good at them.
He's knowledgeable
about historical riddles.
Do something.
Call Shatadru
and put him on speaker.
The number you are calling
is currently switched off.
Please try later.
The number you are calling
is currently switched off.
Okay then...
Ma'am.
The fact that we suspect Shatadru
is an imposter...
And that Sumanta has been arrested...
Shatadru shouldn't get to know.
Just ask him
to get in touch with me.
Okay?
Bye.
Let's go.
Oh...
Did you make a sketch
of the bull statue?
- Huh?
- Why did you sketch it?
Just like that.
- I was sitting idle so...
- Oh!
Chose to sketch only the bull?
Good sketch!
Bye.
(indistinct chatter)
Who are you?
What are you doing here?
- What?
- Who are you? Why are you here?
I work here.
Here for my salary.
Oh!
Carry on.
Let's go.
The number you are calling
is currently switched off.
Please try later.
Madam.
...currently switched off.
If the cops come after me...
you'll be the first to die.
I'll be finished.
But Babu Saab
won't spare you either.
Who...
Who is Babu Saab?
Mind your own business.
Where's the original statue?
- I... I don't know.
- All lies!
Only you know where it is.
If we don't get it by evening
I'll bury you alive.
Hello, sir.
I need your help.
Not making any sense, sir.
- A man feeds on the dead?
- What?
- Feeds on the dead?
- Yes.
- Seriously?
- Cannibal.
Rajen's body is missing.
And Shatadru Ghosh...
Is he real or an imposter?
If so, does the real Shatadru know
someone is impersonating him?
Hmm?
What about the attack on him
at the Golden Fort?
Was it fake?
Was it staged?
But why?
- Bapi sir.
- Yes?
The fraud professor thought
he'd get away with the bull.
The Natesa idol was just a cover.
- You have a lot of friends abroad.
- Yeah.
Find out if there is a professor
called Shatadru Ghosh at Oxford.
Okay.
- Hurry up.
- Yeah, yeah.
It's Shatadru.
What?
Hello.
- Shatadru sir.
- Yes?
When did you last talk to her?
My phone was charging.
Saw Rajyashri's missed call
after I switched it on.
I tried calling her
but couldn't get through.
Found her main door locked.
That's when I informed...
Hmm.
Eken Babu.
Take a look.
A sketch of the bull statue.
Why did she sketch the bull
so many times?
I don't...
- Shatadru sir.
- Yes?
Did you talk to her
about the bull?
I told her it's a fake.
She got mad at me
and demanded proof.
Yes!
That's the reason.
That's why she sketched the bull
again and again.
So...
She used the sketch
to make a replica.
Then switched it with the original.
But she never thought
she'd get caught.
Can you prove
you're a professor at Oxford?
What?
- Are you suspecting me?
- Can you prove it or not?
Just a minute.
If I was involved
why would I inform you
that Rajyashri is missing?
Why?
Because Rajyashri knows
where the original bull is.
Maybe Sumanta and she
were working together.
Or maybe it was you and her.
Now you're acting innocent.
And Rajyashri has fled with it.
Quite possible.
Isn't it?
You can verify it.
- Ridiculous!
- (indistinct chatter)
- Eken Babu, come outside.
- Your card.
Thank you.
Oh!
He was here this morning.
Does he know...
When did you last see Rajyashri?
- She left at noon.
- Where did she go?
I don't know.
She left with a bag.
Did a car pick her up?
I don't know, sir.
Was it just one person or a group?
I don't get it.
- Adarsh, ask him.
- Yeah.
How many guys were there?
Did they attack her?
Did you see anyone else?
Pramod came after you left
in the morning.
- Get lost.
- Okay, sir.
Pramod?
By now, he must have...
Sir.
He's in Barmer.
Traced his phone.
But now it's switched off.
Barmer?
Munabao is about 125 km
from Barmer.
Munabao?
- A village on the Indo-Pak border.
- Correct.
He's fleeing to Pakistan.
Pramod, Dilip Singh here.
Yes?
Couldn't reach your other number.
Babu Saab said
he's found the original bull.
Where?
Kuldhara Temple, 10 p.m.
Pratap Singh Chauhan
will be waiting.
He'll have a flute with him.
Take the bull from him
and go to Longewala.
Won't get into trouble, right?
The cops are looking...
...for Sumanta and Rajyashri.
Get out of there.
Pratap Singh Chauhan?
Yes.
