01x02 - Counterpunch

[bunniefuu]

[somber music playing]

- [goon] Come on, Sunny.
- [Sunny whimpering]

Move. Keep moving.

[whimpering, groaning in pain]

[groaning softly]

- Move away, m*therf*cker!
- What is wrong with you?

- [screaming]
- [goon 2] Have you gone crazy?

[Sunny whimpering in pain]

- m*therf*cker!
- [goon 2] You're revealing your face!

[Sunny whimpering in pain]

Because of this as*h*le,
we're gonna get caught.

Let's go. Every man for himself.

Stop, you assholes!

- Come on.
- Don't leave me!

[whimpering in pain]

[screaming]

[Kuki] Hello, good morning, namaste.

It's a new day, so let's go.

It's time for a series of questions.

And my first question is…

Do you b*stards know who I am?

[stammers] Yeah.

[panting softly]

- Huh? Huh?
- [man stammering] Ku… Ku…

- Huh? Huh?
- Sir, your name is Kuki Yadav.

[Kuki] Well done!

Now, tell me, do you have any idea
why you were brought here, hmm?

Yes, sir, Mr. Kuki.
We stole one of your trucks.

There was a bag
with 5 million rupees in it.

[Kuki chuckles softly]

We promise we'll return the money.

[Kuki] Right answer.

And with that answer,
you win a one rupee coin.

If it's heads,
your heads will be blown off.

If it's tails, you'll be let off.

Now, Ramchandra, give me the coin.

[suspenseful music playing]

[whimpering in pain]

[engine accelerating]

[loud expl*si*n]

[terrorized scream]

[whimpering, panting]

[inaudible]

It's our boy, Sunny.

[goon 2] Get him out. Easy.

[goon 1] Listen, Sunny. Sunny, wake up.

Hey, Sunny, are you okay?

Is he for real, sir?

Whatever that nephew of yours touches
ends up turning into sh*t. [clicks tongue]

Sunny. Wake up, Sunny.

[opening theme song playing]

[train horn blowing]

Now take this and hurry up.

And, remember, don't take this with you.

Go on.

[melancholic song playing]

Hey, Coach sir will be here soon.

[inaudible]

[song ends]

[rapid rhythmic breathing]

[door opens]

[Raghubir] Good morning, everyone.

Come on, stand in line.

Raka, you as well.

[man clears throat]

Every one of you knew Gudiya.

To all those who asked after her…

prayed for her, went to her funeral…

I thank each one of you.

But that's it. It's over now.

You guys come to the club to learn boxing.

So learn.

Everyone has to die one day.

There's no secret potion for immortality.

But sports operates on a different system.

Be it a coach or a player…

if you truly apply yourself,

then your performance and your training
can make you immortal.

You just need to be hungry enough.

As far as I'm concerned…

I am hungry.

I want to win the Olympic gold.

Is there anyone here
who is as hungry as I am? Huh?

A boxer who loses his hunger
was never a fighter.

Speaking of fighters…

All you stars of the Haryana Boxing Club…

my assistant coaches, come forward.

Which son of a b*tch
asked you to start training

two hours late this morning?

Coach sir, we--

Training starts at six o'clock.
Not one minute after 6:00.

Raka Singh Beniwal was the only one
standing here at 6:00 a.m. sharp.

Listen, all of you.

From now on,
if someone is late even by a second…

I don't care if you're a student
or a coach…

I'll break your heads open, you--
Understand?

Come on, let's start training!

Come on, move!

[cell phone vibrating]

He is not coming.

[Ravi inhales, exhales]

[Ravi] It's as if this heartache…
[sniffles]

…has spread all through my body.

Throughout my life,

Coach sir's beatings
never hurt me as much as…

[sniffles, breath trembles]

…as much as it hurts now.

We are not going to rest
until we avenge Gudiya's death.

I give you my word, Ravi.

[reporter] The Nihal Singh case
has taken an unexpected turn.

Gudiya Singh, the daughter
of boxing coach, Raghubir Singh,

who was recovering in hospital
after the attack,

was found dead last night.

This case is raising lots of questions.

Hopefully, the Shaktigarh police
press conference will reveal a new angle.

SHAKTIGARH, HARYANA

[sighs] Hmm.

- Good morning, Mr. Phogat.
- Good morning. Good morning.

There's time for the council meeting.

Yeah, yeah.

You're here early.

When the big guy says to come quickly,

- what choice does the little guy have?
- True.

[man] Get the light aside.

Ah, Mayor sir. Good morning.

Hello there, Phogat.

