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November, 1942, Calcutta

A world war was on

The Japanese army was at the Burma border aiming for Calcutta

We, the Calcuttans...

...were caught between our British overlords and the Jap invaders

Are you deaf?

You understand only one language

Watch out!

You...

A message for Shanghai

I'm taking what's mine

Last table

Whenever he talks, you feel like smashing his teeth in

I don't care if Gandhi stays in jail

I never donate

I'm not asking for charity. I need some help

I don't help either. Who sent you?

What happened?

My father's been missing for two months

So, why are you here? Report it to the police

- I did - So Daddy is not a big shot?

Morgue? Hospitals?

Maybe he came under a tram

I've looked everywhere. Hospitals, morgues

- I want your opinion - Forget it

Forget it. That's my advice. Go

- But he's my father - Sure

a) Maybe he was kidnapped. But no one asked for a ransom

Or you'd be asking for money, not advice

b) He was murdered, corpse hidden

Got caught in a shady deal. Came to a bad end

c) He's alive. On the run. Involved in a shady deal

d) He's run away with a woman

Leela, I have spoken to Prof. Bose

He wants me to apply for the maths lecturer's job

I'll get it. I'll become a lecturer

That's what worried you

No money, no job, no inheritance

There's your insurance

What are you hiding?

Let me see

Whose marriage invite?

You're marrying Atanu Sen? The Chemistry gold medalist?

The guy with the great job at Hind Chemics?

"Atanu weds Leela"

You didn't tell me your name

You didn't ask

Ajit Banerjee

I know

Everyone knows you

Did your father leave some money behind?

Why?

That would tell us if he ran or planned to go

- I need to examine his box - You have it?

Yes

- Can I see it? - No

No cash here

Any other belongings?

No

Was he a chemist?

Calcutta University

Gold medalist. 1920

War bonds worth 10,000

In Kamalbala Devi's name. Who is she?

My mother

She lives in the village

- ls your father diabetic? - Yes

- Likes chewing betel leaf? - Likes? He's addicted to paan

- Made his own mix - Where's his paan box?

Didn't see it at the lodge

What does he do?

Not much

Doesn't have a regularjob

I have no idea

We didn't talk much

I mean we don't

But he pays your bills

Either you've kidnapped your own father...

...or you're playacting with me

- Or something is fishy - Meaning?

A man with no steady job pays for his son's room, fancy cigarettes

Buys bonds for his second wife. You failed to mention that

How did you know?

It's on the bonds. Kamalbala, aged 24

A newly married man doesn't leave his second wife for another woman

Option D is out. Don't hide facts from me

The insulin and the paan box. Something's fishy

Why fishy?

Maybe he just went away somewhere

Nothing "just" happens in this world

Look, it's no big deal for me

Two days at the lodge and I'll figure it all out

Your father could be alive and innocent

Or dead and guilty

Shall I go?

Find out for you?

Watch out, mister!

Come here!

0k! Hold his legs down

He was shouting "Free Bengal" slogans at College Square

The police love thrashing students like him

Let me see

Your pulse

I'm fine

Doesn't look like it

I saw the vacancy sign outside. I need a room

- Your name? - Atul Chakravarti

I'm looking for work. First time in Calcutta

From?

Munger. Just got off the train

Someone at the station said...

...your lodge is the cheapest and the best

Go!

If you skip class again...

...I'll break your other leg

- You're the manager? - No rooms free

I don't understand

No vacancies for liars

Liars?

Mr. Atul

So this is your first visit to Calcutta?

Yet you wear second-hand shoes...

...sold only at Ghosh's on College Street

The Munger train arrives early morning

If you came here directly, you'd be here hours ago

So many lies for one room?

We rent to decent folk. Sorry

Your hand

Give me your hand

Bakshy

Byomkesh Bakshy

Dr. Guha

Anukul Guha

Most impressive!

Who is he?

A detective?

Not at all

This is Praffula Rai. An insurance agent

He's away half the month

He was away the night Bhuvan vanished

Travelled without a ticket. So no proof

This is Mr. Ashwini

I saw the New Howrah Bridge

Stunning!

Mr. Kanai

He works close by. In Chinatown

This is Mr. Byomkesh Bakshy

He has some questions concerning Mr. Bhuvan

I'm trying to help

Police?

- Not at all - What kind of questions?

The nosy kind

The kind that concerns Mr. Bhuvan's paan box

You all right, Mr. Ashwini? Some water

You think we hid him in his paan box?

I think someone murdered him and hid his body

Fried potatoes?

Only on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays

Air raid!

Quite an entrance!

Do you know Ching Ling?

- Who? - Never mind

- What brings you... - ls your name really Kanai?

My Chinese name makes the Bengali tongue twist

So I changed it

A plane has been shot down. It's in flames

- What do you do? - I sell opium

Not what you're thinking. I have a license

You should come to Chinatown

Put this between your teeth

You could bite your tongue if a bomb goes off nearby

And you?

