Abhijeet ke ateet ka (asli) Raaz
Like many other episodes, the series promised a lot but in the end I am really dissatisfied with how they ended it. There was no real raaz there and the whole build-up given ended in one 2 minute scene with one Dilip who was Abhijeet's ex-colleague who appears and tells Abhijeet that he's alive. Plus we had a whole load of nonsense with Maya and the hostage crisis and some unwanted crap like the electric shock. I may change a few things here. 😛
December 2010
Scene : Abhijeet's house
Daya accompanies Abhijeet to his house.
Abhijeet: Pichli baar jab chot lagi toh yaaddasth chali gayi. Iss bar chot lagi toh lagta hai sab kuch yaad aa jaayega.
Daya(smiles): Tumhe yeh sab mazaak lag raha hai? Yeh sab sirf filmon mein hota hai. Tum aaraam karo. Main chalta hoon.
Daya leaves.
Abhijeet dozes off on his sofa when he has a weird dream where he sees himself dressed as a goon. A man is sitting tied to a chair.
Abhijeet: CID ka aadmi hai tu? BOL!
Man: Main tumhari dhamikiyon se nahi darta.
Abhijeet: Sach bataya toh aur kuch din zinda rehne ka mauka milega.
Man : Nahi chayiye mujhe tumhara mauka.
Abhijeet: Toh ye le!!
..Abhijeet shoots several bullets into the man's body. The bullets go thru the body and shatter a mirror located behind him. The mirror is splattered with blood. Abhijeet wipes the blood with his sleeve and orders the guy standing nearby... Uthake phenk de ise'.
Abhijeet woke up with a start, sweating. He wondered if it was a dream or had it really happened. He tried to tell himself that it was a dream, but something told him it was real and that he knew the person sitting in the chair. He couldn't get proper sleep that night and by morning his injured head was throbbing even more.
Within a week his wound had healed externally but the dream kept playing on his mind all the time. If it were a dream it would be different each time, but here it was the same. And whenever he tried to strain his mind and remember who the dead man was, his head would ache badly and he would feel dizzy. He visited a doctor, who scanned his brain, found nothing seriously wrong with it, just a few remnants of the old head injury which had destroyed his memory 13 years back. The doctor told him not to stress himself out, get some proper sleep and prescribed some high dose sedatives along with the regular medicines.
The sedatives weren't helping much. Abhijeet continued to have the same horrible dream and got very less sleep. He would often have severe headaches and was unable to concentrate while at work. ACP, Vivek, Daya - all seemed to be noticing this.
Abhijeet and Daya were hiding in the kitchen to see who was coming into the bungalow at night and killing the family members one after the other. It was night and it was time for Abhijeet to take his medicines.
Daya: Abhijeet, mujhe tumse kuch baat karni hai.Main dekh raha hoon ki kuch dino se tumhari tabiyat theek nahi hai. Kaam ke samay tumhara dhyan kahin aur chala jaata hai. Aur yeh sab davayiyan kiske liye?
Abhijeet: Yeh sar..sardard ki goliyan hai.
Daya: Abhijeet, dost hoon main tumhara. Mujhse mat chupaao.
Abhijeet: Kuch nahi yaar, yeh sirf sar dard ki goliyan hai.
Daya: Yeh sar dard ki goliyan nahi hai Abhijeet. Sar dard ke liye koi pachaas goliyan nahi khaata.
Abhijeet(annoyed): Ab bola na yaar, kuch nahi hai. Ab hume is case par dhyaan dena chahiye.
Daya wondered what Abhijeet was trying to hide.
2 weeks later:
Daya had no time to talk to Abhijeet as both of them were busy solving different cases.
Abhijeet continued to have the same dreams and he was getting too stressed about getting to the truth of the matter. Having worked as a cop for 13 years, his instinct told him that the guy sitting on the chair was a real guy and this was real memory and not a dream. The lack of proper sleep and rest was taking its toll on him. One day he was about to doze off while driving and almost crashed the CID Qualis onto a lady. Abhijeet was lucky that nothing happened to the lady, but he decided that he had to do something about the whole matter.
Scene : Psychiatrist's centre
Doc: Hello Abhijeet, aao. Kitne saal ho gaye tumse milkar. Baitho.
Abhijeet sits down
Abhijeet: Nahi doctor, aisi koi baat nahi hai. Mujhe aaj aapki madad chahiye.
