No, don't kill me. Don't kill me.
No!
It's hard to identify her from the face.
Her face has been completely damaged.
Fatima.
The stories of some crimes make so much noise
that it echoes everywhere.
But when the criminal is extremely close to you,
these stories often disappear in the darkness.
Hey, Aasma. Come here.
Where are you going alone?
Nowhere, Mami. I was going home from school.
Enough of this school drama.
Tell your mom that if she can't handle you,
she should get you married.
My husband might be her brother,
but we can't carry the burden of both of you anymore. Understood?
Hey, Aasma.
You arrived so late.
Did you have an extra class today?
Mom, actually, I met Mami today.
Did she say something to you?
Look, my child.
She hasn't liked me from the start.
It's not her fault.
I keep telling your Mama to take care of his family,
but he keeps trying to help us.
So, of course, Mumtaz will feel bad.
Don't feel bad about what she says. Okay?
Go and freshen up now. I'll serve the food.
Hmm?
Mom.
Why don't any of our relatives like us?
Whatever happened with your dad,
after that…
Forget about all of this.
You just focus on your education. Okay?
Become someone of value so that people will salute you.
Understood?
You are right, Mom. Wait and watch.
I will surely become a pilot one day.
The Lord will surely send a messiah to help us.
-Ma'am, you have been called inside. -Yeah.
Miss Fatima, your papers are fine.
-May I ask you a personal question? -Yes, sir.
You had a good job.
Why did you suddenly enter this field?
I couldn't get married because of my dad's health.
I thought I would adopt a girl.
Since I was unmarried,
there were a lot of problems with the adoption.
When I used to go to the orphanages during that time,
I saw that
those little girls were just living in the present.
There are many girls in our country
who don't know what their future will be.
Moreover,
there are some 10-15-year-old girls
who are living with their parents,
but are not able to get a basic human rights like education.
So, I thought that
I should do something
that can provide help and support to as many girls as possible.
My shelter home.
It will give them food, shelter and education.
It will give them everything.
Your thinking is very nice,
but funds would be needed for that.
I am trying to get some government aid.
Sir, this…
This is the list of people
who regularly give donations.
This is a one-week process.
You will get the approval soon.
Along with this, we will do a good deed too.
Even if one girl's life gets better,
it will be a good start.
Come in, ma'am. Please come in.
Just as you asked, it's a big bungalow. Look at this.
This is the hall.
This is the TV.
This is the three-set sofa where the kids will watch TV.
Ma'am, here is the dining table.
And what about safety?
The girls will live here.
Yes, ma'am. There's full safety.
There's a double door.
It has a security alarm system too.
Ma'am, the CCTV is everywhere. In the hall too.
Well, ma'am.
What is the name of your organization?
Raabta.
Communion.
An emotional connection.
Hey, why did you bring me here?
Everyone was playing volleyball over there.
Let's go and play.
No… I don't want to play.
Why don't you want to play?
Look at this.
My shoes are torn.
Oh, yeah. They are badly torn.
Don't you feel weird?
You seem like the poorest person in the whole school.
Nisha makes fun of you.
She was talking about your bag yesterday.
Yes.
This is my school bag.
All of you have branded bags,
but we have the same books.
The table and chair that I sit on,
everyone studies on that.
Everyone has the same teachers.
My mom wants me to study in a good school
and be in good company.
So, it doesn't matter to me
if I have a branded bag or not.
I want to study properly.
The teachers here are the best.
That's true, except for that grumpy ma'am.
Yeah.
Zareena ma'am.
She is really after me,
but I don't worry about it.
You just see.
I will become an air force pilot one day
and Zareena madam will salute me too.
Your Aasma is going to reach the skies one day.
Naaz Qureshi.
Yes, ma'am.
Tell your father that the sign on the check is inaccurate.
He will bring a new cheque and come to the office. Okay?
Aasma Khatun.
What's the excuse now?
It's been two months. Tell me.
Ma'am, actually, mom…
Your mom must have not gotten the salary.
Your uncle must have not given the money.
I have a list of all your excuses.
You will stand outside the class the whole day holding your ears.
Understood?
Your mom must have not gotten the salary.
Your uncle must have not given the money.
I have a list of all your excuses.
Hey, Aasma. You have arrived.
How was your day at school today?
It was… It was good, Mom.
Did you study?
You didn't create mischief, right?
No. I just studied.
I studied very well.
What about your Zareena ma'am?
Did she bother you?
No.
Well, tell me something.
What have you made for lunch?
I am very hungry.
Just give me five minutes.
Why doesn't this girl tell me anything?
What is this?
This is the fees for just one term.
What about the rest of the three terms?
Ma'am, I will pay for the rest of it too.
The thing is, I am getting my salary a bit late.
-That's why… -Sorry.
I can't give you more time.
