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Yes?

Who?

The newspaper tycoon.
Preeti Saxena of Indian Times.

Stop

Damn her

These rich brats won't let you take
a night's sleep or a morning walk

Chaos begins! Ministers, newspapers,
television, cacophony, et al

Sit

Where?
- Up there

Upstairs. Come with me, sir

The maidservant. He didn't spare her

The glass on the rear door is broken.
He could've come in that way

Shekhar Saxena says that
when he was coming in...

someone hit him on the head
from behind. He fainted

Any clues on the murderer?
- Do you suspect anyone?

Will you be able to get him?

One thing is decided.
This is no rape

The head-wound and parts bearing
other wounds indicates insanity

He enjoys doing this

One more thing

The murder was committed using
a sharp six-inch weapon

A knife, or something.
But it's blade is serrated

The problem is, a six-inch knife and
six feet of rope can be bought easily

The fingerprint report says that
no fingerprints have been found...

apart from Shekhar Saxena's,
his wife's and the maid's

So how do we trace the killer?

What about the wound on the head?
- Not a deep wound

Just a little bleeding.
Nothing dangerous

Was the blow delivered so as
not to make it dangerous?

Could be

I've got a scoop! I found out all
details from Shekhar Saxena's office

After marrying Preeti,
Shekhar became her husband

But Preeti Saxena remained
the owner of the newspaper

Legally, Shekhar can't get a cent
out of Preeti's inheritance

But according to Preeti's will,
after her death...

Shekhar Saxena stands to be
the sole heir of her entire estate

But that man looks too decent
to kill his wife so horribly

That's just why

That's why he killed her so horribly.
So that fools like you might say...

"How can a man kill his wife
so horribly?"

Simple. If I got fed up of slaving
for the wife, if I wanted...

to kill her, this is how I would've
planned it. In which hospital is he?

Had I my way, I would've obliterated
yesterday from the calendar

Yesterday morning, when I left home,
I had everything. When I returned...

I still can't believe it's all true.
- Where were you between 7 and 8 pm?

At the press club, interviewing
new journalists

Afterwards?

I dropped Kulkarni at the railway
terminus. Then I went to the office

So late at night?
Why did you go to the office?

Mr Lokhande, I'm the editor.
Like every Saturday...

I was supposed to write
today's editorial too

Reporting the growing crime rate
in your city takes hard work

So last Saturday's hard-hitting
article about the police...

I wrote it

Every time, I am the one who writes
about your misadventures

And look at what you're doing today.
Asking me questions to fill pages

You don't care even if the murderer
gives you the slip in the meantime

And why are you staring at me? Am I
to remind you that you're my lawyer?

Yes, I was about to object

Yadav... let's go.
Let the sahib rest a while

You're watching Preeti Saxena's
funeral. 3 days ago...

she was killed horribly
in her apartment

For two years she was saying,
"I want to see my brother"

You're here...

now

Will you change that rote,
or won't you?

Every day for the last week you've
been coming here and telling me...

I loved my wife very much!
We were very happy with each other

And nothing happened between us
to prompt me to kill her

Ask me that once or a hundred times,
my answer won't change

Because that's the truth.
- That isn't the truth

The truth is, you didn't have a good
relationship with your wife

You were constantly quarreling
with your wife. I've even heard...

What's going on? You're harassing
my client for no reason

Hey Pawar...

You're talking to an important man.
Don't you know? 50 men stand up to...

greet him when he enters his office.
And you take him for a criminal?

Whatever you have to ask him,
ask properly

Mr Shekhar, let me assure you that
I don't consider you a criminal

Now, may I ask you with all
due respect, was there ever...

between the two of you,
any altercation or quarrel?

When did I say that there was
no altercation between us?

We might even have screamed at
each other. But in answer...

won't it be enough to say that
we were married? Every couple...

has misunderstandings.
- I saw you on television

On Rendezvous with Simi Garewal.
Your wife didn't look too happy

Mr Rustom Sohrab Sodawaterwallah.
An attendant at National Gymkhana?

You might say so.
- What do you mean?

Nominally, I am the attendant.
But I'm really the whole-and-sole

Which girl goes out with which man,
who's eying whose boss...

I know all about the affairs.
Why only outsiders?

Sharma, the junior manager...
- Just tell me...

do you have the duplicate keys
to the lockers allotted to members?

Not with me. The manager keeps it.
I take the keys only once a year

On 31st December. You know why?
To clean everyone's lockers

Last year, what did you notice when
you were cleaning locker number 502?

Number 502 is Shekhar Saxena's.
When I opened his locker...

I saw something shining inside.
I took a close look. It was a knife

Dangerous! About 6 inches long.
Designed just like hills on a map

Like this

I told you. She used to handle
the financial matters

I only did the creative work

Do you fancy hunting?

Have you ever been on a hunt?

No

Did you ever buy a hunting knife?

No

Think before you reply.
There's no hurry

Have you ever bought one? Or did you
ever borrow one from a friend?

I told you! No!
- Don't shout

I'm giving you one more chance.
Tell me the truth

Talk properly.
- To hell with propriety

Until now, I've been behaving myself.
I know how to reach...

right into a man's throat
to dig out the truth

You think I killed my wife?