Babu Saab has sent me.
Hmm.
What's this?
This...
You walked right into my trap,
Pramod.
- Where's Rajyashri?
- Hey!
- Stop!
- Hands up!
Stop!
Get him!
- Catch him!
- Stop!
Pramod!
- Move back!
- Take shelter!
- Be careful, sir.
- I'm okay.
Come on.
Pramod, hands up!
Thank you, Ekendra.
Take him away.
Promotho, bring him here.
- Get off!
- Come on.
Move it.
Pramod, turn around.
Recognise him?
How did you like the trap?
I don't know where she is.
I just went over
to Rajyashri's place.
You didn't go over for nothing.
Why did you go?
Sumanta was arrested.
I was scared she'd turn me in.
Or else, that place...
I'd always skirt.
What were you doing
in a skirt?
Ekendra.
He doesn't mean
a woman's skirt.
- He meant he'd avoid her house.
- Oh! Okay.
Where is Rajyashri now?
I don't know where she is.
I don't know anything.
Let me go.
- Ruchira.
- Yes, sir?
- Bring him here.
- Sir.
If you've done anything
to Rajyashri...
I don't know anything, sir.
Please let me go.
Sir.
Do you recognise him?
Pramod Singh.
He was with Dilip
at Patwon Ki Haveli the other night.
He's the one
who murdered Hariram.
- Hey!
- Shut up! Sit!
- Sit!
- Sit down!
Hello, Mr. Gupta.
Hello.
Is Rajyashri missing?
- Yes, she's missing.
- Impossible!
She'd come home to meet me.
What?
When?
Around 4:00 p.m.
She left in half an hour.
Can you come over to my place?
Sure.
- Do you see the car?
- Yes.
- Zoom in.
- Okay.
Zoom in on the number plate.
- It's clearly visible.
- Yes.
- Adarsh, trace the car.
- Yes.
- The time is 4:35 p.m.
- Right.
What did Rajyashri tell you?
She was really worried.
Wanted my help.
She knew
where the original bull is.
But she didn't tell me.
She said
it would put my life at risk.
So she would inform the cops.
Oh...
She left me this note.
"In Sharanya's shelter
lies the king's vain jubilation.
Case tairs lies
lodi the dearthenun."
What does it mean?
I can't figure it out.
- I need some time.
- Hmm.
Where did you get this?
When we went over to Rajyashri's house
the other day...
...you showed me
a diary of sketches.
- It's from the same diary.
- Oh!
Take a look.
She's written the same lines
and crossed them out.
Sir, who is Sharanya?
- Goddess Durga.
- Goddess Durga.
So, a king seeks
Goddess Durga's help.
- Which king?
- Lord Rama.
Right.
Lord Rama sought
Goddess Durga's help.
Then "case tairs lies
lodi the dearthenun."
Doesn't make any sense.
So, the "case" has "lies"?
- Don't "bag" me.
- Uff!
I said I don't get it.
"In Sharanya's shelter...
Case tairs lies..."
Sir, one thing I can make out.
Rajyashri's riddle will lead us
to the original statue.
So, the sooner we crack it,
the better.
- Is this "laal maas"?
- Yes.
I've only made it a few times.
- Don't know how it's turned out.
- It's delicious.
- Want some more?
- Yes.
I'll get some.
- Bapi sir.
- Hmm.
The Rajput kings
were so well-built.
Suited to their appetite.
The platters were huge.
Remember Rawal Jaisal's platter
in the museum?
- Huge!
- Rawal Jaisal... Who's that?
What the hell!
- He built the Golden Fort.
- Right.
- Oh no!
- What's wrong?
- The mutton is overcooked.
- Oh no!
The bones have almost melted.
Eken Babu.
Eken Babu?
Huh?
What?
What is it?
Nothing.
- Eken Babu.
- Hmm?
We got mementos for you.
- This is for you.
- Thank you.
- This one's for you.
- Thank you.
- What about me?
- Bapi, for you.
Camel!
Look, I got a camel.
Do you like it?
A camel!
- Thank you.
- Welcome.
- Like it?
- Yes.
What did you get?
- Here.
- A dog!
- He got a dog.
- I got a king.
Why a dog?
Are Rajasthani dogs famous?
Ask Anusha.
She bought them for you.
- What a beautiful box!
- Like it?
I love it.
Thank you.
Here, take a look.
- Where are you going?
- Just a minute.
- What's wrong?