If you want a good education, you will have to pay for it.
Look. This is not an NGO. It's a private school.
If you can't do it, rescind your daughter's admission.
No… No, ma'am.
Aasma is a very capable child.
-She will study properly. -I don't care about that.
Please leave. I have a lot of work to do.
Yeah, get me that file.
Hey, Kishwar.
What happened?
You seem upset today.
What do I tell you?
This is an everyday problem.
Sometimes, it's groceries. Sometimes, it's the mobile recharge.
I am not able to pay my daughter's school fees either.
My husband was saying that
an office has opened here in Vasai.
-What was the name? -Raabta.
Yeah. He is an electrician. So, he went there for some work.
Who… Whose office is it?
They will give free food, shelter and education to poor girls.
-They will provide everything. -Education too?
Yes, I heard that education is the top priority.
What happened? Why aren't you eating?
No, it's nothing. I am eating.
You haven't asked me anything about school today.
Did you go to my school?
No.
Mom. Tell me what it is.
Actually,
I went to an office today.
What office?
The name of the office is Raabta.
It's very nice.
Do you know? There are very big rooms over there.
There are big beds and an AC.
Those who live there get free education.
It was so good.
But I won't send you there.
Actually,
it is like an NGO.
The families who cannot take care of their children,
it's for them.
No.
I won't send you there.
You won't go there.
You will live with me.
You will just live with me.
Mom, be careful.
Drink this water. I'll get the medicines.
Take this medicine.
I have told you many times to take care of yourself
and sleep on time.
How will it work if you don't take care of yourself, Mom?
Oh, it's nothing.
It's just a normal cough.
Don't worry about it.
Eat the food. Eat the food.
Mom. I want to go to Raabta.
I don't want to become a burden to you.
Aasma.
No, my child.
What are you saying?
My friend Punita informed me,
so I was just talking about it.
Look, my child. I have sold my jewelry.
There are still two grams of it left.
It will cover our expenses for the next two months.
I am trying to arrange the rest of your school fees as well.
Don't worry about it.
I am not a bad mother.
I will do everything I can for you.
I am not weak.
Mom, you are not weak at all.
If you were weak, you wouldn't have dared to think about my future.
You would have gotten me married.
But you didn't do that.
Let me go now.
I will get everything there.
We will live in the same city.
We will keep meeting each other.
And then,
you will be able to save something for yourself as well.
I have been seeing you in these two dresses for a long time.
Let's do it, Mom.
Our life will get better.
You are…
You're not saying it out of helplessness, right?
I mean you are saying it for yourself, and not for me, right?
I am saying it for both of us, Mom.
You just see.
I will work hard and study a lot.
I will surely become a pilot.
Don't be upset, Mom.
We decided that we would do it happily, right?
Take your medicines on time.
The desire to reach the sky is huge.
If hard work and destiny are with you,
it's not difficult to achieve anything.
But what's written in someone's destiny
and what game the fate is going to play,
no one knows.
There was someone
whose life was going to disappear in darkness.
Hey, Taashi.
How are you?
Hey… Taashi.
Taashi, what happened?
Will you say something?
Why did you lock the door?
Say something.
Mom. I'll come out in ten minutes.
Hey.
Will no one come here for us?
No.
Why would they?
Who has the courage?
Everyone has been sold.
The one who comes here can never return.
That was what our life was.
After this, there's just death.
This is my fate.
Taashi.
Come out.
Open the door.
What are you doing inside?
Will you tell me what happened?
You have been in the room since you arrived.
Taashi, why aren't you answering?
Taashi, open the door.
-What happened? Why do you seem worried? -Look at this.
I've been banging on the door for the last half hour.
She is not opening the door.
My child.
-Taashi! -Open the door, Taashi.
Tell us what happened.
Step back a bit.
-Yeah. -Taashi!
Excuse me. What's happening?
There's a tailor called Iftar Khan.
His daughter committed suicide.
Taashi Khan?
Yeah.
Taashi.
My child!
Bijay.
-No one can enter here. -Yes, Sir.
Do one thing. Send the body for the post-mortem.
Did you find any suicide note?
No…
Sir, Taashi's father was saying that his daughter was depressed.
She used to sit quietly alone in her room.
Yes. It seems like a suicide.
But let's wait for the post-mortem report.
Come on.
R.P. NAGAR POLICE STATION BHOPAL (M.P.)
Sir, the initial post-mortem report says that Taashi died by suicide.
There are marks on the neck.
There are no marks of violence or struggle on her body.
The cyber team report has arrived as well.
They have written that on Taashi's mobile,
there were searches related to depression and anxiety.
The kids are not able to handle the pressure.
I pity them.
Suicide is not the way.
Bijay.
This matter is going to get very serious.
Get ready.
Taashi.
My child.
Why did you do this?
