Ready partner?
What are you wearing?
Are you working on a new case?
No, it's an old case.
What do you mean?
[Laha humming]
Pintu!
What is on the menu today?
Who are these guys?
M...
M?
Who is M, Shekhar?
Not Shekhar.
Snehashish.
Who is Chaitali Biswas?
Anybody?
Chaitali Biswas,
was the topper in forensic science last year.
How? Anybody?
-Yes. -Assignments on time?
-Okay... -Sir?
100% attendance?
Ladies quota, sir.
Funny man.
Chaitali Biswas...
was the topper because she was the only student in class...
who passed.
Everyone else failed. She was number one in the field of one.
So that is Forensic Science.
This... blood, DNA, fingerprints,
can be analysed by any doctor,
but to learn Forensic medicine
you need to be an artist along with a doctor.
Someone who can see beyond the obvious.
Who can see beyond what our eyes see.
And also look behind what we see.
Like, for example Mr. Hundred Percent has a stain on the back of his pants.
Let's try it, shall we?
You travel to college on a two-wheeler, right?
Yes sir.
It broke down on the way here.
There was a problem with the spark plug.
Yes sir.
You couldn't find a mechanic anywhere
and you were getting late for college so...
you decided to do it yourself.
He got grease and oil on his hands.
The sleeve on his right hand was slipping down
so he pulled it up with his left hand
and on his right hand he got a little bit of...
grease.
Now he was doing all of this on the side of the road
of course his pants are going to get dirty.
It's still dirty, clean it.
Oh no, no my friend.
Just joking.
And... Mr. Funny.
This morning...
you had toast for breakfast.
Yes sir.
They become Marxist and grow out their beards but they don't clean it.
Bread crumbs.
Baabi...
At least listen to me.
What nonsense? How can you say no? This is a government matter.
Exactly! I don't want to be involved in it.
And definitely not after what happened last time. I am sorry.
Three bodies, all three scientists and they all worked at the same place.
Heart attack, suicide, accident. That too on the same day.
Forensic reports will take time to come out.
Baabi, I need you.
Sir there are no signs of a blunt force being used.
We got a random call an hour ago... We are tracing it...
Shekhar? What is it?
Sudden attack.
Insulin overdose resulting in hypoglycemia.
Her blood sugar dropped so drastically Bhombol,
that she was dead in 10 minutes.
Really? How?
Didn't you see?
Unbelievable.
No one around here saw the accident take place!
So,
what do you think?
his hands were tied together first,
Then he was beaten up and the body was placed here afterwards.
How do you know?
The wrists.
It could have been an accident.
There are no dent marks or scratch marks created by another car.
There are no skid marks on the street.
Which means he was completely in control.
This is not an accident, it was just made to look like one Bhombol.
Bhombol, what is my height.
6' 2.
Yes, and he is 5' 7.
S... S... Snehashish? Snehashish? What are you doing?
Investigation.
Even if he jumped, his neck wouldn't reach this noose.
Where do all three work?
Mrinmoy Haldar. Snehashish.
Dr. Shanti Nag.
Dr. Sinha is waiting for you, let's go?
Dr. Sudhir Pandey. Dr. Pramod Prakash. Prof. Geeta Upadhyay.
We found the dead bodies of three scientists
from your institute on the same day.
You can't even imagine how shocked we are.
As you are aware, we only work on projects of national importance.
Shanti is our Liaison Officer.
She is the one who co-ordinates with the departments.
Which departments did these people work for?
Dr. Pandey was in Pharma.
Prof. Upadhyay worked in Industrial, and Dr. Prakash was in Environmental.
Were they working on any project together?
No!
As per safety protocol at our institute,
there is no direct connection between departmental operations.
But people can be friends, right? Did you check that?
Every department has its own cafeterias and rec rooms
most people just interact with others in their own department.
But honestly... we don't know.
It's a bit difficult to track everyone's personal lives.
We can easily track personal lives.
Are you having a stroke, Mr. Sinha?
-Snehashish? -Shallow breathing, dilated pupils,
tiny drops of sweat on the forehead,
of course he is having a stroke. Aren't you?
No, no, every... everything is normal.
Oh, then you must be hiding something.
What is it?
Sir, we have another senior scientist,
Dr. Gupta, he hasn't come to the lab since yesterday either.
So you...
were waiting for him to die, right?
What? No, no, no...
I didn't want to create any more panic.
It could have been a coincidence, right?
You have lost three people in your team. Can't be coincidence.
Have you spoken to Gupta's family?
Actually, Dr. Gupta... you know?
He just takes off every once in a while. He just disappears.
His wife said the same thing.
It's supposedly a normal behaviour for him.
