Sir, it's an emergency situation. Red alert has been issued!
Some miscreants have attacked the North Zone Prison
and taken Tower One under their control
Please send the backup force immediately
Okay,
Have Special Task Force Officer,Charan Raj, report to the spot immediately!
Be brave.
(Charan Raj reading a newspaper) (98.3 FM Jingle)
A man arrested for raping a 10-year-old girl
has gone missing from the police custody since yesterday night
This is the fourth such incident this year
where prisoners have gone missing So where are these culprits then escaping to?
The city police commissioner is holding a press meet this evening
to give more information about the incidents
Sir
Bullets
Sir
What do I do with the ashes?
Only those who have led an honourable life
deserve to go with dignity
Sir
You have got a call from the CM office
It seems like an emergency situation
(Police moving about frantically to control the media frenzy)
Sir
The situation is critical
Sir
They have taken the entire jail under their control
The home minister who was inside the jail has been taken hostage
Hence there is severe pressure
from the central government to get things under control
Sir, any updates on how many attackers are there?
There is no information yet on their number
or why they targeted the jail
Okay sir
No demands have been made yet either
In fact, we still have not been able to communicate with them!
Anyway
let me introduce you to Mr Shekar and Mr Parameshwar
They will brief you about the developments so far
Sure sir
Good luck
Thank You Sir
Sir
Sir, all this started at around 9AM today
As part of the jail privatization initiative
all the inmates were asked to assemble in the main corridor
VIPs will be entering through the front gate
Get the new inmates from the back gate
You guys, stop right there. Come back here. Fast
Shambulingam, where are you taking them?
Sir instructed us to bring the inmates to the main arena to attend the event
We had asked you to bring only the undertrails not the notorious criminals!
God knows how you even landed this warden position!
Sir, the undertrails were not in sufficient number
so the seating area looked empty
Get how many ever inmates you want to fill this place up,
barring the criminals in Tower six
Got it?
Yes, sir!
Our jailer is a strict man
He doesn’t forgive those who have sinned
and yet an inmate tried to escape from the prison today
and got caught by him
(Distant Noise)
Come on, Pull.. Pull harder
Pull, pull…. come on tug harder
(Laughs)
Our inmates are really strong aren’t they?
Yes, Sir
Admit him to the hospital
You people have only five minutes. The function is about to start
Finish talking and come back quickly
(Crowd talking)
How are you?
I’m okay. You?
Was the bail granted?
The lawyer says it will be granted tomorrow
Did you arrange the money?
I did not have a choice but to sell it
I can somehow digest the fact that my husband is in the jail
but I don’t want our child to be haunted by the fact that it’s father is behind bars
Okay, cheer up
Look at this. Do you like it?
This is what I made for our baby. It’s going to be my first gift
In spite of stiff opposition
the government has gone ahead and passed the prison privatization bill
The opposition parties are protesting against this move
Retired CBI chief Vaman Srinivasan has been entrusted
with the responsibility of the privatization project
The idea of prison privatization has been receiving a lot of flak
Former CBI Head Vaman Srinivasan has arrived at the jail to kick start the project
along with the Home Minister and cine actor Madhu Kumar
(Media Reportage)
Okay, okay! I understand that you have a lot of questions
I get that you are skeptical about this move as well
But be rest assured as it is not us
but the government that will be running the prison
In fact, I will only be in charge of the administration
See, anyone can make a mistake
All we are trying to do here is to create an atmosphere
which enables him/her to change
Thus this privatization
Sir, sources suggest that you lobbied for the administration tender
Is it true?
Are you forgetting that I am a former CBI officer?
How can you even associate my name with bribery!
Stop spreading these rumours!
Sir…. One more question, Sir just answer us …
(Police controlling the media)
(Prisoners talking)
All of you form a single line
Around the same time
Prasanna, who is an inmate and informer told us that
a gang would soon enter the prison, get arrested
and kill an inmate lodged here!
So our focus shifted entirely on identifying that gang
(Police inspecting new prisoners)
Madhan, enter
Keerthi, enter
Sir, the identities of these people are not matching those on this list
What do we do?
Who are you guys??
Show your I.D Card
Enter
(Media reportage)
Mam, what took you so long?
Sorry, Let’s get down to work
Okay, ready
As you all know
Former CBI Head Vaman Sreenivasan, Home Minister and actor Madhukumar
have arrived at the Central Jail
to participate in the foundation stone laying ceremony
that signifies the kick start of the prison privatization programme
Stay tuned to TV 24 for more live updates
This is Lakshmi reporting with cameraperson Mahesh
This privatisation initiative aims at
upgrading the quality of prisoners' life
You should step out of this place as a better person
and this privatisation is a step in that direction
Many change makers have been to jail at least once in their life!
In fact, prisons have been the home ground for several revolutions
You may recall, even Lord Krishna’s birth happened in confinement
So basically, prison is a place where a God was once born
but the general perception is that it is a playground of the demons!
Basically you see what you want to see
If you are like Bhakta Prahalada (reference to Indian mythology)
you will see God everywhere
But if you feel akin to Hiranyakashipu
you will also see God, only it will be in the form of Ugranarasimha!
So work on controlling your anger, arrogance and aggression
or else like Hiranyakashipu
you too will become a victim to your own anger
6
7
8
What was that dialogue again??
Who am I? I am the son of Kashyapabramha…
Ah, right! “Who am I? I am the son of Kashyapa…”
"BOOM"
(Prisoners Screaming)
Run for your lives
My eyes are burning
(Police Charging)
Sir, a bomb has exploded inside the jail
It was filled with chilly powder
It’s becoming difficult to control the situation
I need some backup support
(Chaos following the bomb blast)
Sir, I can’t spot Vaman anywhere
He is the one who is most crucial to our plan
Yes, Sir
Make sure he doesn’t escape
Okay Sir
(Chaos outside the jail premises) (Media questioning the police about the blast)
Get inside.. Hurry up..
This is what happened today morning sir
A part of our IT cell
has been converted into a makeshift base camp
Sir, In Tower One
there are approximately 140-150 inmates and 21 police personnel
This apart, Mr Vaman, our home minster and others have also been taken hostage
This tower is also where VIP prisoners are lodged
This is our most important tower
as this houses our record room as well
What is odd is that
the data of all the prisoners have been deleted
Yes, and this has made it difficult
to identify the real inmates from those who have entered the prison now
To retrieve the data we will require a minimum of 72 hours
As of now, we don't have any IDS
or count of prisoners captured inside
Looks like I am not the only one who does not know anything
you people seem to be equally clueless too!
One of the team members have been captured by us
He was injured during the firing
Okay. Do you have any CCTV footage of the incident?
No, sir
Realizing the importance of Tower One, they have captured it
They have even erased the CCTV footage hard disk
that’s in the jailer’s room
We are trying to recover it
but looks like it’s going to be a futile attempt
What about the captured guy?
He was shot during the cross fire
The doctor expects him to regain consciousness in the next 30 minutes
Issue a statement saying he is dead
Sir, why would you do that?
If they realize he is alive
they will negotiate with us for his release by making demands
but if we say he is dead
we can just get down to opening an inquiry without any further delays
Lead me to Tower One
This way sir
Sir, Tower One
Sir, they have sent us their demand list
They are releasing a doctor and two inmates
and expect us to send back these medicines with them
Looks like one of them is injured
Why just medicine?
If he asks for it, give him a chopper even!
People come to jail after commiting a mistake,
but this fellow has come to jail to make a mistake!
Who is he?
We are from CBI
and here is our search warrant
Sir, why are you conducting a raid on our warehouse?
We are acting on a tip off that we received. Please co-operate
Come on, come on
Vaman
Yes, sir
You search this area and also seize everyone’s mobile
And put them in a cover
Come on, move fast
Prabhu, you check this region
Check all the racks thoroughly
Come on boys, be quick
Bring down those boxes and check what’s inside them
Sir..
Gentleman, you relax, go take a seat
Officers, make sure no one exits from the back door
Be sure to scan every nook and corner
Open every cover and check
Come on, be quick
Sir, we questioned everyone here and inspected every area
There is nothing suspicious
Sir
Even we searched everywhere and there is nothing suspicious
Sir, looks like we were misled
This place is filled with nothing but factory goods
We apologise for the inconvenience
you may resume your work
Everyone Leave
Sir, we arrived on the site an hour ago
and the situation is now under control
There are four casualties
and a couple of minor injury cases
Yes sir
yes, yes, sir
Clear the area, quick
Sir, we had seized the gold
and were taking into account the quantity when the power went off
Sir, please come here immediately
See what has happened here
Sir….