- There's dessert.
Let me solve
the mystery first.
Adarsh.
Search Anand's house tomorrow.
Rajyashri went to his house
but she never left.
Don't trust the CCTV footage.
I'll explain everything tomorrow.
Okay, bye.
Right.
Rajyashri never left his house?
How did you know?
Benzene, sir.
Think about the CCTV footage.
When Rajyashri entered the house...
...the dog barked at her.
But he was quiet
when she left.
What does it mean?
It wasn't Rajyashri.
No more "mawa kachoris".
All smuggled out.
Won't be any left.
All smuggled out.
- "Kochuhari!"
- What's wrong?
- What happened?
- What's wrong?
Eken Babu?
Sharanya is Goddess Durga.
Durga, the slayer of evil.
Durga, the invincible.
"Durg", the fort.
Wait here.
(indistinct chatter)
What are you delivering
for Mr. Gupta?
Taking back
the immersion heater.
- It's not working.
- Oh no!
- Did he buy it recently?
- Day before yesterday.
What's going on inside?
- A police inquiry.
- Oh!
Take care.
Bye.
Oh God!
There goes the loudspeaker.
- Hello, sir.
- Come in.
- Good morning.
- Good morning.
Did you ask the cops
to look for Rajyashri here?
It's the logical thing to do.
She was last seen
at your house.
But she left.
Your dog didn't bark
when she left.
Come on!
Dogs don't always bark.
- Anyway, please have breakfast.
- No, I'm on duty now.
Oh!
What a hassle!
Anyway, I have no objection.
- Come inside.
- Sure.
Found anything?
- No, sir.
- No sir.
- Ruchira?
- Nothing, sir.
Found anything?
No, sir.
We didn't find anything.
Is your geyser working?
- Yes. Why?
- Just like that.
- Thank you.
- Sure.
Sorry, sir.
It will be chilly
at the desert camp tonight.
Promotho.
We bugged a man
early in the morning.
All for nothing.
Your dog theory was wrong.
I'll prove it right.
- Mr. Know-It-All.
- Then prove it.
We're not getting anywhere.
What was it about "durg" or fort
in the morning?
Have you cracked it?
Sir.
I'm sure Lord Rama
has nothing to do with it.
"In Sharanya's shelter
lies the king's vain jubilation."
- Right?
- Right.
So, the king is jubilant
in Goddess Durga's shelter.
Hmm.
Give me some more words
for jubilant.
Jubilation...
- Joy, hap--
- That's it.
Sharanya is Goddess Durga.
"Durga" comes from "durg" or fort.
So, the king is jubilant
in the fort.
Jubilant is joy.
So, we've got fort...
King and joy...
- Tell me.
- You mean...
- Rawal Jaisal.
- Right.
Rawal Jaisal sought shelter
in the fort.
What about "vain"?
Don't worry about it.
It means cocky.
What?
We've cracked the first line.
Problem is in the second line.
"Case tairs lies
lodi the dearthenun."
But I'll crack it soon.
The cool desert wind will help.
(singing folk song)
Get him!
Catch him!
Sir.
I would've been surprised
if we weren't attacked.
But who could've planned it?
Rajyashri?
Promotho, do you have network?
- I do.
- Good.
Check if there's a professor
called Shatadru Ghosh at Oxford.
Look it up.
He is the real Prof. Shatadru Ghosh.
His name and photo
are on the Oxford professors' panel.
Hmm.
The original.
- Bapi sir, bring my phone.
- Sure.
"Case tairs lies
lodi the dearthenun."
What does the fort
have to do with it?
Here you go.
Hello.
- Hello, Shatadru sir.
- Yes.
Sorry to call you so late.
Meet me at Gadisar Lake
tomorrow morning.
Okay.
I need to talk to you.
Sure.
Good night.
Thank you.
"In Sharanya's shelter
lies the king's vain jubilation."
"Case tairs lies
lodi the dearthenun."
How did you know?
- Who sent this to you?
- Rajyashri.
When?
- Nope, nope, nope.
- I'm challenging you.
Without solving the riddle
the original statue can't be stolen.
I'll send it to you.
So she knew...
...the bull
was going to be stolen.
That's why...
she hid the original
and left us this riddle.
Right.
I was going through it last night.
I've decoded the pattern
of the riddle.
Look at the second line.
The syllables are jumbled up.
Remember Shibram Chakraborty--
Tell me, Adarsh.
Anand Gupta is not at home.
