Baat Ek Raat Ki (बात एक रात की)

who iS it?

ThiS iS ''One night'S Story''

No! what are you upto? - Murder!

Murder me? Are you kidding? - No kidding. l wantto kill

You? - l'll be arrested after killing you

And advocate aajesh will fightfor me

lf he wins, he'll be famous

And l'll be freed. Then we'll get married

After my death, eh? - ln heaven

Shut up! - Listen to me

Listen... lt's only a plan. Because aajesh is nottaking up any cases

His family is hassled, l'm also worried' that's why...

Look! There he is

Mr aajesh, it's you!

How do you know her? - l don't know her. ltwas my dufy...

to save herfrom drowning. -You have helped the police

This girl is accused of murder. - Murder?

Yes. - ln that case' take her away

Constable, put her in the van

Mr aajesh, can you come to the police station and give your statement?

Please! Let me meet my daughter

Why do you come here everyday? Your daughter is not here!

Get lost! - Please don't saythat. l beg ofyou

l haven't seen herfor ages. Please don't set us apart

Won'tyou go? Get out! - Please let me go

Good you came. l need your statement to registerthe case

Sir, please help me

What's going on, Manjrekar? Why has she come again?

What's the matter? Who is she? -A mad woman. Says' her daughter...

is locked up here for murder. She doesn't even knowthe girl's name

Get her out. Come with me' Mr aajesh

Didn'tyou hear him? Get out of here

My child!

My child...

You want us to kick you out? - Move it

You are devils!

Don't set a mother and daughter apart. Let me go!

Sir, please help me

Theywon't listen to me. l'll be indebted to you forever

l'm not an angel. - Butyou are human' aren'tyou' son?

l'm not insane. Please don'ttreat me like a lunatic

Sorry, l can't help you on this. - Tryto understand a mother' son

You sure do have a mother, l implore you in her name

Please help me. l've travelled veryfar

l have no one but my daughter. Please help me meet my daughter

Please unite me with my daughter!

Get a taxi

Where do l drop you? - Please don't saythat' sir

Where will l go? What do l do?

l've come from the village, l don't know anyone here

Sir, at least organise a lawyerfor me' please

Can a lawyer help? lfshe has really killed someone' she will be punished

She's a very simple girl, she didn't kill anyone

She can't even imagine that. Someone has surelyframed her

Look atthis. Her picture was published in the newspapers

She's so innocent. Can she ever commit such a crime?

ls she your daughter?

Yes. That's my luckless daughter

But Ms Leela is a famous artist, rich and...

That's a long story, l'll tell you

But promise me you will help me meet my daughter once

Promise me, son. Please' l beg ofyou

Don'tworry, ifthere's anything l can do...

l'll try

My child...

Don'tyou remember your unfortunate mother?

You can'tturn away from your mother like that

l have no demands, l'm not greedy either

Look at me once, my child

A murderer cannot be your daughter. -You are not a murderer' dear

l bore you, l reared you. l knowyou can't commit such a sin!

No! No...! - No!

You didn't commit murder. You didn't

These hands cannot kill. Those innocent eyes clearly speak the truth

You are either mistaken orframed. You've accepted the guilt out offear

You were forced to accept it. You haven't killed anyone! You didn't

Saythatyou didn't kill. Speak

Saythat it's a false allegation, saythatyou didn't kill

Say it! Speak up! - No!

l committed the murder! l neverwanted to...

l never imagined! Never!

l come from a poor clan ofentertainers

We make ends meet by entertaining others

Call it destiny, one day an owner ofa theatre saw Neelam...

when she was performing

Hey girl...

You perform well. What's your name?

Neela. This is my sister

l'll get change... -Wait...

l don't need the change. lt's all yours

All... mine?

1O bucks?

Mother...

But sir...?

ls she your daughter? -Yes' sir

Your daughter is verytalented. This is notwhere she belongs

She oughtto be playing with wealth and riches. She should be famous

Sir, wealth and fame are not meantfor us. We are poor

No one is born rich or poor

Besides, poverty cannot arrest someone forever. Send herwith me

Then watch how l make her a queen ofthe stage

No, thanks sir. We are fine the waywe are

She is a girl, and l know she belongs to anotherfamily...

but sir, how can parents let go their children?