No, it tastes awful

I agree

I didn't manage to talk to the man in the helmet

Mr. Ashwini?

He's Bhuvan's roommate. I mean he was

Mr. Ashwini

That was quite a meal

Cigarette?

Ah! You prefer paan

Let's have one then

Paan?

No paan

Weren't you and Bhuvan paan lovers? You don't have any?

No

What's in there?

In there?

- The window... - No, in the cupboard

- What are you hiding there? - Nothing

It's empty

I was going to return it

I was about to...

I did nothing wrong

I'm a chief accountant

I'm innocent

He was murdered

I'm not a murderer!

Right. You're an accountant. Now let me think

Bhuvan left behind his paan box, money and medicine

He aimed to return the same night

That was two months ago

Tell me about that night

I went for a walk after dinner

He wasn't here when I came back

I went to sleep. Mr. Bhuvan wasn't here the next morning

I left for work. When I came back, he wasn't here

When I came back...

You stole the paan box

I loved his paan mix, so I kept the box

What work did he do?

He used to say: "I'm a freelance genius"

Paid the rent on time

Sometimes he'd come back late. But never caused any trouble

If what you say is true...

...we should inform the police

It could be murder, Doctor. What could the police do?

Luckily I knew the station chief

Or we'd be in the lock-up. I mean a paan box and murder

Sorry for the bother, Ajit

If Bhuvan was murdered...

...and he was

His corpse must be hidden somewhere

You'll believe me when I find his corpse

Are you crazy?

I found this bus ticket in your father's book

Bus 32A. Stops right outside

He got off somewhere at the end of the line

Look

The conductor's punch mark. I could...

You could what?

What did Bhuvan call himself?

A freelance genius. A genius chemist

He may have worked in a chemical factory. I could find...

Find what?

My father's corpse?

Listen

The police chief says he's missing. Why do you want him dead?

Case closed. Let's go

Mr. Bakshy

How did you know where Ashwini had hidden...

...the paan box?

Easy. People can't help thinking about what they're hiding

When I mentioned the paan box, he left the table

I pushed him around a bit. Watched his eyes

He gave himself away

Simple

If only I could learn to think like you

Many talkers in this world. Few doers

You look like a doer

If you need help, you can count on me

There's a room in my lodge for you

It's your call

Going somewhere, mister? Taxi?

Let him watch, Ruby. Maybe he enjoys watching

Ruby, ask him...

...how he got in here. It's private property

"No trespassing" sign here

ls there a sign outside his bedroom?

Could I just walk in without asking?

I'm sorry. I didn't know

Finally...

...he apologises

Who does that...

Are you the owner?

I own nothing

Do you know the owner?

Or are you trespassing, too?

You really don't recognise me?

Madam!

Coconuts for you

Put them in the car

Mr. Sikdaar owns this property

I know him

Do you know Bhuvan Banerjee?

Who?

Thank you for the lift

Are you Mrs. Sikdaar?

Anguri Devi?

Are you from Rangoon?

Where can I find Mr. Sikdaar?

You have a talent for being rude, but must you be nosy too?

Mr. Bhuvan is missing. I need to ask Mr. Sikdaar some questions

Where is he?

- Who are you? - Byomkesh Bakshy

What do you mean...

..."missing"?

He left his lodgings on 29 November

But never came back

That was two months ago

I don't know any Mr. Bhuvan

I thought you were a fan of mine. Or a Party member...

Party?

What world do you live in?

Gajanan Sikdaar? The Council Member? Forever Bengal Party

Is this his factory?

She asked you to wait in her make-up room

Gajanan Sikdaar

Council Member?

"I know what you're up to

"You had better see me or everyone will know

"Last chance. Tonight at the factory at 9"

What do you think?

Was someone trying to scare Sikdaar?

Not scare. Blackmail

What else?

The letters are cut out from a newspaper

Look at the post office stamp

Chitpur Road

That's our post office

First letter 22 November, first post

The second letter

29 November. Same time

What happened that day?

That's the night Bhuvan vanished

- What newspapers do you get here? - They all buy their own

- I read Basumati, Yugantar - English newspapers?

- The Statesman - Who buys it?

Bought it

Puntiram

Can't you keep the rubbish in order?

Here! English newspapers

December

November

- This means Mr. Bhuvan... - ...was blackmailing Sikdaar

The second letter is dated 29 November

Asking Sikdaar to meet at the factory at 9

Bhuvan left here at 8 and...

...never came back

I must meet Sikdaar

My uncle Gajanan Sikdaar has only one concern - his own skin

We don't want him

Or his Party. A leader must show the way

Our New Bengal Party will show the way now

Freedom is our right. We will seize it

We'll pay with our blood

Hail Bengal!

Participants in the Spring Day Action, register now

Aren't you the new boarder?

You dressed my wound, remember?

Who was that?

Sukumar Ghosh... Sikdaar's nephew

Where is Gajanan Sikdaar?