In court, I will

As of now, I have evidence enough
to arrest you

Hey Pawar, handcuff the sahib.
Give him her bracelets

Are you prosecuting Shekhar Saxena?
- You think Saxena has killed?

Are you remanding him to custody?

If you care to take my word, you'll
throw away this remand application

What are you saying, Mehta? Without
a drubbing, he won't say a word

You take him for a small time crook
who spills the beans after two slaps?

Want to try third degree?
You want to hang him upside down?

Look, he has high connections

Every day, he'll take medical
examinations. In court, he will...

turn the tables on you. He wrote
castigating you. The world knows

What will everyone think?

That you're taking...
what's it called?

Revenge.
- You're taking revenge

So what to do now?
- What to do?

He doesn't have a criminal record.
The judge rejects our application

He's granted bail, and from day one,
we're censured. Better...

don't oppose the bail plea.
- Mehta, he's going to vanish

He's going nowhere. He's a big man.
The bigger the man, the lesser...

the places he can hide in. Wherever
he is, he'll remain in public eye

Let him off. For now.
We'll see later

Mr Shekhar Saxena, you aren't alone!
- What did the police ask you?

Are you being framed?

You know very well. My paper
has been exposing his misdeeds

And here I am. As for the rest,
you are intelligent enough

Mr Saxena, I called Delhi.
I'm thinking about...

roping in Mr Arjun Malkani

No Mr Singh. My case is already
looking like a circus

I don't want to fly in lawyers
for grandstanding

I have full faith in your firm.
I want you to represent me

Mr Saxena, we're corporate lawyers.
We contest civil cases. We never...

contested a criminal case.
- You haven't a single lawyer...

who can contest a criminal case?
- Not that we haven't

There is one. Able. But not a single
contested criminal case in 4 years

If he's able, why has he
not contested for 4 years?

Strange coincidence, Mr Saxena.
This one gave up practice...

at Lokhande's instance.
The man who arrested you

Then he is my man.
- Not man. She's a woman

Justice Bhargav's daughter.
Her parents died in an accident

She works day and night
to get over her loneliness

Past seven, Simran. Leave early
on Saturdays, at least

Home is where I end up, Prabhakar.
Even there, I'll be all alone

So why not work a bit more?

Even the coffee is over

Who's there?

Who did this?

"Life is so lonely"

"I need a mate"

"Life is all about a search..."

"for a mate"

"Someone will love me..."

"I still believe"

"Someone will wait for me"

"I'm telling you something,
my friend"

"I tell my heart
not to go crazy"

"Life is so drab"

"I need a mate"

"Life is all about a search..."

"for a mate"

"Day and night someone torments me"

"This journey I can't make alone"

"How restless she has left me..."

"she knows not"

"I can't hold myself back"

"I long to embrace her"

"In life, I thirst..."

"for a mate"

"Life is all about a search..."

"for a mate"

I don' think you understand
what I'm saying, Simran

Ms Bhargav, if you want, I'll call
Mr Shekhar Saxena here. Talk to him

No use

I'm only a corporate lawyer now.
Just like you...

I'm happy representing companies
selling soap and oil

I'm tired of murder, rape, robbery.
Besides, this week I'm busy

I know you're busy with a case.
But those cases can wait

You're very stubborn. No matter
how large an offer I make...

I know you won't take up this case.
So I'll make you a request

Please save Shekhar Saxena

If the law hangs him, it'll be a
grave injustice to someone who's...

not only a promising journalist,
but also a nice man

Please be seated, madam.
I'll inform the sahib

So the colour black
is still your favourite?

Yes. Five years ago, you wore black.
At the Bar Association's function

I was a small-time journalist.
You made a fine speech about...

the rising incidence of crime in the
city. Do you still get worked up...

while making speeches?
- Nowadays I don't make speeches

But you have a good memory.
- For things worth remembering

Ms Simran, if I am not mistaken,
you said during the speech...

that you like flowers. You said,
the sight of blossoming flowers...

makes one blossom like a flower.
Despite trials and tribulations...

the zest for achieve one's goals,
is increased manifold

You said that, didn't you?
- Yes, I said so

But then, I spoke of bookish things.
Life hadn't taught me anything

Now I know, no matter how pretty
the flower is, it will wilt

But before it wilts, the flower
spreads it's fragrance

Contemplate this Ms Bhargav.
For fear of wilting...

had flowers not blossomed, the world
wouldn't have been so beautiful

What do you mean to say?
- That a single incident couldn't...

have compelled someone as capable
and as intelligent as you are...

to discard your education
and your expertise

Besides, this decision of yours
not only affects you...

but it also affects the lives
of many others, like me...

who want to live life

I didn't kill my wife.
- Did I ask you?

If you took up my case, you would.
- Maybe not. Because...

before taking up a case, I find out
what's true and what's not

Then find out. Satisfy yourself.
If you contest for me...

I'll surely win the case. I want
to win. Because I want to live

We can't contest this case
without proof

The one I've been looking for
everywhere is right next to me?

May I sit down?
- Do whatever you wish

Once upon a time, Ms Simran and I
used to punish criminals together

I hear now she's getting into
the business of saving criminals

Do I hear you're taking up
Shekhar Saxena's case?