Chandrashekhar sir is shot dead
Sir, as instructed by you
we have captured them all and lodged them in separate cells
Everything is under control
You may now execute the Plan A
How is Vaman?
There was a doctor amongst the hostages
and he is attending to him
His injury has led to a severe blood loss
If the bullet is not removed as soon as possible from Vaman’s body
it may pose a threat to his life it seems!
There is one more problem
Jeeva is now in police custody
Make arrangements to fetch the medical equipment
needed to operate on Vaman
He should be kept alive at any cost
You both get the fire crackers ready
Going by the way things are panning out,
we may have to burst them sooner than we expected
We will celebrate this year’s Deepavali
With a bang
It’s already been three hours
since the miscreants took control of the jail
but the police is yet to issue an official statement
regarding the present situation
Special Task Force Chief Charan Raj
has been made the case in-charge
Please let me know
about the situation inside
We can’t do all that now. Stop bothering me
Sir please, sir.. Let me talk to him once..
Already we are having trouble controlling the media and public
Don’t add to our woes. Just leave
Lakshmi,
All Channels are airing exclusive news,
What the hell are you doing?
Sir, but we are not being allowed to enter the jail
That’s not my problem! We won't get this kind of opportunity again and again
I need breaking news from your end
in the next one hour
If not just come and hand in your resignation
Is Anyone there?
No, it's clear
Sir, in one hour’s time, I’ll come up with some good news
No one is interested in good news
make sure you have something sensational to report
Breaking news itseems
How will I go searching for breaking news in this rain?
Is everything ready?
Sir, like you suggested
we have hidden a microphone in the BP machine
and inside the stethoscope we have placed a spycam
These are pregabalin capsules used as pain killers
We have also kept microphone chips inside this
Even if this is consumed, no harm will be done
Sir, they are coming out
We have to scan those three once they are back
The police would have installed bugs in the items we have asked for
The only way to detect them is
by using the metal detectors inside the jail
But these detectors are 10 years old
and continuous power supply is required to operate them
So we have to depend on the visuals of the spy camera
and cut power supply to specific areas only
Okay, okay
Sir, the doctor is entering the medical block
Play that on the monitor Okay, sir
You see those two prisoners with the doctor?
Yes, sir
Find me officers whose physiques are akin to those of the two prisoners
These two have been inmates of this jail over the past ten years
So there is no way that they belong to that gang
So they have sent one of our own prisoners and not one of their own
Sir, they are entering Tower One
Excellent Yes correct,
Yes. Right Correct
I can see
One
Two
Three
Four Cut
Code
There is a code. Ask them what the code is
Tell me the code
Tell the code
Take off your masks
Sir, it’s Ravana sir.
Ravana, Ravana!
Ravana
Only one Hanuman was sent to Ravana's palace,
so where did this second one come from!?
Didn’t get my point?
Well, among the two I sent, one of them was mute
What are your names?
Sir, he can’t talk. He can't talk sir
They are not the ones we sent,
bash and imprison them in a cell
Turn around. Walk
Doctor.. Yes..
Shall we start the treatment? Okay
Sir, we have to cautiously plan our every move,
they seem to be ahead of us in their thinking
Our Plan A has failed
but we can’t let our Plan B go to waste
Get started, all the best Cheer up, guys!
Activate those audio and video bugs
( Song Playing)
What's this? No idea sir
Then how?
We don’t know the condition of the metal detectors
that are inside the jail
They may be dysfunctional
or there may be a power cut at some point in time
So let’s have a backup plan. Just in case
And this is our back up plan
You all will be aware of the FM stations played on the transistors
But how many know of the AM feature?
Simply put
the AM frequency level in the transistor remains constant
It changes only
when it comes in contact with any electronic device
be it a mobile phone or a spy cam
This happens because all these devices emit radio frequencies
So this transistor is good enough to detect bugs
If those chasing culprits have one way to catch them,
those on the run, have 100 ways to escape 1000 ways.
Sir
they have started a live stream using the camera we inserted
Guys, come here
Hi sir, this is Kumar
I am in no way connected to these people
They have given me this paper
and asked me to read from it
I can’t even follow the handwriting
Shall I read in my own style?
This is a warning!
Stop indulging in this kind of a cat and mouse game
This won’t work on people like me
You will receive the demand list in an hour’s time
Until then shut your trap!
With Cameraman.. nobody,
this is Kumar reporting from north zone prison
By now he would have realized
that more attractive the war field, more horrifying the war
Congratulations are in order
for having conducted a successful raid
It’s the first time that something of this magnitude has been seized
Good Job
Thank You, sir
Thank You
You stopped the seized goods
from falling into the hands of terrorists
I asked for this meeting as
I wanted to discuss something important
Sir
According to your report,
the seized gold amounts to 100 kgs.
Am i right?
But my Intel suggests that
There was over 1000 kgs of gold
So I’ll give you 48 hours time to solve this issue
or else the media will get behind it
Otherwise, I will hand the case over to the CIA
Okay Sir
Who could have committed such a henious crime in our department?
How many kgs?
200
200. Sir,
How much gold was seized?
Sir, almost 1000kgs
1000?
But why is he saying it's only 200 kgs??
Come on boys. Be quick
Fast. Make it fast
Come on, search there again
Sir, what’s happening here?
Look properly inside the drawer again. Quickly we don’t have the whole day
Sir, sir why are you searching my house?
You don’t have anything to worry about
This is just a mandatory drill
Who are all of you? Prabhu what is this?
Vaman sir, what’s happening here? Who are they?
Don’t worry this is just a normal search
What are you saying sir?
Prabhu, what is this?
There is more of this inside. We are seizing it
This? What is this Prabhu?
Geetha, I have no idea.
Sir, you know about me
Officers, take him into custody.
Prabhu.. Sir, sir please wait
Geetha, someone is trying to frame me
Vaman sir, please. Please listen to me
Why are you talking him sir. Prabhu..
Please let me go sir. Sir, sir.. Geetha..
It’s been an hour Prabhu
If you don’t want to be treated like a thief,
you should stop answering like one
If you are not able to find an answer even after an hour long enquiry,
it means that I’m lying or
that you don’t want to see the truth
Officer, also just know that the truth won’t change with passing time
Shut up Prabhu. I have seen many an officer like you
I’m being honest with you. Trust me
I was the one who gave a tip off about this scam
happening inside the department through Intelligence officer Altaf
What?
But now someone is trying to frame me only
Check with Altaf if you don’t trust me
I’ll call you back wait, I am at work. Who are you sir?
We are from the CBI and are here to meet Altaf
He is not here
But he asked me to hand over this to anyone who comes from the CBI
To me?
Yes, sir
Prabhu’s life is in danger
Don’t trust anyone around you
Produce him in front of the magistrate immediately
And don’t try to look for me
Sir, Prabhu, who was under our custody, has committed suicide
We don’t know what to do
Excuse me, doctor
Sir, sir please don’t disturb him.
How is he feeling now?
He is a heart patient and due to stress, he has had a panic attack
If you try to push him to do anything, he might die of a heart attack
Okay,Okay But even when my beloved wife died,
I didn’t shed a tear.See, even now I’m leading a normal life
So how do I care if this fellow dies?
Please calm down
Please you be there
Doctor
Please give me two minutes!
The doctor says you will die if you suffer from one more panic attack
but I’ve already announced that you are dead
Your family
Sir, you can’t …
And teammates think you died two hours ago
So if I put an end to your life unofficially now
no one can question me in official capacity even!
So just answer these two questions of mine and I will let you go
In fact, I’ll arrange for you to settledown in a foreign country,
What say?
Tell me, why you entered the jail ?
Why are you trembling?
Is your leader so scary?
No
Then?
Is he a gangster?
A don perhaps?
A terrorist then??
No
If not who the hell is he?
Tell me? Is he God then?
In fact, he is the very opposite of that
Who is he? He is Gho..Gho..
I have scared more people with my eyes than you have ever scared with your guns!
They call me OG
Who is he?
Sir, I asked you to leave him alone, please
Send his photos to all the stations and verify his identity
This test is being done to identify the 100 plus prisoners
who have been captured
That’s right sir
If they write the names of their fellow inmates,
then it would be easy to identify those captured.
Yes sir
Sir, these guys are trying to misguide us.
What?
They are purposefully writing down false names
Looks like they know about the missing prisoners’ records
I thought so!
Actually this wasn’t my plan at all.
Shekar, you do know that
Ravana has ten heads whereas Ram has only one
Tell me why?
Why sir?
Because evil people have higher thinking capacity!
Only the police and the gang members knew about the missing police records,
but given that the rest of them in this tower found out,
it only means one thing
And that is someone from the gang is amongst these guys.
