The Transplant (2026) Movie Script
[ OMINOUS MUSIC ]
Knowledge.
and experience...
are like a married couple.
They grow together,
yet are often contradictory.
They refuse to cede to each other.
[ CLICKING PHOTOGRAPH SOUND ]
My mistake was that my knowledge
much like a cocky husband
started underestimating its better half...
that is
experience.
[ MUSIC BEGINS ]
[ MUISC CONTINUES ]
There were plenty of reasons
behind my mistake.
I was always a bright student.
My bank balance at the
mere age of thirty
could make all my peers
quiver with jealousy.
Though I wasn't conventionally handsome
I always got my way with the opposite sex.
[ INCOMING CALL ]
[ INCOMING CALL ]
Say.
Are you driving?
Yeah. Getting out of the city.
- Where exactly?
One of my juniors -
Putu - asked for a favour.
His uncle is unwell. Has to be
brought to the city for treatment.
Couldn't you inform me once?
Don't you know how much I worry for you?
For God's sake, I'm
just going to a village!
Not on an exotic holiday that
you'll have reasons to "worry" for me!
Still you need to inform me!
I couldn't reach you on phone
It was all planned in a rush,
so I couldn't inform you.
You should have.
I need to know where you are!
[ INCOMING CALL ]
Drive safe. And keep calling me
in between. I will be waiting!
My friend is calling.
I'll have to hang up now.
Okay, Love you. Drive safe.
- Yeah. Love you. Bye.
Yes, Putu!
- Hey! How far are you?
On my way.
- You are so late already!
Oh really? Late?
- No I mean...
Do remember it's a favour I'm doing to you.
So be thankful, shut up and wait! Okay?
[ CITY SOUNDS ]
[ CAR ENGINE SOUND ]
Hop on.
Its so late...
We won't be able to reach before dark!
The door...
Please unlock it!
[ DOOR UNLOCKS ]
[ DOOR CLOSES ]
Goodbye, mom!
- Ride safe. Don't panic.
And get the work done properly.
- Don't you worry, I will. Bye!
What if we really can't reach before dark?
No point telling you.
It's a village thing.
After dark, life in the village
is very different from the city.
Even the cities are not bereft
of thugs these days.
And why are you worried?
Don't you know about my
connections in the police force?
Nobody's got the balls to
cause any harm to Aranya Bose.
It's not the thugs, whom I referred to.
There are other much
frightening things there.
Didn't you get to dissect corpses
during your medical studies?
How are you still such a pussy?
Dumbo.
[ CAR ENGINE STARTS ]
[ CYCLE PASSES ]
Putu is my junior from school.
We used to play together.
Rather, we used to play with
him in the football matches!
Shooting at him, making him
fetch the ball - all kinds of bullying!
You know how geeky boys are treated!
Later I joined the insurance
department & he studied medical.
He's recently become a doctor!
But he hasn't been able to leave
his geeky ways behind!
[ CARS PASSING ]
[ INCOMING CALL ]
[ MOBILE GAME SOUNDS ]
[ CALL DISCONNECTS ]
[ EXHALES ]
When are we expected to reach?
5.30, if we don't take a break.
But we must take a break!
I'm feeling hungry already.
Is your mobile fully charged?
- Yes! Fully!
[ SWITCHES OFF PHONE ]
Awesome! Now explain to me
our exact itenarary.
We stay at your uncle's house tonight
& head back early tomorrow, right?
Yeah.
[ MOBILE GAME SOUNDS ]
Provided Mishti is back home.
Else we will have to wait a bit.
She works at night, so by the time
she returns its often morning.
We can't leave aunt alone.
She can't see properly.
Mishti, who...?
My cousin. She is a nurse.
She has her duty at the
town hospital at night.
Bravo!
So your family wouldn't need a
medical insurance ever, right?
You're a doctor...
your cousin is a nurse...
If this is how all families operate.
We will lose our job, bro!
- Hahaha!
So why doesn't your cousin
work in the city?
She is a leftist of sorts. Believes in
serving the community, you know?
I see...
Is she married...?
Now you have come to the point!
What do you mean?
- You know very well!
I was just trying to small talk!
- Yeah right!
I have known you forever, Bose da!
I know about your soft corners very well!
- Hahaha!
But I must warn you!
Mishti is not at all the romantic type!
Her personality is not even half
as sweet as her name!
I don't mind.
But you must not understimate
your 'Bose Da' as well!
Do you remember Mitali?
- Who?
Your senior from school.
Head of the students' committee.
Oh, I remember.
She was a difficult nut to crack.
Guys used to be petrified of her.
Except one guy - me!
We dated for four months.
She literally begged me to not
break up with her! Hahaha!
You see... dating women is like
writing a research paper...
If you do your homework well,
you can grab any girl by their...
Anyway. We'll see to that
when we get to your village.
But this place is full of food joints,
so we must take a break now!
[ CAR ENGINE SLOWS DOWN ]
[ CARS PASSING ON THE HIGHWAY ]
How much for the two of us...?
If you wantl can try matchmaking
between you and Mishti.
You're growing old, anyway.
Want a whack of this old hand?
- Hahaha! Gotcha!
But I'm serious...
Aren't you single right now?
Tell me. Aren't you?
Then this is the best opportunity for you!
Think about it.
You'll have a nurse as a wife,
a doctor as a brother-in-law!
You can save your insurance money
& plan an exotic trip to...
[ OMINOUS MUSIC STARTS ]
[ CAR UNLOCKING SOUND ]
Did I forget to lock the car?
How did you enter the car?
Get out, now!
Strange! Why are you silent?
Get out now!
Are you mute?
N-no sir!
Why did you enter my car?
- I am sorry sir!
Actually, I need a lift.
Please, help me!
Are you for real?
First you break into our car
& now you want a lift?
Get out! Right now!
- I have to reach Natokpur!
It's too late and even
the last bus has left.
Since you are going in that direction,
you can easily drop me off there!
How do you know that we are going that way?
- Don't indulge him.
There's not a single place to accomodate
city-dwellers like you on the way!
Till Natokpur, there are only
paddy fields and villages.
And going by the car, it doesn't seem
you can stay in such modest villages.
I see. How far is this Natokpur?
- Don't!
About fifteen miles.
- Fine. Let's go.
What do you mean?
Bose da, this is not safe at all!
- Come on Putu!
Relax a bit!
You are out of the city now!
If you stress yourself so much, before long
you will become a patient at your own hospital!
Come on!
I thank you from the bottom of my heart!
Ha - ha - ha (eerie laughter)!
[ SLAMS DOOR ]
[ CARS PASSING ON THE HIGHWAY ]
What's your name?
Sir... Bhutu (Ghost in Bengali)!
Ha - ha - ha (eerie laughter)!
What do you do for a living?
- I sell fish!
There's a big fish market close to
the place where we met!
Are you coming from Kolkata?
- Hmm.
That's great!
The roads are excellent now! You can
come here from the city in no time at all!
So where are you headed for?
Putu?
Nischindipur.
What? Today? To Nischindipur village?
- Yes. Why?
You will have to cross the Moyna Slope,
that too after dark!
So what?