Hiding. His nephewjust split his Party

Special Branch is snooping around. I had better warn Sukumar

I'm from Headquarters

- Special Branch. And you? - The local station

ID?

- Why are you here? - We're Mr.Sikdaar's bodyguards

Why?

Someone is after his life

I must question him. Wait outside. Don't let any idiot in

Sukumar, you're making a mistake. You'll regret it

You're saying that because he's backing my Party

Fool! You don't know him. I do

Uncle, say what you want. It's too late

We're celebrating Spring Day

Fool. He's using you

Are you here to register?

Registration for the new Party is outside

I'm here to see Sikdaar

Have you an appointment?

Why?

Are you his secretary?

No

My name is Byomkesh Bakshy

So?

I want to question him about a murder

- Whose murder? - Bhuvan Banerjee's

He worked at Mr. Sikdaar's factory

- You knew him? - Who are you?

I told you. Don't have time to waste

Nibaran!

Try to stop us and we'll kill you

Who's here from Special Branch?

- I'm warning you - Gajanan Sikdaar?

- What's all this? - Do you know Bhuvan Banerjee?

- Go inside - Why?

- Who are you? - Why was he blackmailing you?

- What? - Hey you!

I'm Sub-Inspector...

Are you mixed up with Bhuvan's disappearance?

Get out!

- Who is that lady? - Satyawati

Sukumar's sister

These people are big shots

Be careful

Your help has no sense. I'll wait outside

You felt no shame stealing from a woman's bag...

...so why be ashamed looking at her in her bath?

Give me one

Don't get jumpy. It's only a cigarette

It's a cheap brand

Why did Bhuvan's name scare you?

A few weeks ago a man came to meet Gajanan

They talked for hours behind closed doors

Gajanan came out alone from the room

He was pale

I had never seen him so scared

I asked him about the visitor

He said he was Bhuvan Banerjee

The next day Gajanan locked up the factory

Was Gajanan at the factory on 29 November night?

We'll end up in jail

Despite Anguri's alibi...

...whatever happened, happened at this factory

There is a guard around. Watch him

We have the keys

Have you permission?

Are you from rat control?

You're from Munger?

Bhagalpur

Terrific!

Two-in-one

Rats giving trouble in there?

Plenty trouble. They die

They rot. They stink

Say something to me in English

Anything. Sound strict

My officer says he has a new poison

Gets rid of all pests in a flash

The paperwork for proper permissions will take a month

Well?

- Are you really from Munger? - Yes

What about your family? Home?

Cholera took my family. Cousins took my house

Came to Calcutta when I was 15

A good lie is never far from the truth

New machines. Idle for two months?

This is no dead rat, Byomkesh

Call Special Branch

He's been murdered

His throat was slit. Then a sword sliced through him - neck to belly

My God!

That's Mr. Bhuvan's wife. Second wife

Why?

But Why?

Why?

May I?

You weren't at the crematorium

Want some paan?

Don't eat paan

Do you have Bhuvan's paan box?

What was Bhuvan like?

You would've got on well

He made his own paan mix

He gave it a name

"Calcutta Kiss"

Our first famous boarder

Read it

"A sensational murder and blackmail case was solved by Bengal's pride...

"...the brave talented young detective Byomkesh Bakshy"

Why did the paper come so late?

Late? It's the usual time

The paper comes now?

Sometimes even later. Listen to this

"Broad chest, keen moustache, eyes like embers...

You fool

"Our Sherlock Holmes..."

Taxi! Police Headquarters

Mister! Is this what we're doing all day?

- DC Wilkie's office? - Upstairs

Can I see the Dy. Commissioner?

- It's urgent - You can't barge in

I'm a famous detective

Tell him I have a hot lead on the Bosepukur murders

Your uncle is being framed. I can save him

Wait outside

Send a note inside, Sergeant

I'm Sikdaar's niece. The Council Member?

Now, Sergeant. Please

A private detective?

No...Yes

- Who hired you? - The corpse's son

I mean Bhuvan Banerjee's son

- You say these letters are phony? - The stamp proves it

The letters have been cut out from the newspaper of that day

Look at the stamp. Posted at 7:30 am

I can get 5 people to swear on oath that the newspapers don't arrive...

...at Bhuvan's lodge before 8:30 am

I can read now, thank you

Sikdaar's being framed

The dates on the letters coincide with Bhuvan meeting Sikdaar

Bhuvan vanished that day. The letters were dated after his murder

- Now do you believe me? - When did you get the letters?

Mr. Wilkie, you can call me anytime if you want to harass me further

Can I go now?

- For now - Thank you very much

Who is threatening you?

Not you, Mr. Bakshy

What is your take on the Bosepukur murders?

Sir, this isn't the time

I have a warrant in your name

For impersonating an officer

Tea?

Going round in circles all day

Not a bloody tram

- Mr. Byomkesh - I'll deal with you later

- Mister! - I'll be back

The madman! He didn't pay me

Taxi! Let's go. Hurry

Where is Sikdaar?

