'7th Day'
Ladies and Gentlemen, it's Christmas Eve at Summer Sand.
Two hours to midnight and let's party!
'Consumption of alcohol is injurious to health.'
'Smoking is injurious to health.'
Midnight.
The most decisive minute of a day coming to its end.
Moments in which man does not pretend.
Self-realisation happens
not during broad daylight
but in the darkness of the night.
Love, revenge
fear, lust.
All the emotions have the same colour. Black.
And I'm in love with that colour.
Happy Christmas, sir. Your drink.
And I hate Christmas.
Lights, Santa Claus
and fake happiness.
It destroys the serenity that becomes the night.
I do not believe that every crime has a punishment.
Only a crime that is caught will be punished.
Punishments are for those crimes that see the light of the day.
Criminals who are not caught are free.
You! Don't you have eyes?
Where were you looking while driving?
I'm sorry. You slowed down suddenly
and I couldn't stop.
Are you injured? We can go to a hospital.
No. That's not required.
Damn! This isn't starting.
You're bleeding. Come, let's go to a hospital. I'll drop you.
I told you there's no need for that.
Vinu, the wound is deep. Let's go to a hospital.
We'll stop by at a workshop and ask them to fetch the bike. Come.
Please come. There's a hospital close by. I'll drop you in my car.
Come. Get in.
Come on.
By the way, I'm David.
Shan. - What do you do?
I'm a journalist.
Daily Times. I'm on deputation now.
I see.
Just a sprained hand. There's nothing to worry.
I've given him a painkiller.
Wait until we get the X-ray results.
If a fracture is ruled out, you may go immediately.
Thank you, doctor. - Okay.
The one with you..
He is my friend, Vinu.
Where were the two of you going at this hour of the night?
We were.. - Are you the ones who came with Vinu?
Yes. - He is missing.
What? - The patient in the next bed said he left through the back door.
Damn it!
Shan! Calm down. He must've gone for some reason.
It's Christmas eve, man. And the night is still young.
What do you know?
I have to find him!
Vinu!
What happened?
I don't know.
And my bike is stranded, too.
Get in. We'll look for him.
Someone could have seen him at the junction or the road.
Come.
'The number you're trying to call is currently switched off.'
'Please try again later.'
'The mobile you're calling is currently switched off.'
What is it, Shan? Is there any problem?
You know.. Maybe, I can help you.
First of all, I don't have a problem.
Even if I do, are you sure you'd be able to solve it?
No. I'm not sure. But I can try.
I did not introduce myself to you, Shan.
I'm David Abraham IPS.
Crime Branch, Special Investigation Division.
Right now, I'm on suspension.
And now, suddenly, you seem to have a problem.
No, sir. There is no problem.
And.. I'm extremely sorry about the accident.
I did not know. - That's all right.
Nice house.
This is our company guest house.
I stay alone in this house.
Please come in for a cup of coffee.
Who drinks coffee at this hour? Maybe some other time.
Goodnight. - Goodnight, sir.
Sorry for the trouble.
And Happy Christmas.
Happy? I don't know.
That's subjective, I guess.
"Let me hear the kick go boom."
"Yeah."
"Boom!"
"We go boom."
"Yeah. Yeah."
"King of the jungle, got my eyes on everything."
"Like Ali, I got a prize on every ring."
"Got a mind full of pain, and I'm always tied up in chains."
"Before you make a move, our only danger."
"How is your queen now? She won't complain."
"Fortune and pain, I'm changing my name."
"But I'm still the same, my mind over matter."
"The quest in my brain, let the truth unravel."
"The world tells us a tale."
"And time writes another one."
"In the quest of an unravelled mystery, we travellers go on."
"There are no uncertain paths."
"No unanswered questions."
"There are many more paths that we are yet to explore."
"Now bring the baseline."
"Can't trust my own shadow."
"Not aligned to follow."
"But I know truth is my motto."
"This is survival, not bravado."
"I'm in a battle with no weapon, just my intellect and lessons."
"Lay low. Stay close to the darkness."
"Keep the mind quiet. I can hear the backstabbers."
"Adrenaline takes over dopamine."
"No second chances. This is all for real."
"The world tells us a tale."
"And time writes another one."
"We're travellers who wander in search of the untold stories."
"There are no uncertain paths."
"No unanswered questions."
"There are many more paths that we are yet to explore."
"The world tells us a tale."
"And time writes another one."
"We're travellers who wander in search of the untold stories."
"There are no uncertain paths."
"No unanswered questions."
"There are many more paths that we are yet to explore."
"Yeah."
'I give up on my responsibilities of life.'
'I have no complaints against the ones I lost or who made me lose.'
'This is my fate.'
'And I accept it, not because I'm scared of my life or I hate it.'
'I'm doing this for my desire to die.'
'When you find my body beneath the waterfalls tomorrow'
'I would've reached another world. A world that's only mine.'
'A place that I've always dreamt of.'
Mister. - Yes?
Where's Girinagar Housing Colony?
It's a little more ahead. Are you going to Orchid Villa?
Orchid?
Yes. It's Orchid Villa.
It's the third house from here.
Thank you.
What's the matter?
Vinu, the boy who lived here..
His body was found below the hilltop.
They say he committed suicide.
His mother and other relatives have gone to identify his body.
The funeral might take place later this evening.
Shan.
I asked you last night if there was a problem.
I told you who I am.
I told you my rank as well.
But still, you did not open up to me.
You didn't expect me to believe all the bullshit
you told me last night, did you?
You and Vinu were going somewhere hurriedly and met with an accident.
Then, Vinu went missing from the hospital.
We looked for him all over town last night
but couldn't find him. Since then, you've been restless.
And look at your house now.