Wrong

Take my advice, turn wrong
into right!

The contest is more fun when the
competition is a seasoned player

And the spirit of the game
is not to find out until the last...

who the winner will be

Have you heard of Ajit?

The one you and I framed?

I hear he hanged himself last night

Just as well! A quick tug is better
than dying the slow convict's death

Four years ago, I was the prosecutor
in Ajit's case. I put my trust in...

Inspector Lokhande's chargesheet.
I took my case honestly

Ajit's mother screamed
her son's innocence

Instead, I trusted the witnesses
Lokhande paraded

Ajit was sentenced for life.
Later I got to know that...

Lokhande had framed Ajit
for some petty personal gain

He had proof of Ajit's innocence.
But he didn't even mention it

You're getting worked up
for no reason, Simran

I don't think you're at fault
in Ajit's case

Even if you are at fault,
will it assuage your guilt...

if you take up Shekhar Saxena's case?
- An innocent died because of me

If another innocent man is saved
from the gallows because of me...

I might be able to face myself
once again

You're making a mistake
for undoing another

Amit, I need your help on this case.
- I'm always with you, Simran

If Shekhar Saxena is really guilty...

During the course of the case,
if I find that you are guilty...

or if you ever try to lie to me,
I'll drop the case midway

Mr Saxena wants you
to take up his case

I accept. I'll never lie to you, nor
will I ever hide anything from you

I need your appointment diaries,
bank statements, details of meetings

You will have them.
- One more thing

Till this case is over, I'd like you
not to attend any public meetings...

nor to write any newspaper articles.
Neither will your photos be published

Neither the judge nor the public
should think that...

we're trying to influence them.
Secondly, you must carry yourself...

in a manner as to project yourself
as having completely broken down...

after your wife's murder.
- I am a broken man, Ms Bhargav

One thing I'd like to tell you too,
Mr Singhal. I don't want...

you, or any of the lawyers from your
firm to help me. This case...

I am fighting on my own.
Amit will help me, if I need any

I want to project this case
as just another case

It will be as you wish

I have taken up your challenge

I have taken up Shekhar Saxena's case

Nice

Makes the case interesting

Well madam, how may I be of service?
- You can't even service anyone

I just came to tell you that
whatever you did to Ajit...

That Ajit was scum! Just as well
that he killed himself

Else, he would've crawled
as long as he lived

But this new client of yours,
is a bit more educated, smart

Tell him not to mess with me,
and admit his guilt straightaway

The law might be a bit lenient
towards him

I know more about the law
than you do, Lokhande

Get this clear. If you try to conceal
any evidence that might prove...

Shekhar Saxena's innocence,
I will prosecute you under Section...

Enough!

Don't you give me Sections.
Two things I remember by heart

One, my daily prayer.
The other, the law

When to use what section,
I know very well

You fancy playing with the letter
of the law, don't you? Play

Draw up the biggest chargesheet
you can, against him

But if Shekhar Saxena is innocent,
I'll have him exonerated in court

While you look on

I opened the door and I came inside

What was the first thing you noticed?

Blood

Her blood was all over. Upto here

I stepped towards the bed, slowly

Her hands, her feet were tied

Her dress was in tatters

Her legs were tied to this

Her breasts had been ripped out

She had been knifed between the legs

Joy comes clothed in sorrow's garb

Such was my first meeting with Preeti

I was a small-time journalist. I was
at the Press Club to interview her

Preeti's glamour, her wealth,
her style, her diction...

I liked everything about her.
We began seeing each other...

and before I knew it,
we were married

After a while into the marriage,
I got to know what standing...

a middle-class boy has in the eyes
of a high-class girl like Preeti

Maybe she thought it was fashionable
to marry an ordinary man like me

And I... fool that I was,
I kept imagining that...

I too would climb the social ladder,
and someday...

I'd stand as tall as she stood.
But the ladder, I could never climb

And she never climbed down
to come near me

A strange separation marred
our relationship

Like twin rail tracks, we journeyed
in each other's company

Sounds strange, doesn't it? We lived
together, but together, we never were

Close, but close, we never were

Passionate for each other,
yet lonely

So lonely

I want all the fingerprint details

Also about the case...

What happened?

What are you doing Simran?
I've made coffee for you

Here you are, asleep. Use the coffee.
We're working all night

If that was the kind of relationship
between you and Preeti...

you must have abhorred her sometimes?
You never felt like betraying her?

Never. As long as she was,
she was the only one in my life

I didn't even look at another woman

Did she think as you did? I mean,
did she ever, with someone else...?

As far as I know, no.
- Meaning?

As far as I know, no.
- Which means...

you didn't have full faith in her?
- You're the one...

who doesn't have faith in me. Isn't
that why you're asking me all this?

You still think I'm making up
the story. You think I killed my wife

You are trying to find out why.
- Nothing like that. I'm only asking

Don't ask. Look...

into my eyes. You'll get to know
what's true, what's not

I'm parched

"What has come over me
ever since I saw you?"

"What's this ecstasy I feel?"

"What has come over me
ever since I saw you?"

"What's this ecstasy I feel?"

