Asur: Welcome to Your Dark Side (2020–…): Season 1, Episode 1 - The Dead Can Talk - full transcript

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Have you already got your son
into the religious profession?

It's a family profession.

Who else will do it if not him?

Do you perform weddings?

I perform funerals as well.

Give me the water urn.

What are you staring at?

'The priest fell into the water!'



'Oh no! He fell!
- Get the boat to the bank.'

'There is a difference between
a dead body and dead.'

The dead can talk.

I know what you guys are thinking.
But this is no word play.

The dead are
a collection of stories

that are waiting to be heard.

The more you listen,
the more they will talk.

And soon,
they themselves will tell you

how they came to be dead.

Excuse me, professor Nair.
- Yeah?

You used to work in forensics.

So... Why did you leave
and start teaching?

That doesn't matter.
I'm not talking about my life.

So, I was saying,
the dead do talk.



And this language is what
is called forensic science.

It's called a science,
but, it's a fine balance

between science and conscience.

Balance I'm trying to find.

No!

Come on.
My job is at stake here.

I'm under a lot of pressure.

Arjun, I've seen too
many dead bodies for

someone who's only 35.
I've had enough.

Really? So were you showing them
your family album in the class?

This is all I know.
What else can I do? - Okay.

How about a bottle
of single malt?

Are you bribing me?
- We Indians should help each other.

Americans can also do so!
They get the same salary!

Talk to Natalie.
She's really good.

Well, what is she
good for, exactly?

You've already been divorced twice.
Be careful.

William Mayor, 55 years old.

Married. Or at least, he was.

Last time, okay?
- Okay.

Well, the wife found him this
way when she entered the room.

He was mildly hypotensive.

His cholesterol was also
on the higher end.

Well, we suspect
cardiac arrest but

the wife is not ready to accept it.
- Okay.

At least that leaves
her out as a suspect.

In a natural cardiac arrest,

the heart struggles to circulate
the blood through the body.

Look at the peripheral tissues over
here. I can see some lack of blood.

What does that mean? - That means
his heart stopped suddenly.

That's strange. I can see some

gastrointestinal changes
in the autopsy.

What were his food habits?
- Vegan.

Toxicology report?
- Work in progress, but

Sam says there's nothing to it.

It's a murder.

Okay. But, how?

Get the body checked for ricin
and aconite. My bet is aconite.

It's a South American plant.
The fruit looks like a sweet potato.

Check who had access to his kitchen.
Delivery boy, chef, whoever.

If anyone of them is a Latino,
that's your guy.

Latino? - It's a South
American plant, silly.

Genius, man. Thanks.
- One more thing.

I don't want a single malt.
I'm more of a bourbon guy now.

You got it, buddy. Thanks.

Hi!
- Hey.

You came home late today.

Arjun had come by.
He wanted some help.

I hope not over his
failing love-life.

Cause you're really bad at it.
- Really?

The food is in the kitchen.

I'm not really hungry.

Okay.

There.

Now tell me, how was your day?

It was okay.

How about yours?
Has Riya fallen asleep?

Yes, Riya fell asleep.
My day was good.

Got done with Riya's homework,

packed her bag,

washed the dishes,
did the laundry

and do you want to say
something romantic?

I love you.

I love you too.

What did you do today?

What would I do?

Just had those same lectures,

those same stupid questions,

same *** boring life, everyday.

Nikhil,

why do you always
crib about your job?

Wasn't it your choice?

You chose it, so enjoy it now.

Is it, Naina?

Forget it.
I'm tired of discussing this.

Actually, you know what?
Even I'm tired of it.

You still blame me for it.

Naina, the truth is,

I didn't choose this
life for myself.

Teaching some fools
is not my calling.

I've been living someone else's life
every *** single day of my life.

Y-You know my calling is...
- Dead bodies!

That's what you miss. Isn't it?

You like being around them.

First CBI, then FBI.

Do what you like to do

even at the cost of your family.