He is the one communicating all this information
All the calls and walkie-talkies are being monitored,
yet if they have managed to establish contact,
we have to quickly identify the black sheep
If we do this we can arrest all the gang members, who are inside
Sir, we have received a fax from Tower One
“I know that Jeeva is alive”
How did they figure out that he is alive? How??
Don’t give these guys any food today
You are being given full authority over these guys
so make sure they spit the truth out about the line of communication!
Yes. How can i help you?
Yes
I am a journalist and heard that you train animals
and give them for film shooting
So I wanted to do a story on you
Well, Prior to this, I was training animals in circus
After they banned the same, I started this centre
And I know that
you are not a journalist
What do you need from me?
A favour
So you need me to send in a trained guard dog inside the jail
Not a dog
Then?
(Jeeva is alive)
Hello, who is this? I have received several missed calls from this number
It’s me
Papa?
Sir, an outgoing call made from within the jail has been traced
Hope you are okay papa, given that the jail has been attacked
I am in the same tower as them. But don’t worry about me
Tell me how you are
Papa, they are threatening to remove me from my job
I’m very worried as if I lose this job, it will become difficult
to fend for mom’s medical bills, pay your lawyer fee and clear the loans
Why would they do that to you?
Who knows?
Because I’m unable to churn out breaking news
Looks like someone in Tower One is equipped with a phone,
call that number and patch me
Will exclusive news save your career?
May be. Who knows?
Okay, let me then update you
with a minute by minute account of what’s happening here,
Go report the same and save your job
Please don’t run that risk
We don’t even know who these people are
You have already committed a crime for me and gone in there
Let’s not do this. I’ll find another job
Yes, you may find another job,
but the humiliation you will have to go through
for not delivering the results at your work place
is going to become unbearable
Any parent will readily take risks
if the outcome means his/her child’s success
Father, still…
I promise to come out of here alive,
I will hear only praises about your work,
the moment I step out
Will you promise me that?
Okay
I Promise
Sir, what are you trying to do?
I’m trying to free myself
And what do you think you can achieve by doing that?
I have an idea Okay
There are four notorious criminals in a restricted cell
I plan to bring them out
And take their help to sabotage the plan of this gang
And why would they help you?
They will do anything to get out of here
Now help me get rid of this rope
Sir, that’s a nylon rope. It will cut open your wrist
Let’s try to cut it with this pendent as it has sharp edges
Sir, like you said, I have reached this block
Okay, how many people are there?
There are around six people but they have their masks on,
So I am unable to identify them
But I can tell you the numbers on their uniform
Go ahead
313 313
525 Okay
318 Okay
171 Fine
720
618
Sorry, 613
Find out the identity of prisoners who were assigned with these numbers
Very good Prasanna
Keep up the good work and update me regularly
I will then make arrangements for your release,
once we succeed with this operation
Thank You, sir
If you are not helpful,
I’ll make sure you can’t die in here
or go out and live with your daughter either!
Got it?
Sir..sir…
Sir, the prisoners who were assigned these numbers
have all been released
Their planning is on point
Sir
We are getting a call from Tower One
Hello
It’s me Kumar, the one who had made the video call
This is their demand list
Please pay attention,
If you miss out on anything, I’m not going to be responsible
Metamorphin-2 sheets
Peracetamol-2 sheets
ORS Juice-200 tetra packs
Does someone have loose motion here?
Sir, sorry that was not for you, I was checking with someone here
Bandage and cotton
Water bottles-20
Rantax- 2 sheets
Asprin-2 sheets
Mosquito coils...
There are too many mosquitoes here you see
Sir, I am allergic to coils
so can you please send odomos instead?
Brother,
can I order coconut water also please?
I’m suffering from heat
Actually, if we ask for some beds and injections,
we can set up a hospital with all these materials no?
This is it for now
You will be sent another demand list in an hour’s time
Hey, put it on speaker
Okay sir
I know you are listening to me
You better surrender
There is no way that you will survive for too long even if you escape from here.
How long do you think you’ll be on the run?
One day?
A week?
One month?
A year at the most?
However long it is, I am going to catch up with you!
The unfulfilled desires, that I have buried deep inside my heart are nothing!
Compared to the number of criminals I have killed
Got it? Can you hear me?? Can you hear me???
Shit!
Play that audio clip again
Sure Sir..
(Kumar reading demand list)
This fellow who spoke just now...
what was his profession before being arrested?
Sir, he used to work at the Hopkins Stroke
and Paralysis Rehabilitation Centre
He was convicted for administering slow poison to a patient
to make some quick bucks
Play his first video byte
Yes, that’s the one
I think he is trying to pass us a message
Ask a doctor from Hopkins hospital to come here right away
Yes, sir
Hey, bare your hands
Sir, sir..
Show me you hand
Sir..
Show your hand
Cut it sir, cut it
Yes, come in!
Show me your hands
Big deal, see
And you?
Sir..
Where’s the other guy?
He fainted and is not responding to our calls
Where is he? get up, get up, get up
Yes, Doctor
Sir..
Please carry on
Okay doctor, what do you have to say about these visuals?
It’s coded
Why do you think so?
We communicate with paralysis patients,
who are experiencing speech difficulties,
through eye blinks or what we call Morse codes
This technique was used by an American war prisoner,
while he was being interviewed by the Chinese media
He during the interview, without actually voicing it
but only by blinking his eyes in a certain way
conveyed that he was being tortured
We use the same technique today
in our medical treatment to commnicate
Can you then decode this for us?
Yes, give me some time please
Okay. Please..
Play that once more
One
Has seen
All
One has seen all
Be careful. Good luck
You better not try to escape from here
I’ll go get those four goons
Copy that boss!
Hold this you jack ass
Okay sir, I’ll leave
You fool, do you even have any acting skills?
Acting and Me?
Yes
Haha, I have got three awards.
I am better than Manirathnam in acting!
Idiot, go cleanse your mouth using petrol for having said that first!
Manirathnam is a director not an actor
Sir, there is an actor by that name, it’s just that you are not aware!
For sure, you’ll land up being dead today
In fact I’ll personally write to Shivarajkumar,
asking him to shoot your head off!
So,
we have one guy in our custody who has seen and knows all these people
and if we find out who this guy is,
it’s as good as figuring out the identities of the rest of them, correct?
Yes sir!
Sir, but how can we find out the identity of this one guy
amongst six crore population?
Hmm… Do you have a girlfriend?
Yes, sir!
Then if you were able to find yourself a girl
and say she is the one for me amongst these six crore people,
you think you can’t figure out who this guy is??
It can be done sir
Then stop wasting time and figure his identity out!
Yes Sir.
Send Jeeva's photo to every police station
and upload it on all social media platforms
Announce a cash award of Rs one crore for whoever recognizes Jeeva.
Okay, sir
I’ll also see how long he can hide his identity from us!
Go, get to work
The police department has announced
a cash award of Rs one crore to whoever identifies the man in this photograph
However, the one’s providing false information
will be put behind bars for a period of seven years
Call on the toll free number 1801800
Guys, we have a problem
You are all sentenced to lifetime imprisonment
I'm giving you guys an opportunity
But if you do as I say,
I will get you guys out of this jail, alive!
And remember,
you should be loyal to me! It’s okay even if your clothes get soiled,
but don’t dirty your conscience
Sir, we have some good news
We have received over a 1000 calls over the past one hour
and only two of the callers was aware of Jeeva’s stammering issue.
They are in our custody now
Sir, I am from Raichur
and I work as a server at a hotel
One day someone approached my owner asking him
to assign someone who could provide them with breakfast and lunch for two months
I was blindfolded and taken to a destination that was quite far away
and for the next few months, I catered to their food requirements
Someone called Ramanna from Nanjangud is here to meet you sir
He claims that one day while he was about to shut his shop down,
he was approached by two men and one of them was Jeeva
They gave him Rs 25,000 in cash
And requested him to urgently Phonepay a doctor at a hospital
However, he says he may not be able to identify the men,
who came that day as it was already very late in the night and dark
If we figure out who that doctor is, we will know who the patient was!
How is he doing?
I have operated upon him and extracted the bullet
He will regain his consciousness in the next two hours
Inform me once that happens
Okay
His life is very important to us
Arrange for a sketch artist to come here immediately
Contact the local police and ask them to fetch details on the hospital
I need every bit of information on him in the next half hour. Half hour only!
All this bravery and shenanigan is going to last
only till his mask comes off!
Once I know who he is, I will show him what fear is!
It’s one nothing not to respect the police system,
but he should surely fear us!
