(woman inhales)
[Ahana]: 'When all this started,'
'I couldn't stop it.'
(Ahana inhales)
[Ahana]: 'Sanjay used to find a 'yes' even in my 'no'.'
'Now it feels like it's my fault.'
'But I...'
'But I know it's not.'
[Sandip]: 'I'm going to prescribe some medicines. Hmm?'
[Usha]: 'The medicines aren't making any difference.'
(Usha inhales)
[Usha]: 'I always wanted'
'to have children.'
(Usha inhales)
[Usha]: 'But...'
'But how do I tell anyone'
(Usha sobs and sniffles)
[Usha]: 'about what happened to me...' (cries)
(Usha sniffles) [Sandip]: 'It's okay.'
'Speak up.'
[Ahana]: 'I'm pregnant.'
'Please prescribe abortion pills for me.'
[Sandip]: 'Did you want to keep the baby?'
[Usha]: 'Yes.'
'But they only wanted a boy.' (cries)
[Sandip]: 'Did anything change after the abortion?'
[Ahana]: 'When Saikat came into my life,'
'I thought it was a new beginning.'
'But nothing changed.'
'I...'
'I wanted this relationship to work.'
(Ahana stammers) 'I needed to fall in love with him.'
'But...'
'As soon as he came near me,'
'something... Something held me back.'
'I... I'd... I'd just freeze.'
[Usha]: 'I don't know what they will do to me now.' (cries)
(Usha sobs and sniffles)
[Usha]: 'If something happens again...' (cries)
[Sandip]: 'What's your biggest fear?'
(Usha inhales)
[Usha]: 'I fear that nothing will change.' (cries)
[Ahana]: 'There's no solution.' (cries)
[Usha]: 'One day, the whole world will find out everything,'
'and then everyone will look down on me with disgust.' (cries)
(Usha sobs and sniffles)
[Usha]: 'There's no solution to this problem.' (cries)
[Ahana]: 'I'm incapable of love.' (cries)
(Ahana sniffles)
[Ahana]: 'I'm destined to live with this trauma forever.' (cries)
(Ahana sniffles)
(Usha sniffles)
'Benediction'
(title music playing)
[Sandip]: 'Hello. I'm Dr Sandip Chakraborty.'
'Yes. I saw it on the news.'
'They have arrested the wrong man in the Ahana murder case.'
'Is she driving you crazy or what?'
'For the past few months,'
'Ahana was terrified that someone would harm her.'
'Miss Brown, if you ever wish to talk, you can come here.'
'It helps.'
(phone ringing)
[Rita]: Have you reached?
We should've cross-checked the alibi that day itself.
Arjun, you keep an eye on Sandip.
As soon as I get a confirmation from Pankaj Batabyal,
we'll have grounds to arrest him.
[Pankaj]: Do one thing. Come to the High Court tomorrow at 11:00 AM.
Don't be late, man.
[Man]: Okay.
[Rita]: Pankaj Batabyal?
[Pankaj]: Yes, tell me.
[Rita]: DCDD Rita Brown, Kolkata Police.
[Pankaj]: Please sit.
Yes, tell me.
[Rita]: Do you consult Dr Sandip Chakraborty?
[Pankaj]: Why are you asking this? This is a confidential...
[Rita]: On the night of February 22nd, was he with you?
(Pankaj sighs)
[Rita]: Please try to remember. Was there an emergency that night?
(Pankaj exhales)
[Pankaj]: Yes, there was an emergency.
An anxiety attack. (Pankaj exhales)
I was having difficulty breathing.
Dr Chakraborty came right here, late at night.
[Rita]: I see. How long have you been consulting him?
(Pankaj exhales)
[Pankaj]: This is my medical file. See for yourself
what illness I have
and what medication I take.
It's not like I have any privacy left anyway.
(Pankaj exhales)
[Rita]: Sorry for the trouble.
[Rita]: Thank you. [Pankaj]: Hmm.