I think he will show up soon.
Scientists are crazy.
Yeah, yeah they are.
Can we take a look at his office before he returns?
In fact, can we look at the offices of all four?
Y... Yes.
Please. Please sir.
Thank you.
He spends more time at the farmhouse and less time at home.
Is everything alright, sir?
Yes, of course. There is no need to worry.
It's a routine government check.
Will we find him at the farmhouse right now?
He should be there.
He goes there if there is too much work.
And what about a phone?
There is no phone there so I can't get in touch with him.
Otherwise?
What?
What if I don't find him there?
If you don't find him there...
Coffee house!
Coffee house?
Coffee house was my favourite back in college.
Oh.
What is your name?
Amrita.
Snehashish?
Yeah.
I don't think anyone was here.
-Really? -I think so.
He must have forgotten to close the door.
Bhombol you should get a desk job.
Leave the investigating to me.
What?
These margins of dust don't match the photo frames.
So someone removed it?
Removed it...
and didn't set it back properly, clumsy fellows.
Look, this pillow only has dust on one side.
So someone threw this on the ground,
looked for something and then put it back?
Where did he throw it?
-Here... Somewhere... -No. You're standing on that evidence.
Sorry.
The books have been moved too.
When the mind is without fear,
then the head is held high.
Someone definitely came here to look for something.
And he searched the entire house and left.
Baabi?
Where are you going?
You know the pictures of the offices of all three scientists
that were clicked by Ashwin and Jadeja,
do you have them?
I do.
Perfect handwriting match.
All four of them working together on something here.
Not just something Bhombol.
Something dangerous.
Well?
It looks like a list of raw materials.
It's difficult to say exactly what they were trying to do
but these are some highly regulated chemicals,
and, if I may say so, harmful too.
-In the wrong hands-- -Three people are dead and one is missing.
Think of the worst doctor.
Yes, but...
These chemicals are not readily available.
And they can only be bought through government approved vendors.
And you still need a lot of checks and approvals to get that.
Good. So you have a list of vendors?
They wouldn't buy it through official channels Bhombol.
They could have bought it from the Black market, right?
-It's possible. -If it's possible then...
that is what happened.
Thank you.
-Hello sir. -Hello sir.
So, what is the conclusion?
The conclusion is that I don't want to be a part of this.
Oh, serious?
Serious.
You know something. Tell me!
Bhombol, what department is Pandey in?
-Pharma. -Prakash?
Environmental research.
-Upadhayay? -She is in Industrial.
And what were their primary papers during their PhD?
Benzene, Nitrogen, Ethanol.
Do you know what the combination of the chemicals on your list leads to?
Deadly dangerous.
And Gupta is in Defence, so the job of weaponizing it...
Was his. Exactly.
Now it is time for my class. Goodbye.
Hey Baabi.
You can't walk away... shit!
Now I remember Gupta's file said that
he was expelled from Bardhaman University
because he was experimenting on an unauthorised chemical.
Exactly, that is why the right to education is so important Bhombol.
I am going to teach my class.
And besides, now you know why and how the scientists were killed.
You can handle the rest.
So you definitely won't help me?
I don't want anything to do with this anymore.
Not even if I tell you who is behind all this?
Who is?
M!
A dangerous international arms dealer.
Nobody knows who he is or where he is from.
Some say that he is Ex-KGB, Ex-RAW, or Ex-ISI...
We don't know...
We don't even know whether it's he or she.
Is he a myth? Or a ghost?
No one has ever...
No one has ever seen him.
But everyone knows that this person
sets up shop in conflict zones all over the world.
Cambodian Civil War,
Angolan War, Burma Conflict...
The mess in Sri Lanka...
M has been a merchant of death since '74.
One year ago we got some intel
that M is auctioning his chemical weapon.
There was a bidding war between many countries
and finally Russia promised to pay the most amount of money
and they even paid in advance for the development.
Jadeja, tell him about the Interpol report.
He was developing an untraceable and undetectable chemical
that attacks people's lungs as soon as it touches the air.
I think his plan was simple.
No one would know that there was an attack
and he could bring down an entire city with just people coughing.
We tried our best to follow the intel.
We activated all of our agents but we caught nothing.
Eventually we had to dismiss it as another M rumour.
One institution, four scientists,
M spotted them and then hired them,
the infrastructure and money came from M, the scientists brought the idea,
and they manufactured a dangerous gas right under your nose.
I think...
M is a genius.
But... why would M kill them?
Maybe they failed their mission?
Then what about Gupta, where is he?
Late.
What?
I am late for class Bhombol.
Hey! B...
So, this is your surprise test.
So these are the players in this case.