Sir... that is not at all a safe route!
I told you!
- People don't go there after dark!
Why exactly?
The place is haunted, sir!
There's a cremation ground close by.
Many people have faced trouble
while crossing that place after dark!
Man is bound to face trouble...
and then get himself out of it!
Get it, Bhutu?
What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger!
Thesis... antithesis... synthesis...
ever heard of these terms?
Sir... you have a big heart!
The way you helped me at this hour...
I will always be grateful.
But...
You must listen to your friend.
He was absolutely right!
Really...? Please explain to me.
You are city-dwellers.
So you don't know about the dangers
that lurk in the countryside.
So you must be careful all the time.
First you picked up a complete
stranger like me in your car...
Now you're crossing Moyna Slope after
dark... these actions are highly risky!
Such ill-advised actions are often
responsible for inviting danger upon yourself.
That's why I was suggesting that you...
Be careful when you are in the country...
[ SUDDEN BRAKING ]
Do you know where this
car was manufactured?
In the... factory?
- No.
In the laboratory.
In the University. On mathametics copies.
On the various documents
in a corporate company.
On Newspaper advertisements.
And where do you think these laboratories,
universities and offices are...?
Where? In the city!
Don't you sell fish?
Everything starting from your
fish trollers to the car
that takes you back and
forth from the market...
Has been created by the intellect of
city-dwellers like us!
So there's nothing so special in your
countryside, that is beyond our knowledge.
I was born and brought
up in the city of Kolkata.
So don't try to shove all your local
mumbo-jumbo stories down my throat.
Is it clear?
Is it??
[ STARTS CAR ENGINE ]
[ BIRDS CHIRPING ]
[ CAR APPROACHING ]
Here... that's it.
My house is that way.
And... this is the way to Nischintipur.
Okay my friend. Nice to meet you.
Shall we go now?
Sir! You have helped me so much...
I can not but beg of you!
Please be my guest for tonight!
I will arrange whatever I can
to give you food and comfort.
Don't drive through the ominous
Moyna's slope in the evening!
Here. Take it.
Buy yourself a full bottle of country
liquor. It will help you sleep at night.
[ CAR MOVING ]
[ OMINOUS MUSIC ]
[ CRICKETS SOUND ]
[ CAR MOVING ]
How far is it from here?
What happened?
You too are afraid of crossing
the Moyna Slope?
You always have to overdo everything!
What was the need of giving him money?
Brother!
That man was trying to con me!
He made up all these horror stories, so that he
could earn by renting his place to us tonight.
I had to show him that
I'm a bigger player than him!
What good will it bring anyway?
I had insisted you to
not take him on board!
A complete stranger!
Had Alexander stopped after conquering Greece,
would he be called "Alexander The Great" today?
To become "great", you need
to invite challenges for yourself!
No point talking to you!
Hey! Don't get upset!
Check how much time left
to reach your uncle's place!
Still one more hour.
So... what time does your
cousin leave for work?
Any chance of meeting her tonight
if I speed up a bit?
You are truly incorrigible!
There is no word I can say to y...
Tell me.
Do I have a chance or not?
Bose da...
What happened?
Speak up.
- Bose da!
Hey leave my hand! I'm driving!
What's wrong with y...
What the...?
That conman Bhutu!
He distracted us while getting off. She
must've snuck in at that very moment!
Hey you!
What's your deal?
Why did you get into the car?
What do you want?
Can't you speak?
Don't make me stop the car
for your own sake!
Okay... you wana act tough?
I'll pull over now and deal with you.
W-What happened?
Stop the car!
The brakes are not working!
- What?
What do you mean the brakes aren't working?
I'm getting off!
Bose Da! The door... it's locked!
Do something for God's sake!
What can I do? The brakes won't work!
- Bloody think!
Take a U-turn! Let's go back!
It's not turning! There's something wrong!
Fucking move the wheel around!
- It's not working! I'm trying damn it!
Do something, for God's sake!
I don't know!
I don't fucking know either!
- I'm feeling scared, Bose Da! Think fast!
What the fuck is happening?
- Do something!
While sleeping, there is a particular dream
that keeps coming back to me.
I'm falling down from the top
of a very high building.
I don't remember the details
of the dream after waking up...
But I vividly remember the sinking feeling
in my body while falling down.
[ MUSIC PLAYING ]
[ DEMONIC BREATHING ]
Get the corpse into the car.
W-we are out on a very important...
- GO!!!
Bose Da, do something now!
This is our chance!
Don't stay bloody silent now!
Say something! What to do?
Let me think.
- To hell with thinking!
If we do nothing right now,
we are screwed!
Bose Da! Say something Goddamitt!
Hey Bose...
Bose da!! Hey! Stop!
Wait for me!
[ MUSIC RISING ]
Wait for me!
Hey Bose Da!
Wait! Hey Bose Da!
You bloody... You left me in
such danger and ran?
Stop right now, you traitor!
Why did you leave me and run?
- I left you?
I am in this danger because of you!
- Because of me?
Did I tell you to start so late?
Did I tell you to pick up that weirdo?
I shouldn't have agreed to drive you
to this goddamned place!
How will we get back my car now?
- I warned you multiple times to not be late!
And you-you turned
a deaf ear to it!
You said... "As long as Bose Da is here,
don't worry about anything!"
Now call your Big Shot connections
in Police and ask for help!
Call them! Call them right now!
I don't wanna hear any more of your crap!
- Oh-Ohkay! Calm down!
Don't try to trick me, you...
- Fine!
First let's reach the highway.
Then we can take a lift to
the nearest police station!
But where the hell is the highway?
Check the direction on your phone!
Did you get it?
What happened?
Bose Da...
- What?
We have to go back to the car.
- What??
I-I dropped my phone and
wallet there... Bose Da!
Bose Da! Please stop! Listen to me!
I can't leave wiithout them.
How much does your phone cost?
More than your life?
No-not the phone!
My Medical License is in the wallet!
I can't leave without it!
I have a big education loan on me!
I request you! We must
go back and get it!
Can't you get the fucking license forged?
- No way! It takes a lot of time!
I need that license to
get my Uncle admitted!
Bose Da! Bose Da, please!
I request you!
I beg of you Bose Da! I beg of you!
I can't leave without it! Please!
Please come with me back to the car.
I need it badly, trust me! I request you!
Please! I'm begging you!
Please come back with me!
Bose Da...
What was the fucking use of
being under my wing since childhood, huh?
I was so good in studies,
that my entire education was public funded!
Had you been a good student like me, we
wouldn't have been in this shit right now!
Bloody mediocrity everywhere!
In Ancient Rome, one of the closest aides of
Julius Caesar was the philosopher - Sicerio.
One of his famous quotes is
coming in my mind right now.
"Non nobis solum nati sumus."
Which means...
We are not born on Earth,
for the sake of our own self-interests.
Can you see it?
- No, Bose Da.
Make no sound!
- I think towards the left.
I was sitting on that side only.
T-that side!
Peep out and check if
you can see your wallet.
Go ahead.
Is it there?
- I can't see it!
There's no one inside. Crawl up to
the front seat and grab your wallet.
Go and grab it now.
- Now?