(Pankaj inhales a cigarette puff and exhales)
(knock on door)
[Receptionist]: Sir, Pankaj Batabyal had called.
He was asking for a house visit again.
[Sandip]: His health has probably worsened again.
I'll pay him a visit.
[Sandip]: You can leave for the day. [Receptionist]: Okay, sir.
[Receptionist]: Thank you. [Sandip]: Thank you.
[Arjun]: Rahman, get me Dr Sandip Chakraborty's entire family history.
[Arjun]: Start the car. [Ram Bahadur]: Yes, sir.
[Arjun]: As quickly as possible. Send it to me as soon as you get it.
(car starting) (birds chirping)
[Arjun]: Ram Bahadur...
[Ram Bahadur]: Sir, this fuel gauge is acting up.
[Arjun]: Come when it starts.
[Rita]: Open the door. [Constable]: Yes, ma'am.
[Durga]: Hey, turn on the lights.
[Rita]: Check everything. Files, pen drives, everything.
[Durga]: I need the fingerprints and the DNA, all completely intact.
Hey... Check all those cushions thoroughly.
See if there's anything hidden anywhere else.
[Constable]: Ma'am.
Only this cabinet is locked.
(call going through)
[Man]: Let's go! [Girl]: No, I won't go!
[Man]: Move! I've been telling you since morning!
[Arjun]: Hello. [Rita]: Hello, Arjun.
[Arjun]: Hello, Rita. Your voice is breaking up.
[Rita]: Hello? (Rita exhales)
(indistinct chatter) [Arjun]: Hello?
[Man]: I'll hit you! I'll give you one tight slap!
I'll give you a tight slap now!
[Arjun]: Don't you dare lay a hand on the child!
[Arjun]: You okay?
Move!
Get lost!
[Pharmacist]: Hey, doctor, what are you busy with these days?
[Sandip]: Just some research. It's taking a bit of time.
[Sandip]: How much is it? [Pharmacist]: 200.
[Arjun]: Rahman, is there any way to track Sandip?
Rahman, speak up quickly!
Drat!
Happy Heart Clinic!
[Ram Bahadur]: Sir. [Arjun]: Quick!
(Rahman sighs) (Mrinal claps)
[Rahman]: What happened now?
(keyboard clacking)
Wonderful! (Mrinal chuckles)
Now, your ethical hacking job is in the bag.
Absolutely. A six-figure salary.
[Mrinal]: Yeah, right, sir. You quit that path yourself,
and now, you're telling me this. (Rahman chuckles)
[Durga]: Rita, got it.
We'll match this with the foreign blood sample
we found at Usha's crime scene.
If it matches, life imprisonment will be guaranteed.
[Arjun]: Let's catch him first. [Durga]: Huh?
[Arjun]: He's fled.
[Rita]: Darn it!
(Rita inhales)
[Rita]: We'll get him. Just see this.
He's written 'Redemption' for all other patients,
[Rita]: but for Usha and Ahana... [Arjun]: 'Benediction'.
That means a blessing.
[Rita]: There's one more meaning.
There's a service in the Roman Catholic Churches.
Apostolic Benediction.
It's the last blessing of the dying.
[Asif]: Go on. It's your move. [Madan]: Yeah, here.
[Madan]: One, two, three, four. [Asif]: I see.
[Madan]: There you go.
[Madan]: How much? [Asif]: Six. Wait, wait.
[Asif]: There you go. Four.
[Arjun]: Okay. Thanks, Rahman.
The Cyber Cell has confirmed it. This is Sudipto Bagchi.
And Bagchi Bungalow belongs to his grandfather.
[Madan]: Yes, man. All we're supposed to do is play.
[Asif]: Hey, Madan. Shall we play another round?
[Madan]: Oh, drop it, man.
How many times are you going to beat me?
I'm starving. There's nothing to eat or drink here.