The mastermind and four thieves.
The mastermind hired the four of them
to rob a bank.
And the mission was successful.
As soon as the job was over,
The dead bodies of three people out of four were found.
These three.
It was made to look like an accident but we know it's not an accident.
The fourth is on the run.
And the money is missing too.
So that is the case. What are your theories?
Sir, obviously the fourth thief killed the others and ran away.
Mr. Mrinmoy?
It's... It's possible. I agree.
But you know, this fourth thief is just a small-time thief.
Committing a murder and making it look like an accident? Not possible.
Excellent. He ate a walnut in the morning.
No, I mean it's very good for the brain.
Maybe your mastermind killed him.
He killed the three of them and kept all the money.
And why didn't he kill the fourth?
Mind you. He is on the run.
He... He could be dead.
We just haven't found the body yet.
Sir!
It is also possible that the fourth thief
ran away with the money without telling the others.
My friend, then why would the mastermind kill the others?
I have two theories.
One is that the mastermind was angry.
Which is a very lame theory.
And the other one...
is that the mastermind was sending a message.
A bloody message.
That I found these three and killed them, and you are next.
So what are our options in this situation?
Anybody?
There are two things that we can do.
We can either look for the fourth,
or we can figure out who the mastermind is.
Because up until now it is clear that the mastermind...
One institution, four scientists.
Were they working on any project together?
-No! -M spotted and hired them.
Shanti is our Liaison Officer.
She is the one who co-ordinates with the departments.
It looks like a list of raw materials.
M! A dangerous international arms dealer.
We don't even know whether it's he or she.
Please head towards the college square.
-Why? What happened? -Nothing, you're the Liaison officer.
So I want to liaison with you.
That's like the oldest line in the world.
But it seems to have worked. You're smiling.
Polio?
Fibular Hemimelia?
Anisomelia? No, no, no...
Congenital short femur perhaps?
Are we going to discuss all my body parts today?
No, of course not.
Thank you.
-How did it happen? -Accident.
Oh really?
I was going somewhere on the scooter with my dad
and we met with an accident.
It was my dad's fault...
And you still haven't forgiven him.
Daddy issues, huh?
I am sorry but this is not
appropriate and I don't appreciate this.
No, you are making me feel uncomfortable.
You can ask Mr. Sinha if you have any questions.
I am just concerned...
Okay well, I was going to ask Sinha but maybe I should just ask you.
What do you know about M?
-M? What? -M!
What... What M? I... You... You are speaking nonsense.
You know, I... I...
I don't think... I am done with this conversation actually.
Okay, can... can you drop me off at the IB headquarters right there?
I want to show you some pictures and videos of you.
You know, from when you were
dealing with the Russians in the jungle in Burma?
You know something? You look beautiful in photographs.
But, but you know...
-you are much better in real life. -Very... very funny.
And you think you are very smart?
Ah! That is... That is exactly
what my brother Bhombol, I mean...
Mrinmoy says, but I like hearing you say it.
Sir, are you okay?
Who pulls out a gun in a fist fight?
Cheater.
Mumtaz Afsari.
Intel confirmed that she is a Bangladeshi operative.
Lethal, dangerous, ruthless shoo...
Did you find anything?
All of Shanti Nag's IDs are fake sir.
We didn't find anything at her house either.
Not Shanti. Mumtaz Afs...
-Hey Baabi. -Yeah?
Mumtaz? M?
She could be M couldn't she?
By that logic, Mrinmoy could be M too.
You work in intelligence, you're greedy...
Happy?
Board.
Gupta...
knows the market value of the gas.
What is Gupta's profession?
-Scientist. -Are you sure it's not arms dealer?
-No. -Are you sure?
-Yeah. -Then how will he find a buyer?
The buyer will find him.
And we will find him before that happens.
The buyer found him already.
The buyer already found him!
And after that he decided to betray M.
But we have activated all of our agents,
there is no information on any new dealings.
Keep searching Bhombol, as far as the deal is concerned
it won't just be about the money.
He will also want safe passage for him and his family.
Okay.
Ashwin, Jadeja.
-Sir. -Sir.
FBI, Interpol, RAW,
contact whoever you want.
Any arms deal or safe passage anywhere in the world,
we need information on it before anyone else.
-Sir. -Just go.
You want to catch M, right?
-Then we need to find Gupta. -Yeah.
If we don't find Gupta, we won't find M either.
You don't worry,
I will use diplomatic pressure and figure something out.
Bhombol?
-Gupta's family-- -I have already given them protection.
Oh my...
Inform us if you are making fake documents for this man.
This is Gupta. If he requests safe passage for any deal then inform us.
