"You shouldn't go there." " Why?" "You're right." "But not even a year has passed since Rupa died" "How can I proceed about Sunita's wedding?" "You yourself chose Ramesh for Rupa." "I want the good relationship... between our families to go on." "Rupa didn't enter our family" "Our misfortune" "In her stead if her sister enters our family..." "Sunita could fill the void Rupa has left" "My son Ramesh wishes so too." " please forgive me." "Right now..." "I can't commit anything." "It's necessary to take Sunita's opinion" "She's leaving for Dehra Dun to meet her friend." "She has no time to spare" "I'II talk to her some other time, and I'II let you know" "Ramesh is as dear to me as you are" "I expected as much from you." "We shall leave now" "Daddy, we're short of time." "will you buy some magazines?" "I'II buy tickets" "After you" "May I make light your burden?" "Never trust a stranger." "Once a man in a queue offers to help me..." "I pass him a big parcel, and 2 minutes later, I turn around to realise... that he has made light of my burden for good!" "Strange!" "The queue hasn't moved an inch in the Iast 15 minutes" "At this rate, by the time we reach the ticket window... we'II be old men, yes lady?" "Someone moves, at last!" "Here's a couplet about intransigent people" "One what?" "First class what?" "will you say where to?" "Why do men laugh more when they grow old?" "You know why?" "You aren't moody at all." "Move ahead." "There are others waiting" "rascal!" "To Dehradun" "What?" "I mean?" " A lady." "To Dehradun" "The rascal and the lady?" " First class." "Dehradun" "You want a ticket?" "Why not?" "I don't work for the railway." "I can't travel without tickets" "One ticket." "Dehradun." "First class" "What for are you laughing?" "No!" "silence!" "Shut up!" "Get this clear, fatso." "If you laugh once more, I'II break your head!" "Not again!" "What are you doing?" "will you kill the poor fellow?" "Why beat up a fat man for nothing?" " He's laughing to tease me!" "Is no one supposed to laugh without your permission?" "I know!" "You're two of a kind!" "You're too much!" "Just compare." "How are two of us of a kind?" "Listen fatso." "If you laugh again, you won't be spared" "Strange!" "How can you be so insistent?" "Have you booked a seat?" "Or have you bought out our freedom too?" "No one's supposed to laugh, no one sneezes, no one coughs!" "This is imperious!" " I was talking to the fatso" "I don't want to talk to you." " Nor am I interested!" "But you can't deny a free man his freedom to laugh!" "He will laugh, of course he will!" " Never." "If he does, he gets bashed up" "As if this is your house!" "Hey fatso, laugh" "Let's see who bashes you up." "Come on my friend, laugh" "I fight for you, and you give up?" "Laugh!" "Does he dare laugh?" "Is that so?" "Mister, now this is a matter of my prestige!" "I shall forsake non-vioIence for violence!" "If you laugh, she beats you." "FIyweight punches" "If you won't, then I swear by those intoxicating eyes... the punches I land on you will be of the forceful, solid kind!" "And this paunch of yours, this overfiIIed paunch of yours... this overstretched paunch..." "how else do I describe this paunch?" "No this paunch is incomparable!" "What a paunch!" "What a naughty paunch!" "What happened?" "He's dead" "Dead?" "What else?" "He's was so fat." "He must've been suffering from blood pressure" "You stopped him from laughing it out." "And when he was getting it out... you hit him on the head with a stick!" " Not stick." "umbrella!" "The same." "The head is a delicate organ." "Even a minor injury can kill" "He might not be completely dead." "please do something!" "Do what?" "His pulse has stopped, breathing has ceased." "He's cold" "Now what might happen?" "At the next station, the police will arrive" "Then, arrest!" "Then the murder trial in the court... where I will have to depose about who the killer is!" "You haven't a chance of escaping!" "The long arm of the Iaw grabs... every criminal, every murderer." "And the consequence... the consequence is... the gallows, the hangman's noose!" "What happened?" "What is it?" "She has fainted." "For real" "Look mister, the joke is over" "I've never even seen you before!" "At the railway station..." "I just laughed at a joke you cracked!" "Now you've landed me in a fix!" "Don't worry, friend." "She'II come around soon." "You've stood by me for so long" "Just a while longer now." " Not at all!" "At the next station, I'm getting out of this coach" "Strange!" " Yes, I am." "Get out of my way" "The station is near." "I have to get off" "How are you feeling?" "Where is he?" " The corpse?" "Yes!" " I threw the corpse out of the train" "His luggage?" " I threw it out too" "Not to worry." "No evidence left of fatso's murder" "But..." " Not to worry at all." "Trust me" "The police won't suspect you." "And all my Iife, my lips will stay sealed" "You're such a gentleman!" " What to do?" "I saw