Doc: Kaisi madad?
Abhijeet: Aap mujhse wada kijiye ki aapko jo bhi pata chalega - won confidential rakhenge.
Doc: Baat kya hai?
Abhijeet explains his weird dreams to him.
Doc: Lekin iske liye tumhe hypnotise karne ki kya zaroorat hai?
Abhijeet: Kyonki 12 saal pehle maine apni yaadasht kho di thi. Isliye mujhe kuch yaad nahi aa raha hai. Kya aap meri madad kar sakte hain?
Doc: Yeh toh bohot mushkil hai. normally logon ko apne ateet ki baatein yaad rehte hain. Un memories ko sirf jagaana padta hai. Lekin tumhare case mein tumhe apne ateet ki baatein kuch bhi yaad nahi hai, isliye yeh bohot mushkil hai.
Abhijeet: Yeh yaad aana bohot zaroori hai doctor, kuch bhi kijiye. Electric shock???
Doc: Tum paagal nahi ho Abhijeet. Itne saalon se khushi se jee rahe ho. Ek sapne ko lekar itna stress mat lo. Main aisa kuch bhi nahi karoonga jisse tumhare shareer ya dimaag ko khatra ho. Sorry.
Abhijeet: Lekin aap meri baat nahi samajh rahe hain. Mujhe jaanna hai ki woh aadmi kaun hai.
Doc: Tum kuch din chutti le lo. Vacation par jaao. Meditation karo. Uske baad bhi agar problem solve nahi hua toh tab dekhege.
Abhijeet leaves, disappointed, upset.
The dreams continued to torment Abhijeet. Paying no heed to the doctor, he increased the dosage of anti-depressant and as a result, started suffering from dizziness and blackouts.
Scene: Qualis
Abhijeet's phone rings, but he doesn't seem to hear.
Vivek: Sir aapka mobile baj raha hai.
Daya stops the Qualis, takes the phone out of Abhijeet's coat and talks to Sachin.
Meanwhile Abhijeet recovers and walks towards Daya.
Daya: Abhijeet tum theek toh ho?
Abhijeet: Haan, bilkul theek hoon, mujhe kya hua? I am alright. Chalo dhoondte hain unko.
Daya: Maine tumhare pocket se mobile nikalkar Sachin se baat ki aur tumhe pata nahi chala?
Abhijeet: Woh..maine dekha tha tumhe baat karte hus, , socha tumhe disturb kyon karoon.
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A few hours later ACP, Daya and Abhijeet managed to find the murderer. As Daya was wrestling with the culprit, Abhijeet was suddenly seized by a fit of rage. He rushed forward and tried to strangle the guy. Daya pulled him away and ACP reprimanded him.
Daya: Abhijeet, kya ho gaya hai tumhe? Achanak itna gussa kyon aa gaya?
Abhijeet: Woh...usne tumhe attack kiya...
Daya: Haan toh? Tumhe laga main use control nahi kar sakta?
Abhijeet: Nahi, woh baat nahi hai...
Daya; Pata hai ACP sir bohot naraaz hai tumse. Woh toh keh rahe the ki...
Abhijeet: kya keh rahe the?
Daya: Kuch nahi...chodo.
Abhijeet(anger rising): Koi baat nahi...bol do jo bhi kaha ACP sir ne.
Daya(shocked at the sudden rage): Boss, mujhe lagta hai tumhari tabiyat theek nahi hai. Please, meri baat mano...main tumhare saath chala hoon doctor ke paas.
Abhijeet(trying to control himself): Agar koi madad chahiye toh main tumse maang loonga. Is waqt mujhe akele chod do.
Daya: Theek hai boss...main chalta hoon.
Abhijeet enters.
ACP: Tum Bureau mein kya kar rahe ho?
Abhijeet: Sir, mujhe laga ki...
ACP: Nahi Abhijeet. Tumhe kaha tha maine...aaram karne ke liye.
Abhijeet: Theek hai sir.
As he walked out of the bureau he saw the sketch artist, Raju coming out of the parking lot on his bike. Abhijeet hit upon an idea. He rushed towards Raju.
Abhijeet: Raju, mujhe tumhari madad chahiye.
Raju: Koi sketch banvana hai kya sir?
Abhijeet: Haan, lekin yahan nahi. Tum mere ghar chalo.