Sir, sir… I have forgotten to get an injection
Okay, get it and come back quickly
Sir, I called the hospital and got some information
The patient’s name is Surappa and he is 54 years old
H is wife’s name is Nanjamma
They had come to Rona district as contract labourers
A drunk Surappa met with an accident while heading back from work
He was then treated at the hospital and discharged even
The patient had given his temporary address
but we found no one there when we went
Also it was a government hospital
and the doctor has had Rs 25,000 transferred to his account
This information has come as a shot in the arm!
What I want is not any shot,
I am aiming at the bull’s eye only
I have a plan!
It's possible that Surappa is related to one of the gang members
Send the letter with all the details to Tower One
Play that again
Sir, the letter has been sent
How long has it been since you did that?
10 minutes sir
Sir, sir…
Where is he?
There was a call that was made from Tower One right?
Yes, sir
Connect me to that number
Sure, sir
Sir, I’m not able connect
Reconect
Ok Sir
So am I talking to the boss or his sidekick?
Anyway I have two things to say.
Number 1… Siddhu, who used to supply food to you guys during your farm stay
He is now in my custody and we are interrogating him
Second, I have sent a letter to Tower One
and in that are details of one of your gang member's family
In an hour’s time
I’m going to hand out details, address and photos about all your families
To the media
With that I am also going to release a piece of information saying that
You guys are there to release the terrorists who are a threat to our nation
And yes my reaction to your act may have been a bit delayed,
but public outrage is going to be instant!
They may attack your homes, pelt stones at your people
and who knows even burn alive your families!
If you don’t want all this to happen,
kneel down before me and surrender to us in the next half hour
This letter was delivered by the police to Tower On
I’m trying to reach Ghost and tell him about this
but he is nowhere to be seen
Oh crap!
Who saw Ghost last and where?
He came to check on Vaman a while ago
But after that I have heard nothing from him
What do you mean?
Guys, don’t panic. Let’s look for them
If everything is normal, fire one shot
If not?
If you think something is fishy, then take two air shots.
Let’s meet at the Tower One gate in the next 15 minutes.
Okay?
Yes, yes Good luck guys, good luck!
So eyes portion is okay and the nose is also looking similar?
So far so good right?
OK. Continue ma'am. We want you to do this as soon as possible
Sir, the jailer has escaped with the help of four prisoners
and managed to capture the gang leader
The jailer escaped?
Yes, sir
What a plus!
Shekar, once it’s completed, send the sketch to Tower One
Sure, sir
The pressure will mount on them
Will do sir
Sir, Charan Raj is on line
Thomas, listen to me, you don’t do anything
as we don’t know how many of them are there
First figure out how to come out of there,
the rest we will plan later.
Sir
With me is a prisoner called Fox Ajith
He knows a route through which we can escape from here
We will come out the same way
You use the same route to send in the commandos
Very good. But be careful
This jailer spoke about everything else but our release
He is here with us anyway, so let’s kill him and escape
His gang has no choice now but to surrender
Okay, keep me updated
Wow, so basically, you need us to get out and to come in,
so what use are you to us in that case??
Hey! What are you saying?
Go, you go!
Sir, we have found a match to the sketch in our database
Let's go
We have only five minutes left.
And given that we have not received any signal,
I feel something is wrong
If you ask me, it’s best to surrender
Why are you being so negative? Let’s wait for five minutes
Have you lost your mind ?
You want to see our families perish??
But did we work this hard to surrender?
What the hell! Why are you getting tensed?
Hey, hey….what are you guys doing?
(Gun Shots)
Shit. What did you do sir?
Sir, sir…please let me be, please don’t harm me. Please sir..
You are the only one who knows the way out of here
I'll show the way out sir
Will you lead the way or …?
Where is he? Find him, go search, search
Doctor! What are you looking at? Go search
Two gun shots? That means…
Go. check what that is.
Is the sketch ready?
Ready Sir
Very good
Sir, it matches the identity of a psycho killer who was encountered 15 years ago
Psycho killer you say?
Yes sir
I think it’s a wrong match!
How?
Doctor?
Sir
You said he would remain unconscious for a minimum of four hours,
where is he now?!
But I did spike his water. May be the tablet got diluted
He could not have gone too far
But we should find him before he finds some water to drink!
Hey!
Sir, the sketch sent to us is not the one that was confirmed by the boy
Not that??
Not that Sir
Where are they?
They both went to have breakfast
What? Are you crazy?
How can someone be so irresponsible really?
Sir, someone claiming to be a sketch artist has come now sir
Sir, I am the artist appointed by the government
I got a bit delayed as my vehicle broke down
It’s common sense to let someone in after checking their ID!
Go search for them right away!
Please, please let me go
Whatever the kill, be it a deer or a tiger…a hunter is a hunter!
So what’s important is not who you are but what you kill!
Sir,
Okay sir
Thomas, can you hear me?
I have issued a warning to the gang members,
where are you?
Thomas? Thomas?? Can you hear me?
Thomas? Hello, hello!
The deadline that you gave my boys is over
Anybody who knows the game well
knows that it can’t be played fair and square!
And you think operating in the dark
gives you an edge over the opponent do you?
You think you are invisible?
That’s your perception. I am all out and about in the open
It’s just that I have masked your eyes with a black cloth
And now it’s on you to figure out how to get rid of it!
Who the hell are you guys?
Why are you here and what do you want?
You’ll never find the answer to your first question
As for the second one, well, if you try hard, you will figure out why
And that will automatically answer your other question as well.
Good luck and bye!
Brother!
I don’t have the courage to ask you to stay strong
You used to say that Prabhu is like a son to you
and yet you failed to save that very son!
Please forgive me. An apology is the only thing
that I have to offer you at this point
Prabhu left this for you
If you find any clue in this call me
The culprit should be punished
Yes, yes, yes…
It is past midnight so there were no other food options
No problem sir
Sorry, sorry Okay
Everyone's sorted?
Yes, sir
Let's get to the point
Okay, officers can you brief us about the other hostage situations in India
and the prime reasons behind them
Sir, the motive behind such situations is usually money
or the release of a terrorist or extremist
No, no, if it’s money that they were after,
looting a bank would be a better game plan
and as for the release of terrorists,
low security regions such as educational institutions
or malls would be a better bet.
So think hard and tell me why they could have targeted this jail
We are running out of time
Sir, if you notice, they have attacked the jail
on the day Vaman came visiting
Yes, sir
That means he is either someone Vaman knows
or someone who wants Vaman under his clasp
No, no …
If they were after Vaman,
they could have attacked him outside the jail also right?
They could have kidnapped Vaman from his house only
and that would have been easier
So why would they want to complicate things by entering the jail?
No sir, I feel Shekar sir is right
There seems to be some connection between Vaman and them
I mean if jail was the target,
they could have taken control of it on any there day too
But they have come on the day Vaman came. That too on this special occasion
We just have to figure out why they are after him
Yes, yes
This argument makes sense
Provide me with complete details on this Vaman Sreenivasan
This jail was built in 1902 by the Britishers
Sir, Vaman was born in the year 1962
Vaman joined the CBI in 1986. He was only 24 years old then.
He came under the spotlight in the year 2000
for having exposed a union minister for taking kickbacks
In 2013, this jail was closed for about a month
for renovation as a portion of this structure collapsed
In the same year, Vaman was appointed as the CBI chief
as the then acting head passed away during a raid
This turns out to be a turning point
in both Vaman's career and the history of this jail
But why was that raid conducted?
Sir, we have converted all the gold we had into gold biscuits
But where are we going to hide these many biscuits safely?
To keep it safe,
we will have to give a share of the same to one more person
The court had ordered the CBI to submit a report
on the missing quantity of gold seized during this raid
But the main accused, Prabhu committed suicide during investigation,
leading to the case being closed abruptly
Also the missing gold never got recovered
So where do you think that gold is now?
Our jail is currently closed for renovation
So no one will suspect that the gold is hidden here
We will lie low until everyone shifts their attention from the gold scam
and later move it from here
under the pretext of a jail privatization project
Sir, they were a team of 9.
Six of them died in 2012, while three others went missing in 2016
That means…
I have shown you where to hide it
now it’s up to you to show me a place to bury them
Sir, Fox Ajith escaped from my clutches
That’s okay Where are the jailer and doctor?
I have locked them up in a secured cell
Okay, no worries then.
I’ll take care of the rest
Okay sir
Move, move forward
Sir, sir, sir, please sir,
Tell me!
Please don’t harm me
Please don’t harm me sir I’ll show you the way
Since this is an old jail,
there is a false wall in one of the bathrooms
No one but me is aware of that wall
I’ll lead you to that specific bathroom
False wall? That's good... that's good news
Sir, what if we send in commandoes through that wall?
No, No! What if they spot the uniform clad commandoes?