Arvind.
A very serious crime has happened here.
There is a family.
Four years ago, we distributed blankets at the Diwali camp.
So, we took everyone's details for the medical camp.
They used to get a medical done every year.
There was a Khan family in it.
Shabnam Khan, her husband, Iftar Khan,
and their 19-year-old daughter Taashi Khan.
Three years ago, Taashi got married.
Suddenly, she returned to her home yesterday
and she committed suicide.
The police must have arrived. What were they saying?
The post-mortem says it's a suicide,
but I know this system quite well.
It has some very smart people in it.
They commit crimes in a very flawless manner.
This has happened with 25,000 girls all at once.
The last case I heard about was ten years ago, in 2014.
Later on, it reduced.
What was the case ten years ago?
Dimple. She was with me in my college.
That idiot had fallen in love.
Hey, we are in the first year. How can I get married now?
Well, you are right.
-First, we will get our degrees. -Yeah.
-Then we will do jobs. -Yeah.
That's absolutely right.
Hey, listen to me.
But if I find the man of my dreams,
I will get married immediately.
Man of your dreams?
Man of your dreams, huh?
I didn't know that you were old-fashioned.
The man of your dreams!
-The man of your dreams. -Hey, what are you doing?
-Let me go. -Why are you blushing?
Why are you running away?
Hey… How much more will you blush?
Huh?
Shall we go home?
We'll look for the man of your dreams.
Let's go.
Well, listen.
-Text me when you reach home, okay? -Okay.
-Bye. -Bye.
-Taaru, listen to me. -Yeah.
If you find the man of my dreams,
bring him to me.
I will marry him.
I will surely bring him to you.
Hello.
I came to India a few days ago.
My uncle lives in Delhi.
My name is Shahid.
Shahid Khan. What about you?
Me? I am Dimple.
Dimple Kapadia.
-Did he propose to you? -Yeah.
He didn't just propose to me. He met my family as well.
Do you know?
He is a very good man.
He said that he would let me work even after the marriage.
This is a very good thing.
So, what do you say?
-What? -Should I get married?
Good deeds need no permission.
Go and tell him that you accept it.
Then both of you should get married.
Oh, soon-to-be wife of Mr. Shahid.
-Do you accept? -Yes.
I do.
Do you accept?
Yes, I do.
-Do you accept? -I do.
The man of your dreams.
Her marriage was the first one in our group.
But you never mentioned this friend of yours.
Where is she now?
I don't know.
What do you mean? You were best friends, right?
This is a very dangerous scam.
I feel that this scam is back now.
It is bigger and more dangerous now.
I have to seriously do something.
R.P. NAGAR POLICE STATION BHOPAL (M.P.)
Ma'am, you are overthinking.
We have done a proper investigation.
Well, what do you do?
Sir, I am from an NGO.
We work for the underprivileged section of the society.
Basically, we put up food and medical camps.
Taashi and her family are a part of our camp.
You do good work, ma'am.
But your suspicion is unfounded.
Taashi was depressed. So, she committed suicide.
But why, sir?
Taashi was 16 years old when she got married.
Why did she come back?
Does someone even know about it?
Taashi was 19 years old, not 16.
She was 21 years old.
She was going to be 22 next month.
Twenties is a very young age.
Maybe that's why she couldn't handle the pressure.
So, she committed suicide.
This is the post-mortem report.
Don't take it in a different direction.
Anyway, his family is very sad and worried.
Her husband will arrive in a few days.
Her mother's condition is worse.
When will the ACP be back?
Sir is busy with the VIP arrangements right now.
He won't meet you now. What did you want?
-I wanted to talk to him. -Okay.
Ma'am, I have informed sir about it.
Give us your number. We will call you.
No, it's okay. I will wait.
Fine.
I am Taaru. I am from an NGO.
I have been coming here for the last three or four days.
I need to talk to you about something important.
Padma.
Tell us what it is.
The Kalyanam scam is back, sir.
What do you mean it is back?
Has a complaint been filed?
There hasn't been any complaint, but I am suspicious.
Three years into her marriage,
a girl who came back in a bad way, committed suicide.
Did a post-mortem happen?
The post-mortem did happen, sir.
It says it's a suicide,
but I think the matter is completely different.
Something very dangerous.
Why do you feel that
such a big and dangerous scam has come back?
I saw the dead body.
Taashi looked very weak.
She was buried immediately.
Sir, something wrong is happening here.
But neither the family nor the police are suspicious.
Nothing like that has been revealed in the post-mortem report, either.
Maybe your suspicion is wrong.
Sir, there hasn't been any case in ten years.
Maybe they have changed their way of doing things.
None of the girls who have fallen prey to the Kalyanam scam
have returned home.
But you are saying that this girl came back to her house.
Then, she committed suicide.