Don't panic!
[ OMINOUS MUSIC ]
[ DEMONIC CRY ]
Bose Da! Help me! Help me please!
There is one thing I forgot to mention...
Sicerio had to pay the price for
his loyalty to Caesar
by sacrificing his life
in the hands of Caesar's enemies.
[ EMOTIONAL MUSIC ]
[ PLAYERS HOOTING ]
[ PLAYERS HOOTING ]
[ PUTU CRYING ]
Bose Da! Get me out of here please!
I'm running out of breath, Bose Da!
Please get me out of here!
Since my childhood, everyone said
that I was way smarter than my peers.
I could read whole books by myself,
when I was barely three years old!
The first book I read was
Rudyard Kipling's "The Jungle Book".
It was a tale of the jungle, its animals...
& a human kid surviving among them!
What the book said about the rule of
the Jungle, is suddenly coming to my mind.
"Now this is the law of the jungle."
"As old and as true as the sky!"
"And the wolf that shall keep it,
may prosper."
"But the wolf, that
shall break it must die!"
[ MUSIC CONTINUES ]
At times, I was not being able
to make sense of anything.
I was travelling with... a corpse...
A ghost... Putu... was he still alive?
Why ain't he making any sound?
Maybe he has lost consciousness.
And I...?
Bewildered and confused, sitting helplessly
behind the steering wheel!
[ CAR ENGINE ]
[ DEMONIC BREATHING ]
Get off! And go to that eatery.
That eatery?
- Go and tell them there is a corpse in the car.
If you try to escape again...
I won't.
- Go.
[ Uncle & Aunt's Roadside Eatery ]
[ CLANKING OF UTENSILS ]
Listen! The little rice that is left, won't
be enough to serve customers tomorrow.
You must bring some rice early tomorrow.
- Ah!
Even after slogging all day I won't get a
minute's peace to sit and read some poetry!
What about the huge quantity of rice
I brought a few days back?
That was 2 weeks back! And it was
only 2 quintals that you brought!
Do you know how many customers
I have cooked for in these 2 weeks?
Is 2 quintals a small amount?
If you serve the customers meagrely and
yourself eat a little less, it'd be enough!
What did you just say?
- What?
Now you are taunting me about my appetite?
- When did I say that?
Just now you said it! I'm not deaf!
- You are wrong! I didn't mean it that way!
Listen to me first!
- I have listened enough!
I didn't talk about your appetite!
- Don't try to change the topic now!
Excuse me...
You make me slog & then ridicule me?
- Calm down and listen to me!
EXCUSE ME!
I-I need to talk to you.
Please come in! You are just in time!
- Right!
We were just about to close the shop!
Please come!
Actually I am in great trouble.
Trouble? What kind of trouble?
A strange woman has captured my car.
My friend is captivated in the boot!
And there is a
corpse in the car.
She forced me to bring it here!
It doesn't seem clear to us.
W-Who is the woman?
Whose corpse is it?
We were coming from Kolkata.
There was a corpse lying on the road,
we were on.
A strange woman suddenly appeared
inside my car, God knows how!
And since then, I have no control on the
steering wheel or the brakes!
She forced me to bring the corpse here.
I am out of my wits. Kindly help me!
[ EERIE LAUGHTER ]
I think he is starving.
Ask him to have something here.
- Absolutely!
This is quite natural. You are coming
from the city, right?
Yes.
- You must have eaten last during the day?
Yes.
- See, I was correct!
People often hallucinate when
they have an empty stomach!
You must eat something right away!
- Please come.
We have... fish curry.. Egg curry...
veg curry... everything!
I recommend the fish platter. It has
veggies, rice and many delicious items there!
And I still have the best pieces
of the fish for you!
All our items are fresh!
- What are you saying?
Choose from the menu!
- Are you out of your mind?
Don't worry about the price!
You see I am in a grave trouble!
My friend is inside the boot...
he might suffocate to death!
And all you are blabbering about is
fish.. Eggs.. & bloody what not!
I beg of you!
Please help me!
Listen!
If he is not here for the food,
close the shop.
I have to get up early.
And you have to fetch the rice too!
Bloody waste of time!
- I will.. I will... Calm down.
Sir... I will be honest with you.
Actually we are poor pople... we work
very hard to get two meals a day.
So we have no time to spend on
anything other than our business.
But...
If you have some food from our joint
it will help us make a little money.
Maybe then
we can give your
situation... some thought.
Say what...?
Let's go inside...?
Come.
[ UTENSILS BEING ARRANGED ]
"However much a great poet you are...
"If you don't like the moon and the stars.
"Your creativity will carry a major scar."
"So I suggest to keep
your heart's door ajar!"
Bravo! Bravo! What a beautiful poem!
Such impeccable rhyming is
hard to find these days!
These days you'll only get... what're
they called? Yes... open verse poetry!
They call it "modern poetry"!
You tell me. Are they as
appealing as something like this?
This is flawless!
""So I suggest to keep your heart's... "
- Can you hurry up a bit?
You see I'm in a bit of a trouble...
- Here it is! Right here!
See! It's here only!
Didn't I promise you the best
pieces of the fish? Here it is!
Actually the rice had gone cold.
So I quickly cooked a little rice.
Now enjoy the hot steamed rice!
Yes yes. Enjoy the food!
"With hunger troubling you so...
"How far can you possibly go?
"Where else to get such food
at such an hour,"
"Is there a place you know?"
"That too any cheaper, can you show?"
- Hahahahaha!
Bravo, my love! Bravo!
Did you start reading
my poetry books secretly?
Secretly my foot!
I studied till the 8th standard!
Can't I read poetry or what?
- I didn't mean that!
I meant that... you used to recite
so many poems after our marriage!
Why bring up marriage now?
- Yes!
Can you recite one right now?
- Now?
The one about the bamboo forest!
- "Upon the Bamboo forest"?
Listen!
- That one I haven't read in years!
W-Whose pictures are these?
T-those...?
Those are our clients' pictures.
- Yeah, clients'!
Clients?
- Right!
Means you click pictures of
the cutomers who eat here?
[EERIE LAUGHTER ]
Oh Lord! You
city people are so funny!
Hey! We need to explain it to him!
- Yes, please do!
Listen, sir! Those who come to
eat here are not really our clients!
We don't charge them a single penny!
- Yes, nothing at all!
The food is... complimentary!
- Free! Free!
That means y-you won't
charge me any money?
Why would we?
We would take it from our clients!
Don't you worry. Just eat!
Do you like the taste?
I have put in a lot of effort.
- Yes!
That's the one thing
I love about my wife!
The final meal... she cooks with
all her heart and effort!
What exactly do you mean?
Do you understand transplant?
T-R-A-N-S-P-L-A-N-T!
How bald patches on the head are replaced by
taking hair from other parts of the body
to generate new hair?
We too do it.
But for the "soul"!
If someone comes with a corpse here...
We bring that corpse back to life.
But there is only one condition.
The one who is coming here
with that corpse
needs to have a meal here
out of their own will.
It will make his soul travel
right out of his body into...
Hey! Hey what are you doing?
- Relax now! You are too weak!
Be careful! You are in no
position to escape now!
