Majboor (मज़बूर)

- Your name please? - Mr & Mrs.S. Subramaniam.

I'd like a couple of seats on the flight tomorrow afternoon, please.

You're waitlisted # 4. We'll inform you in case of any cancellation.

- What's the ticket number please? - 541234.

- Please try to let me have 2 seats. - That's my job, Sir.

Thank you very much.

I'm on the flight to Madras departing tomorrow at 8 am.

Here you are... please see to his booking on the Air India flight.

- What have you brought? - Here you are.

Great! And I'm going to score a century with this bat on Sunday.

- Is that you, Ravi? - Yes, Mother. It's Ravi. Your Ravi!

- I seek thy blessings. - Where have you been?

I'd been to the market. And here's the wool you wanted.

I'd asked you to get a dark grey shade.

That's all I could find. Use it. It won't make a difference.

You're the one who's going to wear it.

- Do you want a cup of tea? - No. I'll settle for dinner.

I've paid the grocer already. He'll deliver the supplies tomorrow.

Oh! I forgot! Here's your spectacles.

- I'll try it later. - Not later. Now!

Let's see how you look.

Can you see anything?

- Looks like an expensive one. - Stop bothering about money.

Wear the spectacles and get me something to eat.

Hey! What are you up to?! You'll smash the panes.

Where's Renu? I've bought a lot...

...of joke books and comics for her. Hey Renu!

- Have you just read some new joke? - She's out of her mind.

- It's a lovely joke. - I'd like to hear that one.

Hold on... let me tell you. A man tells his neighbour that...

...a fuse has blown in his house, and asks for some wire to fix it.

The neighbour...

And the neighbour tells him that...

That's a good joke!

- What a shot! - Thank you Billoo.

That was a "national" shot... take a look at an "international" shot.

- I see. - Keep seeing.

- D'you see that coin? - Yes.

And now, take a look at this!

What's so "good" about that? That coin was lying right in front of him.

- She loses her cool while losing. - Oh yes!

Shut up! You just lost a game with a zero score.

What am I to do now?

- Go for the red now. - Oh yes. The red!

Go on. Take it. But you don't have a cover.

A cover... well. I arrange for the cover somehow.

- Here's your cover. - There it is!

No! That coin wasn't there. You hadn't any cover!

- But that coin was here. - I remember that it wasn't!

- How could that be, Renu? - You're upto mischief.

- When did I? You're making it up! - I won't let you play that one.

You don't have a sporting spirit. Put that coin back on the board.

- Not that coin! - Dinner is served!

- You've been cheating! - Dinner is waiting.

- Come on. Let's eat. - You're cheating a lot nowadays.

- Granted that the coin wasn't there - No! It wasn't!

I just wanted that for a cover. Now stop chewing my ears off.

Let's eat... great food.

- What's in here? - Raita (A yoghurt dish).

- Did you go over to Neela's place? - How could I? There was so much...

...of shopping. I got late. - Why didn't you go?

And she'd asked you repeatedly to go over. She'll give you a piece...

...of her mind the next time. - Will she? I'll take care of that.

Where are you off to, so early in the morning, Neela?

To the beach for a morning walk. It's a good exercise.

You'd told me that Ravi would be coming yesterday. I waited for him.

Don't mention him! I won't meet him ever again.

Another quarrel?!

Please forgive me.

- Please listen to me, Neela. - That's what you say always.

Didn't I tell you that I don't want to talk to you ever again?

- Listen to me, Neela. - No.

Please forgive me, Neela.

I got delayed at work. How could I help it?

I don't want to listen to anything. And don't pursue me, Ravi. Don't!

- Here you are. - Thank you.

Excuse me... you see, it's my first flight... is it scary?

No. Not at all, Sir.

- Won't it be a bit scary? - What's there to be scared about?

Now you are in Bombay... and, you'll be in Madras in an hour-and-a-half.

An hour-and-a-half to Madras flying at high speed! It's going to be scary.

If it scares you too much, you can open the door and get off.

- That'd help you get off the scare. - But the plane flies so high!

- Yes. Some 25,000 to 30,000 feet. - 25-30,000?! That's quite high!

And it does scare one.

Lord be praised! Protect me, Lord.

- Are you Ravi Khanna? - Yes, Sir.

I'm Inspector Khurana from the Central Investigation Department.

- And he's... - Kulkarni.

We'd like to speak to you. It'll take 10 minutes.

I'm on duty just now. I'll take a break for lunch in 10 minutes.

If you could wait in the room nearby, I'll see you in 10 minutes.

I'd like to know something about the late Mr. Surendra Sinha from you.

But I've already informed the police of all I knew. That was 6 months ago.

I have read your statement. I'm investigating the case.

And, I'd like to have your statement once again.

As you please.

I was on night-duty that evening. It was raining heavily. It was then...

...that I met Mr. Surendra Sinha for the first and the last time.

I was about to leave the office when he opened the door and walked in.