Sir, we just got news on the deal of a new weapon at the China border.
They are offering both safe passage and 50 Lakh rupees in the deal.
-The seller must be Gupta. -Then we have to be the buyer.
And this news should not leave this room.
Sir.
We intercepted their call and
MYANMAR BORDER
changed the location of the deal from China to the Myanmar border.
and as per your plan, Snehashish, we are the buyer.
Now you will meet Gupta as the arms dealer.
We want Gupta.
We need to make a deal with him. Don't scare him.
Sir, Gupta is here.
Copy.
Did you bring it?
Um... the sample is safe.
Did you bring the money and the passports for me and my family?
Sample?
I told you, I have the sample.
We can use that to make more.
Just give me my money.
Where is the sample?
As soon as we reach Thailand
I will tell you the location of the sample in Calcutta.
No sample, no deal.
Let's head to Calcutta and get the sample.
I can't go back to Calcutta sir. I can't go back...
Okay, no sample no deal.
Okay sir, I will... I will...
If the sample falls into the wrong hands
there will be great destruction.
Your three scientist friends are all dead.
Now they're after you and your family.
Understand?
Run!
I want Gupta alive.
If you co-operate you will survive.
-Who are you? -Shanti Nag hired you, right?
Who is M? Is Shanti Nag...
What is the location of the sample?
It's all over sir.
Everything.
Nothing is over, Gupta.
You are still alive and so is your family.
You are a scientist not a criminal, okay?
And now you have got to do the right thing, okay?
Gupta, if anything goes wrong
just think about what Amrita will think of her own father?
You met Amrita, sir?
-Stick. -What?
Stick.
Where is the sample?
We have to get you somewhere safe, Gupta.
No sir.
I couldn't choose between right or wrong.
I don't deserve to be safe sir.
Please apologise to Amrita for me.
Get up. Up, up, up.
You will apologise to Amrita yourself, understand?
Let's go.
Gupta no!
-Let's get out of here. -Fuck!
-Come on. -Fuck...
Shit...
Check, check.
What?
-Yes? -Sir, M escaped.
-Our men lost her. -Copy.
Baabi?
So Gupta didn't tell you the location of the sample?
Well...
He did and he didn't.
Baabi don't do this.
Are you in the 3rd grade? Making riddles?
What did he say?
Where is the sample?
It is in Calcutta in a box sir.
I won't tell you where the box is sir.
No one will find it!
And maybe that is for the best.
That vial will be safe in that box, sir.
It is safe today and it will stay safe for a 100 years.
You can only open that box with a code sir.
If anyone types the wrong code or tries to open that box
then the sample will be destroyed sir.
The sample will destruct?
-That's good, right? -What if it doesn't?
How can we trust Gupta's words?
What if it leaks?
It will be a devastation.
So what do we do?
We need to forget that such a vial and box exists.
Just forget it Bhombol!
Countless people could lose their lives
and the great Snehashish Haldar wants us to forget it? Wonderful!
Oh my... then don't forget it!
When the media... The media will find out!
What happens then?
There will be panic all over the city and the country, Bhombol.
-Do you want that? -So we won't even try?
He hid it in a place that no one can find.
Go ahead and look for it. You won't find it.
But... you can find it, right sir?
He is the smartest guy in your office.
People will call you Sir Jadeja in the future.
Thank you for the compliment, but no thank you.
It's a difficult task.
Find the box first, then figure out the code,
then open the box and if something goes wrong...
self-destruct.
-Hello? -I am disappearing Bhombol.
Who knew about Gupta?
You, me and your two subordinates.
And yet this news reached Mumtaz.
And she reached my house.
There is some leak somewhere.
This was done by your two subordinates.
You have to get your house in order.
Okay, why don't you come over here and
I will figure out what information leaked from where, okay?
We don't know how far M's reach extends.
Where are you going?
You will know when the time is right.
-And Bhombol? -Yes?
Are you sure you're not M?
Just shut up. I will get in this phone and hit you on the other side.
-Bye. -Baabi, Baabi, listen...
LONPUR
Hello.
I wanted a room.
Name?
Uh... Home.
I know, it's...
First name?
She... uh... Shekhar Home.
Shekhar Home...
So your real name is Snehashish?
Is that the only thing you learnt from that whole story?
I learnt a lot of things.
Like lying to your closest friends.
Like how to lie and put other people's lives in danger.
The one thing I don't understand,
after hearing what Ajay Gupta said,
you didn't try to look for the vial even once?
That doesn't sound like your character my friend.
Sometimes you need to step out of your character to work.
It helps build drama.
What do we do now?
I will introduce you to M.
Look who is here.
Shekhar Home.