How funny is he! Wait, Mister!
- Be careful, sir!
[ GASPING FOR BREATH ]
[ COUGHING PROFUSELY ]
[ GAGS ]
[ OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING ]
[ COUGHS ]
See! I told you not to run!
Do you need water? Such a pity!
Aha! I feel really bad for him.
Should I get you some water?
- Hey!
I think it's done.
[ GASPING FOR BREATH ]
She seems to be the one.
- Oh yes!
Wait right there, my child!
- We're coming!
Don't panic! We are right here!
Careful! Careful! We are here!
Hold our hands.
- Come on, let's go now.
Watch your step. Carefully.
- A little bit more.
Don't forget to get all the papers ready.
And the picture too.
Don't rush me. I will take care of
everything. First let our client rest a bit.
[ UNCLE & AUNT'S ROADSIDE EATERY ]
[ RUNNING & BREATHING HEAVILY ]
Aunty! Aunty!
Aunty! Please open the door!
- I'm coming.
A-aunty!
What happened, Putu?
Why are you so late?
- I'll explain. Get me some water first.
Water...
- Yes! Come in first.
Have a seat first.
I'm sending your cousin with the water.
Mishti! Get a glass of water!
Sit down, son.
Mishti had duty at daytime.
She returned just a while back.
Rest a bit, son. Let me
arrange for your water.
Mishti! Hurry up a bit!
[ OMINOUS MUSIC ]
[ HEAVY BREATHING ]
Did you face any trouble
while coming?
Not at all. It's a familiar route.
How is Munni now...?
Better. They have asked her to be on
complete bed rest for a week.
It has just happened, so it is normal
to be weak for a few days.
But you know her right?
She can't stay in one place!
Look! Just take the name of the
devil and she is here!
Careful! Careful!
- Slowly!
Hold me!
Slowly. Sit.
- Careful.
Betrayal is a fascinating word.
It means breaking your trust or beliefs.
There are some toxic beliefs that we have
about ourselves and others.
They are just beliefs.
Not the truth.
So it's very important to crush
them from time to time.
For example, I started believing
that I am really weak...
Defenseless.
At every step, when I
tried to convince myself.
That this belief of mine is flawed...
Right then... the belief would
come back to bite me
in the form of a dark cloud!
That cloud of belief had
created a cocoon around me.
Which I was not being
able to break down.
But there came a time...
When I got a chance to break...
And kill this belief of mine.
Hello!
- Putu! Mishti here.
Our Munni is no more!
- What?
Yes! She is no more!
- When did this happen?
Last night! She had high fever!
In the morning, she wasn't breathing!
We called the Doctor,
but he said she is no more!
Why didn't you inform me?
We wanted to take her to the hospital.
The Doctor said its of no use.
She has expired.
What are we gonna do now Putu?
- Listen to me!
Is the Uncle-Aunt Eatery near
Moyna Slope still in function?
Yes. But.. But they would
need a donor...
Without a donor they can't...
Don't worry.
I will arrange a donor.
Start making the other arrangements.
- Okay. Bye.
[ SUSPENSE MUSIC ]
[ PHONE RINGING ]
Hello... Bose Da...? Putu here.
I need a favour.
Slowly... you are weak!
Why did you hop out of your room now?
- Exactly!
Aren't you supposed to rest?
- I am...
But how come I not
see you after all this?
Careful! Careful!
I told you to take rest!
Take complete rest for two days now!
- Right!
Then I will take you to Kolkata
for further treatment.
That's why I am here!
- But...
But brother...
I feel something strange happening...
I don't know why!
What is it...?
Since I came around...
My eyelids are patting continuously...
From time to time... involuntarily.
[ EEIRE LAUGHTER ]
Here it is.
Come on now!
My Love! Listen to me!
What is it?
- I was thinking...
The people who study
medical and become Doctors.
They are so famous!
But what we do is the same thing.
We give people new lives...
Yet no one knows about us!
Sometimes I feel very sad about it.
Don't you think I feel sad?
There is a show on the TV.
Its called "The Great Cooking Show".
They invite different cooks from around
the state to showcase their talent.
So many people appreciate them!
Here so many people get new
lives because of my food.
But see...
I never get an invite on that show.
Work hard, but no gain.
Be honest and get pain!
Will the life, My dear, go in vain?
Look at all these poems that
I have written..
Will they ever be published?
We are not young anymore...
It seems...
Our talents will never get
any recognition in the world!
Hey!
Did you hear about that "WeTube"
app which is very popular now?
I hear you can get your
own channel there!
And get famous overnight!
Can't we do something like that?
You are so naive!
- Why?
You think modest folks
like us can afford that?
Why can't we?
You need a lot of money for that!
- Money?
We can't do it, unless we
get a filthy rich client!
There are no such clients in this village!
- Uncle! Are you there?
Who is there? Bhutu?
- Yes, Uncle!
Come outside for once!
Go now.
- Wait!
Did you come so late to sell your fish?
We won't buy those stale
fish of yours. Get lost!
Dear Uncle! Just come out once!
This is a Big Fish! Got it a while back!
- Come on! Go!
I don't think you will
want to lose it!
Come out, Uncle! Fast!
- Wait! I'm coming.
Good heavens! This is enormous!
My Love! Come take a look at this!
- What is it?
Look at the size of the fish!
- Oh my!
I won't need to head to the
market for the next few weeks!
Untie the sack now!
Wow... WHATT??
What the hell is this?
Why did you bring this here?
Uncle!
Yesterday I came home in this chap's car!
This morning I found his
corpse in the river.
I found no wounds on
his body, so I thought...
This must be one of your preys!
Sacrificed for money!
[ EERIE SMILE ]
W-What rubbish are you talking about?
Take this away from here.
We don't want any trouble! Come!
Aunty! Listen to me once!
I noticed his car while my way back.
He is loaded! Filthy rich!
If you offered to bring him back to life..
Can you guess how much
he will be willing to pay?
What is there to think so much about?
Will you spend all your life serving
only the poor villagers?
Won't you try for a big customer for once?
B-but... who will be the donor?
You...?
- Yo!
But why will you give up your life?
- Uncle...
We have been exploited since eternity,
by the big fellows of the city!
And poor folks like us... only
slogged like labourers for ages!
Now... the time is ours!
Meaning...?
Aunty... tell me something!
Which is the most expensive
thing you can buy in this world?
D-Diamond...?
Soul!
Soul...?
- Though there's no existing market for it yet.
But we will create the market!
Once we bring this chap back to life,
we can earn a fortune!
That money can buy another donor,
with whom you can bring me back to life!
Just don't forget to send
the money to my home.
My assistant will get you
a new donor for me.
Uncle...
In this way, we can create
an enterprise out of this business!
I'll get the customers, & you
will give them my soul.
Then with a new donor,
you will again bring me back!
This is how you grow a business!
After that you can let go
of this ruin of a hotel!
You can get a new office!
With all modern amenities!
And then you can permanently scarp
that broken bicycle of yours!
You can buy a car for yourself!
A four-wheeler!
Dear Aunty! Won't you make
me your special meal now?
With your special meal, we all
can earn a fortune! Go now!