That could become a problem
So we have to send them in prisoners’ uniform
Sir, I have an idea
Today the India-Pakistan cricket match will be aired
We will enter the prison when India is batting
Sir, like you suggested
We have entered Tower One wearing prisoners’ uniform
Anyway firecrackers will be burst whenever India scores a four or a six
so let us also open fire at the same time,
that way we won’t garner any attention
No,No! Don’t shoot, use tranquilizers as I want them alive!
What’s all that noise?
India-Pak cricket match is on sir
And crackers are being burst for that?
Go check what’s happening there, Ok. Get down
Is it ready?
Sir, we are yet to fix one more part
I’ll take care of that, you wait near the main gate. Leave
Sir, Prassana is calling us again Connect the call here
Hello, hello Prasanna…
Sir, the gang members are digging up a spot
around the tree near the back entrance
I can see some boxes there
Hey, what's this?
There are bricks in those boxes sir
Bricks?
But how is that even possible?
Okay leave that be for now
Go figure out where Vaman is
and shift him to a safe place immediately
Okay sir
(Commandos are entering Tower One)
Move, move
Sir, we got him sir!
Don’t fire. I want him alive
Okay, sir
We will bring him to you in the next five minutes
Be quick, quick, quick!
Sir, he has a gun
Sir, members of the gang are amidst the hostages as well
Sir, let’s abort the mission immediately!
What??
Please abort the mission sir, or all of us will be caught
Ram?
Fire crackers??
Stay away from me, go away Get inside the Tower One. Go in now!
Get away from me!
I'm warning all of you! Get inside the Tower
Sir, I found Vaman sir
This whole operation is now dependant on you and Vaman
Shift him to a safe place and call me back
Okay sir
Stop right there. Don't run...listen to me
Slowly
Shekar, go to Tower one gate. The hostages are escaping
Don’t’ run guys, please stop
(Gun Shot)
How is it?
I made it myself.
It’s the first gift that my child will get from my side
Ambulance is leaving. Clear the way
Sir,
We have released all the commandos as you suggested
Now most of the hostages are under our control
However, a couple of them escaped during the chaos that ensued
but we will find and bring them near Tower one in the next fifteen minutes
Okay, let me know when everything is in place
Going forward things are bound to get complicated
There is no way that this is true!
Shush! What is it that you are blabbering?
I saw his face
and I’m sure that none of us will be spared
Whose face and who won’t he spare? Be more specific
I saw their gang leader’s face
If we surrender, he will let us be, if not, we are done for
We also are no less powerful!
Is his notoriety something that even we cannot control?
If it was just any other goon or don, it would be just fear that we would be facing,
but this person is nothing short of terror!
His name was Periyanna but he was popularly referred to as the “Big Daddy”
There was a time when just the mention of his name
was both powerful and fearful all at once!
I remember this incident,
Where the then Chief Minister, Subhash was scared to death!
His son had raped a tribal girl and dumped her mutilated body in a forest
But the police department also stood in his support
as he was the CM's son
And the CM got a call one day!
Dad, you are the CM of this State
And yet you fear a goon, that’s ridiculous!
In spite of being the CM,
if I’m trembling with fear thinking of the consequences
it’s not really hard to figure out
whom I’m going to meet, is it?
He is not the one to spare those who harm the one’s he cares for
so imagine your fate
Sir, I know why you wanted to meet me
He is a young boy and hence has not realized what he has done,
please forgive him and spare me
If not, I will have to give up my CM position
Even after these many years,
you have failed to figure out how I function
it is your life and not your political position
If there is something that you have to fear for,
I will ask him also to surrender and compensate for the girl’s death
Sir, please forgive him
Dad, why should I surrender?
We will just double up the compensation amount
We will match their expectations and close this case!
Money is a good pain killer you know!
Sir,
I will fill sense in his head. Please let him go
He has surely passed the age, where he is capable of listening to you CM sir
It’s now time to teach him a lesson!
Sir, sir…
Please get up CM sir
Sir, I’m ready to fall at your feet and beg for your forgiveness
Please let him be
Which deity do you believe in the most?
Goddess Chamundeshwari
Your devotion towards her is however questionable!
Sir….
Anyone who prays to a female God,
can never get down to treating a woman mercilessly…
Sir, he was intoxicated
Intoxicated?
Sir, every crime is redeemable
Let me pay the price and make up for the loss
How much are you willing to pay?
Ah…
10 crores?
20 crores?
Sir, how about 30?
Forget it, I will give 50 crores
Suraj!
I’m not ready to pay one penny more,
I mean, that worthless soul doesn’t deserve more than that anyway
In fact, if I had thrown Rs five lakhs on her face,
she would have willingly compromised!
(Gun Shots)
Suraj, Suraj…. Son
Sorry CM sir…
I was intoxicated and didn't realise what I did!
Your son was ready to compensate Rs 50 crores
I am adding Rs one crore extra and giving it to you
Treat this as a compensation for his death
Now it’s up to you to use this money for charity
or to build education institutions
You failed to teach your son the right values,
atleast build schools and colleges to educate the needy
You made a huge mistake by killing him
I was ready to give you whatever you wanted
But it was your son who told me that
money can make any sort of pain vanish
Hence this compensation!
But it’s not right to counter wrong with wrong, is it?
All forces enter!
Doing so will only lead to catastrophe!
Looks like you came well prepared!
Sir, it was you who made this choice!
You said that you will teach my son a lesson right?
I will send you also up there so that you can teach him a lesson!
Fire!!
I said Fire!!!
The government may be yours
but all those in that government are mine!
You may be the minister,
but history has time and again shown that
soldiers listen not to the minister
but to the king and the king alone!
What sir?
Water
Okay water, water
( Prasanna, a prisoner, is leaking information to police)
This is our demand list
Instruct all the commandos and sharp shooters
you have put on duty to leave the city right away
Also, we will negotiate only with Charan Raj
This apart, within 1 AM
I want all the roads leading to the airport to be cleared
Two flights need to be at our disposal at the airport
One will fly towards Afghanistan and the other to Myanmar
We will release 50 percent of the hostages
once we reach the airport
and the other half will be set free
once we reach our desired destination
Make sure you get necessary permissions for all this by 12 PM
And try not to pull a stunt
as none of us are fools. Beware!
Where is he?
At the back entrance
Just remember that no life should be lost!
You know why?
Well, a soldier losing his life in a battle could still lead to a victory
but an innocent life lost during a rebellion will never serve the cause!
I will never disappoint you
but just in case I don’t live up to your expectations, I will…
I wanted to represent my country at the national level
But my fate didn’t permit me to do so!
My vision is clear only during the day
I cannot see properly without my glasses during the night
Burn his body here itself
I don’t want anyone to find out his true identity
Sir, I need to use the washroom
But didn’t you just relieve yourself?
Sir, I am diabetic,
hence this urge to frequent the washroom!
Alright, get up, let’s go!
Wait sir
Make it quick!
The commandos were sent inside even before a dialogue
could be opened between the extremists and the police
As a result of this, a hostage has even lost his life!
As always, the police seem to have their hands tied
and no official statement has been made as yet
For all the inside stories stay tuned to TV 24
This is Lakshmi with Cameraperson Rahesh
Sir, what do we do next?
Last time when Prassana called us,
he said that the trunk was filled with bricks,
which means they have not found the gold yet!
But why then did they want buses to go to the airport
and the flights to be arranged upon their arrival?
There could be only two possibilities in that case;
Either they have found the location where the gold has been shifted to
or they are confident that they will locate it within 1 AM
Vaman is the only one who knows that gold is hidden inside
We just got to contact him
and find out if the gold is really there or not
Did the call get connected?
He is not receiving the call, sir
Keep trying
Yes sir!
Hello
This is Subramanya. I am the Chief Minister’s PA
The CM wants to talk to you
What? The CM wants to talk to me?? Just give me a minute
Hello
Hello Lakshmi, how are you?
Hello sir, I still can’t believe that you have called me!
It’s unbelievable!
I’m very much impressed by your reportage
We need youth like you to take our society forward
Once this crisis ends, I wish to meet you in person
Sir, it’s overwhelming to know that you follow my news stories
Sir, I’ll only stop by your office once this fiasco ends
Sure….
Also is it true that your father is also inside the jail?
Yes sir, his release is slated for next week though
I want to reach out to him,
but the police personnel are not letting me inside
Don’t worry,
I will have your father released once this operation ends
The department is indebted to him for his service
I need to discuss something important with him,
can you share his number with me?
Yes sir, please note it down
Thank you. Also, you are like my daughter
so here is a small word of caution for you
Sure sir
What’s happening around you is a very dangerous operation
So, trust no one. Be careful and I wish you well
Yes, sir and thank you so much sir
Have a great day sir. Have….
