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
l 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 1 0,000
In Kamalbala Devi's name. Who is she?
My mother
She lives in the village
- Is 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 regular job
I have no idea
We didn't talk much
l 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 l'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!
Ok! 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!
lf you skip class again...
...l'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
l 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
l'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... - Is 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
l was going to return it
l 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 l 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
lf 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
lt'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 l 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 nephew just split his Party
Special Branch is snooping around. l 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. l 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-lnspector...
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 l was 15
A good lie is never far from the truth
New machines. ldle 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
l'm a famous detective
Tell him I have a hot lead on the Bosepukur murders
Your uncle is being framed. l 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
l 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 l 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?
l must talk to you
When did you get hold of those letters?
May l 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 l 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?
ln 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?
l 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
Is 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
l 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?
lf you go to the police, l'll kill you
lf 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
l 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 l 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 l helped
- You smell bad - Your father was a genius
Byomkesh, some paan mix for me
- You're a heroin addict - l'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
l 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 l 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 l 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 lndia 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
ln 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
l 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. l 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
ln 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 l 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. l'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?
Amazzing 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
ln the name of freedom
l 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 l 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?
l 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 l 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!
l asked Dr. Guha to come here
I knew Yang Guang would show up, so I called them
l 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
l 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