[ MUSIC KICKS IN ]
Knowledge.
and experience...
are like a married couple.
They grow together,
yet are often contradictory.
They refuse to cede to each other.
[ CLICKING PHOTOGRAPH SOUND ]
My mistake was that my knowledge
much like a cocky husband
started underestimating its better half...
that is
experience.
[ MUSIC BEGINS ]
[ MUISC CONTINUES ]
There were plenty of reasons
behind my mistake.
I was always a bright student.
My bank balance at the
mere age of thirty
could make all my peers
quiver with jealousy.
Though I wasn't conventionally handsome
I always got my way with the opposite sex.
[ INCOMING CALL ]
[ INCOMING CALL ]
Say.
Are you driving?
Yeah. Getting out of the city.
- Where exactly?
One of my juniors -
Putu - asked for a favour.
His uncle is unwell. Has to be
brought to the city for treatment.
Couldn't you inform me once?
Don't you know how much I worry for you?
For God's sake, I'm
just going to a village!
Not on an exotic holiday that
you'll have reasons to "worry" for me!
Still you need to inform me!
I couldn't reach you on phone
It was all planned in a rush,
so I couldn't inform you.
You should have.
I need to know where you are!
[ INCOMING CALL ]
Drive safe. And keep calling me
in between. I will be waiting!
My friend is calling.
I'll have to hang up now.
Okay, Love you. Drive safe.
- Yeah. Love you. Bye.
Yes, Putu!
- Hey! How far are you?
On my way.
- You are so late already!
Oh really? Late?
- No I mean...
Do remember it's a favour I'm doing to you.
So be thankful, shut up and wait! Okay?
[ CITY SOUNDS ]
[ CAR ENGINE SOUND ]
Hop on.
Its so late...
We won't be able to reach before dark!
The door...
Please unlock it!
[ DOOR UNLOCKS ]
[ DOOR CLOSES ]
Goodbye, mom!
- Ride safe. Don't panic.
And get the work done properly.
- Don't you worry, I will. Bye!
What if we really can't reach before dark?
No point telling you.
It's a village thing.
After dark, life in the village
is very different from the city.
Even the cities are not bereft
of thugs these days.
And why are you worried?
Don't you know about my
connections in the police force?
Nobody's got the balls to
cause any harm to Aranya Bose.
It's not the thugs, whom I referred to.
There are other much
frightening things there.
Didn't you get to dissect corpses
during your medical studies?
How are you still such a pussy?
Dumbo.
[ CAR ENGINE STARTS ]
[ CYCLE PASSES ]
Putu is my junior from school.
We used to play together.
Rather, we used to play with
him in the football matches!
Shooting at him, making him
fetch the ball - all kinds of bullying!
You know how geeky boys are treated!
Later I joined the insurance
department & he studied medical.
He's recently become a doctor!
But he hasn't been able to leave
his geeky ways behind!
[ CARS PASSING ]
[ INCOMING CALL ]
[ MOBILE GAME SOUNDS ]
[ CALL DISCONNECTS ]
[ EXHALES ]
When are we expected to reach?
5.30, if we don't take a break.
But we must take a break!
I'm feeling hungry already.
Is your mobile fully charged?
- Yes! Fully!
[ SWITCHES OFF PHONE ]
Awesome! Now explain to me
our exact itenarary.
We stay at your uncle's house tonight
& head back early tomorrow, right?
Yeah.
[ MOBILE GAME SOUNDS ]
Provided Mishti is back home.
Else we will have to wait a bit.
She works at night, so by the time
she returns its often morning.
We can't leave aunt alone.
She can't see properly.
Mishti, who...?
My cousin. She is a nurse.
She has her duty at the
town hospital at night.
Bravo!
So your family wouldn't need a
medical insurance ever, right?
You're a doctor...
your cousin is a nurse...
If this is how all families operate.
We will lose our job, bro!
- Hahaha!
So why doesn't your cousin
work in the city?
She is a leftist of sorts. Believes in
serving the community, you know?
I see...
Is she married...?
Now you have come to the point!
What do you mean?
- You know very well!
I was just trying to small talk!
- Yeah right!
I have known you forever, Bose da!
I know about your soft corners very well!
- Hahaha!
But I must warn you!
Mishti is not at all the romantic type!
Her personality is not even half
as sweet as her name!
I don't mind.
But you must not understimate
your 'Bose Da' as well!
Do you remember Mitali?
- Who?
Your senior from school.
Head of the students' committee.
Oh, I remember.
She was a difficult nut to crack.
Guys used to be petrified of her.
Except one guy - me!
We dated for four months.
She literally begged me to not
break up with her! Hahaha!
You see... dating women is like
writing a research paper...
If you do your homework well,
you can grab any girl by their...
Anyway. We'll see to that
when we get to your village.
But this place is full of food joints,
so we must take a break now!
[ CAR ENGINE SLOWS DOWN ]
[ CARS PASSING ON THE HIGHWAY ]
How much for the two of us...?
If you wantl can try matchmaking
between you and Mishti.
You're growing old, anyway.
Want a whack of this old hand?
- Hahaha! Gotcha!
But I'm serious...
Aren't you single right now?
Tell me. Aren't you?
Then this is the best opportunity for you!
Think about it.
You'll have a nurse as a wife,
a doctor as a brother-in-law!
You can save your insurance money
& plan an exotic trip to...
[ OMINOUS MUSIC STARTS ]
[ CAR UNLOCKING SOUND ]
Did I forget to lock the car?
How did you enter the car?
Get out, now!
Strange! Why are you silent?
Get out now!
Are you mute?
N-no sir!
Why did you enter my car?
- I am sorry sir!
Actually, I need a lift.
Please, help me!
Are you for real?
First you break into our car
& now you want a lift?
Get out! Right now!
- I have to reach Natokpur!
It's too late and even
the last bus has left.
Since you are going in that direction,
you can easily drop me off there!
How do you know that we are going that way?
- Don't indulge him.
There's not a single place to accomodate
city-dwellers like you on the way!
Till Natokpur, there are only
paddy fields and villages.
And going by the car, it doesn't seem
you can stay in such modest villages.
I see. How far is this Natokpur?
- Don't!
About fifteen miles.
- Fine. Let's go.
What do you mean?
Bose da, this is not safe at all!
- Come on Putu!
Relax a bit!
You are out of the city now!
If you stress yourself so much, before long
you will become a patient at your own hospital!
Come on!
I thank you from the bottom of my heart!
Ha - ha - ha (eerie laughter)!
[ SLAMS DOOR ]
[ CARS PASSING ON THE HIGHWAY ]
What's your name?
Sir... Bhutu (Ghost in Bengali)!
Ha - ha - ha (eerie laughter)!
What do you do for a living?
- I sell fish!
There's a big fish market close to
the place where we met!
Are you coming from Kolkata?
- Hmm.
That's great!
The roads are excellent now! You can
come here from the city in no time at all!
So where are you headed for?
Putu?
Nischindipur.
What? Today? To Nischindipur village?
- Yes. Why?
You will have to cross the Moyna Slope,
that too after dark!
So what?
Sir... that is not at all a safe route!
I told you!