It is not in the same condition as it was yesterday.
Neither you nor this house.
Your friend, whom we looked for yesterday
Vinu, Vinu Ramachandran
committed suicide last night.
Maybe it's because I'm a policeman.
But in my perspective
nothing is right here.
I've known you for a very short time.
But I still believe you are innocent.
And that is why I wish to help you
officially or unofficially.
Let me repeat my question, Shan.
Is there a problem?
Yes, sir. There is.
My friends and I are in trouble
which we cannot get away from unless we go away from here.
It involves money.
A hell of a lot of money!
The problem has grown too big for us to be able to handle it.
Right now, to be frank
we are all running. We are all running for our lives, sir.
When you say money, how much money are you talking about?
Rs. 1.75 crores!
What?
Go and see.
Buddy.
Come in.
Was it him?
Cycle alias Cyril Samuel.
His father, Jacob Cyril, was a well-known personality.
With whatever he earned in over a decade in Saudi Arabia
he bought 200 acres of tea estate after returning to his native land
and started a tea factory.
It's been nine years since his demise.
The now-closed Cyril and Cyril's Tea Factory
and the bank notices that frequently come there
are the only memories left of Jacob Cyril.
Although it doesn't show, his family is in a pathetic state.
Vinu Ramachandran.
He is the only one among us who seemed to have a normal life.
Go and mind your business.
A house, mother and sister.
His father, Mr. Ramachandran who was an employee of SBI
died in a scooter accident suddenly.
They got a handsome amount as provident fund.
With that money, Vinu started an internet cafe and DTP centre.
The cafe was his bread and butter and our hangout.
Every group has one person who takes charge of everything.
The one who has the final word in all decisions.
A group leader. For us, it was Ebby. Ebineser.
He was brought up in a Catholic orphanage.
And maybe because of that, he was the most practical amongst us.
He was the manager of a distributor company
that only released Allu Arjun's movies in Malayalam.
Allu Arjun never signed more than two movies a year.
So, Ebby was free most of the time.
Ebby, what's the plan? - Ask him. It's his plan.
Shan asked his aunt to call up her husband to say that she was leaving
because a relative of theirs wasn't keeping well.
The plan is to surprise his uncle when he returns at night.
A birthday surprise.
I think he is coming. - Uncle is coming. Come on.
Come on. - Set it up fast.
Shan. - It was my Uncle's 55th birthday.
Under the pretext of a surprise birthday party
we'd taken Rs. 5,000 from aunt
which is why we're so enthusiastic.
Bring it quickly.
Don't light it now. Wait. - Stand straight.
Happy Birthday to you..
Happy birth..
Who is she?
Let's go.. - He's in trouble..
Happy birthday, sir.
Uncle, aunt..
There's one more person who completes our group.
Jessica. Jessy, Ebby's sister.
Sister, as in, she was only three years old
when she was brought to the Green Mead Orphanage.
Since then, she and Ebby grew up together.
In a lot of ways, she was the nucleus of our group.
"Like the birds that flap their colourful wings"
"and flock together in unity."
"Beneath an umbrella of love and affection"
"let us stick together, without ever parting ways."
"Let us not allow this flame of love to douse."
"Let us be the apple of each other's eyes."
"I'll be there for you."
"From the bottom of my heart, I say"
"I'll be there for you."
"Let me whisper in your ears"
"I'll be there for you."
"Locking fingers with each other, let us walk together."
"Let us feel the cold breeze that plays mischief with us."
"Let us wander around and shower each other with love."
"Let us enjoy this unconditional and endless love."
"Like the dawn blooms, I embrace the morning rays."
"Come, let me be your blue sky."
"I'll be there for you."
"From the bottom of my heart, I say"
"I'll be there for you."
"Let me whisper in your ears"
"I'll be there for you. - I'll be there for you."
"Yeah! Now, stop. Yeah, we're in this together we got."
"One life, we heard it together."
"No matter the bad sands, no matter the weather."
"We only fly one wind. We're burst our feathers, come on.'
"Together we could see, together we could read."
"Together life is limitless, set your spirit free."
"Set your spirit free."
"You crept into me in this beautiful, glowing night."
"Like the cold night, you swam in me."
That is when we discovered Vinu was in love with Jessy.
When we realised that Jessy loved him as well
it was celebration time for us.
"Like a sweet dream"
"you came into this heart."
"I'll be there for you."
"From the bottom of my heart, I say"
"I'll be there for you."
"From the bottom of my heart, I say"
"I'll be there for you."
"Let me whisper in your ears"
"I'll be there for you."
"I'll be there for you. - I'll be there for you."
"From the bottom of my heart, I say"
"I'll be there for you. - I'll be there for you."
"Let me whisper in your ears."
"I'll be there for you."
Then what happened? - Nothing. You have known enough.
Okay, I'll make a move now.
I have to reach office early tomorrow morning. Okay?
Is it time? - Ebby, please drop me home.
At this hour? Sit for some more time.
No, it's already too late. - Okay, see you guys.
Bye. - I'll see you tomorrow morning. Okay?
Cycle.. - Ebby, let's go.
Dude, you clean this mess and come down.
Let me call and speak to her.
Is it my turn again? - She must be upset with me.
Goodnight, buddy. - Goodnight. - Goodnight.
Jessy, it's me. Were you sleeping?
Everyone joins to have a drink, but it's just me for cleaning.
Where's the dustbin?
Couldn't they at least push the chairs back to their places?
How did it go there?
This has to be cleaned, too.
Okay, then. Goodnight. I love you too.
Cycle!
Cycle! Hey!
Where were you? Get in..
'As the government has taken over Pariyaram Medical College, people'
'hope for development in the health sector in North Malabar.'