Raju: Ghar mein kyon sir?
Abhijeet: Main batata hoon. Lekin yeh thoda mushkil hai. Maine ek aadmi ko sapne mein dekha hai. Main theek se bata paaonga ya nahi mujhe nahi pata. Aur woh aadmi bhi asli hai ya sirf mera vehem hai, mujhe yeh bhi nahi pata.
Raju: Main samjha nahi sir.
Abhijeet: Tum bas sketch banane ki koshish karo.
Abhijeet took Raju to his home and described the man's face from whatever he remembered from his dream. since he had the same dream several times, the face of the unknown man was now etched in Abhijeet's memory.
Now Abhijeet had the sketch of the man who was haunting his dreams. The next step was to find out if this man really existed. Normally he would have just gone to the bureau and checked the criminal records himself. But here it was not possible, as ACP had forbidden him to visit the bureau. He had to get someone else to check the records without arousing suspicion and had to be a trustworthy person. He picked up his phone and dialled his old friend Asha who was now working with the CBI and was in Delhi. They all were too busy with work and it was 2 years since he had talked to Asha. Abhijeet was sure she wouldn't phone ACP and tell him that Abhijeet was searching through the records.
Asha: Hello Abhijeet sir.
Abhijeet: Itna formal mat bano Asha. Daya mujhe ab sir nahi kehta. Tum bhi chod do.
Asha: Aadat ho gayi thi. 😆 Theek hai Abhijeet. Kaise ho?
Abhijeet: Main...theek hoon.
Asha: 2 saal ho gaye baat karke. ACP sir, Daya aur Fredricks kaise hain?
Abhijeet: Sab theek hain.
Asha: Kya hua? Tumhari tabiyat toh theek hai? bohot dull lag rahe ho.
Abhijeet: Kuch nahi Asha, bas thoda thaka hua hoon...bohot saare cases hain.
Asha: Woh toh honge hi, humara kaam hi kuch aisa hai, lekin tum kabhi kaam se thakte nahi the.
Abhijeet: Hmm...actually mujhe ek case ke silsile mein tumhari madad chahiye.
Asha: Sure, bataao.
Abhijeet: Main tumhe ek sketch email kar raha hoon. Kya tum criminal records scan karke mujhe bata sakte ho ki yeh aadmi tumhare records mein hai kya. (he had to sound as if he wanted to check CBI records otherwise Asha would wonder why Abhijeet couldn't check the CID records himself. CBI officer would have access to a wider range of records)
Asha: Sure, main online hoon.
Abhijeet: Sent.
Asha(after a few seconds): Aa gaya tumhara email.
Asha opens the attachment and says Yeh??'
Abhijeet: Haan, kya hua?
Asha: Abhijeet, tum is aadmi ko nahi jaante?
Abhijeet: Nahi. Kyon?
Asha: Abhijeet, yeh police force mein tumhare saath kaam karta tha. Iska naam Dilip hai. Vashi police station mein kaam karta tha. Tum bhi wahin the.
Abhijeet: Oh.!!! Police force mein? Woh toh meri yaaddasth khone ke pehle wali baat hai.
Asha: Haan. Yeh tab se gaayab hai. Kuch saalon tak CID team ne bhi ise dhoondne ki koshish ki thi, lekin woh nahi mila. Phir is file ko band kiya gaya tha.
Abhijeet: Hmm...thanks Asha. Main tumhe baad mein phone karta hoon.
Asha: Woh toh humesha kehte ho. Lekin kabhi karte nahi. Anyways, bye. Take care.
Abhijeet: Bye.
Abhijeet nervously dialled Vashi police station.
Insp Sunil: Hello! Vashi police station
Abhijeet(trying to sound normal): Main Sr Inspector Abhijeet bo raha hoon CID se
Abhijeet: Actually kuch saal pehle main aur Insp Dilip aap hi ke police station mein kaam karte the. Kya aap records check karke bata sakte hain ki Dilip ka permanent address kya tha?
Sunil: Mujhe 10 minute dijiye sir. Main check karke aapko phone karta hoon.
(10 minutes later)
Sunil: Sir unka address tha ...
Sunil: You're welcome sir.
Abhijeet decided to check out at Dilip's house. He wasn't sure if Dilip's family would be still there, but he decided to try. He didn't know how Dilip's family members would react if they recognised him, so he decided to go in disguise. He wore an imported T-shirt, goggles and dressed up as a guy who had just returned from abroad.