you in trouble, and I took heart" "I told myself, "AniI, what is life if you can't be of help to someone?"" "So I decided!" "Even if the courts sentence me to death, I'II help you" "So nice of you!" "Sit, Iet me see if the police is here" "AII clear." "Get off" "CooIie!" "Take the luggage" "Come" "Come along" "Hey mister, talk properly." "What do you think I am?" "I told you." "I'm not travelling without ticket." "My ticket was in my wallet" "I might've lost my ticket in the coach." " Which coach?" "The one I first took." "Then I changed my coach because... there was a man was wooing a lady." "He made me do strange things!" "Let's take a look." " Come along" "Is this my punishment for being late?" " Not that." "I thought... forget it" "Have you brought your car?" " Yes" "Come on, Iet's go to Mussoorie?" " Are you mad?" "First, you come home" "If you want to go to Mussoorie, we'II plan the trip later on." "Come" "This time last year ... on a night like this" "I wish I was with my sister then." " Sunita, I still don't understand this" "What?" " Your sister falls for... this drummer in Mussoorie, but he doesn't reciprocate" "But for something as trivial..." " She wouldn't kill herself, right?" "You're right." "But it didn't stop at love." "The affair had progressed" "What do you mean?" " This was Rupa's last letter" "She wrote to me from Mussoorie" ""My dear Sunita, tonight I went to Park hotel again"" ""Rocky was the only one I was seeing." "He was playing his drums..."" ""and everyone was swaying." "But I was so afraid"" ""Why hide it from you?" "A few days ago, I crossed the limit"" ""If Rocky says yes, I Iive if he says no, I die"" "For an innocent girl who has crossed the limit, who has lost her dignity... the consequence is death, not life" "But I won't forgive him." "I'II avenge Rupa" "You know Rocky?" " I don't." "But I've come to know... that this year too, Rocky and his band will be playing at Park hotel" "That's why I'm going to Mussoorie." " But what can you do?" "The girls' hockey team from college is reaching Mussoorie tomorrow" "I've prepared them." " What?" "Rocky and hockey." "Doesn't it rhyme?" " perfectly!" "He shouldn't be able to get out of bed for a year or two" "Let Ms Ruby rehearse the new tune" "Have you met Rocky?" " I'II be seeing him tonight" "Are you girls ready?" " And raring!" "Just draw him out" "We'II pickle him!" "See you this evening" "This is the spot." "Rupa jumped from here to her death" "Had I been with her, it might not have happened" "Rocky wouldn't have seduced her, nor would she have to kill herself" "But this drama isn't over yet." "Tonight that scoundrel will face me" "He will be looking for another prey oblivious of the fact that..." "I'm here to settle the score, to avenge Rupa's death" "At every step, you need my help." " So you're here too?" "Given the chance, where won't I be?" " Who is this?" "The incident on the train..." " allow me to introduce myself" "Ladies, my name is AniI Kumar." "My pseudonym is Sona" "I'm not a poet by profession, but ever since I was a child..." "I've had this knack of spewing lyrics whenever I see something pretty" "allow me to coin one for you." " Give him an inch, he'II take a yard" "Not to trust her." "I'm fine where I am." "Inching to yards isn't my cup of tea" "hello Mr Sona." "Note for you." "From Mr Rocky" "Give him an inch, he'II take a yard!" " What happened?" "The drummer here, Rocky." "He was after me for a song." "I wrote one for him" "Now he says, tonight he has a sore throat." "He wants me to sing!" "Am I here to sing?" " No sir" "Doesn't Mr Rocky know who I am?" " Who doesn't know a millionaire's son?" "Is my social standing of no consequence?" " Why not?" "Even children know that!" "He wants me to sing in this hotel and ruin my reputation?" "Never!" "tell him I won't sing." "Go!" "Move it!" "That was a close shave for us!" "Had this one been ready to sing... our evening would've been ruined!" " What did you say?" "Chew this." "You come to hear Rocky, and you end up hearing him bray!" "How did you Iike that braying?" "Where is she off to?" " To congratulate Rocky" "What about me?" " Sit here." "I'II wax eloquent" "Excuse me..." " Sit!" "I'II be back soon" "To tell you the truth, I'm scared about talking to girls" "Why?" " Last year, a lady I spoke to... jumped to her death from the 3rd floor, and I take the blame!" "That's a nice opening line to bait a new prey" "What new prey?" " For exampIe..." "I" "Very funny!" "May I chip in?" "Not meant for you." "Mr Rocky, I'm cold." "shall we go in?" "How can we leave him alone?" " Not to bother about him" "He likes being left alone, and alone, he always will be" "Back on last year's track?" "Not to be afraid." "No one's around." "Your secret is mine" "I won't tell the police anything." " tell what?" "That a mad girl.... killed herself?" "Am I to blame?" " Not at all!" "You won't be jailed or punished." "But this bad world is so