I must talk to you

When did you get hold of those letters?

May I see Mr. Sikdaar?

Gajanan...

...can't see anyone right now

No, he'll see me

If it wasn't for me, he'd be rotting in jail

If it wasn't for you...

...none of this would have happened

If it wasn't for you none of this would have happened

You wanted to know when I got the letters?

When?

The first day we met...

...that very morning

Listen

He wants to ask you something. He saved your life

Did Mr. Bhuvan meet you in her flat on 23 November?

Nibaran!

- Call the doctor - Save him, please

Save him!

Uncle...

Did Bhuvan come to see you?

Why? To blackmail you?

Uncle

99%

Strychnine poisoning

Send the soup to the lab. The autopsy will tell us for sure

I'll check on Anguri Devi. She's still in shock

Wherever there's a murder...

...you're never far away

- What is she saying? - Nothing

- Trying to save her brother - Brother?

In your presence, Sukumar...

...threatened his uncle

Stop us and we'll kill you

My brother is innocent

He couldn't murder anyone

I don't know if he could or not. But I know he didn't

Did he know Mr. Bhuvan?

What were Sikdaar and Bhuvan fighting about?

Your silence may...

...send your brother to the gallows

My brother doesn't care about his life any more

Do you recognise this?

Strychnine

We found it in Sukumar's room

When you see Sukumar thank him...

...for keeping the poison where anyone could find it

And threatening his uncle when everyone could hear him

You made my father and me famous

They threw me out of the hostel

A blackmailer's son

Can I stay here?

Dr. Guha went out of town. He'll be back by Spring Day

He left this for you

Your father was not a blackmailer

So then?

- What about Mr. Sikdaar? - He was murdered

BY Whom?

I don't know. But it's the same man who killed your father

He framed Sukumar

Open it!

- He faked the letters too - Faked?

He made a fool of me

He even faked the postage stamp

- How? - Nothing simpler

Bribe a poor postmaster, write your letter

And add the date you want

And fool the moron Byomkesh Bakshy...

"Yours truly, Dr. Anukul Guha"

Byomkesh, open the door!

He took off like a rocket and rolled back like a deflated ball

He hasn't had a thing to eat or drink

What's wrong?

Tummy ache

If only Dr. Guha were here to give him medicine

Puntiram!

- The police followed you? - I know how to lose them

My mother left me this jewelry

Just name your price

But find my brother

Why me?

A maiden in distress

Because you see things

My brother and my uncle never saw eye to eye

Things really fell apart in the past two months

They fought endlessly over the Party

Finally my brother split the Party, formed his own

Your uncle implied Sukumar was under someone's influence

My brother had changed a lot

Even I could see it

When did Bhuvan Banerjee start working with your uncle?

Two years ago. He'd come to uncle's factory

He had some new machinery installed there

Bhuvan installed the machines?

Yes

What's this?

Fries?

You said he had an upset tummy

Want to kill him?

Boil rice in yoghurt. I'll come down and see to the rest

Go

When did you last see Sukumar?

When you came yesterday

You didn't pay the taxi fare

He took my taxi. Did you tell the police?

- I told no one - The taxi driver!

I'm off

The Whites call me bad names here

The mister is nuts

Don't you know him?

The Dy. Commissioner's right-hand man

Does Sukumar have bad teeth?

No

How old are you?

24 years 5 months

I'm three months younger. I don't need a dentist. Do you?

I know a brain surgeon

- How old are you? - I don't need a dentist

Sukumar is our age

But he came to visit a dentist. Dr. Watanabe

They left in a black car

He's been here before. Why?

Go home. I'll be in touch

- Let me drop... - The helpless maiden

- Ever had a toothache, young man? - No

Ever acted?

No

Dr. Watanabe

My brother is dying

The doctor is at the temple

We'll wait. He's in pain

After the temple, lunch

He doesn't treat anyone after lunch

He teaches Japanese

Come tomorrow

My brother is dying... to learn Japanese

Which temple did you say?

Is that his style of pulling teeth or teaching Japanese?

The question is...

...if Sukumar didn't need a dentist...

...why was he learning Japanese?

I beg your pardon

I was trying out my Japanese

It's bad

Your bad Japanese...

...is actually bad Chinese

Sir, same to same for me

This is Japanese

It's different

Who sent you?

Sukumar

Your former student

We're from his Party

We have little time before Spring Day

Volunteers for the Spring Day Action, register now

Dr. Guha will be back by Spring Day

Are you ready to kill...

...and be killed?

Answer me this

How many could you kill...

...for your country?

Byomkesh!

You here?

He says that Sukumar sent him to me

Sukumar? But you're not on the volunteers' list

Excuse me

Damn it

Let's go

What just happened?

Dr. Guha, Sukumar and Watanabe are planning something

We almost found out what it was

I have to think. I need some quiet

ls Sukumar's plan connected to my father's murder?

Utterly connected

Something tells me - because of this plan...

...your father vanished...