(CM addressing the media on the TV screen)
The extremists and our commandoes….
Keep calling this number from all the phones you have seized,
that way no one from the outside
will be able to go on a call with him!
Make sure to engage the phone holder
until his battery goes dead
That’s the only way
we can cut any sort of communication to and
from the outside world!
Sir
It’s ringing, but no one is answering
That’s’ okay, but you keep calling, got it?
Were you able to track any incoming or outgoing calls?
Sir, looks like he is talking to someone, the line is engaged
Okay, okay
Sir, it got connected
Hello, this is Charan Raj
Hello, sir!
Is everything okay inside the jail?
Yes sir, both of us are safe
Safe where?
Inside the storage room
Store room
Yes, sir
Sir, someone is using your name and talking to Prasanna
That’s why we have been getting a busy tone
My name?
Yes sir
Someone is coming
Someone is approaching us
Sir, I’ll call you back, someone is coming
Listen to me. Listen…
Who was that?
Nothing to worry about
Sir, the line is connected
Sir, I’m calling from ICID Bank
He has received a call from the ICID Bank
ICID Bank??
I am already out of my mind, loan it seems!
Just hang up
Shit!
Sir, you had ordered food on Zomato right?
Zomato??
I’m waiting outside, can you come quickly?
What is this tomato-Zomato nonsense? Just let me be!
Sir, the thing….
They are calling him non-stop to keep the line busy
Officers
Yes, sir
You start calling that number continuously. Come on, don’t stop
Yes, sir
Call the three numbers from which the fake calls were made as well
Do it, go, go, everyone
Dad’s phone is also busy
Sir, the line is engaged He is not receiving the call
Sir, his phone is busy
Everybody, keep trying, everybody!
Sir, sir, we got Prasanna on line
Hello, Prasanna, It’s Charan Raj
Please, you are the 7th person calling me claiming to be Charan Raj!
Believe me, don’t cut the call please, it’s really me
Your name is Prassana and your prison ID is 401
Your daughter’s name is Lakshmi
and she resides in Nandini Layout, correct?
Sir, six people called me claiming to be Charan Raj before you so…
Its’ okay. So how is Vaman now?
He is safe
And have the gang members found anything as yet?
Hello, hello..
Hello Hello, Prasanna….
Hello, can you hear me? Prasanna
Connect me once again, fast…
It’s switched off sir
(Phone switched off)
Idiot
Sir, Sir please listen to me
No doctor,
This is not the time
You cannot stop me this time!
As a doctor it’s your duty to protect him
likewise as a police officer it’s my job to punish the criminal!
So, I’m going to get everything out of him right now
Kindly wait till he recovers
Recover it seems!
Tell me!
Even if one person from your gang escapes from there,
you won’t be spared
So tell me, tell me who he is?
Who is he?
Subramatheertha
Sir, Subramatheertha is the name of a village
We may get some clues if we go there
Hi, bro!
Don’t worry,
Your friend Prassana is being very well taken care of inside another cell
Are you threatening me?
Even for a second don’t think that
you can take a single piece of gold out of here by scaring me!
At the most, you will kill me!
But then again even death can’t scare someone
who has been living in hell all this while
Likewise, you cannot defeat someone
who has conquered the fear of death
Anyway, I have safeguarded that gold for so many years,
so I rather die than let someone else enjoy what belongs to me!
Torture me as much as you want but I am not going to give in
I mean, I am the one who wrote the manual of torture for this jail,
when I was in CBI!
so there is no scaring me!
Hence, you only have two options now 1. To release me or 2. Kill me
There is another option
Gold!
How did you manage to find it?
You know how everything that some people touch turns into gold?
but in my case, I touch nothing but gold!
Darling, when it comes to God, there are no secrets!
Going forward, you are of no use to me now
Get rid of him
Hey
Hey listen
Let’s split the gold up equally between us, how about 50-50?
How about 60-40 then?
I have a plan, hear me out
or else the gold cannot be taken out of here, Listen to me …
Come on officers, Come on
Search
You people go this sides
You head the other way
Search every inch of this place. Spread out
Hurry up, we have very little time
Sir, I doubt if we will find any clue here
I mean look at this farm,
why would they plan something here of all the places??
I’m sure that Jeeva is pulling a fast one on us
Has the drone operator arrived?
He is setting up the equipment
Make it fast
Come on, move
Get down Drop your weapons!
Now…drop your weapons!
Okay! Okay! Calm down
No spot has been dug up!
everything seems to be as it was,
so where did he get the gold from
In today’s world,
Fire!
Did you find anything? Did you?
Look that side
Did you find anything?
No, sir
Did you guys find anything at least?
No, sir
There is no gold, my love!
No fire can harm the piece of camphor which is hidden in water!
I told your boss that we should share the gold…
But now forget gold, there is nothing here
What a shame!
Vaman Srinivasan, who is being held hostage
has been fighting over the past 10 years
to get approval for the privatization of this jail
However, approval was granted only last year
It now it needs to be examined
as to why he was so particular about privatizing this jail.
What are the specialities of this jail then?
There is every possibility that the gold is hidden
in the block that was being renovated!
Which part of the Tower One is being reconstructed?
Library and a washroom sir
What is being reconstructed at this place?
Sir, library
Where is the library coming up?
Sir, it’s a little difficult to pin point
the exact location in this half an acre plot
We will at least need two days to figure that out
To figure that out you’ll need the blueprint of the jail
And who knows if you are lucky enough,
you may even find the gold once that happens
But there is no way that
you are going to get your hands on the blueprint!
But what makes you think that I need the blueprint?
I need the top view, go higher, higher…
fly it a bit higher, yes a bit towards the centre
Sir, this looks like a pattern of some sort
It’s the blueprint of our jail!
Look Thomas,
our jail privatization proposal has been rejected
by the government three times already
But according to media reports,
a whole new government will be formed this time
If that’s the case, it will be easy to get our file passed
We have waited all these years
and it finally looks like our time has come
Let's be patient for a few more months
It's okay if there is a change in power
but what if the same government retains its majority
So just to be on the safer side, let’s come up with Plan B
Okay
Sir, what do we do now?
It’s unfortunate that they found the gold
Go fetch my glasses from my blazer pocket
Glasses, why?
Because I can send an emergency message using it
But even if you do that, what use would it be
as they cannot come inside?
This was my Plan B all along!
(Police searching for clues)
Lakshman, come here. Clear this space
Sir
Any clue yet?
No luck yet, we are still searching
Whose photos are these?
These are the details of the prisoners
Eshwar
Yes, sir?
Who among these are inside the jail?
Sir, all of them
What?
Use your influence
and have some notorious criminals shifted to your jail
Then shift them to Tower Three
In case there is no change in the government
I will tell you how to use these criminals
and move the gold out of the prison
What will I get if I fetch you the glasses?
You will get 10 percent of the gold
Okay sir, okay
Go now, fast Faster..come on
Come on, Quick
That’s the one
Bring it here and be careful not to drop it
Good, good…
Now press this, press, fast…
[PLAN B - RELEASE THE DRAGONS]
Do you even know who they all are?
And how the hell did they all land up in the same jail!?
Where are they now? Are they in Tower Three?
They were there previously
But after the jail break incident
In Tamil Nadu that took place two months ago
the High Court issued an order stating that
no prisoner should be lodged in the same cell beyond three months,
so they are now in Tower Six
What?
Can they be really trusted?
But why would criminals like them hand over
hand over the gold, that too of that proportion, to us?
What if they cheat us?
I know someone
Let’s get his gang members involved
He is just not a man of power but also a man of his words!
And who may that be?
Ramanna, There is no power in this tower,
rush to the generator room and fix the problem immediately
For this block houses some of the most dangerous criminals!
Code Red!
Hello, hello, hello…what happened?
Sir, 50 prisoners have escaped from Tower Six
What?
Okay send the CCTV footage from that tower
to my phone immediately
And update me
Okay sir!
Have them deploy extra forces to the jail
And seize this entire place
Okay, come on get down to work
Got it?
What’s happening?
No idea sir but the police force has been diverted to another tower
See, I don’t care who you are but I’m warning you,
if I don’t see Vaman walking out of the jail before I count 10,
we are going to come inside
Also we are not police to care about the fate of hostages
We are criminals!
So your time starts now…
1
Sir, 2…
Like you ordered, we have locked them all up in a cell
3..
You go inside, I’ll handle this situation 4..
5… I remember you saying that
this mission will be a failure even if one person dies
But as I see it, if we don’t kill them, 6..
they will kill us! 7..
