You're never going to tell me the truth, are you?
An echo is not a reply.
Replies blossom quietly.
Listen to your silence, not mine.
[Rhea] 'You're looking for your answers, through me.'
You're looking for your truth, not mine.
Well said.
These lines are both nice and your own.
Finally, Rhea.
The cheat has become an original.
You mean that?
You've always believed the worst in me.
Just like the truth, people are complex too.
In each of us, there is a cheat and an original.
UNTRUTH
[Sudha] 'Anand, the yellow one.'
'Nice.'
-[Anand] 'Is this okay?' -[Sudha] 'Yes.'
[Sudha] 'Juhi.'
- Anand. - Hmm?
It's Juhi.
Juhi! Are you okay?
Anand! Juhi, what happened?
Can I help you?
[Anand] 'Are you okay?'
Yes?
Are you sure?
- Yeah. - Juhi?
[notification alert]
What!
We are pleased to inform you that your proposal...
...has been selected for this year's grant. F**k!
I got it. I got the grant. F**k, yes!
Yes! Yes!
[dialling tone]
[phone buzzing]
Juju, I'm concerned.
Quarrels and hunger shouldn't be stretched.
It's unhealthy.
Juju?
[phone buzzing]
Where's dad?
Juhi, please take the call.
I've got a great piece of news to share with you.
I...
Hi, Neil.
Hi.
Have you seen Juhi ma'am?
Ah, no. I haven't seen her, actually.
Listen, about last night...
Listen, about that.
I'm really sorry about last night.
I really don't know what came over me.
We were drunk.
And I think we just went a little over board.
Yeah, exactly.
So, that was it.
- Will you delete that photo? - Already done.
Oh.
- Could you also..? - Already done.
Great.
Alright then.
Is Juhi ma'am alright?
Yeah. Oh yes.
Your review was scheduled today, wasn't it?
That's why I'm asking.
She left even before the review began.
What do you mean?
I thought you would know.
She just left very abruptly.
It was very strange.
Left?
That son of a b***h.
I'm gonna teach him a lesson.
I shouldn't have told you guys, I don't need this right now.
It's not about what you need.
It's about what you can handle.
I can handle this.
Don't fool yourself.
You obviously can't.
Thanks, Papa.
[Anand sighs]
Hi, mom. Is Juhi here?
- You have some nerve to show up here. - Anand!
What happened, dad?
What "Dad?"
Showing nude pictures to your students.
Juhi?
- Juhi? - You should be ashamed of yourself.
Juhi.
Juhi, can we talk?
There's nothing left to say.
Juhi, please.
Are you..?
You are...
...are we pregnant?
What?
It's all going to be fine now.
Look who's here.
Daddy to the rescue.
Finally!
I had never thought you would stoop so low.
Don't involve Juhi in this.
She involved herself.
Ms. Morally Upright.
Okay.
Maybe she involved herself.
But she has nothing to do with this.
Look at daddy's eyes.
Can't stand to see your daughter in pain?
[Rhea] 'How irony works, no?'
A little more than kin, and less than kind.
Come on. Calls for a compliment.
Give it to Shakespeare, if not to me.
I've always known that you're smart. Maybe too smart.
And you, not so much.
Else none of this would have happened.
You should have told her.
I did give you a chance.
What unfolds now, is not my...
Don't do anything stupid, Rhea.
[Anand] 'I need some time.'
It is my 35th wedding anniversary, tomorrow.
-[Anand] 'Don't you do...' - Wedding anniversary?
So, you're celebrating? Huh?
You've hidden one lie, and you're celebrating the other?
You need a therapist.
It's not that simple.
And you know that.
But I will try to fix things, somehow.
Are you trying to protect them or yourself?
And me?
What? Waiting endlessly...
...for Godot?
Rhea, I'm sorry for what you've had to go through.
I'm really sorry.
It's an empty word. This 'Sorry'
It's too little, too late, Mr. Tyagi.
You're making a big, big mistake.
Please leave.
Or the whole world will know, what Juhi and Sudha don't.
Wouldn't that be fun?
Juhi, I know I made a big mistake.