- What?- Yeah.
- Okay. Meet me at the fort.- Right.
- To the Golden Fort.
- Hurry up.
Drive fast.
Cough up the truth.
You said the right thing
at the right time.
- Thank you.
- Shibram Chakraborty saved us.
- Which story?
- "Farewell, Professor."
To get rid of his professor...
a student jumbled up newspaper names
to resemble Sanskrit verses.
- Right.
- Hey, just a minute.
"Andifo edfrienith,
Manstate, Shibangobo."
Right.
The Statesman, Bongo Bashi
and The Friend of India.
- Oh!
- The letters have been rearranged.
Our riddle is more complex.
"Case tairs lies
lodi the dearthenun."
Means "idol lies
underneath the stair case."
Staircase means steps.
And it's obvious
the idol is that of Devi Mata.
Let's go.
Let's get the bull.
"Underneath the stair case."
Not here.
(indistinct chatter)
They've taken it.
But not long ago.
I'll check.
It's Anand Gupta's car.
Damn it!
Eken Babu!
- What happened, Ruchira?
- Ekendra is here.
- What's wrong?
- Anand has fled with the statue.
Ruchira, do something.
- Wait at Anand's house with Shatadru.
- Sir.
We'll be there in a bit.
- Do as he says.
- Yes, sir.
- Come on, Ekendra.
- Promotho, get in.
- Hurry up.
- Drive fast.
Ekendra.
Are you sure he is our guy?
Anand Gupta
is a very influential person.
We'll get into trouble
if we're wrong about him.
I don't know.
I'm confused.
Let's get there first.
There he is!
That's Anand Gupta's car.
Catch up to them.
Hurry!
Pull over.
Drive faster!
Faster!
Stop!
Come on, Ekendra.
Hey!
Where's Mr. Gupta?
He went towards the hill.
Hurry up, Ekendra.
Let's go towards the hill.
Come on.
There he is.
There!
He's running away.
Let's go!
Follow those camels.
- Get up.
- Let's go.
Hurry up!
Follow them.
Hurry up.
Speed up!
Faster!
Speed up!
Faster!
Come on!
Speed up!
Come on, faster!
- That way, Adarsh.
- Turn left.
Faster!
Stop, Mr. Gupta!
Stop right there.
You can't get away.
- Hands up!
- What's going on?
- Stop the camel.
- Help me down.
Don't move!
Hands up!
Thank you so much, officer.
Don't try to run away.
What the hell is happening?
Not hell.
You're going to jail.
Hands up, chemistry professor.
- Promotho, search his pockets.
- Hmm.
Just a minute.
Just a minute.
We are running after the same thing.
Get it?
Hang on.
Officer, excuse me.
Very good, officer.
Give me the bag!
Here it is!
So?
This is it, right?
Any later and the statue
would've gone across the border.
Officer, arrest him.
His name is Salim.
Take care of it.
Done!
Mystery solved.
Here you were suspecting me...
Thank you, sir.
But we still have to find out
how Rajyashri disappeared.
We've got one.
The others will soon follow.
- Am I right?
- Yes, you're right.
We have to search your house
once again.
Again?
Why?
Your bathroom, to be precise.
Come in.
This is the crime scene.
Rajen was possibly brought here.
Later, Rajyashri too.
This is where they disappeared from.
What? Come on!
What rubbish!
- Are you buying it?
- Just a minute.
You did two clever things.
First.
You gave us Rajyashri's note
to divert attention from yourself.
Second.
You sent her phone
to the Jaisalmer desert.
So that her phone location shows
she went missing from the desert,
not from your house.
Ekendra.
Please explain.
What do you mean
she disappeared from here?
From here means...
From this bathtub.
What?
Noticed a few cartons
the first time I was here.
Labelled KOH
which stands for caustic potash.
Not surprising
for a chemistry professor.
But you know what, sir?
When mixed with hot water,
caustic potash generates a lot of heat.
When used in large amounts,
the heat is so lethal...
...it can dissolve dead bodies.
Mass, tissue et all.
This process is called aquamation.
Many countries use it
to dissolve dead bodies.
Desmond Tutu was aquamated
as per his last wishes.
Shatadru sir said the other day...
It's a body not a pill.
Won't dissolve in water.
That's when it struck me.
Then Anusha said the other day...
Oh no!
The mutton is overcooked.
The bones have almost melted.
The bones would've melted
if she'd boiled it a little more.