...and was murdered

And Gajanan Sikdaar was framed

When I found out, Sikdaar was killed

Then Sukumar was framed. Now he's on the run

He's plotting something big on Spring Day

The whole chain is connected to Spring Day

It starts with Bhuvan and ends with Sukumar

- Get it? - No

What about Dr. Guha?

Not what. Why?

Why did Dr. Guha do it?

And why admit it to me?

Keep moving

- Where to? - To see Badal

- Badal? - Our college theatre dress man

Why?

I want to be an actor

You wanted to be on stage, so why get me painted?

Look towards the gate

Shall we hunt the hunter?

Let's go

He's reporting to Watanabe

He's heading to Sukumar next

Watanabe is frightening

How long do we wait?

Sukumar's black car

He's locked it and run

Step aside

He's destroyed the evidence and fled

Take all the documents you can find

Are you alright?

Didn't you say that Dr. Guha was not coming back?

He's back

He's on the terrace. The Japs are bombing the docks...boom!

Can you hear that, Mr. Bakshy?

Nails being hammered into the British coffin

You killed Bhuvan and Sikdaar

I did everything

You know but won't admit it

- Why kill Bhuvan? - Bhuvan was a traitor

Sikdaar a false patriot who was going to inform the police

So you and Sukumar are plotting something with the Japanese?

An enemy's enemy is a friend

Why kill Sikdaar?

Wouldn't you do a small bad thing...

...for the greater good?

And the dead in the clinic? Where's the greater good in that?

They're dead because of you

It's the price

We all want freedom. No one wants to pay the price

And now?

If you go to the police, I'll kill you

If you survive, it's the end for me

What shall we do, Mr. Bakshy?

Byomkesh

My war needs soldiers like you

There's a car waiting

Come with me

Don't think

Ajit

Do middle-class folk like us...

...ever stand up for our country?

No, we go to the movies

Let's go to the Metro

Do it for your country

Why not join Dr. Guha? He seems to love you

This map...

This map looks familiar. How did the volunteer have it?

You should've been my father's son

He was ashamed of me

I wanted to write

I was the shy skinny type

He came home drunk every night, ranting

"The creator of India's top selling formula is cursed with a son...

"...who failed High School chemistry!"

- Hind Chemics make ****** - They sell it

My father invented the formula

But you said you didn't know what he did

I meant in the last 3 years

Before that, he was...

...the head chemist at Hind Chemics for 8 years

- Until... -What?

Hind Chemics...

...fired my genius father

Because one of the components in his formula was...

...opium

People got addicted...

...without knowing

Sales shot sky high

- When were you going to tell me? - What's there to tell?

- You're hiding facts again - But this is personal

Personal? We're solving a case

We decided...

We decided that you'd keep nothing from me

- You're soft-headed - You're soft-headed!

- We're arguing. Later - One minute, Mr. Byomkesh

What is it?

Can I have some Bhuvan's paan mix?

Just a little. Haven't slept for three nights

Please!

Your father had magic in his hands

I asked Mr. Bhuvan...

...so many times...

...what's in his paan mix?

He would laugh

And say...

"Pluck the fruit...

...don't count the branches"

Carry on arguing

I'm done

Who is it?

Can Satyawati be called beautiful?

Young gun

Young guns?

What did Sikdaar say to me just before he died?

What did you eat before going to bed?

The paan mix

Your father had magic hands

Opened my mind

Paan, lime paste, catechu

How do you like my painting?

If Bhuvan Banerjee was not blackmailing Sikdaar...

...why did Sikdaar need police protection?

And about your father's...

...paan mix. Why is it magical?

Genius, what brings you here?

Atanu

- I need your help - Unlikely, Byomkesh

You sent me a note, so here I am

But I can't do more

I'm not looking for a job

I want you to test something

Test what?

This paan mix

And my blood

They test your blood before giving you a job here?

Never thought you'd stoop so low

You shoot up heroin and then test your blood?

What's the farce?

Heroin?

My blood has heroin?

And this?

A paan mix is a paan mix. Test it all you want

Never seen crystals like these

They are empty

They're empty?

I mean chemically

A mix of hydrocarbons, salts

Nothing in there. Useless

No heroin in the crystals?

Crystals? What crystals?

You tutored my wife Leela so I helped

- You smell bad - Your father was a genius

Byomkesh, some paan mix for me

- You're a heroin addict - I'm a chief accountant

Bhuvan used you like a guinea pig

A guinea pig?

Mr. Kanai

How's business?

Dull

Dull? How come?

No opium in the market

Can't buy any for love or money

Heroin is made from opium, right?

In your line of work you must know dealers...

...who bend the law a little

You planning something that bends the law a little?

Let's imagine

We tell them...

...there's a kind of heroin that cannot be detected

It's like hitting the jackpot for them

I don't get it

Doesn't look like heroin

Smell or taste like heroin. Doesn't show up in a lab test

But once you take it inside

...it's pure heroin

What if this thing fell into someone's lap?