suspicious" "Worse than an evil man, is a bad name." " Whatever you say may be true" "But as long as you're with me, what have I to fear?" "I'm with you." "But you?" " I'm with you too" "I don't feel that way." " What do I do make you feel that way?" "When in love, what do they do?" " What?" "Not a bad idea!" "definitely enjoyable!" "But you know what?" "What?" " It's cold out here." "shall we go in?" "Who is that?" "Where did Sunita say she'II be?" " Crane hill." "Don't you step out of the room!" " Not at all." "Here I rot" "Keep rotting" "Back again?" "To harass me?" "What happened?" "Why are you leaving?" " Because you aren't about to leave" "I will." "But the one you're expecting, isn't coming" "Who?" "How do you know?" " told me himself" "What?" " You asked him to come." "But he won't" "Why?" " Didn't ask that" "And in his stead, here you are." " Right" "He told me to tell you something." " What?" "Forget it!" "But consider this." "You come from a good family." "And he's a drummer" "No match for you!" "Think!" "WouIdn't it be nice if you found someone..." "Like you?" " exactly!" "Consider me!" "I'm handsome, with good precedents." "And as for money, uncountable!" "really?" " Yes." "The very soil you stand on... all this is my property!" "These farms, all these hills, this land" "And that mansion you see..." " Is yours too?" "My uncle's" "Look Mr AniI, I'm not interested in your money or uncle's mansions" "Just give me Rocky's message" "You mean Rocky's message?" "Rocky told me to tell you... you have magic in those eyes!" " Rocky said that?" "No." "I'm saying this." " What did Rocky tell you?" "Said I must remember this!" "Rocky told me to tell you... how lovely you are!" " Rocky said that?" "No." "I'm saying this too." " What did Rocky...?" "Listen!" "Don't get worked up." "Wait, I'II give you Rocky's message" "I don't want any message!" "Get out!" " Hear the message" "will you leave, or won't you?" " No!" "You won't?" "What's this?" "Bye." "Too many people here" "Strange!" "The band looks different." "Note for you." "From Mr Rocky" "I've just received news that my uncle in Madanpur is ill" "I'm leaving for Madanpur." "I don't know when my uncle will let me come back" "If you want me to get back soon work out something... to send AniI Kumar to Madanpur." "Once he is here, I'II excuse myself" "else, I won't be able to get back before a month." "I'm dying to see you" "The hockey team leaves in a fortnight!" "If Rocky returns afterwards... who's going to bash him up?" " He'II come if AniI can bring him back" "But how to make him go?" " Just say it with a smile" "He'II even go to hell!" "Let's soften him up" "Excuse me, where can I find AniI Kumar Sona?" "He has gone to the rock n'roII club" "Twist in the tale?" " How?" "This morning, you wanted to make mincemeat out of me" "And now, not only you, but even your murderous girlfriends... are grinning at me as if they're all my sisters-in-Iaw" "Surprised, aren't you?" " Not at all" "My late grandfather used to say, there are three kinds of relationships" "One, of hatred and quarrel" "Two, of friendship and truth" "And thirdly, love and engagement" "That in which you write out what you can't bring yourself to speak!" "This reason for the lady's favours?" " No." "really..." "For your sake, anything." " will you go to Madanpur?" "On one condition." "You're coming with me 50 miles." "Leave in the morning, you're back by the evening" "Serves your interest." "I enjoy your company" "Meena will come along" "If I go, I go with you alone." "else, not!" "Get this clear" "AII right, I'II come alone" "Let's meet at ten tomorrow" "If you need anything, if you want the car to stop, signal me with this" "I'II stop the car, and I'II draw AniI Kumar away from the car" "Then you can come out." " AII right" "Where's my revolver?" " Here, in the purse" "Fine." "I'm shutting this" "comfortable?" " Yes!" "I'd be happier if you call me Sona." " Why?" "It's short and sweet, and everyone who loves me, calls me Sona!" "I'm not one of those who love you." " really?" "Come on." " I'II put my bag in the boot" "Not in the boot!" "I'II put it on the backseat" "Come on, you're driving." "You know the way, don't you?" "Yes." "Sit" "please stop the car." " Why?" "Stop the car" "What happened?" " The engine heats up very fast" "I forgot to fill the radiator." " Where will you find water here?" "There's a little lake behind that hillock" "Go and get the water." " What a strange man!" "will you make a lady work?" " family tradition" "My Dad, my fathers, never lifted a finger" "They lay around, played chess, smoked." "But work?" "No!" "Beneath my dignity!" "You have such bad habits" "You and I won't ever hit it off!" " The lady's favours for work?" "And you get to lie around, play chess and smoke?" "I'm not talking chess and games." "I just want you to get water" "will you fetch it, or won't you?" " You're screaming at me like a wife!" "AII right, I'II get