Not a mistake. It was a foolish slip.
I was drunk.
I was lonely, she baited me.
No, I'm not saying it's not my mistake.
It is my mistake. I know.
But you know how devious and cunning that girl is.
You've experienced it yourself.
If there is anyone...
then you should be knowing how she can push one to...
Irresponsibility? Or promiscuity? Or disgrace?
Juhi, she played us.
Really, Neil? Is she not young, now?
Who is older? You or her?
Juhi, I'm really very, very sorry.
Sorry for not believing you.
I'm sorry for everything.
It's an empty word. This 'Sorry'.
Always too little and always too late.
But Neil, this isn't about her.
Nor is it about that photograph.
It's about us.
Juhi, we'll be fine.
Okay, I admit we have hit a low.
But then strong marriages are all about sailing through rough waters, right?
You know, moving on?
Starting afresh?
Maybe.
But can two weak people make a strong life?
But Juhi, this changes everything, right?
No, Neil, it does not.
It changes nothing.
I'm glad you came to see her.
It's amazing.
What money can buy.
Anyway, your visits make your aunt happy.
Her vitals improve.
First of all, since the day she married you...
...she ceased to be my aunt.
Secondly, she breathes through a machine and eats through a tube.
She's nothing more than your stubbornness.
She's just data on a machine.
And third, I only come here because you force me to.
More like blackmail.
[machines beeping]
Hey.
Look who is here to see you.
Your favourite.
Rhea.
Rhea?
Talk to your aunt.
Hi, stepmom.
How are you?
Or should I say, how much longer do you have?
Watch it, Rhea.
Don't push your luck. Okay?
Try again.
God! This is f****d up.
Don't you dare leave, Rhea.
[Rajguru] 'Rhea.'
Rhea, you leave and you'll be making a big mistake.
Why is it always my fault?
Have you made no mistakes?
When did your affair with her start?
While my mom was alive?
Or was it at her funeral?
You make me this angry, you force me to be this.
- Your mother... - Don't you dare.
Don't you dare say anything against her.
Your mother was her sister.
She was just as pained by her death.
- And she loves you a lot. - Nobody loves me like maa.
Then why did she leave, Rhea?
Hmm?
If your mom loved you so much...
...then why did she leave you?
What happened?
Don't have an answer, do you?
The fact is, Rhea.
No matter how little you think, your Aunty loves you...
She still loves you a lot more than your mother ever did.
And that's a bloody fact and you learn to live with that.
Get it?
I thought you could use this.
Thank you.
[notification alert]
It's a message from Vishal.
He wants to talk about the HoD position.
Go meet him, then. And end this anxiety.
- Yeah. - Come.
- Mama, I'll be fine. -Hmm?
- Sure? - You should sleep.
Okay.
[Juhi sobbing]
[car unlocking]
- Good morning, ma'am. - Morning.
Why did you leave the review meeting abruptly yesterday?
- It was a personal crisis. - Personal crisis?
Have you never faced a personal crisis in your marriage?
Often. But never bad enough to make me leave a critical meeting.
Have you ever felt...
...like you can't tolerate the person you married?
No.
Perfect marriage?
No, but clearly not as tough as yours.
I shouldn't have left like that yesterday.
That's tough for me to judge.
But yes...
The committee, including Deepali, felt...
...that perhaps you're not ready yet.
To shoulder this kind of responsibility.
Did you feel that too?
Well, there's this matter of Rhea's essay...
The fiasco at the party...
And your walking out of the review meeting.
Juhi, I really don't know what to think.
See, it's not my place but can I give you a piece of advice?
The personal crisis, for which you left the review meeting?
Clearly that was very important. So if that worked out...
You're still a winner.
The HoD's position will be up for grabs some other time.
Maybe next year?
[Sudha] 'It's not good for her to be so stressed during the pregnancy'
Who?
Juhi. Nandu...
This party might bring her back to her old self.
[phone ringing]
Yes, Vijay. House number 48.
Yes, a case of French Rose, please. A full case.
How many times have I told you not to call me?
You didn't tell them, did you?
If only you weren't such a coward.
[Rhea] 'None of this would have happened.'