"I hope I don't fall in love;
I hope I don't get lost"

"How do I hold myself back, tell me"

"I hope I don't fall in love;
I hope I don't get lost"

"How do I hold myself back, tell me"

"Why do you invade my dreams with
those stares through your tresses?"

"Downcast eyes, words softly spoken
draw me to you. Oh why?"

"A fragrance clouds my vision,
and suffuses my being"

"What storm rages under my breath,
I do not know"

"I hope I don't make the mistake;
I hope I don't fall in love"

"How do I hold myself back, tell me"

"I can't hold myself back anymore"

"How do I tell you,
it's no fault of mine?"

"Even if I wanted to,
I cannot stop change"

"How do I conceal my emotions,
for it burns without a fire?"

"I hope I don't give in to desire;
I hope I don't fall in love"

"How do I hold myself back, tell me"

"I hope I don't fall in love;
I hope I don't get lost"

"How do I hold myself back, tell me"

Are you certain you saw the knife
in this locker?

I have answered this question times
without number. But one thing...

is for sure. I'm not Shekhar Saxena's
enemy. I'm his friend

Shall I tell you something?
I like him very much

Even if you present me
with foolproof evidence...

of Shekhar Saxena having murdered
his wife, I won't accept it

But even more true is the fact that
I saw the knife in this very locker

I say you better eat. Because what
I'm about to tell afterwards...

will ruin your appetite. Yes madam.
Lokhande has drawn up...

a huge chargesheet against
your millionaire

On the basis of a knife that
an attendant saw in Shekhar's locker?

Lokhande loves wasting
government stationery

Let him. I know how to tackle him.
- It isn't as trivial as you think

Even Lokhande knows his case is weak.
Is that why he's playing his cards?

What has he done?
- He has mentioned a girl. Shalini

He might present her in court

Girl?
- Yes. Now that the matter is out...

it will run it's course.
Your client...

is young, handsome and rich.
A scandal is possible

If you want to do whatever you want,
why did you appoint me your lawyer?

What happened? What's the matter?
- Didn't I tell you that...

I'll drop the case if you're guilty
or if you ever lie to me?

But I have never lied to you.
- But you have hidden the truth

Who is this Shalini?

Have your laugh. But when Lokhande
presents her in court against you...

let me see you laugh then.
- Even if he presents her in court...

he can't hurt me.
- But I want to know all about her

I'll tell you. On one condition

You must bring back
the smile on your face

You have to go over
to the telephone company

I want details of all calls received
on this number during the past year

Whose number is this?
- Shekhar Saxena's

Get a handwriting expert on your
way back. I want to verify a letter

What's all this going on?
Have you asked about Shalini?

I'm saying all this after taking
Shalini into consideration

She is no threat to us

I think you're trying to save
the wrong man

No. I'm saving an innocent man
from being pronounced guilty

As you wish. You will have
all the details by tomorrow

Shall we leave now?
- Where to?

Must I remind you
it's Sapna's birthday?

Amit, I think I must remind you that
we're working on an important case

When did I tell you not to work?
Ever since you took up this case...

we've been working round the clock.
What more do you want?

Until Shekhar Saxena is exonerated,
are we to stop living our lives?

Please yourself. Go partying
wherever you want. But as of now...

I have to save someone's life

What if I can't be saved?
- Why can't you be saved?

Have you killed her?
- Murder isn't necessary to hang a man

It's just wordplay. What words
a lawyer uses in court...

how he presents his witnesses,
the truths he turns into lies...

and the evidence...
- Those who wish to perjure, let them

Truth will stand witness for us.
The truth will set us free

That maybe so. But I feel scared.
What if the court believes Lokhande?

And then what happens?
At most, you will hang

The judge will pound his gavel...

he will adjust his thick spectacles...

then he will sign the sentence
to hang, and he will break the pen

Then?

What else?

Two burly executioners will lead you
in chains to the gallows

They will shroud your face
in black cape

And for the last time,
you will be asked...

"Mr Shekhar Saxena,
what is your last wish?"

"You can touch your heart
and ask for anything"

"We shall try to give you your wish"

"Speak, what do you wish?"

You

"I was restless when I met you"

"Little do you know
how lonely I am"

"I was restless when I met you"

"Little do you know
how lonely I am"

"How dearly I love you..."

"just come close to me and see"

"The fires that rages within..."

"just embrace me and feel"

"I can't express what I feel"

"In body and soul, I seek you"

"The moment's weakness..."

"let not pass"

"This distance tell us..."

"to end this distance"

"I have no wish, no desire..."

"all I need is you"

Look at this Amit. Another letter

Who might have written this letter?
Who knows about this case?

Evidently someone who wants
to prove him innocent. Like you

Only that this letter was also typed
on the same Remington typewriter

The t in innocent is raised

Who's doing all this? Find out Amit.
- That's so easy. All I have to do...

is knock on every door and say,
"Excuse me, Ms Simran has sent me"

"Do you perchance have a Remington
typewriter? Let me take a look"

"Is that t raised?"

I didn't mean that Amit

You weren't home last night.
- I was at home

Why didn't you take my calls?

Maybe it's out of order

You're lying!

Are you calling that murderer?