That's when it struck me again.
Two people are missing.
Did someone make them disappear?
Then...
I recalled everything
that happened here.
Alkaline hydrolysis.
Right, sir.
Caustic potash is the alkali.
Potassium hydroxide.
Very toxic.
Burns your skin.
It's not a rash
on his grandson's hand.
Those are caustic potash burns.
It struck me again
when I met the delivery guy.
What are you delivering
for Mr. Gupta?
Taking back
the immersion heater.
- It's not working.
- Oh no!
- Did he buy it recently?
- Day before yesterday.
Why an immersion heater
when the geyser is working?
Why did he need
the water to be so hot?
Because...
he used caustic potash
to heat up the water from the geyser.
And the immersion heater
to heat it further.
That's how he dissolved
Rajen and Rajyashri's bodies.
Sumanta had said
Babu Saab swallows the bodies.
Babu Saab doesn't swallow the bodies.
He melts them.
How?
A chemistry professor
knows it only too well.
How?
He used alkaline hydrolysis
to liquefy the dead bodies
and drain them out.
Know what's interesting, Adarsh?
You won't find any DNA samples
of Rajen or Rajyashri in the bathtub.
Because this process
doesn't leave any DNA traces.
The only way is
to collect DNA samples from
any bone fragments in the drain pipe.
Do something.
Check the drain pipe
for bone fragments.
If we find any, then bingo!
- This is absolutely rubbish.
- No, sir.
There's more rubbish to dig up.
Our next stop is your garden.
But first,
I'll need the photos of the statues.
Ah!
What a beautiful garden!
Full of colourful flowers.
What a joy!
Isn't it?
Now it's time for some magic.
Look at the photos.
And the scribblings on the back.
Anand's grandson didn't do it.
It was Anand himself.
I'll tell you why.
The Ganesha idol.
Marked in pink.
Which means the idol is buried
under the pink flowers.
The Saraswati idol.
Marked in yellow.
Which means the idol is buried
under the yellow flowers.
Adarsh, ask them to dig it up.
- Come on, get to it.
- Okay, ma'am.
Sir.
Anand Gupta sir.
You're too smart
for your own "bad".
- "Good."
- For your own good.
You were trying to run away
with the Kalibangan bull.
But it was stupid of you to turn
when you got caught.
- There's a Bengali saying--
- Not now.
Okay then.
You can't prove anything.
Oh, we will.
Rajyashri never left your house.
It was your daughter-in-law,
Nanda Gunti.
- Debi.
- Sorry, Nanda Debi.
She went out
disguised as Rajyashri.
So, there's footage
of Nanda returning.
But no footage of her leaving.
Am I right?
Here she is.
Ma'am, do you have anything
to say?
I didn't let them steal
the Kalibangan bull.
Very good.
Rajyashri, relax.
Nobody can touch you
when I'm here.
Now, where's the original bull?
It's with me.
- I've kept it somewhere safe.
- Very good.
You can trust me.
Tell me where it is.
- Actually, I--
- Babu Saab, your tea.
What Babu Saab?
Why are you calling me that
in front of her, idiot?
What will she think?
She calls me Babu Saab
because I'm her father-in-law.
You...
No, no.
You think I'm Babu Saab?
Come on!
You pretend to help the cops
catch the antique dealers.
- Have the tea.
- Help!
Help...
Change into this.
Anand Gupta sir.
There's a Bengali saying.
Sin can't be hidden for long.
The seized idols
are enough to put you in jail.
As for Rajyashri's murder...
Bone fragments
don't drain out so easily.
Let the cops look for them.
The aquamation set-up
is sufficient evidence for the court.
Forensic team is on the way.
Be alert.
Take her away.
Come on.
Get going.
Mr. Gupta.
Time to leave.
- Where's he going?
- Behind the bars.
Behind the bars!
Please, sir.
Come.
We should get going too, sir.
Let's go.
Eken Babu.
- This is for you.
- Oh my!
Look!
Thank you so much, ma'am.
I owe you one.
"Oh come on, sir!"
Come, Banerjee.
Look who's here to meet you.
- A small token from us.
- Thank you.
- Hello.
- Thank you.
Can't believe
I'm meeting Eken Babu in person.
Now you've solved a case
in Rajasthan.
- Let's take a photo.
- Yes, sure.
Yes, please!
Here we go.
Ready?
(indistinct chatter)
You get a photo too.
(song playing)