01x01 - Homecoming

[bunniefuu]

[buzzing insect]

[birds chirping]

[screech]

[birds chirping]

Hi.

Hi.

Hi.

A long long time ago.

[drumming]

When there were no
mountains or forests.

The earth was just covered with oceans.

[sea waves waving]

There lived a Dragon
King [Copper Serpent]

Where is this Dragon King now, Dad?

Right here. Beneath us.

The dragon sleeps
underneath this earth in peace

[waterfalls]

We, the Bondrias,
protect the Dragon King

[singing in Tribal Language]

[drumming]

[waterfalls]

Our Hatidhara river was born
from the Dragon King's head.

Do the rivers also take birth, Dad?

Yes.

And the river is what keeps these trees,
plants, animals and us alive.

Look!

This is the Dragon King's head.

There are only a few places in
the world where you can see this

Our Jengaburu is one of them

The Dragon king must not be disturbed.

If you awaken this sleeping spirit, you may
unleash a big disaster on this earth.

[expl*si*n]

[footfalls]

[vehicle approaching]

[metal door creaking]

[footfalls]

[footfalls]

Sir.

Sir, stop.

We cremate the dead, Sir.

We don't bury them. Sir.

[snapping fingers along]

Sir.

Sir, please.

Sir, please.

Please stop this disaster
from happening.

[door creaking]

[scream]

[engine revving]

Sir!

Stop this, Sir.

We cremate the dead, please stop
this disaster! Please don't do this.

-Sir. Sir.

Stop! You m*therf*cker!

[helicopter hooting]

[phone ringing]

[keypad clanking]

[keypad clanking]

[phone ringing]

[door knocking]

Priya. Why didn't you
come to the party last night?

I had to review this for Andrew.

Oh.

Looks like someone is looking
for the CEO role this year.

Well, I was with Robbie last night.

Naz...

Nazneen, look.
Don't take this in a wrong way.

Your projections are way off the mark.

And your numbers just don't add up.

You can't take me for granted,
just because we live together.

I am sorry, I...

You can't afford to
go wrong with numbers,

when people trust you with billions.

Yeah.

Priya.

[footfalls]

Hi.

Sam.

[footfalls]

Wait, Wait for me.

Come in. Priya Only...

Give me a minute, guys.

Andrew.

I've studied your structure for Logix.

Does it work?

It works.

[chair scraping]

But... What about the money trails?

It will go cold.

How is that possible?

[pouring water]

Is there something
you are not telling me?

The banks of the Cayman Islands,
Gibraltar and Mauritius,

have informally agreed
to share the transaction keys.

Anonymously.

What?

[chair creaking]

Wow. This is massive, isn't it?

Wait a minute.

Are they really giving
access to the logs?

To a select few.

Us included.

I have a key.

This could make money invisible.

You worked it out.

[phone ringing]

Will it be ill*gal?

Money is life, Priya.

There is nothing ill*gal about it.

[phone ringing]

Come on in, guys.

[phone ringing]

Sorry, I have to take this.

It's fine.

[phone ringing]

Come in.

Hello.

Hello.

Am I talking to Priyamvada Das?

Yes. Who is this?

Why so many calls?

Hello, Priya. I am Ravinchandran Rao,
from Bhubaneswar.

I am professor Das' friend.

Das has been missing for four days.

Even his house is locked.

What do you mean?

I spoke to him a few days ago.

A body's been recovered from Keonjhar

The Police suspect it to
be Professor Das.

-Sorry...
-I went down to the police station...

-What?
-But the police--

The number you are trying
to call is currently not reachable.

Please try again later.

[music]

Hello? Hello, Priya.
Can you hear me?

Who did you say this is?

Ravichandran Rao. I am a consultant
with a tribal NGO in Bhubaneswar.

Police will need a family member
to come and identify the body.

This is...

This is impossible.

I wish.

Come to Bhubaneswar
as soon as possible.

[door opens]

[door creaking]

[loud music]

[machine beep]

[ambulance siren]

[aero plane rumble]

[airline announcement]

[airline announcement]

Priya.

[footfalls]

-Ravichandran Rao.
-Hello.

Where is my Dad?
Have you seen him?

No. Only family members are allowed.