'Pariyaram Medical College..'
Here. - Vinu. - Yes?
There's a call for you. - Who is it?
I have no idea.
Hello.
What's the matter, sir?
Step aside. - On what grounds are you doing this?
Go downstairs and ask the CI.
Sir, please tell me what is going on.
Sir, this is not a petty case.
This internet cafe is my bread and butter. Do you have a warrant?
Sir, you cannot search without a warrant.
Yes, we can.
There's nothing inside.
Sir, what is not there?
You will know it gradually.
Come on.
What will you know gradually? Mr. Victor is not a bad guy.
They frisked my cafe by throwing everything around.
Someone must've informed them about drugs or porn DVDs in your cafe.
They didn't find anything there. Neither did they summon you.
Forget about it. We'll deal with it.
'A lone scout swims ahead of his squad'
'before they make an open-water crossing.'
'The drop-offs in the dark grounds'
'are feeding grounds.'
Damn!
Divya, get the emergency lamp. - Okay.
Divya!
- Divya.
Divya!
Mom!
Mom..
Rs. 1.75 crores!
Do you know the number of digits in that? Do you?
One? Two? Three?
It has eight! Eight digits.
Rs. 1.75 crores.
Assume you have it with you.
Your own. Your own fucking money. Okay?
One day, it got stolen from you.
What would you do?
You'd inform the police.
You'd inform the police, won't you?
No.. That's not possible.
Because you're not on good terms
with the police.
Mom..
What else would you do?
There's a limit to the places where one can hide
such a huge amount, isn't it?
Suppose, you find the person who stole it.
What will you do next?
You did a great job! Good try.
Will you appreciate him like that?
Or will you kill him?
No! What is the thrill in killing him?
If I was in your place while returning with the money
I'd pull out an eye, ear
or 4-5 fingers of the thief.
Like this.
I'm Charlie.
My employer, Mr. Christopher
has lost Rs. 1.75 crores.
He has given me the responsibility of recovering the money.
I'll give you day and a half.
That's 36 hours.
If you possess anything that does not belong to you
hand it back to me within that time.
I still cannot guarantee
that your life will be spared.
Because the one you messed with is Christopher.
Christopher Moriarty.
Rs. 1.75 crores?
What money?
Shan, that's not the question here.
Who is he? I mean, who is this Charlie?
Charlie? Is he really talking about the same person?
Yes, it's the same Charlie.
Why else did he mention Christopher's name?
Christopher is not an ordinary man, as far as I have heard.
Ebby, what do you know about him?
Three years ago, my senior, Mr. Anwar Abdullah
submitted a feature about Christopher.
Out of fear, no one in the editorial section supported
to telecast the feature.
Three days later, we saw him hanging dead in his apartment.
It was a murder! They killed him.
Drat!
But if Charlie has come personally..
Vinu, tell me the truth. Are you hiding something from us?
Ebby, I'm speaking the truth. I know nothing about the money.
I haven't even heard of this man.
I would've told you if there was something.
Mom and Divya are really scared.
I have no clue what to do.
Where were you? Do you know what happened today?
What's the matter?
What is it, Cycle? What's wrong with you?
Vinu, I'm sorry.
I did not expect this to happen.
I'm the one who took the money.
What money?
Goodnight. - Goodnight. - Goodnight.
This needs to be cleaned, too.
What's this?
Cycle!
Cycle! Hey!
The same night.. - Get in.
I went back to the internet cafe.
Why didn't you tell this to us?
Ebby, I told you. It just happened.
That is what I felt like doing at that particular moment.
You know the condition of my family.
Where is the money?
I've kept it in my dad's tea factory.
Tea factory? Are you out of your mind?
It's safe over there.
I've hidden it in the drainage behind the warehouse in my factory.
Damn!
Come, let's go and take the money right away.
We'll give it back when they come tomorrow and sort this out.
Now? At this time of night?
The police and those goons will be out at this hour.
If we're caught by any night patrols, it's over!
Vinu.
I think he is right.
Let us wait till morning.
Where is it? - This way.
Come carefully.
Here.
Shan.
Pull.
Ebby, the money!
Vinu..
I..
The money..
Cycle, don't play games with us.
Tell me! Where's the money?
Are you not satisfied? You've put my family's life in danger.
I swear! I had kept the money there.
Why would I lie to you in this situation?
Where did the money disappear?
I don't know.
I have also heard about what he said.
In a place where there are not many people
one person keeps a money bag, and the other one collects it.
That's how their dealings are done.
But then, where's the money that he had hidden?
Believe me. IF kept the cash there.
Then where is it, Cycle?
They will have many ways to track their money.
They just have to hide a mobile phone in the stitches of the bag.
With the help of GPS, they would've traced it and taken it away.
If it were that easy, why would they come looking for me?
We won't be able to handle this.
For now, let us stay away from this place.
But why? We haven't committed a crime.
Let us file a police complaint.
Good idea! Stop being foolish, Vinu.
The police won't be able to help us.
Haven't you heard about Christopher?
There's a lodge in Kuttalam that belongs to my friend.
I can stay there as long as I want.
We'll be safe there.
Vinu, Charlie and his gang will look for you.
Whoever has taken the money from here
would have definitely seen Cycle.
So, it's better that the two of you don't go together.
You come with me.
Shan, you go to the place with Vinu.
I'll explain everything to Jessy.
Ask your mom and sister to move to a safer place.
We don't have any other option at the moment.
Ebby, yes. We have left.
Right turn from Adoor, isn't it?
Okay. We'll take that route.
Shan, shall we go? - Okay. - God!
I just don't get it.
Will skipping town solve our problems?
Even if we do so, how many days will we stay out?
Where will we arrange so much money from?