He'd be very rich

Or very dead

You have this thing?

You know dealers?

Not a grain of opium in Calcutta

Junkies wander the streets begging

No opium for him either

So where are your dealers?

- Have you told anyone? - No

Wait here. I'll be back

Did Ching Ling just leave?

- Ching Ling? - No

Ching Ling?

- What is it? - Nothing

I know what you're doing

What am I doing?

You're playing and my father is your plaything

Sometimes he's a blackmailer. Or sometimes a traitor

And now he's a drug dealer

Your father made the drug...

...and installed the machines at the factory. Why?

Ask Dr. Guha

Opium dries up in the market. Where did it all go?

Add two and two

Is it my fault your father expected more from you?

Sorry

Ajit!

Don't fight, Ajit. They're the police

Send my friend Ajit Banerjee to me

Otherwise the police will never find out why...

...the opium in Calcutta has vanished

Tea?

What do you know about the missing opium?

It's being cooked into heroin

Following the genius chemist Bhuvan Banerjee's formula

A kind of heroin that can only be detected...

...once it's in the bloodstream

Heard of Yang Guang?

And the Shanghai Green Gang?

Who hasn't?

Yang Guang was No. 3 in the Shanghai Green Gang

He wanted to be No. 2, so he came to Calcutta

He took over the Thailand-Burma, Burma-Calcutta opium supply

He started running the South Asian drug empire

Calcutta was in his grip

Then?

September 1939

A Green Gang team arrived in Calcutta from Shanghai

They met Yang Guang at the docks

There was a fight

Yang Guang was finished

His eight-year rule ended

But now?

We fished out four Chinamen from the river

Locals from the Green Gang

One man was still alive

Before dying he told us...

500 kgs of opium belonging to the Green Gang had landed in Calcutta...

...and was hijacked

- The hijacker... - Yang Guang

They say he's back from the dead

Know anything about it?

No, sir

Before I found out, your goons stopped me

How did you know I was looking for the opium...

...belonging to the Green Gang?

We...

...have our ways. I forgot. Sorry

May I leave?

If the heroin gets into the wrong hands...

...and you hide it from me...

...you'll stand before...

...a firing squad in Fort William

Understand?

Satyawati's gone?

Where to?

I don't know

She got a letter from Mr. Sukumar at 5 this morning

Someone came in a car

And you let her go?

I tried to stop her

She said she was going to her brother

She said: "Ask no more if you want our safety"

Byomkesh, eat something

I let you down. And Satyawati

You need some fresh air

It's staring at me in the face, yet...

Take a stroll in the park

This map is the key to Yang Guang

Or else take a boat ride in the Ganges

One clue. Need one clue

What did you say?

What!

Ganges river

Puntiram!

You should be the detective and me your idiot assistant

Where did I see this map before?

The route map of the Ganges

Get it?

Sukumar, Dr. Guha and Watanabe...

...have a plan linked to the river

Yang Guang is planning something with the heroin

The two plans are connected

But what is this?

Where did you disappear?

When I came back, you two were gone

Sorry. I lied to you

I'm not a drug dealer

I'm looking for a gangster called Yang Guang

He was killed by the Green Gang four years ago

What if the Green Gang hears that I know Yang Guang is still alive?

This opium den is run by the Green Gang

I've spread the word you have information on Yang Guang

You're playing with our lives now

They're dangerous, Byomkesh

Ajit, please don't start a fight today

Yang Guang? Who?

The man sitting on your opium, stolen 2 months ago

That Yang Guang

Why is he sitting on my opium, good boy?

Answer!

We're both looking for the same man

Let's work together

Kill them

What is it?

How did he know about the opium?

Only Yang Guang knows. And we know

- He's tricking us - Wait! The police know

He's Comm. Wilkie's man. Kill a cop and we're dead

He's a cop

The police want to catch Yang Guang through me

Kill us and forget about Yang Guang...

...and your opium

What are these points?

Sahibkuthi Ghat, Budiganga Ghat and...

...Kushi Ghat

His secret landing spots

He knew the river Ganges by heart

- If he did, who is this map for? - Who did you get it from?

A volunteer in Sukumar's Party

He has links with the Japanese

What is Sukumar's connection to Yang Guang's opium route?

What is All India Radio doing here?

These roads lead off the river

Place this over the map of Calcutta and these routes lead to...

Fort William, the Governor's House

The dockyard, the Writers' building

The scum

"I'm taking Calcutta back," he said when he took out my eyes

The rascal. The chameleon

This is a plan for a Japanese...

...attack of Calcutta

Yang Guang will give them full access to Calcutta

If the Japanese know Yang Guang's secret route...

...no one could stop them

How can a drug lord make deals with an army?

The Japanese army deals in every shady business

Opium. Heroin

Yang Guang goes back a long way with them

We have little time before Spring Day

Run if you can...

...Calcutta finish

Tomorrow is Spring Day. They attack

When he came to Rangoon from Shanghai...