[car door closes]

[horn honking]

[ambulance siren]

[telephone ringing]

[indistinct chatter]

Excuse me.

This is Priyamvada Das.
Daughter of Swatantra Das.

-Yes.
-She is here to identify the body.

-The burnt body?
-Yes.

It's downstairs.

-Mahadev is there, please meet him.
-Okay.

[music]

Come on.

Priya.

Priya.

Come.

[music continues]

[gasps]

Priya.

What happened, child?

That is not my Dad.

[inhale]

Are you sure?

The height and the skin...

Dad has a Bondria
Tattoo, on his right ankle.

He doesn't have one.

Thank God.

Dad is alive.

We must go to the police.

Yes, of course. Have faith.

Let me pull some strings
to figure this out.

[horn honking]

When did you last meet Das?

[vehicle approaching]

[horn honking]

Last year.

When he was in jail.

I tried to get him bail.

But it didn't happen.

His activism angered
many powerful people.

Maybe dad went to Jengaburu.

There is no network there.

No, dear.

There is no one in Jengaburu anymore.

They discovered Bauxite there,

It's now a very big private mining site.

And the Bondria village?

They have been resettled.

[horn blaring]

[vehicle approaching]

[siren blaring]

[expl*si*n]

[machine beep]

[door clanking & opens]

Good morning, Banerjee.

Now what is it, Srinivas?

[machine beep]

What is it this time?

f*ck.

Is that a phone in his hand?

How did he take the phone down,
Srinivas.

[metal clanking]

[water spritzing]

Hey! Why have you stopped working?

Sir, he is not well.

Move it! Move Quickly.

[rock drilling]

[water spritzing]

[rock drilling]

Srinivas, no f*ck.

Please, sort this out.

I am worried about the delivery.

f*ck.

I think I am going
to have a heart attack.

Someone is behind this. I am on it.

[siren blaring]

Mindiya Lakda.

Okay, fine.

Bramha.

Sir, Nattu.

-Did you get the leave, Nattu?
-Yes, Sir. Here.

He just stepped out.

Yeah, it's done.

I will miss the bus,
get out of my way!

Yeah, I am on my way.

[horn honking]

[vehicle approaching]

[door clanking & opens]

[car door closes]

Have you got the key?

I will call Man Singh uncle.

Then I will also wait till he shows up.

That's not needed, uncle.

I think I would like to be by myself.

Okay.
Call me if you need me.

[car door closes]

[phone beep]

[horn blaring]

[phone beep]

The number you are trying to call
is currently out of network area.

The number you are trying to call
is currently out of network area.

[footfalls]

[car arrives]

[metal creaking]

[footfalls]

[door opens]

[door creaking & opens]

[light switch on]

[door opens]

[papers rustle]

[ringing bells in the temple]

[Priest Murmuring]

No, thank you.

[vehicle approaching]

Hey, stop, stop.

Let me go, Sir.

I haven't done anything, Sir.
Why are you hitting me, Sir?

Don't hit me.
Why are you hitting me, Sir?

Let me go, I will never leave the mines!

I haven't done anything, Sir.

Let me go, where are you taking me?

[vehicle approaching]

[indistinct voice]

[metal creaking]

[vehicle halts]

Good morning, Priya.

Did you find the key last night?

The lock was broken.

What?

And the house was a complete mess.

[vehicle approaching]

We are here to meet IGP Mahanta.

Take a seat.

[telephone ringing]

Sir, go to the first floor.

[bell ring]

Okay. Right.

Ms. Priya, I am sorry,
you have to face all this.

Professor Das' phone
was last active in Keonjhar.

So was his friend Man Singh's.

-They were together.
-Yes Sir.

Man Singh uncle used to
look after my father's work.

They both probably
met with the same fate.

We are Investigating.

What do you mean?

Das... is on the Naxal [Rebel group]
hit list.

Because there's been some
conflict between the Naxals and Das.

There could be a threat
to your life too, Ms. Priya.

That's why we are giving
you police protection.

I don't need protection, Sir.

Please focus on my Dad.

Priya.

Your safety is our responsibility.

Please, do as advised.

Head constable Ram Kumar
will meet you downstairs.

That sounds like an order, Sir.

For your own good, ma'am.

Please.

Thank you, Sir.

Priya.