I'd booked a seat from here on the flight tonight.

- Your name, Sir? - Surendra Sinha.

- Here you are. - How much for the ticket?

Lock the office.

You won't find a cab. It's raining so heavily.

Where do you want to go? Come... let me give you a lift.

Please stop here.

- Do you want to get down here? - Yes. Thank you.

I learnt later that he was kidnapped that very night and that a ransom...

...of 500,000 was demanded from his brother Narendra Sinha.

Narendra Sinha was willing to pay the ransom for saving his brother.

The abductors broke the contact and there's no news of Surendra Sinha yet.

I've told you everything I knew.

I've read about that in the police files. But, there's something amiss.

6 months ago no one had asked you; and you didn't care to tell us either.

Where did you go after you alighted from Surendra Sinha's car?

Where I had gone...

It happened 6 months ago. It's difficult for me to remember so much.

It's necessary for your sake that you recall it, Mr. Ravi.

- What?! - That's true.

Mr. Sinha couldn't be traced despite our efforts over the last 6 months.

But, his corpse has been found in a gutter.

Which means that Mr. Sinha was killed on the same night that he had met you.

You... are you trying to insinuate that I killed Mr. Sinha?

I'm not saying so. But, it's clear that the ransom letter was written...

...by those who abducted him. They are the ones who killed him.

- What can I say to that? - You could try to clarify...

...your position, by stating where you went afterwards.

Now... where did I go? I have to think about this.

I alighted from the car... and then... where did I go?

Yes. I remember it.

- Come in. - No, I won't. I came to return...

...the 200 bucks. I'd promised to. - You've come all the way...

...in this rain to return 200 quid! Would it have made any difference...

...had you repaid me tomorrow? - Not that it would. But I'd promised.

- I'm impressed! Now come in. - Excuse me. I have to reach the...

...medical store in half-an-hour to buy medicines for Mother... See you.

- How much for that? - 25 Rupees, Sir.

- Raining heavily, don't you think? - It'll take care of the power cuts.

That'd solve one problem and give rise to another.

You're right.

After that, I hired a cab and went home.

We've taken a lot of your time.

Had I known that a 2-minute ride on Mr. Surendra Sinha's car could...

...cause so much trouble... - You would've refused the lift.

- That's right. - The problem is that no one knows...

...what's going to happen.

- Hello Sheila... Ravi speaking. - Hello Mr. Ravi.

- Is Mr. Rane there? - Mr. Rane has gone to the court.

He has a hearing today. That's why he hasn't come to the office.

If you want to, you can find him at the gymnasium in the afternoon.

Are you blind? You could've been run over.

Forget him. He's a drunk.

Find some other place to die! Don't put us in a fix... Let's go.

Would you like to take my place in the game?

- What brings you here? - I've something to discuss with you.

Sit on the lawns for sometime. I'll be back after a change.

In the meantime, order something for yourself.

A Coca Cola, please.

Go on. Play.

You're no match for me.

- What are you doing, dear? - You're having a "meeting"! Indeed!

You told me that you have to attend a meeting. Is this the "meeting"?

- People are staring at us. - Let them!

Everyone should get to know what a third-class fellow I've married.

Don't you try to fool me! I understand everything.

- Come home and I'll fix you good! - Please! Listen to me!

I don't want to listen to anything! Get out of my way!

That's the result of getting married to a rich woman.

Strange! Who were these people?

The henpecked husband is Mahipat Rai.

Once upon a time, he used to manage his wife's businesses.

He seduced her and they married.

But after so many years, he's still more of a servant than a husband.

What you saw was no great shakes. Once, she slapped him in a party.

And he took it like a pet dog. - Shame on him.

Never mind that... tell me... what do you have on mind?

Do you remember the incident involving Surendra Sinha?

Yes. Wasn't he kidnapped? But, why are you so worried?

The problem is that two policemen came to meet me again today.

- What for? - Because...

Because, they've found Surendra Sinha's corpse.

- What?! - The kidnappers must've killed him.

- What did the cops ask you? - Where I'd gone with Surendra Sinha.

And, where I'd gone after Surendra Sinha dropped me. I thank my stars...

...that I remembered. Else, they would've arrested me for murder.

- D'you remember the events clearly? - Of course.

I'd been to the medical store after seeing Mr. Thakkar. Then, I went home.

What's that to be so nervous about? Nothing's about to happen.

You take it lightly! And I'm tense. I nearly fainted on my way here.

I'm a simple person. I don't want hassles with the police and courts.

Don't you worry. I'm the lawyer. And, I'll take care of it.

You aren't about to get in trouble. Even if you do, I'll fight the case...

...all the way up to Supreme Court. Nothing's going to come out of it.

The cops will find out if your actions conform to your statement.

When they get to know that you did what you said, the case is closed.

Brother! Isn't it today's newspaper?

Please let me have it for a minute.

It doesn't contain any jokes.

The lottery results are to be published today. Not jokes.