You don't understand me. With me, she will be like my own daughter

Children's progress bring glory to the parents. Tryto understand

Come with me, l'll explain

Considering my daughter's happiness, l entrusted her...

to Mr Beli Prasad and went back to my village

She became rich and famous, and l was overjoyed

Then one fine day l heard about this incident and l hurried back here

Nowyou are my only support, please help me

You can come in

Yes, Mr aajesh?

l'm Ms Neela's defence counsel

l wantto know something about her

Forthatyou need to go to the Municipalify orthe police

Neela worked for several years here

Nowthat she is in deep trouble, don'tyou have any sympathyfor her?

Sympathy? Forwhom?

This is the world ofstage, lawyer. Anything is possible here

Besides, as you sow' so you reap

l agree, but l'm certain Neela is innocent

And l wantto prove it

l think you will cooperate with me, Mr Beli Prasad

Not Beli Prasad. l'm Dwarkadas. l own this company

l see. Well, l...

l'm here to meet Mr Beli Prasad

You can't meet him

aeason?

Few days back he died in an accident on the Pune road

Mr Beli Prasad is dead?

On July 1ath at 11:aOpm a young man called aanjan...

was found murdered in Ms Neela's room at Pearl Theatre

The police soon reached the spot...

and arrested Neela. A gun was found on her

Address : Villa number 2a6, Sea Face' aoad number 6

Man, l dozed off!

Who...?

Do you knowthe whereabouts of Her Highness?

When will she return? -Who are you?

l'm Kalu, a blind beggar

Her Highness gives me food everyday

That's why l've been waiting for long

Do you knowwhen she's coming? - Don't listen to a blind man. C'mon

You didn't answer me? Did he leave?

Who cares for a blind man?

Gosh! You're back again? Get lost. Mom will make mincemeat out ofyou

l live foryou, l'll die foryou

Getthat, my dear Typewriter? -You called me a fypewriter again?

Mistake. My dearJulie, my boss was so happywith mywork today...

that, he gave me a tenner as reward

Let's go and watch a movie. Balconytickets. C'mon

No movies. Mom demands 5OO bucks from a man who'd like to marry me

5OO...? Give her 1O now. Tell her l'll paythe rest later' trust me

Don't shut...

God! Mummy is here!

Who are you, kid?

l'm your son-in-lawto-be

lfyour daughter marries someone, itwill be me

You are really very lucky, mummy. - aeally?

What's your name? Tell me

l'll get some tea. - No! Please staywith me

l'm ClD

ClD? (lnvestigation Department) - Oh no' l'm not a cop

Actually, mine is a very long name. Chunnilal lshwarlal Dholakia

l didn't like it, so l cut it short. ClD. How do you find it?

How old are you? -Age?

Myfather got married when trams were still plying

l was born a year afterthe trams went out of play. What a miss!

You can guess my age now

l see. l want 5OO bucks forthe wedding expenses

Given. See, forthe wedding-ring l conned five moneylenders

Let me have the finger

Mistake

Don'tworry, mummy. lfGlP wins Neela's case...

l'll payyou 5,OOO. Go on, l need to check ifthe ring fits

Gosh! ls the ring bigger oryourfingerthin? l need to know

lfyou wantto be rid of all your miseries' sign this will

Hysteric condition. She suffers bouts every now and then

l think it's because ofsome deep trauma she has suffered

She's in a helpless condition

You mean, in this state, it's tough to get a clear statementfrom her?

She needs to be stable to give a statement

Being a psychic case, only psychological treatment...

can bring her back to normal

Which means, ifshe is kept in isolation...

where she won't recall the past or live in fear ofthe law...

ifshe is given freedom like all normal citizens...

then there is hope of recuperating' right?

You are right. That's what l wanted to suggest

Foryour suggestions, the law cannot be bent

Neela is a convict, a murderer' after all

That she is a convict does not mean that she is a murderer

The police has no strong evidence against her

You can lock her up only on suspicion, not on charges offirst degree murder

That's why, l... - Mr aajesh...

you verywell knowthatthe police has its limits on all matters

l don't intend to know, but l request you to broaden those limits

You sure know howto make someone eat his own words