What did you say?
- Shekhar Saxena is a murderer

Not you. That's jealousy speaking.
You're jealous of Shekhar

Am I? Jealous of that murderer?

Your face, your eyes, every part
of you is screaming out...

you're jealous of him!
You are on fire

And because you are burning, you want
to see an innocent man hanged

You're mixing your personal feelings
with the case

Not I! You are mixing your
personal feelings with the case

Just look at you! You're obsessed
with his innocence

You don't even understand
that he is using you

He wants to seduce you into giving
your best effort to save him!

I always put in my best effort
to save someone

But what kind of a lawyer are you?

You have pronounced a verdict
even before the trial has begun

With the same zeal that you're trying
to prove my jealousy, look within

Why don't you admit that you're
having an affair with him?

And you want to save your lover!

Have you had your say?

Now listen to me

If you want to stay on in this case
with me, you must remember one thing

In this trial, we are defending
Shekhar Saxena, not prosecuting him

With or without your help,
I must do justice to him

I'll wait inside

You know what my biggest problem is?
At no point in life can I desert you

You may consider that a weakness

Shall we?

You may make your opening statement

The chargesheet following
the investigations by the police...

alleges that at 2 am on July 12...

Mr Shekhar Saxena murdered
his wife Preeti Saxena...

in the most horrible manner

The motive for murder
was greed and avarice

Greed for Preeti Saxena's wealth

And for the chair that Shekhar Saxena
merely occupied, but that which...

would be his forever,
after Preeti Saxena. Avarice

Avarice, that addiction by far
more dangerous than any drug

And addicted once, even the thought
of denial torments the addict

I intend to prove that
Preeti Saxena's death...

Before Preeti Saxena's murder,
her relationship with Shekhar...

had deteriorated to the point of
divorce. Had the divorce happened...

it would not only ruin
Shekhar's prestigious career...

but also all his comforts
and luxuries would cease to be

So in one clean sweep, he gets
rid of the Damocles sword...

dangling over his head.
In my capacity...

as the public prosecutor,
I Nitin Mehta will prove...

the allegations against
Mr Shekhar Saxena...

so as to enable the court
to pronounce him guilty...

and in terms of the
Indian Penal Code, sentence him...

at least
with death

Shekhar Saxena is innocent.
I Simran Bhargav, shall prove it

My next witness is
Ms Shalini Sachdev

Ms Shalini Sachdev, what was
your relationship with...

the deceased Preeti Saxena?
- She was my friend

You may say that she took me
for a sister

Will you tell the court
what your friend...

who was more like your sister,
had to say about her husband?

She wasn't happy with her husband.
- One minute

She knew that he doesn't love her.
She even told me that...

"Shekhar is after
another girl of late"

Did Preeti tell you anything more?
- Yes

Very soon she would be seeking
a divorce from Shekhar Saxena

First of all, I must compliment
you for your beauty

When did Preeti Saxena tell you
about the divorce?

I don't remember the date.
- Still...?

Some two or three months ago

She's shooting in the dark

Is it not true that
six months before she died...

Preeti Saxena severed
all relationships with you?

No. We used to talk over the phone.
And we used to meet at the club

Do you remember when you met
for her the last time?

I told you. Remembering dates
is difficult for me

Is it true that you liked
Shekhar Saxena?

Weren't you impressed by his
personality, and his wealth?

It was nothing like that.
- But it is something like that

Is it not true that Preeti Saxena
severed all relationships with you...

because she knew that you were
trying to attract her husband?

The witness is being
pressurised unnecessarily

I can prove it

On December 7, 1999, did you not
call Shekhar Saxena's office...

repeatedly, trying to speak to him?
- I do not remember

I am holding the records
of the telephone company

At 9:50 am on December 8.
At 11:40 am. 1 pm. 3pm. 5pm...

I told you, I can't remember dates!
- 10... 11... 12... 13 times

I told you, I don't remember a thing!
- Over a month, there wasn't even...

a day when you didn't try at least
10 times to contact Shekhar Saxena

What's going on Jadhav?
You didn't find out about this?

Don't you even remember writing
a letter on December 31...?

To Shekhar Saxena. A love letter.
- This is a lie!

Is this your handwriting, Ms Shalini?

Yes

Are you the one who wrote this letter
to Shekhar Saxena?

Yes

Read it

Read the letter, Ms Shalini

Louder, please

You know, because I want
to be close to you...

I made friends with someone
as vain and rude as Preeti

That's why I tolerated her.
And now, when I have begun...

visiting your house, you're
avoiding me. May I ask why?

Shekhar, I want to spend
this New Year's eve with you

Preeti will never come
to know of this

What Ms Shalini couldn't
do with the letter...

she is trying to do in court

Clearly, any beautiful woman will
seek revenge after she is spurned

Shekhar Saxena didn't visit her
on New Year's Eve. Instead...

he showed this letter to his
wife Preeti. That was when...

Preeti severed all relationships
with Shalini

How would I know? Why don't
you ask Preeti about this?

This car...?
- Amit's

At this hour?

Something urgent, maybe

Then I should leave?

Anything important?

This is Jimmy, the swimming coach in
the club where Shekhar has a locker

The attendant says that
Lokhande saw Jimmy last week

So...?