- [bull snorts]
- [chuckles nervously]

[Phogat] Oh, my, my. Wow.

May I say something, Mr. Mayor?

The biggest bandits around here
don't scare me.

But seeing your Sultan standing here,

a shiver runs through my body.

That's how it should be.

One pot of his sperm costs
hundreds of thousands of rupees.

How much is a pot of yours worth?

One pot?

One cup and my entire life supply
will be over, Mr. Mayor.

It's better
if you let Sultan do this work.

This big bull of mine
is always raring to go.

Ready 24x7.

Just today,

three hot, young, beautiful buffaloes
have come from Bhatinda.

They are waiting eagerly for Sultan.

- [buffalo mooing]
- [handler clicking tongue, smacking lips]

[clicking tongue]

- [man 1] Go ahead. Come on.
- [man 2] I've already taken it.

Careful now. Bring him behind.

[handler vocalizing]

- [buffalo grunts]
- [Dhanda] That's good.

[buffalo mooing]

Be careful, be careful.

- [man 1] Hold tight. Don't let go.
- [man 2] Careful.

[man 1] Tighten the ropes.

- Hey, careful.
- [man 2] Yes, I'm doing it.

- [man 1] Corner him.
- [man 2] Yeah.

[man 1] Very good.

You've got a big case on your hands,
I believe.

- [exhales deeply]
- [buffalo groaning]

The boy was going to get a medal
for the country.

Coach sir's daughter is dead as well.

- I don't know what to do--
- Shut it down.

- What?
- The case.

Shut it down, Phogat.

That'll be difficult, Mr. Mayor.

Everyone knew Nihal.
The media has already set up shop here.

Then tell your department to remove
the media encroachment, will you?

The officer
who is investigating this case,

Arvind Shekhawat,

is a little too honest.

You are our man, Phogat.

All the village councils of Haryana
have you on their radar.

I'm sure you know that
these two love birds…

Nihal and Gudiya,
are from the same bloodline.

Even these buffaloes, you know,

avoid mating with
other members of their own family

so that future generations
aren't weakened.

And these two…

- Take care of it.
- [bull bellows]

No!

Good morning.

[man] Good morning, sir.

[Dhanda]
A very good morning to one and all.

[crowd] Good morning.

[Dhanda] I have only one request to make
of our elders

and citizens of the future.

That the intricate social fabric

that our forefathers wove so carefully,
thread by thread…

we just can't let it break.

[crowd agreeing]

[Dhanda] And to the people
of this new generation

who are of the belief

that our old customs and traditions
are no longer important,

that they can oppose them,

I want to make one thing crystal clear
to youngsters like them.

Be very afraid.

[crowd agreeing]

SHAKTIGARH POLICE

Where did you find this?

At the scene of the crime.

The ones who attacked Gudiya,
they were wearing these.

Huh?

How do you know?

Gudiya told us
when she regained consciousness.

She also mentioned that
she busted one guy's eye.

[imperceptible chatter]

Now that you have their blood sample,
how soon can you get the DNA test done?

It's not a crime series, bro.
Whose sample will we match it with?

With every guy in Viju's club.

That's not how it works.

Coaches, students,

there must be around 150 people
in Viju's club.

The department doesn't have
that kind of time or money

to test everyone's DNA.

Hmm, did you forget something?

Oh, sh*t.

No wonder I felt something was missing
when I left the house.

Bharti, this is Ravi.

Coach sir's, uh…

- [in hushed tone] I told you about them.
- Oh.

I'm sorry.
Arvind told me about your sister.

I'm sorry for your loss.

And this is Dev, Ravi's brother.

Uh, Bharti, my wife.

- Uh--
- You must be wondering where Vatsala is.

Vatsala, Arvind and you guys, um,
studied together, right?

I know.

She was the first one.

Now all he has is me, the second one.

And if all goes well, then…

the last one.

Haven't you all eaten yet?
I'll set the table in two minutes.

No, I think we should leave.

Bharti, I'll see them off.

[Bharti] Hmm.

Hey, bro, look at her.

She's the reason so many of my children
are swimming in the gutter.

- [sucks teeth]
- [Barsola] What's going on?

- [grunts] Jai Hind, sir.
- Sir.

What the hell are you two up to now?

Uh, nothing, sir. We were…

- [man 2] Yeah.
- We were just…

We were talking about fruits,
what's the best way to eat these fruit.

- Open your mouth.
- Sir, sir.

- Let me show you how it's done.
- Barsola, cut it out, man.

[constable grunts]

Take it out.

Listen, check each and every hospital
and nursing home in Shaktigarh.