They have just dumped us in the middle of nowhere.
(Madan groans)
[Madan]: Hey, Asif! The lights are on, man!
[Asif]: Huh? Who's there?
[Madan]: Where did he enter from?
[Asif]: Come on! Let's see where he came from!
[Madan]: We're completely screwed today!
[Asif]: Move quickly! [Madan]: We won't let him go today!
[Madan]: What the heck?
This is locked!
[Rita]: Seal the place.
Ram Bahadur?
[Ram Bahadur]: It'll take a bit more time, ma'am.
[Rita]: Durga. [Durga]: Yes, tell me.
[Rita]: We'll go in your car.
[Transgender]: Hey, hero. Spare some change, dear.
Hmm?
(sirens wailing)
[Transgender]: Wow! Wonderful!
May you live a long and healthy life, dear.
(sirens wailing)
(cameras clicking)
[Durga]: Hey. I want a picture of everything.
Don't miss a single spot. Photograph every single item.
[Arjun]: Rita.
There's something here.
(Arjun grunts)
[Rita]: Vertu. Ahana's phone.
[Rita]: Durga. [Durga]: Yes?
[Rita]: UV Scanner. [Madan]: Yes, ma'am.
[Durga]: It's blood.
It's been cleaned time and again.
It has an object's impression. [Arjun]: A meat cleaver?
[Durga]: A scimitar. [Rita]: The murder weapon.
[Rita]: He's taken it along. Another murder.
[Arjun]: Maybe he's gone to discard the weapon.
[Rita]: He could've done that before.
He uses the same weapon every time.
When did he leave this place?
[Madan]: Nearly 2 hours ago, ma'am.
[Rita]: This is our chance to catch him in the act.
[Rita]: Any updates from the check posts? [Arjun]: Let me check.
[Rita]: Hi, Lisa. I can't come to church now. I'm...
[Lisa]: No. No, no, Aunt Rita. I've called you for something else.
Actually, Gran... Gran Janice... She's taken ill.
[Rita]: 'Is she okay?'
[Lisa]: Yeah... She forgot to take her medication for arrhythmia.
[Rita]: Do we need to hospitalise her?
[Lisa]: We're... We're taking her to our house.
[Rita]: Hello? Hello?
The darned network!
Yeah? Hello? [Lisa]: I don't have the prescription.
[Lisa]: Can... Can you get her medicine?
[Janice]: It's in the left-hand side drawer...
[Rita]: I know where it is.
Yeah. I'm coming.
[Lisa]: Careful, careful.
[Janice]: You should've finished your prayer for David...
[Bertha]: Rubbish, Janice!
He's already closer to God!
Make sure you don't get there for now! Come on!
(footsteps) (siren wailing)
[Rita]: Yeah, Lisa. I'm just getting the medicine and heading there.
Don't worry.
(keys jingle)
(drawer opens)
(Rita closes door) (Rita grunting)
(Rita grunting and breathing heavily)
[Nitin]: "You'll remain in silence within my heart."
"You'll dwell there quietly within me."
"You'll remain in silence..."
[Nitin]: 'Rita Brown, I love you.'
"Deep, still, like a full moon night,"
"soft and tranquil as midnight itself."
[Nitin]: 'You always have a choice.'
(Rita groans in pain)
(Rita breathes heavily)
(Rita gasps)
(Rita breathes heavily)
[Sandip]: Carotid artery.
One slash,
and the blood will flow like a burst dam.
You can't even fathom the intensity of the pain.
(Rita breathes heavily)
[Sandip]: And imagine someone doing that to themselves.
Imagine the courage.
(Sandip sniffles and inhales)
[Sandip]: That's how my mother was.
(Rita breathes heavily)
[Sandip]: Such bravery is rare.
Very few people are able to accept this truth.
The others need intervention.
Ahana, Usha...
Sourav, Fatima...
(Rita breathes heavily)
(Sandip chuckles and inhales)
[Sandip]: Even my father.