it" "But for once, will you call me Sona?" "Not that water!" " Why?" "It's dirty!" " It's perfectly clean" "Meena wait." "I'II take AniI away for 10 minutes" "Hurry!" "I'm nearly passing!" "hold it!" "I'II whistle on my way back." "Get into the boot when you hear" "Sit" "Isn't the weather lovely?" "I say, isn't the weather lovely?" " Yes, lovely." "Sit" "Isn't this a lovely place?" " What?" "I say, isn't this a lovely place?" " Yes, lovely." "Sit" "Come on, Iet's take a look ahead" "AII right." "I'm coming" "No knowing what lies ahead." "But I know that boot is full!" "You keep looking backwards." "Anything special behind you?" "You are." "Isn't that special?" " Keep looking at me like that" "I'II keep coming for you." " And who keeps track of the road?" "The one behind." " Who trips and falls?" "The one behind will hold you" "Come, Iet's walk together." " No." "This is my place." "In pursuit" "Pursuit?" "Are you going mad?" "What was that?" " Time to get back" "Do you take me for a train?" " No." "BuIIock cart." "Come on" "Now she loves it, now she hates it." "girls nowadays, are so strange!" "Wait, I'm coming" "Meena, your scarf is dangling" "What happened to your romantic mood?" " Come on." "Don't talk rot" "What's your name?" "Move it" "Sunita!" "Stop!" "Stop!" "10 miles of dense forest from here on." " I can see." "Why did you stop?" "Drive" "The road is blocked." "Did I take a wrong turn?" "This one is closed too?" "I think we should've taken the turn we missed" "I told you so" "What happened?" "The engine is overheated." "It isn't starting" "should be all right by the time it's morning" "Who's staying here till morning?" "I don't fancy spending the night here." "But there's no other option, is there?" "Why not?" "Even if the car starts, it'd be very difficult to find the way in the dark" "If we go astray, who knows where we might end up?" "Maybe you don't know, there are bandits in this forest." "Dangerous animals too" "None worse than you!" "Do you think your ploy is working?" "You think you can make me stay for the night?" "You think your dirty, evil design will work?" "I know your type, spoilt rich!" "I had gauged your intentions... when you wanted me to come alone." "You should know that as of now..." "I'm not at your mercy." "Meena is with me." "And she has a loaded revolver" "In a minute, you can be dead!" "Come on, take a look!" "Stop!" "I say, stop!" "Or I'II smash your head!" "Come back." " No!" "Don't come near me!" "Your life is in danger here." "There are wild animals everywhere" "Go away from here!" "You're coming with me." " No!" "Come near, and I'II kill you!" "D'you get it?" "I can kill you!" "Stop!" "Let go!" "Leave me!" "I've been looking for you." "I even tried to look for you last night" "I was calling your name." "Maybe you didn't hear me" "Let me tie that" "This road leads straight to your hotel in Mussoorie" "Listen..." "My car has stopped" "Let's take a look" "Are you very angry?" "Won't you forgive me?" "What kind of a joke is this?" "Are you coming, or not?" "Are you coming, or not?" "Okay, I'm leaving" "What a strange predicament!" "Are you coming, or aren't you?" "Getting down from the hill isn't easy." "Miss a foothold, and you faII" "What do you want?" " please forgive me" "Forgiven." "Come along." " Say it aloud" "AII right, I forgive you!" "Get up!" " Not like that." "First, take my hand" "Who came into my room?" " Your room was locked, sir" "Do you see what state it is in?" " Like someone has combed this place" "I'II call the manager." " Wait" "Have you seen anyone prowling around?" " No sir" "Oh yes, a while ago, I saw someone smoking a cigar outside your room" "Go on" "Looks like the police has got wind about Rupa's suicide because of me" "Accepted that the police know, and they searched your room for clues" "Even if the police have the evidence, what can they do to you?" "I know, the police can't make a case against me." "But what do I tell Sunita?" "For some reason, she's convinced that her sister committed suicide because..." "Rocky defIowered her and ditched her." "She hates the very name, Rocky!" "If she could, she would kill him!" "Someone was eavesdropping." "I'II see you tomorrow" "Is your dance over." " Not yet" "What are you doing here?" " Just trying to figure out... how high the third storey is." " I didn't get it" "You can't" "Have mercy on her little sister I hope she doesn't have to... jump off the third floor, into the waiting arms of mother earth!" "please listen to me." " You're going to listen to us!" "Brother!" " My foot!" "Sister!" "Make your brother see reason!" " Sister?" "Maybe she's yours!" "Go now" "I want to see your Daddy." " Why?" "To talk about the wedding and all that." " I've told him" "What?" " Everything" "Everything?" " also the fact that... you're Prince Mahender Singh's nephew." "He asked me to invite... you and your uncle to dinner tonight." "You'II bring him along, won't