It's too complicated.
You won't understand.

No, Nikhil. It was complicated

when Riya was only
six months old.

And you used to stay out of
the house for 10 days at a time.

I used to take care of Riya
and do my work by myself.

That's why I left that
and started doing this!

Only your body is here, Nikhil.

Only physically.

Don't overreact...
- Your soul is not even here!

You're overreacting, Naina.
- At least I'm reacting.

You? Look at yourself!

I'm glad that I'm not living
the life of a zombie, like you.

I can't keep teaching

and be happy about it!
I'll lose my mind! - Nikhil!

What's wrong with you?

Riya is sleeping
in the other room.

At least... Hey, dear.

What happened?
Why haven't you slept yet?

Coco is not feeling sleepy.

Aww, Coco is not feeling sleepy?

That's alright.
Me and your dad...

Come. I will put you
and Coco to bed. Okay?

It's okay.

Both of you will fall
asleep very soon.

But why is Coco behaving
this way today?

Because baby...

Because baby,

when two people love
each other a lot

and have a lot of
expectations from each other,

they sometimes fight
with each other.

But mom, why is Coco
being a bad person?

Because Riya, there are no
good people or bad people.

There are just good
days and bad days.

And when two people
love each other a lot,

they can tell each other

that they are having a bad day.

Listen, maybe Coco's
having a really bad day.

And she told you that, right?

That means Coco loves
you very much.

Very, very much.

Get the area cordoned off.

Call the forensic team!

What's with that mask?
- 'Hello! Control room.'

'Please send the forensic team.
Yes I'll send you the location.'

'The match has taken
an interesting turn.'

Yuck!
- Riya!

It's okay. It's okay, Riya.

'Silver 33, come in!'

'Pick it up carefully!'

'It shouldn't get damaged.
Be careful!'

'Be careful!'

Oh, God!

This was all that
was left to see

in my 15 year career.

Even I haven't ever seen
anything as such, sir.

You are still a kid.

You still have a lot to see.
Get to work.

***

Looking at it,
how old do you think it is?

Sir,

this area is under
the Delhi Police department.

It's under the jurisdiction
of Delhi Police.

And I'm Vinod Chautala

from Delhi Police
here at your service.

Don't boast being in
the Delhi Police.

You want to understand what's
jurisdiction, right? - Yes.

Do you see that man over there?

Yes.
- In the suit. - Yes.

He'll explain you what's
your jurisdiction.

That sir?
- Yes, sir's usually wear suit.

I'll speak with him then.

Come on.

I'll speak to him later about it...
- Excuse me.

Sir, I'll talk to you later. Okay.

Yes?
- Sir, this area

comes under the jurisdiction
of Delhi Police

And your team is interfering

in our investigation.
- They aren't interfering.

They're taking it over.

That's wrong.

DPSE act, 1946, section three,

under which union territory,
where we are standing,

no matter what the crime is,

CBI can directly
intervene in it.

We'll send you the papers
through the Home Ministry.

Alright, then. You do it.

Since you're already here,

arrange some tea for us.

'Alert! Let's prepare
to move the body.'

'Project Equilibrium,
episode 21.'

'The facade of religion.'

'In 5th century B.C.,
Greek philosopher Diagoras'

'was poisoned for
speaking against religion.'

'Mansur Al-Hallaj who said'

'Ana 'l-Haqq, I am the Truth',
was executed.'

'And Kazimierz Lyszczynski,
who wrote'

'about the non-existence of God,'

'was pulled by his tongue to the
middle of the street and executed.'

'Religions from around the world'

'and righteousness were
expressed by execution,'

'torture, winning wars'

'and cruelty only.'

'That's what's happening
since 2000 years,'

'and the same happens
today as well.'

'Righteousness,
which should bring'

'peace and calm in the society,'

'has never given us anything except
differences, violence and chaos.'

Hello, Nusrat.
- Sir.

Good evening. - It's not evening
and there's nothing good about it.