These were the same people who charged my dad
with UAPA [Unlawful Activities Prevention Act].

Kept my father in custody for three
years, calling him a Naxal supporter.

-Do you really trust them?
-Child, what else can we do?

I must go see Man Singh uncle.

-Hello Madam--
-Maybe Lakshmi aunty knows something...

Jai Jagannath [hail the lord!], Ma'am.

I am your PSO
[Personal Security Officer], Ram Kumar.

Come.

Your father will be found.

Just be positive.

Since now that you have met a positive
person like me, you will also be positive.

Look, Madam.

That's the Police Commissionerate.

It's the epicentre of power in Odisha.

They run the entire
state from there.

Man Singh has been found.

Man Singh has been found in Keonjhar.

Over.

He's being transported to Bhubaneswar.

Over.

Where in Bhubaneswar?

Bhubaneswar. Hi - Tech hospital.

He will be kept in Hi - Tech hospital.

Over.

-Man Singh. Where is Man Singh?
-Upstairs. Second floor.

Madam, Second floor

[whistles]

Come.

[footfalls]

Hello, Man Singh uncle.

Priya, when did you come here?

Where is dad?

Move.

Excuse me.

I don't know how all this happened...

Come on. Let's go out. Come on.

Are you Das' daughter?

Who brought you here?

Was it you?

You are a PSO.

These are dangerous times.
Focus on her security.

-Excuse me.
-One minute.

-Talk to me. Where is my father?
-One minute.

How dare you talk to me like this?

You cannot talk to me like this.

A-class officer.

Sir, please let it go.

-We are already quite worried.
-It is a thing to be worried about.

It's quite simple.

Das was abducted by
the Naxals.

Somehow Man Singh managed to escape.

He kept wandering in the
jungle for three days.

Bloody hell!

Everyone tries to defame the police.

Priya.

Do you even have a plan?

We'll update you if there
is any new information.

Now, please leave.

Priya. Come.

What? Stand here.

-Don't let anyone in.
-No one will come in, Sir.

Don't worry, Priya.

I know the Mining and
the Tribal Affairs Minister.

George Tigga.

We'll arrange for a press
conference with his help.

When the media creates a buzz,

the police will be
forced to take action.

But what will the
Minister say to the media?

He won't.

You will.

[metal clanking]

[vehicle approaching]

[horn blaring]

ONE RUPEE MEDICAL CLINIC

[clank]

[coughs]

Hello.

Hello.

Sit.

Sir, my son's been vomiting
yellow liquid since the last two days.

Look that way.

This way. Look up.

Are you from Jharkhand
[neighbouring state]?

Why do you leave your home
and come this far to work?

They are paying us
three times the money, Sir.

Unbelievable.

The local people are out of work.

Outsiders are being offered
three times the money.

I'll prescribe medicines.

-Sir.
-Yes.

I had two miscarriages.

He is my last hope.

Where is his father?

I guess, my husband too contracted
the same disease in the mines.

They didn't even release his
dead body out of the mines.

They buried him right there.

That as*h*le said it's an epidemic.

They think we are stupid.

My husband got sick in the mines.

But your son doesn't work in the mines.

How did he get the disease?

I don't know, Sir.

What is this disease, Sir?

Give him this.

Where do you get your drinking water?

From the river.

-That will be one rupee.
-Yes.

[vehicle approaching]

[horn honking]

[car door opens]

-Hello, Sir.
-Hello. Hello. Mr. Rao.

Thank you so much Sir.

Stop. Stop. Let me in.

You cannot go in.

Why? I am a journalist.

I've a YouTube channel
called Jhatka News.

I also have 50,000 subscribers.

-Let me through. No, no, please.
-You cannot go in.

Stop. Stop.

-Don't come in...
-Hurry up. Hurry up.

-Hello.
-Hello.

And thank you for coming here,
on such short notice.

Our Professor Swatantra Das has been
missing for a couple of days.

This is Priya Das.

Professor Das' daughter.

She has come all the way from
London to look for her father.

Speak.

Thank you all for coming.

Ma'am, can you speak in Odia?

I am sorry, I don't know Odia.

But, ma'am, you are from Odisha.

Swatantra Das is an Odia.

No respect for your own
culture and language?

Wait a minute.