Maybe this is not a Kalyanam scam.
-But, sir… -Look.
Neither is there a name nor any proof.
What investigation will we do and against whom?
You should take a look, sir.
We don't know how many girls are trapped in it.
Sir, I got the file from the local police.
Everything seems fine.
Maybe it's a false alarm.
I hope that it's a false alarm.
What happened, Sir? Why do you seem worried?
What is this case?
It's a very gruesome
and painful case.
Many barbaric things can happen in this world.
This case is an example of it.
I saw such a case
when I was posted in Nagpur.
It was deadly.
Where?
In a godown behind the steel marketplace.
Get there with a team.
Do not enter. I am coming.
During that night,
the things that we saw…
What did you see, Sir?
Sir, there is blood.
Stay outside.
Sir, there is a lot of blood inside.
There are some skeletons.
Some dead bodies have been decomposing, Sir.
Some girls must have died recently.
Whose place is it?
I will find out about it.
MADHYA PRADESH POLICE
Shankar Iyer owns this place.
Sir, I don't understand one thing.
Didn't anyone get the smell of these dead bodies?
It's because there is a Sintex chemical factory nearby.
The smell of this chemical is so strong that
it overtook the smell of the dead bodies.
The perpetrator has thought about it a lot
and dumped those dead bodies here.
-What is the name of the owner? -Shankar Iyer.
I want Shankar Iyer in lock-up within 24 hours.
Even if he is in hell, drag him out of there.
-Say it! -I don't know anything, sir.
Sir, the girls must have been kept there six months ago.
Six months ago,
some Pasha Khan sent me the money.
Who is Pasha Khan?
Since when were these girls put there?
Sir, I just got a call
and there was an online payment.
Sir, my land is stuck in a legal case.
Everything happened online on the phone.
I never saw anyone.
Tell the truth.
I am telling the truth, sir.
-No, sir. -You are not telling the truth.
-No, sir. -Well help you speak the truth.
-Sir, I am telling the truth. -What rate was approved?
Sir, I got double the rate.
Give him double the thrashing.
Serve him well. He should find out
how the truth is spoken in the police station.
-No, sir. -Do it.
Sir, I am telling the truth. Sir!
I am telling the truth. Sir…
-Sir, I am telling the truth. -Quiet!
-Sir, don't hit me. -Speak up!
Speak up!
I checked Shankar's mobile.
He got the money from some account in Egypt.
The girls that were present in the garage
were being moved through a tempo.
Sir, there is a chemical factory over there.
After talking to the guard, we have found out
that something was unloaded there two weeks ago.
Then the tempo driver locked the garage and left.
When was this garage taken on rent?
-Sir, six months ago. -Six months?
Does it mean that the girls were locked in the garage for six months?
They were famished
and they died by suffocation.
We don't know who these innocent girls might be.
The account from which the money was transferred,
did you find out about it?
Sir, we just know that it was under the name of some Pasha Khan.
This account was closed two weeks ago.
Who this Pasha Khan was,
we couldn't find anything about it.
We just found out that he was not a regular man.
He was a very influential and a powerful man.
He was connected to a lot of powerful people.
Whether it be money or power,
he didn't lack anything.
Those innocent girls died suffocating
and their bodies decomposed,
but who those girls were, where they had come from,
there was no one to ask about them.
No one behaves like this even with the animals.
Is he even a human?
Yes, Ravi.
That's why I am saying that
if this Kalyanam scam is starting again,
then get ready.
We are going to lose sleep.
Hey…
You've been coughing since this morning. Let's go to the doctor.
Come on. Get up.
-Hey… -Let's go.
Listen to me.
It's just a regular cough. It will go away in minutes.
Really? Then why do we need to go to the doctor?
You should go to the doctor when it proves to be fatal.
When you go to Raabta,
who will take care of me?
-Huh? -Be quiet!
I am not going anywhere.
I am not Dad.
Mom.
Why did Dad leave us?
Tell me. I have grown up now.
I can understand now.
Let it all go.
Maybe my fate has decided
that I should live alone.
Who told you that you are alone?
I am with you.
I will be with you for life.
-But you will go to college, right? -Yes.
I will go to work as well,
but I will always come back here.
My wish is to reach the skies,
but you are my destination.
We don't know how many girls would be trapped in it.
What state they would be in?
Is someone there to ask and care about them?
From their family,
is someone there to look for them?
Where are the ones who were trapped in it?
Will they ever be found?
Will they be alive or not?
What are the things that must be happening to these girls?
Would they have the courage left to live?
Would someone be able to get them out of that hell on time?
The one who used to talk about reaching the skies,
maybe today,
she would feel that walking on the ground
is nearly an impossible dream.
Everyone is has been sold.
The one who comes here can never return.
After this,
there's just death.
Mom. 's just death.