...we should've killed him then

Big mistake

Very big mistake

Are you from Rangoon?

- Yang Guang came from Rangoon? - The Sword of Rangoon

In Cantonese: Yang Guang Jian

What an actress you are

All that talk of love

Short on clothes. Long on sighs

When did you fall in love with Yang Guang?

The day I first met him

I was only sixteen

Then you ran away with him and came to Calcutta in 1931

I'd go anywhere if he asked me

And poison anyone if he asked you

You poisoned Sikdaar

The day I came by...

...you were feeding him soup

So you led me into the other room

To give the poison time to kill him

Four years ago he asked me...

...to wait for him. That's all

Since that day we've met hardly four times

The day you went to Special Branch to free Sikdaar...

I got a message. Kill him

That's the price for us being together. I paid the price

I told you the first day, Byomkesh

Love and loyalty

This is neither love

Or loyalty

It's murder

He told me to watch out for you

Because if you thought I was hiding something...

...you were bound to find it

Nothing escapes you

Yang Guang told you that?

You're risking your life, Byomkesh

The attack is in 5 hours. No choice

Tell the police. Don't go alone

If the police know, Sukumar and his boys will face a firing squad

My man, Kanai, said you saved his life

And that you could give me Yang Guang

Yes

In return you must...

...blow every air raid siren in Calcutta at 4 am

can you?

Good evening, Mr. Wilkie

- Good evening, sir - What a splendid costume

It happens to be my uniform, Lord Sen

Do you want Yang Guang or not?

The Calcutta police is not some Chinese gang

We don't do deals

I always believed the Calcutta police protected Calcutta

- I did what I could - Which side are you on?

Hurry! There's no time

I owe you. What do you want me to do?

"Dr. Guha, you asked me to join your war

"Mustering the courage takes time

"Ajit has accepted his father's death

"Ajit is a loyal and brave man. That's why I send this letter through him

"You've been betrayed. Your plan is in jeopardy

"Leave the factory now with Sukumar and Ajit

"I'll wait for you at the lodge. I'll explain later

"Yours, Byomkesh"

Don't let anyone down till I signal

Do you have your service pistol?

Byomkesh, has something changed?

Only everything

I need Mr. Wilkie's signature to get the revolver

- Do you want... - No

Just in case we get killed...

...when did you guess that I was a cop?

Since Opium street

Before we got arrested, the plainclothes cop asked...

...if I knew Ching Ling. When we first met you asked that too

It's your secret code to identify your undercover men

You knew but you didn't let on

I'm learning. Now go

Better late than never. I'm very happy

Very

Where are the others?

Gone home for the Spring Day break

- Your letter worried me - I worry about you

Let's talk

I called you all here for one reason

To tell you all...

...that you...

...have all been betrayed

Utterly betrayed

Betrayed?

How betrayed?

Betrayal No.1

Sukumar, what you take for your fight for the country's freedom...

...it is not that at all

It's a drug deal

A heroin deal

Who betrayed us?

He has many names

Some say he's Chinese, or Burmese

Some say he's dead, others say he can't die

Demon. Devil. To me...

...he's an ordinary cheat

A traitor

A coward

Where is he?

Right here

Amongst us

Hiding

Betrayal No.2

Anguri Devi

You were betrayed too

The man who made you another's mistress...

...made you lie and murder

The man who promised you'd both leave Calcutta forever

That man is going nowhere. He's staying right here

Sukumar, have you heard of Yang Guang?

No

Before dying, my uncle...

Tried to tell me his name

Anguri Devi, have you heard of Dr. Guha?

Amazing but you both know him very well

The man you met only 4 times in 4 years...

...is running a lodging house 3 miles away from you

Doling out medicine to the poor

Your firebrand revolutionary guru...

...is a drug lord who's about to make the deal of the century

While sending your boys to their death

In the name of freedom

I don't know your real name

What shall I call you?

Yang Guang Jian? The Sword of Rangoon?

Dr. Guha, the drug dealer?

Traitor

How about a cheat?

Bravo!

That was fun

Your hand

Give me your hand, Byomkesh

Puntiram, tea

Time for the truth, Doctor

The truth is that the people sitting here, Mr. Bakshy...

...shan't live to see daybreak

Till then there's tea

Fried potatoes

And the story you're dying to tell us

Go ahead

So the story goes...

Twelve years ago, the terror of Shanghai

The drug dealer

Yang Guang comes to Calcutta with his beautiful mistress

For eight years he rules over South Asia from here

The Green Gang attack him four years ago

They leave him for dead

That was some fight

Two months later, Dr. Guha buys this lodging house

Puntiram, the recipes!

Bay leaves. Curry powder

Then?

You meet Bhuvan...

...who is mixing narcotics with medicine

Then you both...

...make a plan together

I make the plan

Me

What plan? Tell

To cook a type of heroin...

...that's undetectable

Cook it in Sikdaar's factory to avoid suspicion

A child could figure that out

Why? To what end?