Wait, wait a minute!
Where are we going with this?

Try to understand.

Here is a daughter,
worried about her father's life.

Please, respect that.

[birds chirping]

My appeal is to Naxal
leader Kadey,

to let my father go.

I promise he will retire from activism.

Thank you.

Madam, do you really think
they will do as you say?

What do you even do in London?

I am a financial analyst.

[laughing]

Wow, He sent his daughter to London,

and here he teaches
kids to become rebels.

[laughing]

[camera clicks]

Putting someone on the hit list
doesn't solve the problem.

Please deliver my message to Kadey.

Thank you.

[birds chirping]

Suresh. I will work from home today.
You can leave.

Yes.

[metal door creaking]

[footfalls]

[motorbike approaching]

Come.

-Dr. Panigrahi
-You?

Professor Das is missing.

What?

Professor Das is missing.
You didn't tell me.

Who told you?

Priya is here looking for him.

Did you call her?

Have you been drinking
during daytime as well?

I didn't travel this far for

My appeal is to Naxal
leader Kadey,

to let my father go.

Putting someone on the hit
list doesn't solve the problem.

Please deliver my message to Kadey

Hold on.

You're our only hope.

Mr. IAS Officer [Bureaucrat],
There is nothing I can do.

Did you meet Professor Das?

I don't think it's important
to tell you that.

Doctor, please. it's very important

If Das had trusted you,
you would know where he is.

We all have seen your exploits,
and we are still suffering from it.

Ram... you can sleep
in the living room.

No, Madam.
I'll sleep outside on the cot.

Don't worry, Madam.

I'll go get some rest. You should too.

-Goodnight.
-Goodnight.

[door closes & creaking]

[gasps]

Please. Please.

Priya, what are you doing?
And why didn't you call me?

Are you crazy?

You should have called me.

I didn't have the
time to call you, Dhruv.

I got a call that they
found dad's body.

Who called?

Why?

Do you even have any idea what was dad
going through, all this time?

Where were you?

Did you even go and see him
after he was released from jail?

You will not understand
the situation here.

You only talk big, Dhruv.

There was no water in the house.

You always keep saying
'Professor Das is my father figure.'

If he is your father figure,
then why didn't you look after him?

What is that cop doing outside?

They have given me
personal security, forcefully.

Apparently, I am unsafe in the city.

But how does it matter to you?

Priya, you don't know
what I've been through.

And what did you do for your father?

When he was in jail.
Only sent money?

-Dhruv, that's below the belt.
-Wait...

Sorry, sorry, just listen to me. Okay.

Bhubaneswar is not the same anymore.

Professor Das was always against mining.

As soon as he went to jail, they started
mining in Jengaburu.

Everything was fine for
the last three years

And now, the moment he is out,
he has gone missing.

You tell me who benefits?

What do you mean by who benefits?

Dad has been kidnapped by the Naxals.

Man Singh uncle has given a statement.

There is no mystery here.

Aren't you an IAS officer?

Why don't you do something?

It's not like that.

I feel like I am a
stranger in my own world.

Okay, I can't make any
promises that I can't keep.

That's not a new statement.

Just leave, Dhruv.

[dog barking]

[engine revving]

[car door closes]

-Four into two...
-Eight.

Five into two...

Why are you teaching the trees?

-Hi.
-Hi.

-Hi.
-Hi.

-Hi.
-Hi.

-Hi.
-Hi.

[cellphone rings]

[cellphone rings]

[inhale]

Hello.

Priya. This is Man Singh.

Man Singh uncle?

[light switch on]

I came back from the
hospital this evening.

I have something important to tell you.

-Right now?
-Yes.

Meet me in front of Tulsi Jatra
Tent house, in Khandagiri Chowk

Come alone.

And Dad?

I cannot tell you over the phone.

Professor Das is in big trouble.

[door closes]

[metal creaking]

[dog barking]

[knocking]

Brother. Brother.

Can you take me to Khandagiri Chowk?

Okay, sit.

[engine revving]

[clanking]

[singing in Odia language]

[vehicle approaching]

The number you are trying
to call is currently not reachable.

Please try again later.

[singing in Odia language]

The number you are trying
to call is currently not reachable.

[arrow shot]

[tyres screeching]

[vehicle halts]

[music]