Yes, Mom. Did you reach there?
No, we haven't reached Kuttalam.
Don't call me again. Cell networks will not be there.
Okay.
Okay, Mom. I'll call you.
Shan! Get out!
It's Charlie. Let me go!
Open the door!
Vinu!
Vinu..
Let me go!
Let him go!
Leave him!
Vinu, run! Go away! Escape!
Vinu, go!
We were lucky enough to have gotten away that day.
After Vinu and I were separated that day
I know nothing about what happened to them.
The next time I saw Vinu was last night.
Relax, Shan. Just relax.
Good morning, Sister. - Good morning.
I want to meet the Convent Head.
Father Ruben is the Head.
He is undergoing treatment since a month due to health problems.
Sister Veronica is in charge right now.
The first room on the right is hers.
Thank you.
Peace be upon you. - Upon you as well. Be seated.
Thanks.
Yes? - My name is David.
I'm a professor of Physics in the University College.
I'm here to see one of my old students.
Ebby. Ebineser.
Ebby.. But he isn't here.
You mean.. Has he gone out? I can wait.
No, sir. He vacated two days ago
with another girl, who lived here.
Jessy. They got married. It was a court marriage.
Jessy?
Did Ebby marry Jessy?
I know, sir. It was difficult for us to believe.
None of us ever thought they had such a relationship.
Both of them were stationed outside after they got a job.
They came here last week.
The two of them looked very tense in the last week.
They hardly spoke to anyone.
Ebby came up to me and said
he loved Jessy and wanted to marry her.
He completed all the formalities needed to leave with her.
They didn't even bid the nuns here goodbye.
They just told me to pray for them, before they left.
It was a shock for you, wasn't it? - Yes.
Of course. It was a shock to some extent.
But I heard Jessy talking over the phone before she left.
No. I haven't told anyone.
If everyone knows, it will become an issue.
I will try not to cry while leaving from here.
It's okay.
After all, I'm coming with you.
Okay.
Did they try to contact you after that?
No. Not till date.
They didn't even give me the address of the place they went to.
Okay. I came to invite Ebby for a function in our college.
Anyway, I'm leaving.
All right. May God bless you, my son.
Thank you.
I was in Bangalore for the past week.
I heard the news after I returned.
What was the matter? What happened to him?
He was depressed for the past few days.
He had once told me that he was in love with a girl
of some other religion.
But.. For a failure in love..
Maybe because I know Vinu well
I just can't believe it.
But there was no such issue with their relationship.
What was the name of the girl?
Jessy. - Yes. You're right.
She had called that day. It was I, who answered the call.
Hello. Yes.
Vinu, it's for you.
I'm coming.
Hello.
Yes. I just came. Why did you call again?
Jessy, please don't mess up everything.
Yes.
Vacate the hostel and come with him.
All right. I'll be there.
Did Jessy come here later?
No.
I see.
Okay. I'll leave now. - Okay.
A son's death when his mother is alive.
Is that why
you cremated him this way?
Do you believe in omens?
If you do, light a lamp at the foot of the grave.
It's only been two days since his death.
Nothing can be forgotten \ so soon.
On Christmas night, Ebby and Jessy leaves the orphanage.
Sister Veronica is unaware that they were going to meet Vinu.
The same night
when Shan and Vinu were on a bike, they meet with an accident.
Then Vinu goes missing from the hospital.
And again, the same night, he commits suicide.
Simon.
Damn! Simon!
Where's my parking space? This has repeatedly been happening.
Sorry, ma'am. It was very busy this morning. I didn't notice.
You didn't notice! I don't want to hear any excuses.
I know you're not capable anymore for this job, at this age.
I sympathised with you and thought
you'll earn some money and hence, didn't recruit new staff.
But all you have to say is sorry.
Find a parking space for my car.
If you cannot, you need not come from tomorrow.
Ma'am, please..
I'll clear the space right away. You needn't wait. I'll park it.
Mister. - Yes?
Park her car in the space I just vacated.
No, sir.. - It's okay. I'll park my car outside. - Okay.
Thank you so much, sir. She is the Superintendent.
Had you not moved your car, she would've wreaked havoc.
She is already mad at me.
Don't you keep a slot free for the Superintendents?
My dear sir, I usually keep two slots free for her.
But if any emergency cases arrive
I never feel like asking them to move out.
That old hag doesn't understand that.
Mr. Simon. - Yes?
When someone helps another without expecting anything in return
we judge him as a good man.
But what will you call a person who expects a help in return?
That's a good question. Tell me. What can I do for you?
I will definitely help you if it is within my limits.
No. It's not a big task.
I'm looking for the young man in this photograph across the city.
Do you remember seeing him in the hospital or its vicinity?
This man.. Yes. Three or four days..
No. He has come here many times.
I see. Do you have any idea why he would've come here?
Sir, my duty is only outside the hospital. Enquire at the reception.
Were any of these people with him?
These people? No, sir. I haven't seen any of them.
Okay.
Excuse me.
I'm here to see a friend of mine admitted here.
His name? - Vinu Ramachandran.
When was he admitted?
It's been almost a week.
Okay.
Sorry. There is no one admitted by this name.
I see.
Is it possible that he saw a doctor without registering his name?
No, sir. No doctor would attend a patient who hasn't registered here.
I see.
Did you get any information, sir? - No luck.
Enquire in the laboratory.
If he went there, his name wouldn't be in the enquiry register.
They maintain a separate register.
That's the laboratory complex.
Hi. - Yes?
When I went to the enquiry, they sent me here. - Yes?
Has anyone named Vinu Ramachandran come here
to perform any tests in the last week?
Sorry. As per the hospital policy, we cannot share the test results
of any patient without a doctor's confirmation letter.