(Rita breathes heavily)
[Sandip]: And today, I'm here to help you
see the truth.
[Rita]: Whose truth? Yours?
(Sandip chuckles)
[Sandip]: Rita, truth doesn't belong to you or me.
Truth is simply the truth.
(Sandip inhales and sighs)
[Sandip]: And the truth is that their lives were
tormented by their families,
just like your family.
(Sandip inhales)
[Sandip]: Janice won't tell you the truth.
You have to accept it yourself.
(Sandip breathes heavily)
[Sandip]: You're hurting, Rita.
(Rita breathes heavily)
[Sandip]: And this shall stop today.
[Rita]: How will it stop? By you doing this?
[Sandip]: I'll be the one asking questions, Rita.
Please.
This is your session, not mine.
[Rita]: Then just pick it up and end it!
[Sandip]: There's a process.
(Rita breathes heavily)
(Sandip exhales) (Rita groans in pain)
[Sandip]: So, Rita,
tell me.
What's your biggest fear?
[Rita]: F*** you!
(Sandip scoffs)
[Sandip]: Let's try once more. Hmm?
What's your biggest fear?
(Rita groans in pain)
[Sandip]: When you're sinking deep into the mire,
death becomes a gift.
This is the law of nature.
This is the ultimate truth.
(Rita groans)
[Sandip]: Ahana, Usha...
Do you think they were alive?
They were already dead inside before they ever came to me.
Who's to blame for that?
Huh? Their families, society, the law, everyone!
[Rita]: Oh, really?
And you're the one to decide that?
[Sandip]: No.
I simply
diagnosed them.
(Rita groans and breathes heavily)
[Sandip]: Stop it, Rita!
It's a matter of acceptance, and you must accept it yourself!
(Rita breathes heavily)
[Sandip]: Rita.
(Sandip inhales)
[Sandip]: Look, Rita.
I can only bring the horse to the water, right?
(Rita groans) Okay?
Come on.
Let's try it one last time. Hmm? (Rita grunts)
(Rita inhales and grunts) What's your biggest fear?
(Rita groans and breathes heavily)
[Rita]: Love.
(Rita sniffles) Love.
It never stays, no matter what I do.
(Rita breathes heavily and sniffles)
[Rita]: First, I learnt from my father
what love meant.
Before I could become anything,
he was taken away from me.
(Rita sniffles)
[Rita]: Then Nitin.
(Rita inhales) And with him, I found myself again.
And then, he too...
But a part of him was with me.
(Rita sobs)
[Rita]: And then, our child...
(Rita crying)
[Rita]: I sank into emptiness.
I lost myself forever.
(Rita cries and breathes heavily)
[Rita]: Love is my biggest fear.
Because for me, love is death.
(Rita sobs)
[Sandip]: Then how are you still alive?
(Rita sniffles and laughs)
(Rita chuckles)
[Rita]: 'Alcohol is a problem.'
'And every individual's body'
'responds differently to it.'
'Given time and support,'
'recovery from any crisis is possible.'
Everything is a choice.
People, love...
Even death.
(Rita sighs) I'm alive
because I made a freaking choice.
I chose life.
(Rita sniffles)
(Rita scoffs)
[Sandip]: Rita Brown.
Today, you're free.
(Rita breathes heavily)
[Rita]: I know. (Sandip grunts)
(Sandip gasps)
(Sandip choking and panting)
(Sandip whimpering)
(sirens wailing)
(men breathing heavily)
[Arjun]: Why?
If I were in your shoes, I'd never have done this.
You should've emptied the entire Magazine into that rascal.
And you spared him?
Had you not managed to save yourself today, he...
That b***!
[Madan]: Bring him here. Hey, careful.
Be a little... Hey, mind the door. Yes.
Move a bit to the left. Lift it.
[Rita]: There's a b** inside all of us, Arjun.
July 17, 2025.