Pharmacies and every single clinic
owned by private doctors.

Ask them if someone with a busted eye
came in on the night of the m*rder.

One minute, Arvind. Come to my office.

Have I done anything wrong, sir?

What a narrow outlook you have, Arvind.

In spite of being a policeman,

don't you know that
not everything is under our control?

Now go and take care of
that Kundan Jewelers case.

- Go, get to work.
- That's exactly what I was doing.

Investigating a m*rder.

Shekhawat, you may be a good man,
but you are quite a dumb cop.

[festive music playing]

I've spread colors and dreams everywhere.

And I've sent a little message by video.

It's the festival of colors
and Gudiya Singh sends you a greeting.

Happy Holi, everyone.

I never thought…

that the fest of colors
would hurt my eyes.

This room feels so strange without Gudiya.

[breath trembles]

[endearing music playing]

What's that?

I bought it for Gudiya
at the Panchkula Fair…

about eight years ago.

I bought them with so much love.

And she didn't even take them with her.

She just left them here.

Just like we left her.

[Ravi's breath trembling]

- [cell phone chimes]
- [Ravi sniffles]

The police are holding a press conference.

- [Phogat] Is the mic working?
- [reporters] Yes, sir.

- Should we start?
- [man] Yes.

Look, everyone… [grunts]

this is a case of theft.

[camera shutters clicking]

- Uh…
- [Phogat] They must've never expected

to find a boxer there.

Things got out of hand,
someone pulled a knife.

I'll simplify this for the media.

This was a robbery gone wrong.

Before the girl had a chance
to expose them,

they went to the hospital and k*lled her.

By now, they must've got out of the city.

We are investigating.
Must've been four men.

All right, Jai Hind.

How could he call it a robbery
even after knowing everything?

Call Arvind right now.

Come on, hurry up.

[intriguing music playing]

[exhales] You as*h*le.

What are you doing?

[Dev grunts]

I'm going to beat the sh*t out of you,
you traitor!

- [grunts] Son of a b*tch!
- Dev, what are you doing?

- First listen to me.
- I've gone insane!

Shut the hell up!

What are you doing? Stop it!

At least stop and think
before you react like that.

- Listen to me first, okay?
- Okay, then speak up!

Bro, what the hell is going on?

I've been removed from the case.

What? Why?

This morning,
Mr. Phogat went to meet the Mayor.

He threw me out soon after that.

It could be the village council.

So, you're saying that
Dhanda is behind all this?

They tied my hands
before I could find out anything.

Whatever has to be done…

is now up to you guys.

Keep this.

[Ravi clicks tongue]

It'll just end up as trash
at the police station.

[cell phone ringing]

Yeah. Find anything?

[constable] Sir, I'm at Durga
Medical Stores, Jhajjar Road.

On the m*rder night, at 3:00 a.m.,
they came to buy local anesthesia.

He says they looked like wrestlers to him.

How many men were there?
Any idea where they went next?

Sir, three of them.

There is a Dr Panghal.

He is a vet, sir.
I'll send you his address.

Okay. Now head back.

I'm off the case, but not the job.

- [tires screeching]
- [engine accelerating]

OUR MINI CUBA

Okay, guys, get out.

Clinic's closed. Good day.

[man] Hey, listen. Hold on.

My poor rabbit's stomach is upset.
He's had diarrhea all morning.

- [sniffles]
- [man] What's the matter, sir?

[exhales]

Shove this up its a*s.
That should stop it.

- Out!
- [man whimpers]

[dog whining]

[Panghal] Hey.

Hey, get back.

What's the matter? [grunts, sobs]

[straining] Who are you?
Hey, what did I do?

[Panghal whimpering]

[air-kisses]

[air-kisses]

[whimpering in pain]

Did anyone come to you with a busted eye?

- Busted eye?
- Mmm.

Whose eye? A dog's?

Yeah, it was a dog,

but the human kind.

But I'm a veterinarian.

How can I treat a person?

[whimpering, whining]

I'm telling the truth.

- [Dev sighs]
- [Panghal whimpering]

Let's do one thing.

Let's poke your eye out with this

and hope you can look into your mind
with your good eye

and tell me the name of the wrestler

you sent with a prescription
to the pharmacy at 3:00 in the morning.

[whimpering]

[Panghal] I got a call
around 2:00 in the morning.

There were four of them.

They had come here before
with broken limbs and faces.

Move your hand.

- [screaming]
- [exclaims in disgust]

[Sunny grunting in pain]

[Sunny screaming]

Get this from the pharmacy.

- Were they Viju's boys?
- Who?