Jimmy hasn't been seen ever since.
- Meaning?

Lokhande and Jimmy will surely drop
a bomb on us at the next hearing

What can he be up to?
- This I do not know

Anything on the knife?
- I have inquired with...

each and every member of the club.
On December 31...

no one had kept a knife in his
locker. There's no question...

of the attendant being wrong.
He saw the knife...

in Shekhar's locker

Have you inquired with ex-members?

There might be some who ceased
to be members after December 31

Ask them.
- Simran, you want me...

to go back to the club again,
look up the register again...

list the ex-members, and go around
telling everyone that...

Shekhar is innocent

Shekhar I wanted to discuss
something important about the case

Go on

Never mind. You'll remember it again

Yes, I'll call you
as soon as I remember

Listen...

Where are you now?
- Nowhere. I'm still on my way

That I didn't want to leave shouldn't
surprise you. I should be surprised

Today in court I watched you put up
that fight in earnest, for my sake

And my heart swelled in pride

For the first time, I have felt,
here's someone who trusts me...

someone who sees my innocence.
Oh, how I wish I were lost

How can I go away from you?
I'm so close to you...

I can even reach out and touch you.
To tell you the truth, the sight...

of you sitting on the stairs,
cradling the phone...

waiting for me, makes me feel nice.
I wish I could pick you up...

in my arms, and take you
someplace far away

"You have become the joy of my soul,
the love of my heart"

"You have become my life"

"You have become the joy of my soul,
the love of my heart"

"You have become my life"

"Shekhar will be hanged"

"From my being, you have seeped
into my soul"

"Through my eyes, you have entered
my heart"

"The desire of my dreams..."

"you have become"

"You have become my life"

"All that which I hid..."

"my intimate moments
when I hummed..."

"in my loneliness,
the lines I wrote..."

"my poetry you have become"

"You have become my life"

My next witness is...

No such witness is listed on
the agenda of court proceedings

She is not listed because she
wasn't willing to appear in court

She has been issued special summons
because I feel that...

her deposition will prove vital
for the progress of this case

You will be given ample opportunity
to cross-examine the witness

Who is this girl?
- Friend

Meaning?

Just a friend

I shouldn't be asking this,
but I am compelled to

Tell me, what is your age?

24 years

What is your relationship
with Shekhar Saxena?

Friendship.
- As of now, friendship. I know

But I'm asking about last year

We were in love

Was this love mutual?

Yes!

Are you confident, Ms Rita

I mean, what you think
was love...

might have been mere friendship
from Mr Shekhar's point of view

It was Shekhar who proposed first.
He told me...

that ever since he saw me,
he has been mad about me

Once he had fallen in love
with you, did he...

during certain delicate moments
ever mention of divorcing his wife?

I know this is difficult for you.
But it's imperative...

that the court is told.
Please Ms Rita

He had said, that...
- That...?

He wants to separate from Preeti,
and become mine forever. But...

What, Ms Rita?
- But he couldn't do it, because...

once separated from Preeti, he would
also be divorced from her wealth

Mr Jimmy, did you know Preeti Saxena?
- Yes

How?
- She used to come to the club...

to learn swimming. I was
her personal coach

And the personal coaching turned
into a friendship after a while?

She had begun to take a liking
for me. Maybe I liked her too

Yes, you might say that
we became friends quite fast

And very soon, the friendship
led you to her bed?

This is a personal matter.
- Concealing anything...

from the court could be
dangerous for you

I didn't strike up a relationship
with her of my own volition

She wanted it.
- You gave her what she wanted?

How long did this go on?
- As long as she lived

Despite knowing that
she was a married woman?

Yes

Preeti said if her husband could have
affairs despite being married...

then why not she?

Will you please elucidate?

Preeti told me that every night,
Shekhar brings home a new girl

First, he impresses her with his
talks. Next, on the pretext...

of showing her around his house,
he shows off his wealth.

Then he takes her on a tour
of his collection of flowers

He uses poetry, sometimes a tale,
he talks of nature...

and he impresses her even more.
Then, at the first opportunity...

he takes her to bed.
- Directly?

Directly

Despite knowing all this
about Shekhar Saxena...

Preeti Saxena never spoke
of divorcing him? Strange...

Once she did tell me
that she wants to do it

But then she also said that Shekhar
was managing her business very well

I remember, being told once that she
knows that her husband is using her

Then she laughed, "So what? I'm using
him too. Maybe this is life"

Simran, stop!

Simran, listen to me

My mistake. I trusted a man like you

You have used Simran.
You made me a pawn

It's not like that! I wanted
to tell you all this. But...

But...?

One, I thought the police would
never get to know of all this

I'm not talking about the police.
I'm talking about ourselves

Maybe you don't remember me
telling you that...

if you ever lie to me,
I'll drop this case midway

I remember, Simran. But I didn't
tell you all this because...

I didn't want to lose you.
- You have lost me, anyway

Me, and your lawyer

"If he has broken my heart,
why should I hate him?"