When were you going to tell me?
What?
Full case of French Rose you ordered. Isn't it a bit much, Nandu?
Thirty five years. It's no joke. I need to celebrate our journey, no?
Juhi, you didn't come home last night.
Please come back. Let's go to the party together.
I don't think you should come.
Juhi, please don't do this. Please.
F**k off, Neil.
Juhi, please. Please listen to me, Juhi.
Juhi, I've withdrawn my grant application.
You shouldn't have done that.
How can I be away for six months in these circumstances?
Try giving it time and distance. Usually works.
But... how would you have managed the first two trimesters without me?
I know your parents are here, but still.
And look at this.
I had to look hard, but I found it.
It's a book of nonsensical Bengali poetry.
My parents read this to me as a kid.
So I thought, we should too... It's great literature for kids.
It makes children more...
Just like you?
I'll see you at the party?
I never want to see your face.
So, you think I should forgive Neil?
What sane man would send a photo of his genitals?
Is Neil justified? No.
Is he happy?
- I don't think so. - I'm not happy either.
But the responsibility of Neil's actions lies with him, not with me.
Juhi.
Try changing the circumstances. Just this once.
Maybe Neil will change too? Hmm?
- Excuse me? - Yeah.
- Can I get a refill? - Sure, sir.
[notification alert]
[glass shatters]
Rhea.
Get away from there. Let's go downstairs.
You come here.
Rhea.
Come on.
Okay, two minutes. Then we'll go.
But you've gotta experience this once in your life.
Rhea, step back from there, right now.
You can go. I'm staying.
Fine, two minutes. Only two minutes, alright?
F**k.
God.
See?
It seems scary from there. But over here...
It just feels like magic.
Why did you send her that photo?
What else could I have done? She pushed me into a corner.
You used me to get out of some stupid review meeting.
It's not stupid. It's my life and my career at stake.
Yes. And it's my marriage at stake right now, Rhea.
She left me.
- She'll come back. - She won't.
Come on, two minutes are up. Get up.
Come on, get up.
Get up.
Rhea. What are you doing? You will fall.
- You can go. - Rhea, don't do this.
- Rhea, don't do it. - Why?
Give me one good reason to come back.
Because it's stupid to die like this. Rhea, don't... Rhea!
Rhea... Rhea, don't do this.
Okay, we can go back to the room and drink more...
...we can just get drunk, maybe even stoned.
But don't do this, Rhea.
Or we could go back and f**k.
It may seem scary here...
But over there, it will just be magic.
[indistinct chatter]
[notification alert]
[people chatting]
[notification alert]
[cameras clicking]
Someone called the landline at 12:42 am last night. Who was it?
Sir, someone did call around 12:45 am.
It was a lady.
She was calling for a student.
Rhea Rajguru?
Y-Yes, sir.
But Rhea Rajguru did not answer the phone.
Maybe, she was asleep in her room.
Is she in her room right now?
Poor Neil.
Poor Juhi, no?
I mean, the dead are set free.
Juhi has accused you.
I can see why.
She hates me.
Okay.
Why?
I was sleeping with Neil.
Sleeping?
We hooked up a few times.
[Rhea] 'I had a crush on him.'
But I got over it.
[Rhea] 'When I tried refusing...'
'...he did not agree.'
So I got scared.
I even wrote a letter to Juhi ma'am.
I tried telling her about it.
And then, the usual happened.
Whenever there's an unfortunate moment in her life...
...she blames me for it.
At the Founder's Day event, She attacked me.
[Rhea] 'She accused me of stealing her ring.'
She just hates me.
Where were you last night? Around 12 o clock?
I was here, in this room.
Neil had just left.
Neil was here?
He had a fight with Juhi ma'am.
So he came over.
We slept together.
And then he left.
And Juhi found out about this?
I guess so.
Any idea, how?
Maybe, from Neil?
He was drunk after all.
He was furious as well.
They had been fighting.
I can't imagine if he had called me to his place then...
...I would have been dead too.
Ms. Rhea. Give us your clothes from last night, and this bed sheet.
[Ajeet] 'We'd like to send it for testing.'