Out with their names.

I don't know about Viju.

Sunny was here. Sunny Bhullar.

Kuki Yadav's nephew.

- Kuki Yadav?
- Yes, yes.

- That mining guy?
- Yes.

[whimpering]

Okay, now tell me, Doctor…

where do I find Sunny Bhullar?

How should I know?

All right.

Now, come on, Doctor.

- Let's put a leash on you.
- No, no.

No. [whimpering]

[grunting, coughing]

Start talking. You can cough later.
Come on.

[gasping]

He said there's a boxing tournament today.

Sunny will be working for Kuki.

But I don't know where.

[grunts]

- [cop] Jai Hind, sir.
- [Arvind] Mmm.

Arvind Shekhawat?

Joyna Hazarika from Spectrum.

I need information
about Nihal and Gudiya's case.

What is this "robbery gone wrong" theory?

I'm sorry, I can't help you.

It's a simple question.

Now, Nihal and Gudiya didn't have
the kind of money or jewelry

to justify such an attack,

so, this "robbery gone wrong" theory is a…

Sir, help me out here.

I cannot, ma'am.

[cell phone ringing]

- Excuse me.
- [door opens]

Yeah?

[chair creaks]

We got the one-eyed guy's name.
Sunny Bhullar.

Sunny Bhullar? Sunny Bhullar?

He's KukI Yadav's nephew.

There's a boxing tournament tonight.

Probably ill*gal. You'll find him there.

[Arvind] Oh, man.

In that case, I'll have to
find out someone from the boxing scene.

[engine starts, revving]

The gods are smiling upon us

because I happen to know
someone like that.

Come on, let's go, Ravi.

[engine accelerating]

[coach] Well done.
Come on, come on, Monu. That's it.

What's this tournament run by Kuki Yadav?

Why?

Kuki's nephew, Sunny Bhullar,
was involved in this attack.

It was his eye that got busted.

To hell with that. Why tell him the whole…

He's asking you if you know anything
about the tournament.

Did you two, um…

Was everything done?

Last-- last rites were to be arranged.

I couldn't come because…

Forget it. We don't wanna know
why you couldn't come.

There's a reason for that, Ravi.

When I saw Gudiya…

she was always smiling.

I couldn't summon the courage
to see her dead.

I have become weak.
A father's pain is very different.

Hey, give it a rest, okay?

Spare us your pain and suffering!
I know you very well.

Your star boxer is gone.
Your Olympic medal is gone.

You're more heartbroken about that
than losing your daughter!

How could I not be sad about
losing my daughter?

She was all I had in this world.

Now that she's gone,
I have no idea what to do.

I've been living with a broken family
for years.

For the first time, I feel broken.

Sometimes I feel like leaving everything
and running away.

But I can't even run properly.

I run and end up in the same place.

The club.

Training them…

to become boxers.

Let's go.

We might get some clues
if we find Sunny Bhullar.

[Raghubir] Uh… Oh, wait.

Wait a minute.

Let's get together and avenge Gudiya.

[suspenseful music playing]

[door slams shut]

If this has anything to do with
Kuki Yadav and his g*ng,

then we'll have to tread
even more carefully.

It would be better
if we talk to the police.

I don't trust the police.
They are all involved.

They shut it down,
threw Arvind off the case.

Why?

Village council must've wanted it.

Nihal and Gudiya
were from the same bloodline.

So, what do you think?

Kuki and Dhanda,
is there any connection between them?

I suspect all three, all three of them.

Dhanda, Viju and Kuki,
whose man committed the m*rder.

Hold on a second.
Mr. Big Shot, you've said everything

other than about the tournament.
Do you know anything?

That tournament of Kuki Yadav's
is an open game.

[crowd cheering]

People go there
to buy and sell retired boxers.

A fight is set up, bids are made.

- [all clamoring]
- Bets are placed.

There, the boxing ring is a flesh market.

Everyone beats each other up,
and then it's all up to their destiny.

After they're sold, some boxers,

they become security guards,
some bodyguards…

and some become g*ons.

But there's one problem.

You won't be able to go in directly.

I'll have to set things up for you.

- Name?
- Junaid.

- What's your name?
- Ravindra Singh.

And this is Devendra Singh.

[man] Hey, you, where are you going?
You're Ravindra, right?

Your name is in the list of fighters.

Take this and go that way.

I'm fighting tonight?

This is what your respected Coach sir
has set up for you.

[all cheering, clamoring]

[guard] Mmm.

Go.

Yes, sir. From the post-mortem,
we have found out that

both the poisons worked differently.