8… We are at times pushed
to face unforseen challenges head on
9.. Go inside
10…
Sir, who are all those people
and why did you panic after seeing their photos?
Have you heard about the past chief minister, Subhash?
The one who died in a chopper crash?
He didn’t die in a crash!
Then?
He went against one man
and his death was the result of doing so!
At one point,
this man was the undisputed ruler of Karnataka's underworld
No one knew his real name
Nor had people seen how he looked
Sir, You are alive?
Who is he sir?
No one knew who he really was
But everyone called him “Big Daddy”!
Chopper crash was how government covered up the CM’s death!
For the very first time,
even though the king’s throne was empty,
no one came forward to occupy the seat!
Three months later, the central government appointed me
to bring an end to this “Big daddy”’s reign
However, this was no easy task as the department was filled with his men
This is when we also figured out that
the best way to nab him would be to infiltrate his gang
Our plan was a success and one day we received a tipoff …
Sir,
Periyanna is apparently performing
the last rights of his parents in Fathepur
There will be very few people with him,
so this is the best time to finish him!
As planned,
we left for Fathepura at around 4 AM the following day
But what we saw upon our arrival was shocking!
We found the bodies of our team members,
who had infiltrated his gang, hanging from a tree
We wanted to put an end to his story then and there
but in actuality it was he who had dug up graves
and waited all this while to bury us!
Anyway, he had spared the life of one of our officers
Of course not out of mercy
But just to convey to us what our fates would be
If we went after him
And just as we were attempting to save his life...
But,
Prasad...
Let him live, please...
If you intend to put your hands inside a snake’s burrow
You should keep an antidote in your pocket!
Okay, I’ll let him be if he answers my question
A simple one at that...
You have heard that tortoise and rabbit story right?
The one where the rabbit is ahead of the tortoise in a race
so how due to its overconfidence about its win,
decides to take a nap?
Well, the tortoise almost manages to make it to the finish line
while the rabbit is sleeping
but in the nick of the time, the rabbit wakes up
and rushes past it and wins the race
Now tell me how the rabbit managed to wake up
at the right time and win the race?
I’ll count till three
and if you can give me an answer by then
I’ll let you live
1, 2..
No. No....
Prasad, Prasad, Prasad...
No, Prasad..
Oops! Hard luck
See, I could have given him the answer and then killed him
but seeing someone wither away with frustration
and die before even knowing the answer....
Well, that’s what gives me the kicks!
Officer, I keep wondering
if someone will actually get down to giving me the answer
but then again it’s impossible,
as in my story, there is no scope for the tortoise to win, ever!
Don’t think this is the end of it
I can actually finish all of you right here right now
But I’m going to let you go
Because,
I'm going to teach you a lesson that you can’t learn in any school,
even if you are ready to pay a fee for it!
Before going after someone
make sure to know their history and just not their name!
Begging is not a disrespectful act
However, if that someone, you went up
and lost against due to your incompetence
ends up sparing your life, well,
that’s an insult you will have to endure till your last breath!
Now get lost
and don’t forget to thank me
with folded hands on your birthdays
after all you have got the gift of life even before you asked for it!
Stop, Stop the vehicle!
There is nothing more shameful than living a life spared by a gangster!
Those who want to live such a cursed life stay back
and those of you who rather die a martyr, while trying to kill him
get into the vehicle with me
And like that we went on a suicide machine that day
We wanted to kill Periyanna at any cost that day
So we equipped ourselves with the grenades we had carried
and just as we were about to ram into his car
Our officers, threw me out of the vehicle
and then crashed into his car!
45 brave officers lost their life in order to kill a demon called Periyanna
But now I see that their sacrifice was to no avail
The evil is back in play and with it naturally comes fear!
Sir, but you said you saw him die
How is it then possible for him to be here,
that too in this jail of all places?
That’s the question
that’s bothering me too
Let’s go from the back gate
What’s the present situation like?
Sir Periyanna gang went into Tower One to attack the gang at first
but now they are only gaurding it! We can't figure out why!
Sir, we have received another demand list
They have asked for Jeeva to be released
Okay we will do that
But before doing so,
ask their leader to meet me for five minutes, five minutes only!
When did you get here?
I didn't even realise you when you came
It's not like misfortune arrives with a prior notice!
So you are admitting
that you are here to create havoc
All of us are villains in someone’s story or the other
Let’s get to the point
Nothing much,
I needed clarity on two things
and you seem have the answers with you
Only Vaman and the jailer knew about the hidden gold
how did you then chance upon this information?
See, there is every possibility that a police officer will take months
to nab a drug dealer running loose in his own jurisdiction
But a student may land up figuring out the contact details
of the same peddler in a matter of minutes
Of course, this doesn’t mean that
the student is smarter than the police
It only suggests that the officer is not as smart as the peddler!
So look for the answer
I mean isn’t that why you are being paid by the government?
Fine, we will do all the searching,
after all it’s not like criminals come looking for punishment
it’s up to the police to find the culprit and bring him to book!
I for sure know that you are capable of
moving the gold out of here on your own
I’m also positive that you are not in need of it either
So I’m curious to find out as to why you are making this futile attempt?
When one’s intentions are clear
and just there is no force strong enough to stop them!
In history you only find mentions
of those who are strong willed and determined
and not of those who bow down to circumstances.
Once I’m out of here,
what needs to be proven will be proven!
And what if you don’t go out?
Sir, I usually don’t meddle in anyone’s business
and the reason I don’t get involved is not because I am scared
but only because if I get involved,
the battle field will turn into a bloody warfare!
The biggest lesson that history teaches us is
that there is nothing left to learn from history
Periyanna, you also know what kind of a man I am
See, I’m not trying to scare you or anything
but this is just a warning
Fear is a good thing sir for only
then will we know how brave we are!
The Periyanna I knew never talked like this
Sir, just because dust forms over a book
the story hidden in its pages does not lose its sheen!
It’s just that I assumed that I had put the 'THE END' sign to your story
But it now looks like a new chapter is about to unravel itself!
A dead man has come back alive
And hidden treasures have been found by
someone other than the man who hid it!
So many questions remain unanswered
Sir, instead of finding answers to all these questions,
go seek the truth
Answers will then automatically find you
What is that you really want from me?
You have no proper answers to any of my questions
But 10 years ago,
you had asked me a question, do you remember?
It still haunts me
It had something
to do with a race between a rabbit and a tortoise, race….
what was that again?
Sir, the rabbit was overconfident
so it takes a nap and hence the tortoise wins,
that’s it right?
But in the story that Periyanna told me,
there is no scope for the tortoise to win!
You have come all the way to Kashi
so you think I’ll let you go without
making you take a dip in the Ganges??
There is no way that he is Periyanna!
You heard our conversation right?
So now you tell me if he is your boss or not!
What is all this?
This situation looks slightly dicey
See, everyone wishes for their dead loved one to come back
But once they are back
it’s natural to want to know how they came back
If not…!
Are you questioning the God himself?
God exists but only when we pray
and a flower falls from the right side of the idol
do we tend to believe truly in His existence!
Our boss was the one who taught me,
actually all of us here, the art of wrestling
He is also the only one who knows how to escape from our clutches
without getting physical with us
If you are really our boss we will celebrate you
if not we will finish you off
and carry your body out of here on our shoulders!
Go after him
Look for him, search there
Did you find him?
Now, you take a call on who I am!
Load the gold,
it’s now time to execute the exit plan
Sure
Okay
Sir, three buses,
that have prisoners on board
are reportedly headed towards the airport
Charan Raj wants to talk to you
Tell me
Sir, a few minutes ago we made a breakthrough in this case
I am confident about ensuring the safety of all the prisoners
I have a plan
Are you sure?
100 percent sure sir
Sir, ever since they captured the jail
and even after our commandos launched an attack on them,
zero casualties have been reported
Sir they have used frangible bullets
according to forensic reports
And these bullets do not cause fatal harm
They have not used a single original bullet even though they have access to it,
And this does not mean that they didn’t know how to use it
but it’s just that they did not want to use it to hurt the prisoners
So now that we know there intention is not to harm our prisoners,
we will be fools if we don’t go after them!
So what do you propose to do that?
Sir, there are three underpasses on the way to the airport
We will have a clear view once
the buses pass through the first underpass
so we will take them down once they come out of the underpass
Sounds like a plan, go ahead
Target is in sight. Be ready
4
3
2
1
Don’t you think the police will try to attack
our vehicles while we are trying to escape?
Sir, we can’t see any buses exiting the underpass
What?
Ah, Murthy,
Enter the underpass right away along with the commandos and check
what’s happening, quick, quick
Sir , we are here
And what’s the status?