I don't want the test results.
I just want to know if he came here.
Vinu Ramachandran.
No, sir. There's no one registered by that name.
Oh! Okay.
Is this the phone number of your lab?
Yes, it is.
Is he the person you were talking about?
Yes. He is the one.
He came once to test his blood group.
You just told me it was against your hospital policy
to leak the details of any test.
That's right. I told you this because we didn't test his sample.
And so, it's not official.
Why didn't you test his blood sample?
He didn't come to get his blood tested.
He had brought a blood sample.
He had added a chemical to it so that the blood does not clot.
We don't accept samples with foreign elements in it.
I see.
Did he come here again?
No, sir.
Right. Thank you.
Okay.
Oh, is it lunch time?
Sir, my wife made this.
Do you want to join me? I must say, she is a good cook.
I'll pass, Mr. Simon. I have a lot of work to do.
Is there a laboratory nearby?
I mean, a local one.
Usually, there are one or two near every big hospital.
Yes, there is one. It's the third one to the right.
It's named 'Archana' or 'Arya'.
Really?
Delicious! Really nice!
No! The 29th won't do.
Let's see what can be done.
Shut up! Not at all.
Come.. I'll show you what I can do.
Really? Then, what happened? - Excuse me.
I'll call you back. Okay.
David Abraham IPS.
Crime Branch, Special Investigation division.
Sit down.
I know this is an illegal establishment
and you perform all the tests that no hospital does.
Right from gender tests, you do a lot of illegal activities.
But I'm not here to enquire about that.
Did you get scared?
'Did you get scared?'
I'm here regarding an ongoing investigation.
I suspect one of our suspects
came here a few days ago
to perform a blood test.
He is the one. Have you seen him anywhere around here?
What? - Here.
This guy..
Sir, he came here many times last week.
Many times?
Four or five times, at least.
Every time, he brought a different blood sample to be tested.
I see.
May I see those test results?
Sure. Why not? I'll get it right away.
Here it is.
Will you give me a copy of this file?
You may keep it. We don't keep any records in our lab. - Really?
Thank you.
That's my mobile number.
Just give me a missed call.
Taking into account Vinu's mysterious actions
I'm sure that he was in dire need of money.
And so, his ATM card's transaction details
can be a very important lead for us.
It's a big task to find details of an ATM card without an owner.
Anyway, I will try from my side.
But do you know what is interesting?
Vinu was in this city for the past week.
During the same week
he went to a private lab six times to get blood groups tested.
28 blood samples!
A positive, B positive
AB positive, O positive.
When these common blood groups were repeated
he kept going there
to identify the group of the blood samples he collected.
At last, on Christmas day
Vinu went to the lab on the seventh consecutive day.
He had a very rare blood group that day.
It was O negative, his own blood group.
Post that
he never went to the lab again or maybe he couldn't.
Because that is the night he committed suicide.
I'm sure
that he was looking for a sample of his own blood group.
His search that extended for six days ended
in the General Hospital's mortuary on the seventh day.
The seventh day, when God rested after six days
of creating the universe.
The seventh day!
Come on.. Yes, that's it. Stop.
Hello, sir. What?
Where's the mortuary?
It's over there.
'Mortuary'
What is it?
This man has come here at least four times.
What did he tell you so that you let him in?
His friend had gone missing.
Every morning, he'd come to identify bodies.
Then? - I didn't allow him in the beginning.
Then why did you allow him? Did he give you something?
Okay. Forget about it.
Did a body go missing recently? - No.
No, sir.
That's not what your face says.
To be precise, two days ago
this young man, Vinu Ramachandran
came here for one last time.
That day, a body with O negative blood group
went missing from here.
Within 24 hours, the young man's dead body was also brought here.
The blood group of that body was O negative as well.
If I know all these details
you must be knowing when the right time
to speak the truth is, Peter.
Sir, I know nothing.
Usually, I work on the day shift.
But that night..
Here. - Okay. - Okay.
Sir, that wasn't an ambulance.
I saw his face very clearly.
I'll give you the details of Vinu's ATM transactions.
He has withdrawn Rs. 40,000 every day from December 20th to 24th.
On December 25th, he withdrew Rs. 18,500.
The current balance in his account is Rs. 133.
Okay?
No. I don't remember.
Doctor, it's you who performed a post-mortem on his body
last Sunday evening.
I see. You're talking about the suicide case. I remember now.
That body was totally mutilated.
I'm not even sure if the body had all the parts.
Don't you know him otherwise?
What do you mean?
Before he was mutilated or his face was crushed
have you never seen him before?
Yes! You have seen him alive.
You have seen him only as a live person.
A tattoo helped you to identify the mutilated body as Vinu's.
This identification mark that you have highlighted in your report
was hardly a few hours old.
To be precise, that was just an imitation tattoo
made in a hurry.
A dead body went missing from your hospital.
A body on which post-mortem was already performed once.
You repeated a post-mortem on that body
and based on the same blood group and the tattoo
you identified and certified it as Vinu's body.
How much were you paid for this job, Doctor?
Are you mad?
All right. I'll explain the rest.
Your watchman says that Vinu had come to see you before all of this.
Just before you declared Vinu to be dead
he had used his ATM card to withdraw
the maximum amount of Rs. 40,000 per day
for five consecutive days.
What I want to know is how much you received from that amount.
Mister, I know you.
I'm also aware of your do or die attitude.
That is the only reason why I listened to all you said.
But the truth is beyond what you seek.
You don't know what I am in this field.
Maybe that's why you put so low a price for me.
With all the experience I have gained in my long career
let me tell you one thing. It was a pure case of suicide.
He died of his head hitting a rock.