"He has the right to love me,
or not to love me"

Hi, this is Simran. Please leave your
name and your message after the beep

Simran, I know you're there

Simran, please try to understand me

"In a moment, he dispelled
all my misgivings about promises"

"At this painful juncture,
he has left me alone"

"At this crossroad, I shall become
a stranger to him for life"

"Let him hurt me as he pleases"

"He has the right to love me,
or not to love me"

"If he has broken my heart,
why should I hate him?"

One more letter

"What I didn't know,
I have understood now"

"Love is a trade in hearts"

"But how can anyone dictate
how the heart beats?"

"The heart is free to heave in sighs,
where it wishes"

"Why stand in the way of the heart?"

"He has the right to love me,
or not to love me"

"If he has broken my heart,
why should I hate him?"

I've done my job. I've found out
everything about Jimmy Pereira

I'm dropping this case

Because Shekhar lied to you?

What if it was another client who
lied to you? Would you still quit?

You were obsessed about winning this
case. Now you don't want to contest?

You aren't quitting because you
suspect Shekhar Saxena's innocence

You just can't tolerate the fact that
there were other women in his life

Amit, this is my personal matter

Shall I tell you something honestly?
Deep down inside...

I'm glad that you are dropping
this case

Ever since Shekhar Saxena transpired,
he has caused me much anguish

But I will never advise you to quit.
For my selfish ends...

for my sake, I won't stand
in the way of your victory

If you dump Shekhar Saxena
at this juncture...

the public and the judge will both
think that he's a criminal

I'm not going to let Simran stand
in the way of the lawyer...

whose prime duty
is to save the client

I'd like to summon Mr Jimmy Pereira
once again before this court

Where were you working before
the job at National Gymkhana?

At Country Club.
- What reason for quitting...

a job at such a prominent club?
- What do you mean?

You know what I mean. Is it not true
that you were fired?

What nonsense are you saying?
I quit on my own volition

Your memory is a bit weak.
You are forgetting that...

upon the complaint
of a married woman...

the management had acted on suspicion
about your character...

and you were served notice
to leave the club

What nonsense are you talking?
What proof do you have?

In this court,
you have admitted...

that you had a physical relationship
with Preeti Saxena

Will you tell this court where
you took her for sexual intercourse?

Evidently, I didn't do it in public.
Sometimes a hotel...

sometimes in my place,
sometimes at her place

In the same house
where she was murdered?

Yes, but I didn't know that she was
about to be murdered, did I?

Did Preeti remunerate you
for your services?

Are you out of your mind?
What do you take me for?

I do not mean to hurt you

Will you tell the court whether
before having sex with Preeti...

you used to tie her hands and
her feet, using a rope, or...?

You bitch!

What did you say?

What did you say, Mr Jimmy?

Tell the court what you said

I said "bitch"

Bitch... bitch... bitch

Mr Sodawaterwallah, please
tell the court about that knife

It was a 6-inch knife,
it was designed like this...

In which locker did you see it?
- Don't you folks understand...

anything at one go? I've said it
a thousand times. Locker number 502

And for the thousand-and-one-th time
the locker belonged to Shekhar Saxena

And I'll also telling you,
that knife was a solid one

My next witness is Mr Lalit Advani.
Like Mr Shekhar Saxena...

he too is a member
of National Gymkhana

Who's Advani?

Mr Advani, on December 31, did you
keep a knife in your locker

No, I put the knife in it
a week before that

On December 31, the knife
was still there

Please take a good look.
Is this knife yours?

Yes

What's the number of your locker?

The locker just beneath
Mr Shekhar Saxena's locker

I would like to recall Mr Rustom

Are you certain that you saw
the knife in locker number 502...

and not in locker number 402?
- I told you! Ask me once...

ask me a million times,
the knife was in number 502

Look carefully. Is this the knife
you saw on December 31?

This knife isn't the same as that one

How was it different?
- This is rusty, scratches

That knife was brand new

It may have been brand new then.
But between December 31 and now...

it could have become a bit scratched,
it could've become a bit rusty

Think before you answer, Mr Rustom

This is a matter of someone's
life and death

Could this have been the knife?

Could this have been
the knife, Mr Rustom?

Could it have been this knife?
- Could be! I'm not God!

If you insist, this might also be.
Anything might be, yes anything!

Please let me go!
My brain is cooked!

Now what more do you want to ask?
I told you, it could be

Anything might be! That day, I was
out of my mind, out of my brains!

To hell with your knife,
to hell with your locker!

I don't want any of this!
I only want to be left in peace

I wanted...

Simran, I want to talk to you.
- I don't want to

Weren't you prancing about
in the courtroom?

And saying your dialogues
with a sway of those hips!

All fired-up, aren't you?

Say, how about taking you to bed
and dousing your fires?

Tell me

I have been waiting for you.
Another letter, addressed to you

The same Remington typewriter
with the raised t

Our ally wants us
to meet this girl

Yes?
- Ms Payal Malhotra?

Yes.
- I'm Simran Bhargav

I know. Come in

Ms Payal, please tell the court
about the incident...

on the night of January 9, 1998

I was asleep in my bed.
I heard something and came awake

Before I could scream, someone
clamped down on my mouth

I was very scared. I saw a man
astride my bed...

bending down over me. He was dressed
in black. He was wearing a black mask

He had a knife in his right hand

This deposition is not related
to Preeti Saxena's murder

Ms Payal, can you recall
how the knife looked?