- People don't go there after dark!
Why exactly?
The place is haunted, sir!
There's a cremation ground close by.
Many people have faced trouble
while crossing that place after dark!
Man is bound to face trouble...
and then get himself out of it!
Get it, Bhutu?
What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger!
Thesis... antithesis... synthesis...
ever heard of these terms?
Sir... you have a big heart!
The way you helped me at this hour...
I will always be grateful.
But...
You must listen to your friend.
He was absolutely right!
Really...? Please explain to me.
You are city-dwellers.
So you don't know about the dangers
that lurk in the countryside.
So you must be careful all the time.
First you picked up a complete
stranger like me in your car...
Now you're crossing Moyna Slope after
dark... these actions are highly risky!
Such ill-advised actions are often
responsible for inviting danger upon yourself.
That's why I was suggesting that you...
Be careful when you are in the country...
[ SUDDEN BRAKING ]
Do you know where this
car was manufactured?
In the... factory?
- No.
In the laboratory.
In the University. On mathametics copies.
On the various documents
in a corporate company.
On Newspaper advertisements.
And where do you think these laboratories,
universities and offices are...?
Where? In the city!
Don't you sell fish?
Everything starting from your
fish trollers to the car
that takes you back and
forth from the market...
Has been created by the intellect of
city-dwellers like us!
So there's nothing so special in your
countryside, that is beyond our knowledge.
I was born and brought
up in the city of Kolkata.
So don't try to shove all your local
mumbo-jumbo stories down my throat.
Is it clear?
Is it??
[ STARTS CAR ENGINE ]
[ BIRDS CHIRPING ]
[ CAR APPROACHING ]
Here... that's it.
My house is that way.
And... this is the way to Nischintipur.
Okay my friend. Nice to meet you.
Shall we go now?
Sir! You have helped me so much...
I can not but beg of you!
Please be my guest for tonight!
I will arrange whatever I can
to give you food and comfort.
Don't drive through the ominous
Moyna's slope in the evening!
Here. Take it.
Buy yourself a full bottle of country
liquor. It will help you sleep at night.
[ CAR MOVING ]
[ OMINOUS MUSIC ]
[ CRICKETS SOUND ]
[ CAR MOVING ]
How far is it from here?
What happened?
You too are afraid of crossing
the Moyna Slope?
You always have to overdo everything!
What was the need of giving him money?
Brother!
That man was trying to con me!
He made up all these horror stories, so that he
could earn by renting his place to us tonight.
I had to show him that
I'm a bigger player than him!
What good will it bring anyway?
I had insisted you to
not take him on board!
A complete stranger!
Had Alexander stopped after conquering Greece,
would he be called "Alexander The Great" today?
To become "great", you need
to invite challenges for yourself!
No point talking to you!
Hey! Don't get upset!
Check how much time left
to reach your uncle's place!
Still one more hour.
So... what time does your
cousin leave for work?
Any chance of meeting her tonight
if I speed up a bit?
You are truly incorrigible!
There is no word I can say to y...
Tell me.
Do I have a chance or not?
Bose da...
What happened?
Speak up.
- Bose da!
Hey leave my hand! I'm driving!
What's wrong with y...
What the...?
That conman Bhutu!
He distracted us while getting off. She
must've snuck in at that very moment!
Hey you!
What's your deal?
Why did you get into the car?
What do you want?
Can't you speak?
Don't make me stop the car
for your own sake!
Okay... you wana act tough?
I'll pull over now and deal with you.
W-What happened?
Stop the car!
The brakes are not working!
- What?
What do you mean the brakes aren't working?
I'm getting off!
Bose Da! The door... it's locked!
Do something for God's sake!
What can I do? The brakes won't work!
- Bloody think!
Take a U-turn! Let's go back!
It's not turning! There's something wrong!
Fucking move the wheel around!
- It's not working! I'm trying damn it!
Do something, for God's sake!
I don't know!
I don't fucking know either!
- I'm feeling scared, Bose Da! Think fast!
What the fuck is happening?
- Do something!
While sleeping, there is a particular dream
that keeps coming back to me.
I'm falling down from the top
of a very high building.
I don't remember the details
of the dream after waking up...
But I vividly remember the sinking feeling
in my body while falling down.
[ MUSIC PLAYING ]
[ DEMONIC BREATHING ]
Get the corpse into the car.
W-we are out on a very important...
- GO!!!
Bose Da, do something now!
This is our chance!
Don't stay bloody silent now!
Say something! What to do?
Let me think.
- To hell with thinking!
If we do nothing right now,
we are screwed!
Bose Da! Say something Goddamitt!
Hey Bose...
Bose da!! Hey! Stop!
Wait for me!
[ MUSIC RISING ]
Wait for me!
Hey Bose Da!
Wait! Hey Bose Da!
You bloody... You left me in
such danger and ran?
Stop right now, you traitor!
Why did you leave me and run?
- I left you?
I am in this danger because of you!
- Because of me?
Did I tell you to start so late?
Did I tell you to pick up that weirdo?
I shouldn't have agreed to drive you
to this goddamned place!
How will we get back my car now?
- I warned you multiple times to not be late!
And you-you turned
a deaf ear to it!
You said... "As long as Bose Da is here,
don't worry about anything!"
Now call your Big Shot connections
in Police and ask for help!
Call them! Call them right now!
I don't wanna hear any more of your crap!
- Oh-Ohkay! Calm down!
Don't try to trick me, you...
- Fine!
First let's reach the highway.
Then we can take a lift to
the nearest police station!
But where the hell is the highway?
Check the direction on your phone!
Did you get it?
What happened?
Bose Da...
- What?
We have to go back to the car.
- What??
I-I dropped my phone and
wallet there... Bose Da!
Bose Da! Please stop! Listen to me!
I can't leave wiithout them.
How much does your phone cost?
More than your life?
No-not the phone!
My Medical License is in the wallet!
I can't leave without it!
I have a big education loan on me!
I request you! We must
go back and get it!
Can't you get the fucking license forged?
- No way! It takes a lot of time!
I need that license to
get my Uncle admitted!
Bose Da! Bose Da, please!
I request you!
I beg of you Bose Da! I beg of you!
I can't leave without it! Please!
Please come with me back to the car.
I need it badly, trust me! I request you!
Please! I'm begging you!
Please come back with me!
Bose Da...
What was the fucking use of
being under my wing since childhood, huh?
I was so good in studies,
that my entire education was public funded!
Had you been a good student like me, we
wouldn't have been in this shit right now!
Bloody mediocrity everywhere!
In Ancient Rome, one of the closest aides of
Julius Caesar was the philosopher - Sicerio.
One of his famous quotes is
coming in my mind right now.
"Non nobis solum nati sumus."
Which means...
We are not born on Earth,
for the sake of our own self-interests.
Can you see it?
- No, Bose Da.
Make no sound!
- I think towards the left.
I was sitting on that side only.
T-that side!
Peep out and check if
you can see your wallet.
Go ahead.
Is it there?
- I can't see it!
There's no one inside. Crawl up to
the front seat and grab your wallet.
Go and grab it now.
- Now?
Don't panic!