Abhijeet rang the bell. An old man rang opened the door.
Old man: Kaun? Aapko kisse milna hai?
Abhijeet: mera naam Arvind hai. Main 10 saal se US mein hoon. Main Dilip ke saath college mein padhta tha.
Old man: Oh, tum Dilip ke dost ho? Aao beta.
Abhijeet: Uncle, Dilip yahin hai?
Old man: Nahi beta. (tears in his eyes) Dilip ne police force join kiya. Woh ek undercover mission mein gaya tha. Uske baad woh waapas nahi aaya. Mujhe toh yeh bhi pata nahi ki woh zinda hai bhi ya nahi. (breaks down)
Abhijeet: Uncle, aap yahan akele rehte hain?
Old man: Haan beta...itne bade ghar mein main akele rehta hoon. Meri beti kehti hai ki ghar bechkar mere saath Bangalore mein aakar raho. Par main sochta hoon agar kabhi Dilip waapas aa gaya toh mujhe kahan dhoondega. Isliye aakhri dum tak main yahin rahoonga.
Abhijeet: Uncle aapko koi madad chahiye toh mujhe contact kijiye.
Old man: Khush raho beta, lekin tum toh US chale jaaoge.
Abhijeet suddenly remembered that he was in disguise. Main aapse touch mein rahoonga uncle, main chalta hoon'.
Abhijeet fell down on his sofa, exhausted, shocked and disgusted with himself.
ACP and Daya walked in. Abhijeet was on his sofa. Daya walked in and shook his shoulder.
Abhijeet woke up and saw Daya's face. For a second he thought of confessing everything to Daya, but the next moment he saw ACP. Abhijeet wasn't ready to tell everything to ACP yet. He decided to get rid of both of them for now.
ACP: Abhijeet hum tumse milne aaye hain aur tum humse muh pher kar khade ho?
Abhijeet: (silent)
Daya: Agar koi pareshani hai toh hume bataao, milkar door karenge.
Abhijeet: (silent)
ACP: Humne tumhara kya bigaada hai jo tumne muh pe taala lagaaya hai?
Abhijeet: Yeh baat aap khud jaante hain ACP saab.
Aapke dil mein Abhijeet ke liye pyar khatam ho gaya hai
ACP: Maine tumhe humesha apne bete se badhkar pyar kiya hai.
Abhijeet: Yeh sab kehne ki baatein hai sir. agar aisa hota toh mujhe bureau se nikaalkar ghar mein nahi bithate aap.
Daya: Tumhe ghar pe isliye bithaya taki tum aaram kar sako. hum log tumhara bhala chahte hain yaar.
Daya's tone was too touching and it hurt Abhijeet to say harsh words to Daya and ACP. he turned away and wiped his tears.
Abhijeet: Mujhe kisi ki meherbaani nahi chahiye. Aap log mujhe akela chod dijiye. Aap log chale jayiye yahan se.
Daya(in a choking voice): Theek hai Abhijeet, hum log jaate hain. Apna khayal rakhna.
Daya leaves.
ACP: Agar humari zaroorat pade toh yaad karna. Hum tumhare aas paas hi rahenge.
Abhijeet: Uski zaroorat nahi padegi sir.
ACP leaves.
Abhijeet felt awful about hurting the two of them and collapsed on his sofa. Abhijeet didn't deserve to be a CID officer. He had committed murder. He had 2 options - to confess what he had done and go to jail or leave CID, leave the city and go to an unknown place forever. Abhijeet thought of Dilip's dad who still hoped that his son would one day come back. He would be heartbroken to know that his son was dead. Therefore Abhijeet decided to leave the place for good. For him it was a worse punishment than going to jail and getting a phaansi.
ACP, Daya and Freddie were shocked.
ACP: Daya, iski tabiyat theek nahi hai...Abhijeet zaroor humse kuch chupa raha hai.
Daya: Sir, main Abhijeet ke ghar jaa raha hoon. Agar do chaar gaalyian suna diya toh bhi theek hai. Main sach jaane bina waapas nahi aaonga sir.