He died on Saturday night at around midnight.
The tattoo on his hand was at least a few weeks old.
And no, it's not an imitation.
Yes. No doctor's words are final on a death certificate.
A re-post-mortem can be claimed or done anytime.
But not a single word
written on that report will be changed.
Try your luck, man. You may give it a try. But I am sure
that he is the one who died.
It must be difficult for your ego to accept this fact.
But, you're completely mistaken.
You have lost here.
All right, doctor. As you said, I might be mistaken.
But if I have another doubt in this case
a re-post-mortem will surely have to be performed.
We will have to meet once again.
But then, I won't be questioning you
in this manner.
Karna, Napoleon, Bhagat Singh.
These three men are my heroes.
You see the irony, don't you?
All three of them failed.
So, I am okay if I fail despite trying hard.
But I play only to win.
I always play to win.
I will come at 11:00 p.m. Keep a dead body ready.
Hey! What is this?
Okay.
Here.
Sir, after three hours..
We didn't need the body we took from you. Take it back.
I cannot take it back. - You have to. You need not return the money.
They're troubling me at midnight.
Mr. Shan.. Shan Shahar?
I'm Victor, the North CI.
We need to talk. Get in.
Shan, to know the truth of the story you told me
I travelled many a different path.
Right now, I want to know your version of the remaining story.
I had no other option but this.
I hope you understand.
I don't know if it is because you are very scared
but I'm sure you will speak the truth.
That is why I like you.
Vinu's death is the mystery
haunting you and me right now.
I want you to tell me everything since you and Vinu got separated
to Christmas night, when you
were together on a bike and met with an accident with my jeep.
I will, sir.
I will tell you all that you want to know.
But I need your help.
I can't take it anymore.
The night after the accident
when I was running for my life
I had no clue who was chasing me or where Vinu went.
I couldn't think of anything.
I was all alone.
The next day, I managed to reach the lodge at Kuttalam.
None of them was there.
I made calls from there to the orphanage
and to both Vinu's and Cycle's houses.
I got to know none of them
went back or even tried to contact anyone back there.
After that, I tried calling their phones many times.
Their mobile phones were switched off.
But on that Christmas night..
Paracetamol, please.
Give me two strips.
Thanks.
Where were you all these days?
Where are the others?
Tell me! Don't you understand what I'm asking?
Shan, I'll tell you. Wait.. - Tell me!
Shan, I'll tell you.
Okay.
Who was that? - Shan, I'll tell you..
Who was he? - I'll tell you everything. Start the bike.
Vinu, where are we going now?
Where are Ebby and Cycle?
Shan, please calm down. I'll tell you everything.
All our problems are going to end. You just speed up.
Shan!
There are so many questions on our minds right now.
But what you need right now
is protection. Protection for your life.
And I can provide you with that.
Is this Charlie, the man you were talking about?
Yes, sir.
Will you give me two days? Just 48 hours.
All the problems troubling you will be sorted out by then.
You can trust me, Shan.
You can trust me.
Why did you bring him here?
He did not tell us anything new.
Victor, one of these four people..
One who knew everything about Vinu's plans
is the person responsible for Vinu's death.
After Vinu died, it must be him
who took his body to the mortuary.
Whoever the person was, he is the one
who drove the van that had only one headlight.
How can we be sure that it's one of these four?
There are lots of other possibilities.
What if there's a fifth person other than these four?
Let us analyse the whole story.
First one is Shan Shahar.
Obviously, he wasn't driving the van.
Because that night, when I met Shan and Vinu for the first time
they were together on a bike right in front of my jeep.
At the same time, the van was right behind my jeep.
So, the remaining ones are
Cycle, Jessy and Ebby.
Ebby.
As Sister Veronica from the Green Meadow Orphanage said
Ebby and Jessy left at 10:00 p.m. from there.
Vinu died at around 12:00 p.m. the same night.
Okay, but the hilltop waterfalls where Vinu died
is around 1 hour and 45 minutes from the orphanage.
It is possible for Ebby to reach there before 12:00 p.m.
In that case, couldn't Ebby have taken his body to the mortuary?
True. Ebby, who left the orphanage at 10:00 p.m.
could have reached the hilltop waterfalls before 12:00 p.m.
He could also have gone to the mortuary to return the body.
But the night watchman on duty at the mortuary
told me the person who took the body
was the same one to return it.
The first time he went there to collect the body was 10:30.p.m.
Ebby, who left the orphanage at 10 p.m.
could not have reached there.
Now, let's move on to Jessy.
In this scenario, she would be the last person to commit the crime.
Because she has no motive.
She'd gain nothing from Vinu's death.
No. It's just that we don't know what she could have gained.
She could have had a motive Shan and we are not aware of.
It is certainly possible.
Possible, but not probable.
Why? - Jessy was with Ebby from the time
she left the orphanage.
An opportunity that Ebby could not get in this while
and that too, for a motive unknown to any of us..
The chances are too slim.
If we rule out Jessy..
Cycle!
Cyril Samuel.
He is the one who was always in need of money.
That is why he took the bag and money
from Vinu's internet cafe.
And that is the root cause of all this trouble.
He hid that from his friends.
It shows us how desperate he is.
It's desperation that leads a fragile mind to commit a crime.
Hello. Yes, it's Victor. Who is it?
No, don't come to the station. I'll be there.
I was in jail for three years in a similar case, sir.
I identified it the moment I got it.
It's a grade-one counterfeit.
Only Christy's men use these notes.
That is why I called you as soon as I noticed it.
Usually, they never leak such notes.
For which bus did he buy a ticket?
For the Airbus to Bangalore at 8:00 p.m. tonight.
His name is Cyril Samuel.
Yes, stop here.