you?" "uncle...?" " Yes." "He has to discuss everything" "Bridegrooms don't do the talking." " But I..." "Don't refuse." "I've promised Daddy" "Someone is coming." "Go now." "Bring your uncle along." "I'II expect you tonight" "I see" "I can understand" "So what do you want?" " please tell Sunita and her father... the truth about me." " That you aren't my nephew" "That you're Rocky, the drummer?" " Not only that." "also... the whole story about Rupa and me." " Rupa?" "Who's Rupa?" "You remember the girl who committed suicide last year?" "Yes" "She was Sunita's elder sister" "But how are you concerned about Rupa?" " Sunita thinks that her sister... committed suicide because Rocky seduced her" "And what is the truth?" " The truth?" "I clearly remember the night." "I think the stars were against me" "Rupa was casting a shadow on my Iife." "It was just an excuse to meet me" "Like any other day, I was playing the drums" "And she was dancing with someone else." "Right in front of me" "I've never seen a drummer like you" "My name is Rupa" "will you dance with me?" " You see..." "You like it here?" " Yes, very much" "But where's everyone else?" "I mean, your family... the ones you wanted me to meet." " Oh, them?" "You are so naive!" "Naive?" " Of course" "Eat a biscuit" "Are you married?" " What?" "No!" "You get the drift?" "Why I called you here?" "Yes!" "Understand!" "I have to go to a rehearsal!" " What's the hurry?" "Sit!" "I have lots to do!" " Okay, will you see me this evening?" "Sure!" "Hi Ramesh!" "Weren't you supposed to go to calcutta?" "How come you're here?" "So whatever I heard was true!" " What do you mean?" "You're a wanton woman!" " You're getting this wrong." "actually..." "MeddIe, and I'II break your teeth!" "Shut up!" "I know what you are!" "You're affianced to me!" "And you're in someone else's arms, in public!" "Not a matter of shame?" "You don't know me!" "I'm not man enough if I don't strangle you!" "Go, woo him." " No need!" "Upto you." "But there's nothing for you here" "Who is it?" "Who is this?" " Rupa." "I regret what happened tonight" "It won't be repeated." "I've called off my engagement to Ramesh" "I told you, I will have nothing to do with you" "Don't talk like this, Rocky." "Try to understand me, for once" "I'm coming over to see you." "Now." " Not at this time of the night" "If you come, I won't open the door." " I'm madly in love with you, Rocky" "I have to see you!" "Right now!" "believe me, if you don't let me in..." "I'II throw myself to my death from the third floor!" "Do what you wish!" "I won't see you!" "Rocky!" "Open up!" "I never imagined she'd kill herself for real!" "But..." "Forget it." "You aren't at fault for whatever happened" "And you must state this clearly." " No!" "I can't do it!" "believe me, if Sunita gets to know that I'm Rocky, she's going to be shocked!" "So many things in life seem impossible." "But if man picks up courage... if he is true, he wins." "Don't worry." "Everything will turn out fine" "This evening I'II come to the hotel." "Let's go together" "Prince Mahender Singh!" " And his nephew, Mr AniI Kumar" "God bless you son" "welcome" "Come son" "Be seated." " Sit down, son" "please be seated too." " Sure" "Daddy, do you know the Prince?" " Who doesn't know him?" "His is one of the Iast glorious Iineages from delhi" "Thanks very much for the eulogies, Mr Shankar DayaI" "So, is he your elder brother Prince Bhupender Singh's son?" "Yes" "The looks are similar." "Same height, same colour, same profile" "Ditto." " Excuse me..." "The matter we have to discuss..." "What is there to discuss, son?" "I am honoured to host the Prince" "No dearth of suitors for Sunita." "But a lineage as prestigious..." "That's for the fortunate only." " You are too kind" "Do I consider this alliance final?" " certainly!" "And it isn't only my choice." "It's Sunita's choice too" "Do we take a walk and talk things over?" "Let them decide the rest" "Maybe later?" "I have something to tell you." " Go on" "You see..." "What is it?" "tell me" " Not tonight." "See me at the hotel" "Tomorrow." "The Independence Day party is going to be a big bash." "Come alone" "I'II tell you everything." " What is the matter?" "Something about me." " I don't want to know anything!" "Promise me, you'II come." "please!" " AII right, I'II come" "Let go of my hand." "I have to serve dinner" "Mr AniI Kumar, Ms Ruby is refusing to dance unless you play the drums" "It's the primary clause in her contract" "Do you realise what a big programme we have tonight?" "Without you on the drums tonight, this hotel's reputation... will take a beating." "You can imagine." "After this, if I drag you to court... you shouldn't complain" "What a crisis." "What is to happen now?" " What else?" "Rocky will be exposed" "But you've invited Sunita over." " Yes." "Tonight I was supposed to... tell her everything about myself." "But I can't wait till then" "Therefore?" " I'II write a letter... explaining