There is nothing here
What about the buses?
We don’t find any buses approaching either
What?
Sir, hold on, I can see some light
Why are so many cars exciting from the underpass all of a sudden?
Close all the roads immediately
If someone tries to escape, shoot them on the spot
They will surely close all the roads and even stop all the cars
They are going to bombard the drivers’ with questions too
but the only answer they will get is….
Who are you?
Sir, I know nothing
We were paid Rs 50,000 told that a film scene is being shot
And asked to in full speed. So I was driving fast
Film shoot?
Sir, all of them are giving the same reason
What?
We managed to seize most of the cars but there are no prisoners
But some 20 cars managed to make it to the highway towards airport
Have the drones follow these cars
and capture their every movement
Also block the next exit,
No vehicle should cross the third underpass. Take position
If someone tries to break the barriers and cross over
Shoot them. No need to wait for my orders!
Sir, we have blocked the exit of the third underpass
We are waiting for your order
Sir, all cars have entered the underpass
So are we going to escape in these cars?
What the hell is this now?
Why are they heading back towards the city and not going to the airport?
And where are these bikes coming from?
Send the force and stop all these bikers
Arrest all the bikers and check their IDs
Where are all of you coming from?
Sir, we were told to do this as part of a film shoot
Film shoot?
They paid us Rs 5000
Hello
Hello sir, this Shekar
Sir, all the prisoners are in the buses only,
What?
Please send a backup force to first underpass immideately
Idiots!
They are all still in the buses in the first underpass!!
You?
Sir
If you don't hold this gun, I will blow these buses up
Doctor?? You should have told them it was you right!
Sir, I was too scared, hence I waited for you only to come,
to reveal my identity
Prasanna Sir.
Prasanna?
What are all these people doing here?
And where are all the gang members?
No one is going to go anywhere. You will all be there only
You will be one among the hostages
Only you would have given your guns to the actual hostages
You ten will blend in with the remaining prisoners
and no one can ever single you out
Because your true identity will never be revealed
Sir, looks like the gang members
have managed to escape somewhere in the middle
All of them are our prison inmates, I ran a thorough check
Okay, we will escape somehow
but what about the gold that we would have loaded into the buses?
Sir, sir, sir…
The gold that we have found in the trunks is fake!
What?
Yes, see for yourself sir
We have been taken for a ride
Then, then, where is the real gold?
There is a BWSSB pipe in Tower six’s backyard
Through that pipe, our men, who will be operating from outside the prison,
will send remote control operated mini boats
Those boats will already be carrying fake gold,
So…
We will load the Buses with this fake gold
and send the real gold through the boats
This is our plan, Alright?
And who will be operating these boats?
You will know that when the time is right
But once we get caught,
won’t they check our record and sentence?
Apart from the hostages,
check the records of all those prisoners
who are facing a sentence between one and three years
I want that list immediately, go, go right away
Yes sir, yes
You should be sentenced to at least three years of jail
that way no one is going to suspect you
Are you saying that we have to stay inside the prison
for a minimum of three years then?
No. To avoid this situation,
I’m going to hire a lawyer friend of mine
He is an expert at reopening old cases
His name is
Mahesh Das
People call him
BIRBAL
All your team members have been released
Since Jeeva turned approver willingly,
he will be released one year later
I have made necessary arrangements for his release as well
Thank You. Thank you very much!
But I am very curious
About your escape plan. Every one’s exit plan was pre decided
But you, how did you escape?
You are a smart man
So think hard and you will find out how, Bye!
Mr Charan Raj,
Yes mam
This case will directly impact the image of this government
We are six months away from elections
and hence it’s important to solve this case within that time
That’s why
The party has decided to hand over this case to another agency
What do you mean by another agency?
Have you heard about an agency called PITHAMAHA?
PITHAMAHA?
Are you talking about the famous Indian Spy Agency,
Yes
The one run by Mr A N Rao? Did he say yes to this case?
No one dare force him to take up a case
At most, we can request him to handle it
Anyway, he is on his way here, so you can find out for yourself
The stage is set and people are waiting to cheer for us
So, ready to enter in slow motion
with some foot tapping background music?
Sir, you still don’t know about our people
I’m sure they are already all pumped up and whistling away
Let’s go
Just not him, even his best agent is coming along
Don’t tell me, you are referring to the one and only Ghost
Hello
Sir
Please take a seat Sit down
Thank you for accepting this case
The pleasure is all mine
As always we are relying on you to find us a solution
Please ensure that the case is solved at the earliest
Mam, it will take time to expose the reality
But I promise you that the moment the truth comes out
all the lies will die a painful death
I’ll crack this case in the next seven days
And what do you have to say about this young man?
Mam, our greatest weapon is our intelligence
Also we have already collected details about the gang that hijacked the prison
and the place where the gold is hidden
Sounds great
Mr Charan Raj, please hand over the case file to them
Sure ma'am
So
Best of luck
Sorry for sounding cheeky,
But we don’t believe in luck We only believe in work, hard work
Sir
Sir, this is the file and it has all the details
Excuse me sir, can I see your tattoo?
Wow!
Excellent
I’m going to get something similar done too
I got this tattoo done on the insistence of my children
Okay
We are a family of four, hence these four stars
In fact, Whenever I miss them, I look up to the sky and watch the stars
Thank You
Excuse me
Looks like you also have a tattoo right?
Can I please see that?
Who is he?
Why do I get the feeling that I have seen this tattoo somewhere?
This guy works in this spy agency
Then who was the guy who came to the jail for
He also had the same tattoo?
Anand, Geetha and Prabhu… My world starts and ends with them
I found them
while I was sent to handle an emergency situation in Kashmir
Many a Kashmiri Pundits lost their lives at that time
These kids were orphaned in the same scenario
I brought them back with me and raised them like my own
Later Anand and Prabhu went on to clear their civil service exam
I went on to become a part of the Joint Task Force on Intelligence
Prabhu joined the CBI and married Geetha
And just as the future started to look happy and bright….
Dad and I were deployed to Khandhar
to solve the hijack case around that time
And only when we returned did we realize
What had happened
I decided to make the life of the person
Who ruined my happiness, a living hell
But my father rightly pointed out that
Doing so would not clear Prabhu’s name
That’s when I decided to do something that
Would prove Prabhu’s innocence
And at the same time expose the culprit
Until the lion figures out a way to tell its version of the story
the hunter will be the one who will be lauded as the hero
Meaning?
Operation Ghost
You can’t execute this plan with this face
You will have to look like a different person all together
And here is my plan
There is a common belief that states that
seven people in his world look alike
That's fact
In fact, there is a reference in Mahabharatha
To a king called Poudraka who is said to have looked
Just like Lord Krishna
Apparently he had even convinced people that he was the Lord Himself!
There is one more aspect attached to this belief
It is said that it is not necessary
to find similar looking people in the same timeline
So,
Now we have to find someone, who looked like you
We will!
For this operation, you will go not as Anand but as Periyanna
So even if the police land up figuring out your true identity
They will be able to prove nothing
as it’s been 15 years since Periyanna died!
It’s natural for an animal to come looking for the kill it has hidden
likewise Vaman will come looking for the gold
and find a way to shift it, we just have to follow him
Make sure to leave behind all the proof that
the media and police need to prove Vaman’s involvement
Once you find the gold,
leave some of it in Vaman’s house
Make his involvement so obvious that even his own conscious
should start pricking him and he should accept his mistake
This heist is not something that can be solved easily
So I’ll think of a way to have the Home Ministry
Approach our agency to solve the case
There is too much pressure from the public to solve this case ma'am
I suggest you request A N Rao to handle this case
Congrats Ghost!
You won yet again Thank You
Thanks dad.
But I rather celebrate the fact that I did not lose
than the fact that I won!
I have always wanted to ask you
Why did you gave me the code name GHOST
The idea of a GHOST is a fragment of one’s imagination;
it is also a phenomenon that invokes fear
It denotes something that is secretive too
Everyone has a side that is hidden to the world
and its best if that side is put to use for the right causes
Today, you have done the same
And brought out the positive connotation of the word GHOST
Hello! Who is this?
Your misfortune!
Mr GHOST, don’t celebrate the win of a game
even before it ends!
especially when you have no clue who your opponent is!
Let me simplify this for you
What belongs to you is mine now
If you don’t do as I say
Dr Rao will be standing with flowers in his hand at the same place next year,
only the grave will be yours!
If you want to see your people alive
You have to give me the gold that you made away within the next 12 hours
If not,
The head of each of your team members will start rolling one by one!
Who are you?
The son of the man, whose name you flaunted in the jail!
Who was that?
He wants to meet GHOST it seems!