How much? - Rs. 100.
Cyril Samuel.
Where are your friends?
Welcome, Mr. Vinu Ramachandran.
Welcome back from the dead.
Now that Vinu Ramachandran has come back from dead
anyone would have a bunch of questions to ask him.
I know you would have cooked up
an intelligent story to convince us all with your answers.
But you can save all that.
Because the police, the law, the judiciary or justice
are all outside this boundary.
Here, the only person you have to convince is Shan.
So, like as I said, you have no restrictions.
You may start narrating your story, without any restrictions.
Vinu.
You may speak up right now.
Otherwise, after a couple of days
I too, am ready to read what happened
under a newspaper headline.
But if I can bring you back alive within seven days of your death
you'd better understand that I have
travelled on the roads you've been many times, in the past few days.
If you still have the confidence to tell another lie
go ahead. Take me on.
That night, after I escaped from Charlie and his men
I managed to reach the lodge at Kuttalam somehow.
Vinu, what happened? Where's Shan?
Ebby, Charlie is watching us very closely.
I managed to escape somehow.
Where is Shan? - I have absolutely no clue.
I told you we wouldn't be able to handle this.
If they find Shan..
Hello. Yes, Aunt.
Ebby, what shall we do now?
They went to my house yesterday and damaged everything there.
They want us. Why are they going to our houses?
They will find us before tomorrow morning, no matter where we are.
I wish we were dead.
Cycle, Charlie does not know that it was you who took the money.
So, you will be safe if you stay away for a few days.
But Vinu..
Their money went missing from your shop.
So, Charlie thinks you have taken the money.
We don't have the money to return to him.
It's a huge amount.
They will come looking for you until they get the money back.
Or..
Just as Cycle said, until you are dead.
Will the problems end if I die?
Yes, it will.
What?
This is the only way to escape from this situation.
Let us play.
We'll stand together and execute a foolproof plan.
Unclaimed dead bodies
are usually sent to the medical college mortuary.
Such bodies are either given to the students for academic purposes
or cremated by the government.
That is where we have a chance.
We need to find a dead body with your blood group.
The post-mortem is the only hurdle left.
A body that is cremated as per your custom after a post-mortem
cannot be used for re-post-mortem or an identity check ever.
The blood does not clot in a body for 48 hours after one's death.
We can collect blood until then.
Even dry blood can be used to check the blood group.
If an anti-coagulant is added to it, no lab will find out.
My mom did not utter a word when I explained this to her.
But Jessy did not agree to it.
Finally, when I told her we had no other way, she agreed.
"On a path filled with darkness"
"breaks the dawn."
"The sun rises up in the sky with all its might"
"to show us the right path."
"An eclipse is departing."
"And we find yet another way."
"This is life."
See? Post-mortem is conducted by the assistants.
Just a doctor and a few of his assistants.
The surgeon will only sign on the report.
These are the people who prepare the reports.
We need to influence them.
"Let us hold hands."
"Let us tread the path, together.."
"Let us spread our wings."
"We need to fly high and away to a distant land."
"After a heavy rainfall"
"will the sunshine find its way?"
"After flowing for a while"
"will a river find new banks?"
"There are so many paths to be seen here."
"Will victory be ours?"
"This is life."
"This is a battlefield. Let us face it."
"Let us face the battle. Let us hold hands."
"Let us create new history."
"Let us spread our wings."
"We need to fly high and away to a distant land."
We didn't share this with Shan intentionally.
We knew he wouldn't have agreed.
All four of us knew that.
On Christmas, the day we were ready for the plan
I found the body I was looking for.
I came back to this city for one last time that night.
Ebby, I've collected the body.
Cycle and I are going to the hilltop.
Okay. You get Jessy and be there. All right.
Where were you all these days? Where were you?
Shan.. - Where are the others? - I'll tell you.
Tell me! Don't you understand what I'm asking you?
Answer me! - I'll tell you, Shan. Please wait.
Cycle.. - Isn't that Shan?
Don't get worked up. I'll deal with him.
You follow his bike for now. Okay? - Okay.
I'll tell you everything. Start the bike.
That is the day we met for the first time.
When I was with Shan on his bike
Shan did not know that Cycle was following us.
I was wondering how to get rid of Shan and that is when
we collided with your jeep.
Come. Let's go to a hospital. I'll drop you.
I told you that's not required. - Vinu!
The wound is deep. Let's go to a hospital.
We'll stop by at a workshop on the way and ask them to fetch the bike.
Come. There's a hospital close by. I'll drop you in my jeep.
I ran from the clinic without informing anyone.
I reached below the hilltop with Cycle.
"This is life."
"This is a battlefield.." - Where were you?
Vinu, what happened? What happened to your forehead?
I'll tell you later. - Ebby, come on.
"This is a battlefield." - Ebby.
"Let us hold hands."
"Let us tread the path together. Let us spread our wings."
"We need to fly high and away to a distant land."
Okay.
I will believe you.
I will believe all that you told me.
Just one question. If you give me a convincing answer
to the one question I ask.
Ebby. Where is he?
I know what happened to him.
My question is how it happened.
Was it just a mistake you made at hilltop?
You are not a fool to give that cliche, are you?
So, tell me. What really happened?
Vinu, a policeman can make out only one reason from your silence.
You killed him. You killed Ebby, didn't you?
No. Vinu is innocent.
I'll tell you.
I will tell you what happened.
Ebby, I'm shivering in fear.
You're a fool, Vinu.
You created evidence to prove that you committed suicide.
Not to convince just Christopher, but the entire world.
Any dead body found from this waterfall tomorrow
will be identified as yours by your own mom.
Right now, if you slip from here
that will be declared as suicide tomorrow.