everything." ""That's all there is to the secret"" ""This is what I wanted to tell you." "But I thought I'd write about it"" ""I shall await you eagerly this evening." "If you come..."" ""my truthfulness, my love will be rewarded"" ""If you don't come, tonight will be my last"" ""Yours, only yours, anil"" "You know the address, don't you?" " Yes" "No one but Sunita must lay her hands on this letter" ""I shall await you eagerly this evening." "If you come..."" ""my truthfulness, my love will be rewarded"" ""If you don't come, tonight will be my last"" ""Yours, only yours, anil"" "Keep this" "There's a bigger reward in store for you!" "Tonight!" "Mr AniI Kumar had asked me to deliver this letter to your residence" "It slipped my mind completely." " Never mind" ""I shall await you eagerly this evening." "If you come..."" ""my truthfulness, my love will be rewarded"" ""If you don't come..."" "Tonight, on Independence Day, we present the artiste of your choice" "Friends, you have always cheered me whenever I have sung here" "But tonight, the applause means more to me, because for the first time..." "I poured my heart out." "And for a moment, I felt... as if the earth and the skies stopped moving... and a beautiful fairy stepped down like a ray of light... into my dark, empty, desolate life." "My friends... this is the pretty angel whom I'm getting engaged to" "You held my hand and you led me into light" "Cheat!" "ScoundreI!" "You raped my sister!" "You killed her!" "You're a murderer!" "I hate you!" "What's going on?" "Manager, where's your car?" " Right here." "Bring the car over" "I'II have the car sent back" "follow him" "please let me see Sunita!" "If you ever come here, I'II kill you!" "The heat of the moment makes it worse." "Forget it!" "Come with me" "I'm a police detective" "I have to talk to you." "please come" "Recognise her?" " Yes" "Is this why you've been tailing me all these days?" "You even searched my room" "But how am I to blame if a girl is insane enough to kill herself... because she's in love with me?" " killed herself?" "Maybe you don't know." "Rupa didn't jump off the 3rd floor." "She was thrown down" "She didn't commit suicide." "She was killed" "killed?" "But who would kill her?" "And why?" "You think I killed her?" "Here's the entire story about Rupa and myself" "This fellow has ruined the reputation of my hotel" "Mr Manager, why is the police here?" " What can I say?" "You don't believe me?" " At what time did Rupa telephone you?" "eleven o'cIock." " She fell down at twelve" "Yes." "I have always wondered why she took so long to reach the hotel" "On the way, her car ran out of gas" "She walked to the gas station, bought a can and went back" "And then?" " She came to you" "And according to you, only two people knew that Rupa would come here" "One you, and the other Ruby." "She eavesdropped" "Yes" "Is Ruby in love with you?" " Yes" "And you?" " only professional relationship" "So much for today." "See me at the police station." "Ten tomorrow" "I have something more to ask you" "The policeman says, Rupa was killed!" " How can that be?" "It's true!" "That night, I had my doubts" "Even afterwards, I saw and I heard in bits, in pieces and snatches" "But I never paid attention." "Maybe I know something that the police doesn't" "Why didn't you tell the police?" " I'II tell them" "If not tonight, then tomorrow." "Tonight is a night of decision!" "Tomorrow..." "Even walls have ears." "Your naivete has already landed you in trouble" "You should consider every step you take." "It's late." "Go to sleep" "If you have any problems, call me" "Take rest, anil" "Boss!" "When did you arrive?" "Where are you putting up?" "I'm a guest in someone's house" "Do you have whisky?" " Whisky?" "I even have scotch." "Come" "It should be done tonight." " will be done" "How did all this happen?" "What came over Sunita?" "You think you're too smart?" "You thought you could go on doing things on the sly?" "You thought your frauds could be swept under the carpet forever?" "You thought you could implicate me, and you'd get off as innocent?" "There's blood on your hands." "Not so easy Ruby, not so easy!" "Your fraud has been exposed!" "Don't you know where you are?" "On the 3rd floor!" "The 3rd floor from where you pushed Rupa to her death!" "Death lurks for you around the corner!" "Rocky!" "Stop!" "You're insane!" " I am in my senses, Ruby!" "That's why I'm holding a knife!" "Tonight you will confess your crime" "else, this dagger is sharp and you are soft!" "Is death the price to pay for being held in your hands?" "I've paid my price!" "Rocky, I'm not the criminal" "My only crime is, I have loved you" "What are you staring at?" "call the police" "Ruby has been murdered!" "You know very well that it was someone else who killed Ruby" "And you also accept that the murderer escaped from the third floor... using the drainpipe." "You also have his footprints" "Why are you