That was the day your family died in the accident...
It's all about that one day
when your world is coming to an end.
You, too, could've emptied the entire Magazine
into that driver that day.
But you didn't.
It's entirely up to us
whether we let that dark side take over or not.
That day came to you then,
and for me, it was today.
(indistinct police chatter)
(Rita groans in pain)
[Arjun]: Medic!
[Arjun]: Are you okay? [Rita]: Yeah.
[Arjun]: Take her carefully. [Medic]: Come.
(vehicle honking)
[Anirban]: 'Mr Chaturvedi, what we have here'
'is a butcher of Bengal.'
'A name that Kolkata and West Bengal will never forget.'
'But the pressing question now is, why did all this happen?'
'The answer to this 'why' is quite long and complex...'
[Janice]: She's up.
How are you feeling, darling?
[Anirban]: 'Because the accused, Dr Sandip Chakraborty,'
[Anirban]: 'is a psychiatrist.' [Rita]: I'm fine. How are you?
[Bertha]: She's absolutely fine, darling.
You know, once, she was swimming,
and her leg got caught in the weeds.
She didn't die back then. Then how could something kill her now?
(Janice laughs) [Janice]: Says the person with one leg.
(Janice laughs) (indistinct chatter on TV)
[Bertha]: I still salsa with one leg.
[Nurse]: These flowers have arrived for you, ma'am.
[Janice]: Hmm. Who are they from?
[Rita]: Never mind. (Janice chuckles)
(Janice kisses Rita's hand)
'Congratulations. Glad I could assist. Love, Anirban.'
[Song]: "You'll remain in silence within my heart."
"You'll dwell there quietly within me."
"You'll remain in silence,"
"deep, still, like a full moon night,"
"soft and tranquil as midnight itself."
"You'll remain in silence within my heart."
"My life, my youth,"
"my entire world..."
"My life, my youth,"
"my entire world..."
"You shall fill with grace,"
"like the stillness of midnight."
"You'll remain in silence within my heart."
"You'll dwell there quietly within me."
"You'll remain in silence..."
"Your compassionate eyes shall keep their lonely vigil."
"And the shade of your veil shall shelter me always."
(phone ringing and vibrating)
[Arjun's father]: It wasn't your fault.
[Arjun]: The mistake was mine,
and so was the responsibility.
[Arjun's father]: Stopping yourself
from finishing this
won't stop time, will it?
Had Himani been here,
she would've finished it at once.
And she would've moved on.
You should do the same.
For her sake
(Arjun's father exhales)
[Arjun's father]: And for your own sake as well.
(Arjun sobs)
[Arjun's father]: This, too, is
a responsibility after all, isn't it?
[Arjun]: Yes, dad.
(Arjun sniffles)
[Song]: "My sorrow and pain,"
"my fulfilled dreams..."
(Arjun sniffles)
[Song]: "My sorrow and pain,"
(Arjun sniffles)
[Song]: "My fulfilled dreams..."
"You shall fill with fragrance,"
"like a moonlit midnight." (Arjun kisses puzzle piece)
(Arjun sniffles)
[Song]: "You'll remain in silence within my heart."
"You'll dwell there quietly within me."
"You'll remain in silence..."
(crow cawing)
(phone ringing and vibrating)
(Rita scoffs)
[Rita]: Yes, Arjun?
[Mukhrjee]: Ma'am.
Heartiest congratulations, ma'am.
[Rita]: Thank you.
(people applauding)
[Rita]: Okay. That's enough.
(people applauding) (Rita groans)
[Rita]: That's enough.
Okay, okay, thank you. That's enough.
Let's get back to work.
(people applauding)
[Arjun]: Shall we? [Rita]: Where to?
[Arjun]: The Jaiswals' arrest warrant.
[Rita]: From the commissioner? [Arjun]: Even higher.
[Arjun]: The magistrate.
[Rita]: Let's go.
(rap song playing over credits)