Was the body recognized?

It will take some time, sir.

How long?
- It's hard to say.

Quantify.
- Sir, it's hard to say.

The face is completely disfigured.

In fact, there's nothing left.
- Give me a number.

48 hours, minimum.

That's too much.
Put everything aside.

Already done.
- I'm talking about your sleep.

36 hours. But it's...
It's tough.

Who performed the autopsy?
- The dogs.

Not funny.

We're talking about
a human being.

Even though dead, we are still
talking about a human being.

I'm sorry, sir, but it's a fact.

The dogs completely
mutilated the body.

In fact, even Shashank sir wants
you to supervise the autopsy.

Give me 10 minutes.
- Sure.

Naina...
- Don't even try, Nikhil.

We'll need to speak, right?

Alright. Let's talk.

The scary photos, which
didn't let me sleep at night.

why did my daughter
have to see them?

Okay, let me explain.

I've been getting coordinates on
my phone since the past few days

of different locations in India.

And they're finding dead
bodies at every location.

What?
- Yeah.

No one knows who's
doing this but,

last night was the third one.

Third time, Nikhil?

You got the coordinates
for the third time

and you're telling me this now?

Yes, I was trying to
ignore them, Naina,

so they don't affect us.

But people are dying out there.

What I don't understand is why
are you getting involved in it?

This is CBI's job, right?
Let them deal with it!

That's exactly what I'm doing.

I'm passing on all
the information to the CBI.

Whom are you passing
it on to in the CBI?

To Nusrat Sayed?

No, Naina.

To Lolark Dubey.

Nusrat and I aren't in touch.

I know. I'm... I'm sorry.

Naina, I don't like us
quarreling every now and then.

CBI offered me a job

for a senior position.
- You're not taking it, right?

Naina, I didn't plan all this.
It's just happening with me.

Only I am getting the locations for
the murders happening in India.

Only I!
- I just...

I don't know how to...

Nikhil,

you ran away from the CBI.

If you go back there then you'll

have to deal with
Dhananjay Rajpoot, right?

I know. - You yourself
said that it's like...

It's like entering
a black hole, for you.

And you want to enter
that black hole again!

Don't you understand,
this is almost suicidal!

***

How is your mom?

She's fine.

She's worried
a little these days.

She wants to get me married.

Do it then.

We should find
a suitable guy for that.

Yeah, that's true.

As it is, you're not
missing out on much.

Says the one who got married twice!

Ouch!

On the brighter side,
it's 80,000 Lux.

Okay.

3rd March 2018.

With the special permission
of the Investigation Authority

this autopsy is being
conducted in the night.

An illumination of 80,000 Lux

was metered at the time
of the procedure.

Autopsy is conducted by
doctor Dhananjay Rajpoot

in the presence of
senior scientific officer

Nusrat Sayed and forensic
photographer Sandip Singh.

Victim, a female.

Age is between 30-40.

Cranial fracture.

Cause of death could
be head injury.

Left foot one lateral digit.

Left hand

two lateral fingers
and on the right hand

one index finger is missing.

Hey! Get the X-ray machine.

Have a look at this.

Going by the appendages
of victim's left hand

and laceration, it's clear...

It's irregular.
- Yes.

Dogs have done it.
- Right.

And the index finger of right hand

It's like, it's been cut
with a sharp object.

It's very clean.

The index finger, sharp object.

I'll just... You continue.
- Sir...

I need you all to see this.

Notice her index finger.

It's cut with a sharp object.

But this X-ray is of the body
that we got seven months ago.

The Air India pilot.

This is that painter.

Again, index finger

cut a with sharp object.

And this is the body
that we received today.

Same thing.

Index finger.

Do you see a pattern?

Sir, its seems like a
serial killing case.

They seem to be the
work of one man.

Yes, but this one's different.

You are right, sir.
This case is different.

This is the only case in which the
face and body have been disfigured.

And we never found this
mask with any other body.

He's like changing his
game, you know.