holding this poor fellow?" " You have bailed him out" "He's being released today, now." "But before that, I have to talk to him" "please be seated." " No, I should be leaving" "I have urgent business in delhi." "anil, I see you in a couple of days" "Everything will be all right." " Thank you very much, Prince" "Had the Prince not bailed you out, I would've kept you in custody... till the verdict." " Because you suspect me?" "No." "Because your life is in danger" "Your enemies are waiting for you." "Out there" "If you go out, he'II attack you again." "This time, he might not miss his mark" "Remember." "He didn't come to kill Ruby." "He wants to silence you forever" "Because, he is the man who killed Rupa." "And he's afraid that you suspect him" "But I suspected Ruby!" "It was a man who committed both the murders." "Not a woman" "I'II show you a clue in Rupa's murder." "You speak of this to no one... if you value your life" "Rupa had this button in her hand, ripped out of the killer's jacket" "This single button is worth some 2000 or 2500" "The jacket must have five such pieces" "only a very rich man could use such a jacket" "An on that night, he wore this jacket." "His button's were also worthless." "The man who threatened to kill Rupa!" "Who else would want me dead?" "Whom are you talking about?" "He was Rupa's fiance." "Now he wants to marry her sister!" "At the time of the killing last year, he was in staying in the hotel!" "want to kill Rupa?" "She was innocent!" " But she didn't commit suicide" "She was killed" "At this time last year, where were you?" "I mean, around the time... when Ms Rupa was killed." " I was in calcutta" "You're forgetting." "You were in Mussoorie, at the same hotel... where Ms Rupa was murdered." " This is wrong!" "I wasn't here!" "Even if he was here, what's your contention?" "My son killed Rupa?" "Did I say that?" "I'm only investigating" "Why have I been brought here?" " Do you know this man?" "hello!" "I know him very well." "Last year, he stayed at my hotel." "Remember?" "I don't remember." " You don't remember?" "We never ever had such a heavy tipper at our hotel!" "strangely... the bill for his stay of two days was only 200 Rupees" "He paid a thousand!" "I never received such a huge tip!" "When did he check out?" " I remember clearly" "The morning of the same day on which the unfortunate Rupa committed suicide" "Yes!" "I was here!" "No sin for me." "Rupa was my fiancee" "I Ieft home on the pretext of going to calcutta." "I came here to see her" "What I saw here was quite different!" " You saw Rupa dancing with Rocky" "You had an altercation with Rupa, and you threatened to strangle her" "A man says so many things when he loses his head." "But that doesn't mean... that I really killed her!" " Maybe you're right" "well?" "Who are you?" "What do you want?" " Tonight, when you have gone to bed... the revolver will be aimed at you again." "You will be shot" "In the morning, you will be discovered dead" "You want to nab the man who killed Rupa and Ruby?" "How?" " Come here" "That's my car." "Here are the keys." "Drive hell for leather" "Get to the Lucky Restaurant at the foothill" "You'II find two people in cabin number three" "They are plotting your murder." "They will be there till 1 1 o'cIock" "only 15 minutes left." "Hurry!" "What are you doing?" " Come along" "anil here." "I'm coming over." "You must come with me to the Lucky Restaurant" "I'II tell you when I see you." "In five minutes" "I'm taking your car." "till I get back, here is where you stay" "If whatever you said turns out to be false..." "I'II turn you over to the police." "Then it's between you and the police" "I think it's the his enemy at work." "I think the brakes were tampered with" "Even if he's alive, there's no news." "We haven't found AniI's corpse either" "The search is on." "But I have little hope" "But I am hopeful." "He's alive!" "God forbid, if he's dead... his body would've been found with the wreck" "That part of the forest is infested with wild animals." "As you know... animals carry their prey miles away" "So you're certain that AniI can't be alive?" "Had he been alive, would he have gone into hiding?" "He isn't a criminal" "You're right." "But my heart tells me..." " How I wish AniI was alive" "How I wish I couId nab the man who murdered him" "But circumstances say that AniI is dead." "I have no hopes" "Ms Sunita was here to inquire about AniI" "She heard my part of the conversation." "She just broke down" "She was very much in love with AniI." "God give her courage" ""I am sure my death will come as a shock to you"" ""But now that AniI is gone, life is such a burden for me"" ""I can't bear this burden anymore." "Forgive me if you can"" ""Your unfortunate daughter, Sunita"" "anil, I had given up hope for you!" "But God heard my prayers!" "You're alive!" "I'm so lucky!" "Forgive me, this once!" "Where's Ramesh?" " He isn't at home" "He goes to Park hotel