[ OMINOUS MUSIC ]
[ DEMONIC CRY ]
Bose Da! Help me! Help me please!
There is one thing I forgot to mention...
Sicerio had to pay the price for
his loyalty to Caesar
by sacrificing his life
in the hands of Caesar's enemies.
[ EMOTIONAL MUSIC ]
[ PLAYERS HOOTING ]
[ PLAYERS HOOTING ]
[ PUTU CRYING ]
Bose Da! Get me out of here please!
I'm running out of breath, Bose Da!
Please get me out of here!
Since my childhood, everyone said
that I was way smarter than my peers.
I could read whole books by myself,
when I was barely three years old!
The first book I read was
Rudyard Kipling's "The Jungle Book".
It was a tale of the jungle, its animals...
& a human kid surviving among them!
What the book said about the rule of
the Jungle, is suddenly coming to my mind.
"Now this is the law of the jungle."
"As old and as true as the sky!"
"And the wolf that shall keep it,
may prosper."
"But the wolf, that
shall break it must die!"
[ MUSIC CONTINUES ]
At times, I was not being able
to make sense of anything.
I was travelling with... a corpse...
A ghost... Putu... was he still alive?
Why ain't he making any sound?
Maybe he has lost consciousness.
And I...?
Bewildered and confused, sitting helplessly
behind the steering wheel!
[ CAR ENGINE ]
[ DEMONIC BREATHING ]
Get off! And go to that eatery.
That eatery?
- Go and tell them there is a corpse in the car.
If you try to escape again...
I won't.
- Go.
[ Uncle & Aunt's Roadside Eatery ]
[ CLANKING OF UTENSILS ]
Listen! The little rice that is left, won't
be enough to serve customers tomorrow.
You must bring some rice early tomorrow.
- Ah!
Even after slogging all day I won't get a
minute's peace to sit and read some poetry!
What about the huge quantity of rice
I brought a few days back?
That was 2 weeks back! And it was
only 2 quintals that you brought!
Do you know how many customers
I have cooked for in these 2 weeks?
Is 2 quintals a small amount?
If you serve the customers meagrely and
yourself eat a little less, it'd be enough!
What did you just say?
- What?
Now you are taunting me about my appetite?
- When did I say that?
Just now you said it! I'm not deaf!
- You are wrong! I didn't mean it that way!
Listen to me first!
- I have listened enough!
I didn't talk about your appetite!
- Don't try to change the topic now!
Excuse me...
You make me slog & then ridicule me?
- Calm down and listen to me!
EXCUSE ME!
I-I need to talk to you.
Please come in! You are just in time!
- Right!
We were just about to close the shop!
Please come!
Actually I am in great trouble.
Trouble? What kind of trouble?
A strange woman has captured my car.
My friend is captivated in the boot!
And there is a
corpse in the car.
She forced me to bring it here!
It doesn't seem clear to us.
W-Who is the woman?
Whose corpse is it?
We were coming from Kolkata.
There was a corpse lying on the road,
we were on.
A strange woman suddenly appeared
inside my car, God knows how!
And since then, I have no control on the
steering wheel or the brakes!
She forced me to bring the corpse here.
I am out of my wits. Kindly help me!
[ EERIE LAUGHTER ]
I think he is starving.
Ask him to have something here.
- Absolutely!
This is quite natural. You are coming
from the city, right?
Yes.
- You must have eaten last during the day?
Yes.
- See, I was correct!
People often hallucinate when
they have an empty stomach!
You must eat something right away!
- Please come.
We have... fish curry.. Egg curry...
veg curry... everything!
I recommend the fish platter. It has
veggies, rice and many delicious items there!
And I still have the best pieces
of the fish for you!
All our items are fresh!
- What are you saying?
Choose from the menu!
- Are you out of your mind?
Don't worry about the price!
You see I am in a grave trouble!
My friend is inside the boot...
he might suffocate to death!
And all you are blabbering about is
fish.. Eggs.. & bloody what not!
I beg of you!
Please help me!
Listen!
If he is not here for the food,
close the shop.
I have to get up early.
And you have to fetch the rice too!
Bloody waste of time!
- I will.. I will... Calm down.
Sir... I will be honest with you.
Actually we are poor pople... we work
very hard to get two meals a day.
So we have no time to spend on
anything other than our business.
But...
If you have some food from our joint
it will help us make a little money.
Maybe then
we can give your
situation... some thought.
Say what...?
Let's go inside...?
Come.
[ UTENSILS BEING ARRANGED ]
"However much a great poet you are...
"If you don't like the moon and the stars.
"Your creativity will carry a major scar."
"So I suggest to keep
your heart's door ajar!"
Bravo! Bravo! What a beautiful poem!
Such impeccable rhyming is
hard to find these days!
These days you'll only get... what're
they called? Yes... open verse poetry!
They call it "modern poetry"!
You tell me. Are they as
appealing as something like this?
This is flawless!
""So I suggest to keep your heart's... "
- Can you hurry up a bit?
You see I'm in a bit of a trouble...
- Here it is! Right here!
See! It's here only!
Didn't I promise you the best
pieces of the fish? Here it is!
Actually the rice had gone cold.
So I quickly cooked a little rice.
Now enjoy the hot steamed rice!
Yes yes. Enjoy the food!
"With hunger troubling you so...
"How far can you possibly go?
"Where else to get such food
at such an hour,"
"Is there a place you know?"
"That too any cheaper, can you show?"
- Hahahahaha!
Bravo, my love! Bravo!
Did you start reading
my poetry books secretly?
Secretly my foot!
I studied till the 8th standard!
Can't I read poetry or what?
- I didn't mean that!
I meant that... you used to recite
so many poems after our marriage!
Why bring up marriage now?
- Yes!
Can you recite one right now?
- Now?
The one about the bamboo forest!
- "Upon the Bamboo forest"?
Listen!
- That one I haven't read in years!
W-Whose pictures are these?
T-those...?
Those are our clients' pictures.
- Yeah, clients'!
Clients?
- Right!
Means you click pictures of
the cutomers who eat here?
[EERIE LAUGHTER ]
Oh Lord! You
city people are so funny!
Hey! We need to explain it to him!
- Yes, please do!
Listen, sir! Those who come to
eat here are not really our clients!
We don't charge them a single penny!
- Yes, nothing at all!
The food is... complimentary!
- Free! Free!
That means y-you won't
charge me any money?
Why would we?
We would take it from our clients!
Don't you worry. Just eat!
Do you like the taste?
I have put in a lot of effort.
- Yes!
That's the one thing
I love about my wife!
The final meal... she cooks with
all her heart and effort!
What exactly do you mean?
Do you understand transplant?
T-R-A-N-S-P-L-A-N-T!
How bald patches on the head are replaced by
taking hair from other parts of the body
to generate new hair?
We too do it.
But for the "soul"!
If someone comes with a corpse here...
We bring that corpse back to life.
But there is only one condition.
The one who is coming here
with that corpse
needs to have a meal here
out of their own will.
It will make his soul travel
right out of his body into...
Hey! Hey what are you doing?
- Relax now! You are too weak!
Be careful! You are in no
position to escape now!
How funny is he! Wait, Mister!