Yes. It was large. As hunting knives
are, serrated along the edge

What happened afterwards?
- His left hand...

was clamped over my mouth.
With the right...

he placed the point of the knife
on my throat

And slowly, he began pressing.
I was bleeding

But I was so scared,
that I couldn't even scream

Then, he slowly began drawing
the knife downwards

He incised downwards,
towards my heart

And then, he slashed me
wherever he fancied!

He kept on cutting, slashing!

After that, he tied
my hands and my feet

Then he dipped the point
of the knife in my blood

And on the wall in front of me,
he wrote, "bitch"

Then suddenly, he took pity on me,
I don't know why

At the end of it, instead of doing
anything, he licked the knife

And before I could understand
anything, he vanished into the dark

Ms Payal, you must have read about
Preeti Saxena's murder in the papers

Yes

Do you realise that both of you
were attacked in the same manner?

Yes

That's why I went to
the police station to depose

I also lodged a written complaint.
- Is the concerned police officer...

whom you spoke to,
present in this court?

He's sitting over there

He has been to my house twice

Once, three weeks after Preeti's
murder, and the day before yesterday

What did he have to tell you?
- He told me that the incident...

which happened to me is not related
in any way to Preeti's murder

This is not the truth!

They are trying to mislead the court!

I shall speak to you later
in this matter

When this incident happened to you,
were you a member of Country Club?

Yes.
- Who was the swimming coach?

Jimmy Pereira

If I am not mistaken, you
had an intimate relationship...

with Jimmy Pereira?

The court is adjourned for two hours
pending verdict

Payal Malhotra's report isn't
in the police records

After perusing the evidence,
and the depositions of witnesses...

this court has arrived
at the conclusion...

that the accused Shekhar Saxena
is innocent...

and the allegations against him
are baseless

This court acquits Mr Saxena...

and urges the police to trace
the real culprit

How come you know of it?
- Not everyone in this world...

is like you, Mr Lokhande.
Someone wrote a letter to me

Someone I don't even know, helped me
throughout. Anything else?

It was no stranger who helped you.
It was Shekhar Saxena himself

According to a well-worked-out plan.
Shekhar Saxena killed Preeti Saxena

I can bet on it. And he had begun
planning it a year and a half ago

Shekhar Saxena knew he'd be prime
suspect in Preeti Saxena's murder

That's why he used Jimmy Pereira.
Jimmy and Payal were close...

to each other. The modus operandi he
used on Payal a year and a half ago...

was the same one which he planned to
use on Preeti. Next, he conspired...

to have Jimmy fired from
Country Club, and then...

he appointed him in National Gymkhana.
So that Jimmy Pereira and Preeti...

would come close to each other,
and as soon as that happened...

he killed Preeti. The man who wrote
the letters to you is Shekhar Saxena

And Preeti Saxena's murderer is
Shekhar Saxena, and no one else

You have lost the case, Mr Lokhande.
Get used to living with defeat

You can do no harm to Shekhar

Today, if I stand before you...

it is all Ms Simran Bhargav's doing

That I'm alive today,
is because of her

During the trial, I have hurt someone
close to me. For the first time...

I am feeling the loss. Despite all
my efforts, I couldn't erase...

the shadows of my past. And today,
I stand in public and I apologise

Forgive me if you can

Say good afternoon

It's past three

Get up and get fresh. Your slave
is cooking for you today

What happened, Simran?

Where are you going?

I had forgotten. I have
an important meeting

What about our lunch?

I'll call

Work over?

It isn't quite two hours
since you left...

and I'm feeling as if
I've been lonely for years

There's someone at the door.
I'll call you later

Simran, I'll pick you up at eight.
We're going out for dinner

Not tonight, Shekhar.
Maybe some other time

Whatever you said
was true, Mr Lokhande

I won, yet I have lost.
I was mistaken about Shekhar

I have committed a grave crime
by saving a murderer

But now, I have evidence against him.
- What?

I have found the typewriter he used
to write those messages

I want to bring it over to you.
- Get over to the police station

I'll be there

Hi, this is Simran. Please leave your
name and your message after the beep

I'll contact you. Thank you

It's ten thirty at night,
and you still haven't called me

You have saved my life. I hoped
you would let me take you out...

to dinner and give me a chance
to express my gratitude

Anyway, I don't know whether
you have heard the news

Jimmy Pereira is still evading
the police. He's a rogue

He can do anything

I didn't kill Preeti on purpose

The fool that she was, she wanted
to deprive me of my money

What could I have done?
Between Preeti and the money...

I had to choose money.
Tell me, did I have an option?

And today, you leave me with
no choices

In my house,
in my closet...

you have discovered your death

I thought we would have
a lifetime together

But if you'd rather that
only one of us lives...

then it has to be me, no?

What I expected,
and what has come to be...

Outside, they're queueing up
for interviews

They want to see the girl
who was so brave

Simran, anyone can make a mistake

But you could teach them how to
make a success out of a mistake

And you could teach them
how to be a steadfast friend

Get up Simran, and look
through my eyes

This morning awaits you