Scene : Abhijeet's house
Abhijeet was packing up his stuff to leave Mumbai for good. He had no idea where to go or what to do. He decided to take a cab, because his team would find out if he took a train, bus or flight. Even for this he had to wear a disguise and book the cab under a different name. He would also have to go to another area of the city, because he knew his team would know if the took a cab from a place near his house.
Abhijeet had one last look at all the medals and awards he had received. He thought he never deserved it, because he was a murderer from day 1 in CID. He remembered the number of times he had arrested murderers and brought them to justice. He too was one of them and deserved the same treatment, he thought. He wondered if he was trying to run away and escape punishment or was it genuinely out of concern for Dilip's father. His inner voice said the answer was the former. Abhijeet sat down and decided to sort out his confusion when the bell rang. From the style of ringing he knew it was Daya. (he would always ring the bell twice)
Abhijeet knew that he couldn't fake any more anger at Daya. The bell rang again. Abhijeet went to the door and opened it.
Daya: Abhijeet, mujhe tumse baat karni hai.
Abhijeet: Maine tumhe yahan aane se mana kiya tha na?
Daya: Haan, lekin main aa gaya. Kya karoge tum?
Abhijeet: (silent)
Daya walks into the house.
Daya: Yeh kya? Packing kar rahe ho? Kahan jaa rahe ho?
Abhijeet tried to appear angry but couldn't do it any more. He was touched by Daya's concern. In spite of having been very rude to him over the last few days Daya was still reaching out to him.
Daya noticed that Abhijeet was not as angry as he was in the last few days. He realised this was the right time to get the truth out.
Daya: Abhijeet main jaanta hoon tumhara woh gussa, resign karna sab ek dikhava hai. Asli baat kuch aur hai.
Abhijeet: (silent)
Daya : Tum saaf saaf bataao kya baat hai? Kuch dino sel humse theek se baat nahi kar rahe ho, cases par bhi dhyan nahi de rahe ho.
Aur woh sketch artist Raju tumhare ghar mein kya kar raha tha?
Abhijeet: Tumhe kaise pata chala ki Raju yahan aaya tha?
Daya: Tum bhool rahe ho ki main bhi ek CID officer hoon.
Abhijeet: Yun samajh lo main kisi aur case par kaam kar raha hoon.
Daya: Lekin ACP sir ne mujhe bataaya ki unhone tumhe koi case nahi diya hai.
Abhijeet: (Silent)
Daya: Main nahi manta. Tumhare haath mein kya hai?
Abhijeet: Kuch nahi, bas ek sketch hai.
Daya: Kiska sketch?
Abhijeet: Main tumhe baad mein bataoonga. Is waqt mujhe akela chod do.
Daya: Nahi, tum woh sketch mujhe dikhao.
Abhijeet tries to crush it and throw it into the dustbin. Daya wrestles with Abhijeet and pulls the paper from his hand.
Daya: Yeh??? Tum ise jaante ho? Mera matlab - tum ise pehchahte ho?
Abhijeet: Haan. Yeh Dilip hai.
Daya: Kahan mila ye tumhe? Pata hai CID team ise kitne saalon se dhoond rahi hai?
Abhijeet(unable to take it any more): Yeh ab nahi milega. Maine iska khoon kar diya hai!
Daya: Yeh kya keh rahe ho Abhijeet! Tumne iska khoon kar diya? Lein kab?
Abhijeet: 14 saal pehle.
Daya: Lekin tumhari yaadhasth toh chali gayi thi. Phir tumhe kaise yaad aaya ki tumne iska khoon kar diya?
Abhijeet: Mere sar mein chot lagne ke baad...
..explains everything.
Daya: Abhijeet mujhe yakeen nahi hota ki tum ek sapne ko sach manne lage.
Abhijeet: Sach nahi toh yeh sketch main kaise bana paaya? Aadmi asli hai toh sapna bhi asli hona chahiye na?
Daya: Hmmm. Lekin Abhijeet, tumne yeh sab mujhse chupaaya kyon? Mujhe bataate toh hum dono milkar iss case ko suljhate.
Abhijeet: Tum kaise suljha sakte ho Daya?
Daya: Shaayad tumhe yaad nahi...ki Vashi police station mein main bhi tumhare saath kaam karta tha. Mujhe is case ke baare bohot kuch pata hai. Tab main junior tha...isliye jab tum undercover jaa rahe the...tab tumne mujhe nahi, balki Dilip ko apne saath le gaye.
Daya starts explaining.
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