I have a theory

Carry on. We're all ears

The Japanese want your heroin, the Calcutta Kiss

And you, your drug empire

So you cut a deal

The Japanese attack Calcutta on Spring Day...

...thanks to your opium route

Sikdaar forms the government of Free Bengal

A puppet government

Under the control of the Japanese and you

You export drugs openly

Calcutta becomes the world's drug capital

You took this proposal to the Japanese in Shanghai

Not a proposal

It's the future

Scum!

Spot on!

Perfect, isn't it?

No, sir

Not so perfect

You stole the Green Gang's opium...

...to make heroin in Sikdaar's factory

But perhaps you forgot to tell Gajanan Sikdaar

Politicians! Yes, today. No, tomorrow. Why risk it?

What happened between you and Bhuvan?

What usually happens

Never mind

So Bhuvan goes to Anguri Devi's flat to meet Sikdaar

He tells him what's going on in his factory

Heroin manufacturing scares him. He closes the factory

Gets bodyguards

But you gave your word to the Japanese

The attack date was set

You incited Sukumar against Sikdaar

So the Party would split. You needed volunteers for tomorrow

But no factory, plan collapses

Then?

Then I came into your life

My biggest weapon

The fool Byomkesh Bakshy

After I found Bhuvan's paan box...

...you tried stopping me by taking me...

...to the police station

Then you thought why not kill two birds with one stone?

Throw me off

And repossess the factory

You cut out letters from the newspaper...

...and framed Bhuvan as the blackmailer

Sorry, I got the time wrong on the stamp

I was in a hurry

Then you sent your secret weapon to the factory to see me

Like tempting a dog with a bone

You dangled Anguri Devi in front of Sikdaar...

...four years ago

You did the same with me

She pretended to hide the letters

Because I told you...

...that I always find what is hidden

After Sikdaar was dead, you sent me the stamp...

...to confuse me

When I saw Watanabe, you appeared...

...as a freedom fighter

So Dr. Guha takes the blame

And Yang Guang is never in the picture

We are tools for you

We do your dirty work

When I was your age...

...I was trusting too

You've learnt your lesson

You won't repeat the same mistake

You didn't hear me right

You've forgotten. I said you've all been betrayed

You, too

BY Whom?

By me

The river map for the attack

The police know everything

Wherever the Japanese will land...

...the army will welcome them

Our volunteers?

The police know everything

Except for your identity

Stop the attack and no one will ever know

If the army knew...

...they'd already be here

You're bluffing

Let's kill the lot and go

No

Don't you know what a Japanese attack means?

Darling

They destroyed my city, my family. Everything

You knew that and still hid it from me

Who gave you the right?

It's done

What's done is done

Whoever is to die will now die

Stop the attack if you love me

Stop the attack

Would you shoot me?

Stop the attack!

Can you shoot me?

Do you love me or not?

Shoot

Do you love me or not?

Shoot, my love

Do you love me or not?

I do

What do you want?

To be together

To live together

Mr. Bakshy

The colour of truth?

Red

No one could sing like her

Should I kill you?

End it here

Too late, Doctor

Mr. Watanabe

That siren is for you

Your surprise attack has lost its surprise

What will you do now?

Will you save your men or let them die?

The army will be waiting for the Japanese at every landing spot

Look up!

An enemy's enemy is a friend

My old friend!

I asked Dr. Guha to come here

I knew Yang Guang would show up, so I called them

I want him alive

Mr. Watanabe

Stop the attack!

You have lost Calcutta

No one will stop him

You all promised

Why didn't you kill me sooner?

- Our volunteers will die - I was bluffing

No one knows

I was bluffing

The police don't know

I just asked Wilkie to blow the siren

Quiet!

Japanese...

It's 6 am. Everything is fine

No sound of firing

Dr. Guha?

The Green Gang took him

Thank Mr. Wilkie for me

If he raids the factory, he may find the heroin

Go

I couldn't save her

You saved Calcutta, Byomkesh

I know your father was a good man

He made the formula for fun

When he found out what it could mean...

...he tried to stop it

It may also be - he fought with Yang Guang over money

And went to tell Sikdaar to rat on Yang Guang

Puntiram

The police must be on their way. Make tea

With ginger?

Ginger

Wipe the blood

Don't touch a crime scene

Never mind the blood. Just tea

Let me get something to eat

You said if I helped your brother...

...you'd reward me

I saved him. See?

Reward?

Now?

Ajit is all I have. I'll become a professional truth-seeker

I have no property. No bank...

A factory siren

- Dr. Guha? - Forget it

Calcutta looks beautiful at dawn

Kill him

Go on

Avenge your father, son

- Kill him - Relax

He's a kid

His hand trembles

His heart races

- Don't listen to him - Hear me

Nothing to it

There's only the knife and my eye

Hold tight

Strike!

Between us...

...we have one eye left

...and one thing separates us

You will be forgotten

You couldn't take my love

How will you take my hate