One has weakened the body slowly.

And the other poison…

[Arvind] What do you keep watching, Mom?

[man on TV]
The reaction time was different.

- [clicks tongue]
- [show continues on TV]

Hmm.

Sir, if one poison works slowly

and the other instantly, so how were they…

Have you had dinner?

[show continues on TV]

- Have you eaten?
- Huh?

- Dinner?
- Yes, I have.

It was burnt.

Your beautiful wife
doesn't know how to cook.

[door creaks open]

Looks like you had a bad day.

[sighs] That's the life of a policeman.

You bought a new one?

Mmm.

Silver?

[chuckles softly] No, not at all.

As soon as your mother saw it,
she knew it was fake.

[crickets chirping]

[announcer shouting indistinctly]

[Kuki] Sunny, my boy.

[Sunny] Hmm.

How are you feeling, hmm? Does it hurt?

Look at that.

Business is going to boom tonight.

Can you handle the collections for me?

Yeah?

[Sunny] Mmm.

Count the money carefully
and bring it here, that's all.

- Mmm.
- But you have to stay alert, all right?

- Mmm.
- What?

Yes, Uncle.

Since I'm your uncle,
listen to me with all your attention.

In order to be alert,

there's no other way but to be clean.

You…

You really have to
stop injecting yourself.

[sighs softly]

You're my nephew.

Don't make a mistake
like the last time, okay?

- Mmm.
- Go.

Wait.

Go on. [chuckles softly]

[crowd cheering]

[man grunts]

[all clamoring]

[boxer grunting]

[all cheering]

[grunting]

[screaming]

Yes, yes, hold on.

[grunting]

[crowd exclaims] Ooh!

Hey, that's my guy.

Fifty thousand for Meena.

[man] You think
you're a bigshot businessman?

That boy is mine.

I say 80,000.

Hundred thousand.


[announcer] Is there anyone here
who can bid more than 100,000?

Anyone?

Okay, 100,000 one,


[all applauding]

My friends, buckle up for the next act,

because to make this evening
even more fine and interesting,

we have with us
the former heavyweight champion,

Mr. Ravindra Singh!

[all cheering]

If I'd have known earlier,
I'd have bet on him.

That f*ck, Kuki, changed the whole game.

In his last fight, this boxer punched out
his opponent's lights permanently!

Let's see if the same thing happens again!

Give him a big hand!

[all chanting] Ravi, Ravi, Ravi, Ravi!

Ravi, Ravi, Ravi!

Ravi, Ravi, Ravi!

[announcer] So, my friends,
we have two champions ready in the ring.

So dig deep and start bidding!

[crowd chanting] Balli, Balli, Balli!

Make your bets, make your bets-- Hey!

What is he doing?

[snarling]

That? Painkiller injections.

Leaves the whole body numb.

Is this allowed?

Hey, everything's allowed here.
Come on, are you ready?

So, one, two, three, fight!

- [snarling]
- [grunting]

[all cheering]

[snarling, grunting]

[grunting, snarling]

[grunts]

- [groaning]
- [snarling]

[snarling triumphantly]

[grunts]

[both grunting]

[all chanting] Balli, Balli, Balli!

[screaming triumphantly]

Ravi!

[all chanting] Balli, Balli, Balli!

- [inaudible]
- [effort grunts]

[grunts]

[screaming]

[all cheering]

[screaming]

[groaning]

- [grunts]
- [crowd exclaims] Ooh!

[all cheering]

[all chanting] Ravi, Ravi, Ravi, Ravi!

[chanting continues]

[all clamoring]

Ravi.

Hey, you fought so well, boy.

Will you work for me?

I will give whatever you want.

Will you bring glory
to Raghubir Singh's name?

[suspenseful music playing]

- [Ravi] Oi!
- [Dev panting]

[groans]

[grunting]

[panting wearily]

[Sunny panting]

[panting]

Oi!

[Sunny grunts]

[grunting]

Bro, bro, bro!
They paid me money,

so I did it.
Please forgive me. I made a mistake.

Who gave you the money?

Was it Dhanda? Viju?

Or was it your uncle, Kuki?

[Ravi grunts in pain]

[groans]

[panting]

[screaming]

[loud crash]

Ravi, get the f*ck!

Oi!

What the f*ck?

[grunts]

- [Ravi] Dev.
- Yeah?

Come on, let's get out of here.

Did you get a look at the guy's face?

Yes, I saw his face. It's someone we know.

[suspenseful music playing]

[upbeat music playing]

[upbeat music continues]

[thrilling music playing]

[suspenseful music playing]