every evening." "He returns drunk, past midnight" "celebrating my death!" "In her company!" " Who's this?" "The one who gave me the car sans brakes." " Ramesh done?" "Find out Ramesh's room number, and get back here, fast!" "Thank God, you're alive!" "I was so worried!" "Where have you been?" " Who lives in that cottage?" "My estate manager." "He's a drunkard" "Anyone else lives there?" " No, no one else" "Take a look." "Two shadows on the window" "The girl just came here." " girl?" "Who?" "The one who set up the car sans brakes." "I followed her from the hotel!" "Did she go into my house?" " I didn't quite make out in the dark" "The car came in through these gates, and went out through that gate" "I think she has found out that you're tailing her" "She took a loop through my compound to throw you off her tail" "We should get back to the hotel!" " Naivete has landed you in this soup" "Your enemies must've got wind that you're alive." "Who know when... the next attempt will be made on your life!" "and here you are..." "But I must do something!" " Not a word!" "I'm not letting you go... anywhere in the middle of the night!" " But Prince..." "Come with me!" "Come in" "This room has been locked up for years." "Spend the night here" "I'II have the place cleaned up tomorrow." "You stay with me till... this whole thing has blown over." " But we must find her!" "It has to be done tonight!" " Everything will be done tonight" "Don't you worry a bit." "Leave it to me" "But..." " No buts." "Just change and go to sleep" "I will give you my nightsuit." "Use a nightsuit that fits you." " Where are you going?" "To the police station." " I'm coming with you" "Not at all." "Don't argue." "Just change and go to bed" "I'II see you tomorrow morning" "Don't you try to get out." "I'm locking the door from outside" "What happened?" " Escaped!" "Out of the window" "Escaped?" " Yes." "Either he's out looking for you" "Or else, he suspects me." "In any case, he has gone to the police" "But he must be walking; he won't get there before an hour" "I'II get him on the way!" "Wait here." "I'II be back" "No, I'II go back to the hotel." " Are you trying to escape?" "No!" "If I'm caught here, everything will be exposed" "And you'II hang." "With me" "But you don't want to die with me." "I'm a helpless widow with two children" "What will happen to them?" " Now you remember your children?" "You didn't remember them when you were squandering my money?" "For 3 years!" "Who compelled me to do this?" "You!" "For whom are my hands tainted?" "You!" "You can't get away so easily, Sabina!" "You're my equal partner in crime!" "And I'm not going to the gallows alone, you're coming with me!" "Stop!" "Or, I'II stab you!" "Stop!" " Shut up!" "You're so fragile, and this knife is so sharp!" "One stroke... and your head could roll off your shoulders!" "Wait!" " I swear by Rupa and Ruby!" "I'II carve you up in little pieces!" " But..." "You have only one way to live on." "The Prince will be back soon" "Before he gets here, you'II tell me all about everything!" "I'II tell you everything!" "Don't kill me!" "I'm called from the Prince's mansion." "Yes, I'm alive" "As of now, the assassin's accomplice is with me." "Listen to the story... of how Rupa and Ruby were killed" "Speak!" "Speak!" "I haven't killed anyone!" "I was forced to become an accessory to murder to save my Iife!" "My misfortunes began three years ago." "I was widowed with two children... when I met the Prince in delhi." "The affair went too far" "I came to Mussoorie on his say-so, and I put up at Park hotel" "What happened last year, was what I feared the most!" "The Prince's wife caught us." "She was carrying a gun." "She wanted to kill me" "In the scuffle with the Prince... the gun went off" "His wife was dead!" "He decided to bury the body in the forest" "He wore his estate manager's clothes and we set out in his jeep" "Rocky!" "Open up!" "His wife's death was an accident." "To hide the incident... he had to silence Rupa." "But the matter didn't end there" "He suspected that Mr AniI Kumar would uncover the truth" "So he tried to shoot AniI Kumar." "But accidentally..." "anil, you can't escape!" "You might have come to know my secret." "But the price for this is death" "I'm not going to spare you." "If I couId kill the woman I Ioved..." "I'II kill you too" "A single bullet in the head is better than bleeding to death" "If I were to have died at your hands, you would've been successful by now" "I can tear you to pieces!" "But I don't want revenge" "You better surrender to the police" "I can be very cruel." "And you're helpless" "We'II see who's helpless!" "You were right, anil." "You aren't destined to die at my hands" "Take my hand, and climb up." "Surrender to the police" "The law might spare your life." " And live on?" "For whose sake?" "I have no one." "Let me go" "Death is my only way out" "Forgive me, if you can." "Now let me go." "I have to go"