- Be careful, sir!
[ GASPING FOR BREATH ]
[ COUGHING PROFUSELY ]
[ GAGS ]
[ OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING ]
[ COUGHS ]
See! I told you not to run!
Do you need water? Such a pity!
Aha! I feel really bad for him.
Should I get you some water?
- Hey!
I think it's done.
[ GASPING FOR BREATH ]
She seems to be the one.
- Oh yes!
Wait right there, my child!
- We're coming!
Don't panic! We are right here!
Careful! Careful! We are here!
Hold our hands.
- Come on, let's go now.
Watch your step. Carefully.
- A little bit more.
Don't forget to get all the papers ready.
And the picture too.
Don't rush me. I will take care of
everything. First let our client rest a bit.
[ UNCLE & AUNT'S ROADSIDE EATERY ]
[ RUNNING & BREATHING HEAVILY ]
Aunty! Aunty!
Aunty! Please open the door!
- I'm coming.
A-aunty!
What happened, Putu?
Why are you so late?
- I'll explain. Get me some water first.
Water...
- Yes! Come in first.
Have a seat first.
I'm sending your cousin with the water.
Mishti! Get a glass of water!
Sit down, son.
Mishti had duty at daytime.
She returned just a while back.
Rest a bit, son. Let me
arrange for your water.
Mishti! Hurry up a bit!
[ OMINOUS MUSIC ]
[ HEAVY BREATHING ]
Did you face any trouble
while coming?
Not at all. It's a familiar route.
How is Munni now...?
Better. They have asked her to be on
complete bed rest for a week.
It has just happened, so it is normal
to be weak for a few days.
But you know her right?
She can't stay in one place!
Look! Just take the name of the
devil and she is here!
Careful! Careful!
- Slowly!
Hold me!
Slowly. Sit.
- Careful.
Betrayal is a fascinating word.
It means breaking your trust or beliefs.
There are some toxic beliefs that we have
about ourselves and others.
They are just beliefs.
Not the truth.
So it's very important to crush
them from time to time.
For example, I started believing
that I am really weak...
Defenseless.
At every step, when I
tried to convince myself.
That this belief of mine is flawed...
Right then... the belief would
come back to bite me
in the form of a dark cloud!
That cloud of belief had
created a cocoon around me.
Which I was not being
able to break down.
But there came a time...
When I got a chance to break...
And kill this belief of mine.
Hello!
- Putu! Mishti here.
Our Munni is no more!
- What?
Yes! She is no more!
- When did this happen?
Last night! She had high fever!
In the morning, she wasn't breathing!
We called the Doctor,
but he said she is no more!
Why didn't you inform me?
We wanted to take her to the hospital.
The Doctor said its of no use.
She has expired.
What are we gonna do now Putu?
- Listen to me!
Is the Uncle-Aunt Eatery near
Moyna Slope still in function?
Yes. But.. But they would
need a donor...
Without a donor they can't...
Don't worry.
I will arrange a donor.
Start making the other arrangements.
- Okay. Bye.
[ SUSPENSE MUSIC ]
[ PHONE RINGING ]
Hello... Bose Da...? Putu here.
I need a favour.
Slowly... you are weak!
Why did you hop out of your room now?
- Exactly!
Aren't you supposed to rest?
- I am...
But how come I not
see you after all this?
Careful! Careful!
I told you to take rest!
Take complete rest for two days now!
- Right!
Then I will take you to Kolkata
for further treatment.
That's why I am here!
- But...
But brother...
I feel something strange happening...
I don't know why!
What is it...?
Since I came around...
My eyelids are patting continuously...
From time to time... involuntarily.
[ EEIRE LAUGHTER ]
Here it is.
Come on now!
My Love! Listen to me!
What is it?
- I was thinking...
The people who study
medical and become Doctors.
They are so famous!
But what we do is the same thing.
We give people new lives...
Yet no one knows about us!
Sometimes I feel very sad about it.
Don't you think I feel sad?
There is a show on the TV.
Its called "The Great Cooking Show".
They invite different cooks from around
the state to showcase their talent.
So many people appreciate them!
Here so many people get new
lives because of my food.
But see...
I never get an invite on that show.
Work hard, but no gain.
Be honest and get pain!
Will the life, My dear, go in vain?
Look at all these poems that
I have written..
Will they ever be published?
We are not young anymore...
It seems...
Our talents will never get
any recognition in the world!
Hey!
Did you hear about that "WeTube"
app which is very popular now?
I hear you can get your
own channel there!
And get famous overnight!
Can't we do something like that?
You are so naive!
- Why?
You think modest folks
like us can afford that?
Why can't we?
You need a lot of money for that!
- Money?
We can't do it, unless we
get a filthy rich client!
There are no such clients in this village!
- Uncle! Are you there?
Who is there? Bhutu?
- Yes, Uncle!
Come outside for once!
Go now.
- Wait!
Did you come so late to sell your fish?
We won't buy those stale
fish of yours. Get lost!
Dear Uncle! Just come out once!
This is a Big Fish! Got it a while back!
- Come on! Go!
I don't think you will
want to lose it!
Come out, Uncle! Fast!
- Wait! I'm coming.
Good heavens! This is enormous!
My Love! Come take a look at this!
- What is it?
Look at the size of the fish!
- Oh my!
I won't need to head to the
market for the next few weeks!
Untie the sack now!
Wow... WHATT??
What the hell is this?
Why did you bring this here?
Uncle!
Yesterday I came home in this chap's car!
This morning I found his
corpse in the river.
I found no wounds on
his body, so I thought...
This must be one of your preys!
Sacrificed for money!
[ EERIE SMILE ]
W-What rubbish are you talking about?
Take this away from here.
We don't want any trouble! Come!
Aunty! Listen to me once!
I noticed his car while my way back.
He is loaded! Filthy rich!
If you offered to bring him back to life..
Can you guess how much
he will be willing to pay?
What is there to think so much about?
Will you spend all your life serving
only the poor villagers?
Won't you try for a big customer for once?
B-but... who will be the donor?
You...?
- Yo!
But why will you give up your life?
- Uncle...
We have been exploited since eternity,
by the big fellows of the city!
And poor folks like us... only
slogged like labourers for ages!
Now... the time is ours!
Meaning...?
Aunty... tell me something!
Which is the most expensive
thing you can buy in this world?
D-Diamond...?
Soul!
Soul...?
- Though there's no existing market for it yet.
But we will create the market!
Once we bring this chap back to life,
we can earn a fortune!
That money can buy another donor,
with whom you can bring me back to life!
Just don't forget to send
the money to my home.
My assistant will get you
a new donor for me.
Uncle...
In this way, we can create
an enterprise out of this business!
I'll get the customers, & you
will give them my soul.
Then with a new donor,
you will again bring me back!
This is how you grow a business!
After that you can let go
of this ruin of a hotel!
You can get a new office!
With all modern amenities!
And then you can permanently scarp
that broken bicycle of yours!
You can buy a car for yourself!
A four-wheeler!
Dear Aunty! Won't you make
me your special meal now?
With your special meal, we all
can earn a fortune! Go now!
[ MUSIC KICKS IN ]