Kagaar: Life on the Edge

Why are you pushing me?

Bharat, look. I've caught a butterfly.

Give it to me.

Let go of that butterfly. I've caught a weird insect.

Adi!

Bhasu! Look what I've caught!

Look what I've caught!

Wow! Beautiful butterfly!

Show it to me, please.

Adi, wait. Show me the butterfly.

No, I won't.

Please stop. Show me the butterfly.

What did you do? You let the butterfly go?

It's just an insect. You're a coward.

Wow! This butterfly looks so nice!

Shame on you! You can't even kill an insect.

Hello! - Hey, you fool!

Do you have a death wish? You're acting smart.

Hey, you! You think you're a gangster!

You rascal! Even a call girl solicits in public,

and you hide behind your thugs and kill people.

If you have the guts, show your power to the public.

I'll empty the entire magazine in your dirty head, Mohan. You rascal!

My name is Bhaskar. Sub-inspector Bhaskar Sarnaik.

Crime branch, Mumbai Police. Do you get it?

How dare you abuse the police.

You've come back early today. Is everything alright?

Why? Can't I come home early?

It's your house. You can come home anytime.

But the last time you came early, you were suspended.

There is no need to taunt me.

Today, I've come early in order to have a nice dinner.

You'll get to eat a simple dinner.

Don't you know what the doctor had said? - What?

You can't have spicy food. You have acidity.

Forget what the doctor said.

They just prate. - Really?

And, anyway, I'm bored of eating tasteless food outside.

Make it very spicy.

What's the matter?

Is it something special? You seem very happy today.

A police officer can't stop interrogating even at home.

You're having dinner at home after a long time. Why won't I be happy?

Actually, I'm singing for you.

Oh really? You were singing for your son.

A wife never sings a lullaby for her husband.

If the husband doesn't stay at home,

one can remember only lullabies.

Aren't you being too sarcastic today?

Now serve the food quickly. I have to go.

Why? Won't you stay at home today?

Today is the 31st. Don't you remember?

That's the reason I have to go.

Half the people in this department will be drunk today.

And those who don't drink will have to work overtime.

Yes, speaking.

What?

Is it confirmed news?

Pick me up immediately.

Forget the dinner.

I have waited for five years to arrest this man.

The dinner can wait for me for a night.

Good evening, sir! - Good evening!

What's the matter, Kapil? You look very excited.

Yes, sir.

We're going to arrest the most wanted criminal of India.

Obviously, I am excited.

Going to arrest someone and actually doing it

are two different things.

Did you take the weapons? - Of course, sir.

We're going on a hunt. We won't go unarmed.

Hunt? I think we're working for the municipality.

What are you saying, sir? Municipality?

What else? Both the departments clean up the dirt from our city.

Give me the key. - Key?

Here you are.

Sir, what are you thinking?

Sir, Adi was your friend. Right?

He's still my friend.

But now, we're ready to kill each other.

Isn't it strange, Kapil?

Sometimes you also have to kill your childhood friends.

But they still are your friends.

Sir, happy new year! - Happy new year!

You just see, Kapil.

After we finish this mission,

the joy of shaking hands will be different.

Yes, sir!

Do you know something, Kapil?

A few years ago when I met him after many years,

it was a New Year's night.

Fire crackers,

horns, people dancing and singing.

Everyone was drunk.

As if for that one night, everything was...

That day, I reached the alley

behind Palkiwala mansion while patrolling.

'There are so many cars here,'

'but there is no one to be seen.'

'Sir, maybe everyone is inside the house.'

'There is no sound of music either. Go and find the watchman.'

'Is anybody there? Watchman! Watchman!'

'I smell something fishy. Let's go and check. Come on.'

'Keep quiet!'

'Hold! Didn't I tell you that something is fishy?'

'You wait here. I'll go and see. - Ok, sir!'

'Move! Come on. Get down.'

'Move! Come on!'

'Come on. Hurry up!'

'Hey, make it fast.'

'Come on. Take it out.'

'Don't stare. Hurry up.'

'Take it out. Did you hear me?'

'Come on. Quick!'

'Quick! Hurry up.'

'Take it out.'

'Hey, you! Don't stare at me. Hurry, or I'll shoot.'

'Come on! Make it fast. I said, hurry up.'

'Do you want me to shoot you?'

'Take it out. Hurry! - No!'

'Don't you move. Come on. Give it to me. - No! Mom!'

'Mom!'

'Take it out!'

'Hey, you! Stop!'

'Move aside! Nobody will move! And nobody will come out!'

'Adi, it's you!'

'Yes, it's me.'

'Your childhood pal.'

'Don't shoot! Please don't shoot me.'

'Don't shoot! Please don't shoot me.'

Sir, didn't you shoot him?

No! - Why?

You spared him for the sake of your friendship!

No. - Then?

Kapil, after joining the police force, you must know that

when a suspect surrenders, you can't shoot him.

That means you let your friend go! - No.

'After hearing both the parties,'

'the court releases Adi on a bail of 10,000 rupees.'

'The court also orders Adi'

'to present himself at the police station every week.'

'And he is not to leave the city without the court's permission.'

'If he fails to do so, his bail will be cancelled.'

'How's your hand?'

'It's fine.'

'Did you take the injection?'

'Yes.'

'Bhasu, you didn't shoot me.'

'You also helped pay for my bail.'

'How many favours of yours will I have to account for?'

'Just do me one favour.'

'It will settle all the obligations.'

'You just tell me, Bhasu. I'll do whatever you say.'

'The moment this case is over, go back to our village.'

'Even today, life and death are simple out there.'

'Live some more!'

'Please go back.'

'Anil, what happened?'

'What could have happened?'

'We had to take him to the hospital.'

'We rotted there all night, leaving the party.'

'You too picked up a nice time to fire and create a chaos.'

'But what happened to him?'

'Here's his death certificate.'

'He died at 5:20 am.'

'For the first time in my life, I killed somebody.'

'That too, not because I am brave, but because I was afraid.'

'If I had not killed him, he would have killed me.'

Kapil, have you killed anybody while on duty?

No, sir!

The day you do, you too will get scared. Like I did.

Sir, then why did you join the police force?

Did you always wish to become a police officer?

Many years ago, when I was in college,

my elder brother came to Mumbai in search of a job.

In the beginning, we got letters from him.

But gradually, it stopped.

For 2-3 years, we didn't have any contact with him.

And my mother used to miss my brother a lot.

'You should start studying.'

'You are skipping class all the time.'

'Studying doesn't help in any way.'

'Look. Mom is praying.'

'Hail Lord Hanuman! Oh, Lord! Bless me.'

'Hey!'

'You've come back from college! - Yes.'

'Give me good sense.'

'Did you go to the post office? - Yes.'

'Bless all of us.'

'Bless my brother, Lord.'

'Hail Lord Hanuman!'

'Has Raghu sent any letter?'

'No.'

'He'd left for Mumbai 5 years ago.'

'He had told me that'

'he'd become a successful man.'

'Since then, there is no news about him.'

'I received a letter from him after 3 years.'

'We don't know what he does, where he stays.'

'Mom, please don't cry. Please don't cry.'