Anyone can kill you now, including me.
Ebby! You.. What are you saying?
Jessy.
She held my hand and walked with me right from our childhood days.
You all made her my sister as per your convenience.
You should have realised what she meant to me.
You should have realised that.
Ebby.. - I cannot.
I cannot let her be yours.
If you die, Jessy will be left with no other option
but to come with me.
I have waited for so long.
If I wait for some more time, she'll get over you.
And then, she will be mine.
I'm sorry, Vinu. I have no other option.
Cycle. - Yes?
It's been quite some time since they went up there.
They should've come back by now.
Vinu, I am the one who kept the money in your internet cafe
and informed the police.
But Cycle foiled all my plans.
Else, everything would have ended with the police raid.
I stole the money once again from Cycle's factory.
But you managed to escape from Charlie
and reached the lodge in Kuttalam, right in front of me.
Finally, I scared you into deciding to end your life.
I didn't plan all this to save you, Vinu.
My intention was to kill you.
Without any flaws, I wanted to kill you.
Ebby!
Ebby, why did you stop?
Come on. Kill me. Go ahead and kill me.
Didn't you say that I'm a fool? Yes, I am.
I trusted you. Actually, all of us did.
But I have no regrets because I did this for all of us.
I did this for Jessy, Cycle, Shan, myself and you, too.
You didn't hesitate to even drag my mom and sister into this.
How could you do this, Ebby?
Weren't you cheating us all?
Vinu. - Ebby! This is still in between us.
Let us sort it out.
Jessy. Forget it. It's between us.
Forget it. Forgive him.
Ebby, forget about it.
No!
I won't be able to forgive you for this, Ebby.
You plotted all this
and made us suffer so much, so you could kill Vinu.
I can never forget that. Never!
No, Jessy. I don't want you to forgive me.
I never wanted things to take such a turn.
Vinu, the money is in the van.
I don't want that either.
The problems you went through because of the money
were my problems too
right from the moment I kept the bag in your cafe.
I cannot give the money back at this stage.
Neither can I be a part of our gang
like before.
So, then..
Why should I live?
Jessy, I loved you a lot. I loved you a lot.
I'm sorry.
Ebby!
- Ebby! - Ebby!
Ebby.. - Cycle, Ebby..
No..
Ebby!
Ebby..
Ebby!
Ebby's body was shattered and beyond identification.
And hence, Vinu's mom
identified Ebby's body as her son's in the hospital next day.
The tattoo that Ebby and Vinu shared.
Identical blood groups.
Everything was in favour to make Ebby's death look like Vinu's.
To a certain extent, it was a coincidence.
It was in fact, quite a brilliant plan.
But isn't there a question still haunting you all?
Yes, there is.
Where did Ebby get so much money from?
Or should I say, where did Ebby get all that counterfeit money from?
Vinu, the money Ebby hid in your internet cafe
was fake currency worth Rs. 1.75 Crores.
Grade-one counterfeit currency.
You, Shan, Jessy and Cycle did not know the real Ebby.
None of you ever knew that side of Ebby.
He was one among the hundreds of Christopher Moriarty's carriers.
Ebby used the money
Christopher gave him to rid you from his life.
Counterfeit money. If it is used by someone who doesn't know
how to do so, not only will he and the money be caught
but also the entire gang
that's involved in it.
That is the reason Christopher came looking for the money
and not Ebby, after knowing the money had gone missing.
The money that is now in your custody.
You have become a part
of a huge organised crime racket, because of Ebby.
But now that he is no more
I think your role in it is over.
Due to extreme fear
four children committed blunders, one after the other.
That is how I see things, now that everything is over.
So, you may leave after leaving the money here.
I can close the case easily
with an FIR stating to have found all the money
in an unclaimed bag.
But make it fast before I change my mind.
David Abraham is being kind to you.
But Christopher or our judiciary may not be that kind tomorrow.
Go on, Vinu. Leave the money, take your friends
and go home.
Consider this as a final settlement.
Right now, right here
you must forget about this money.
In return, I give you my word.
No one will ever come looking for you.
Goodnight.
Vinu.
Keys!
Shan.
We wanted to tell you everything.
But Ebby told us.. - Stop the car. - What?
Shan, we never expected things to end this way.
We wanted to.. - Stop the car!
Whom did we give the money to?
What?
Whom did we hand over the money to?
To Mr. David Abraham.
Who is David Abraham?
What are you saying?
It is you who..
David Abraham IPS, Crime Branch.
We have known him only for one night.
The man we met
the man who was with us all this while.
How can we be sure
he was really David Abraham, a cop?
Rs. 1.75 crores!
The money is intact. Happy New year, Christopher.
"Let me hear the kick go boom."
"Yeah."
"Boom!"
"We go boom."
"Yeah. Yeah."
"King of the jungle, got my eyes on everything."
"Like Ali, I got a prize on every ring."
"Got a mind full of pain, and I'm always tied up in chains."
"Before you make a move, our only danger."
"How is your queen now? She won't complain."
"Fortune and pain, I'm changing my name."
"But I'm still the same, my mind over matter."
"The quest in my brain, let the truth unravel."
"The world tells us a tale."
"The time writes another one."
"In the quest of an unravelled mystery, we travellers go on."
"There are no uncertain paths."
"No unanswered questions."
"We are yet to walk on paths that are unexplored."
"Now bring the baseline."
"Can't trust my own shadow. Not aligned to follow."
"But I know truth is my motto."
"This is survival, no bravado."
"I'm in a battle with no weapons. Just my intellect and lessons."
"Lay low. Stay close to the darkness."
"Keep the mind quiet. I can hear the backstabbers."
"Adrenaline takes over dopamine."
"No second chances. This is all for real."