He wants to tell us something.

Sir, we have the reports of
refractive index of the glass

and the chemical
analysis of the paint.

And? - The glass
belongs to a Honda car.

It's a maroon Honda City.

But sir, there may be millions
of maroon Honda City cars.

But there may not be many with
broken headlights, right?

Okay, sir.

Nusrat.

Is the facial reconstruction done?
- I'll just check, sir.

'Perfect crime.'

'We always reach the crime scene'

'after the crime's been committed.'

'For obvious reasons.'

'Many criminals'

'are sloppy.'

'Because of them,
our job gets easier.'

'It's good. Then...'

'Once in a while'

'there comes a case'

'that baffles us.'

'No evidence, no witness.'

'That's a perfect crime.'

'Invariably, these cases which...'

'Yes.
- Sorry to interrupt, sir.'

'But I don't think, there's
something called a perfect crime.'

'It's a farce.'

'You think,
perfect crime is a farce?'

'Yes, sir.'

'I will present a scenario to you.'

'The victim has been'

'injected with liquid potassium.'

'Obviously,
he'll die of heart attack.'

'After death'

'the level of potassium'

'gets balanced with
the level of sodium.'

'Which means'

'there's no trace. In other words'

'perfect crime.
A man dying of heart attack.'

'How do you solve this?'

'Sir, I believe'

'in the principles of Locard.'

'Every contact leaves a trace.'

'So, if a criminal
was at a crime scene'

'he will bring something
or leave something behind.'

'I mean, to answer your question'

'the answer is tissue damage.'

'The kind of tissue damage
liquid potassium will cause'

'will be very different from a'

'sudden cardiac arrest.'

'Not a perfect crime.'

'What's your name?'

'Nikhil Nair, sir.'

'Nikhil Nair.'

'Nice to meet you, Nikhil Nair.'

Sir.
- Yes.

Sir, this came for you.

'Good evening,
Dr. Dhananjay Rajpoot.'

'That is if there's
anything good about it.'

'It's okay,
that I know so much about you'

'but you don't know
anything about me.'

'You've been looking for me
for the last seven months.'

'But what did you get?'

'Nothing.'

'And nothing more
definite than that.'

'The earth's revolution,
the natural calamities,'

'the speed of the
planets and principles'

'of nature, everything is certain.'

'Life and death.'

'A definite element
of life and death.'

'In this cycle of life and death,'

'your failure is certain.'

He is cold.

Cruel.

This *** got a

twisted philosophy and
he's convinced about it.

And he's also pretty well read.

He speaks pure Hindi.

His accent seems like that
of eastern U.P. - Yes.

Take it to the lab and
give me a copy too.

Yes, sir.

Do we know anything about
the victim's identity?

We'll have to run
the Aadhar database.

That will take its own time.

Sir, you staying here
will not change anything.

I will stay here. I will update
you as soon as I find something.

Good night, sir.

What's good about the night?

Naina, I know, that you
might be feeling that

whatever's happening
is not fair to you.

And maybe, it's right.
You are usually right.

I don't know, if it's fair or not.

The fact is that there's
*** killer out there.

And he's killing innocent people.

And somehow, I'm connected.

I can't fall asleep at night, Naina.

It's happening to me.

It's happening to us.

Nikhil,
whatever's happening to you

it equally affects me and Riya.

You always separate us.

It's like you forget
that we are your family.

No.

Look, you are all I have got.

And I love you. Okay?

Please come along with me.

I love you too.

I really do.

But I have worked very hard
to build myself a life here.

I can't leave it behind.

If you wish to go,

you may.

Call Riya everyday.

'Sir, the highway patrol
has found a red Honda City.'

It's 20 kms away from where
we found the dead body.

Great! I'm on my way.

Sir, it's not necessary.
The juniors can handle it.

'Lolark, I'm coming.'

And don't allow anybody
to touch anything until I reach.

'Cordon off the area.'

'Divert the traffic. We don't
want any movement around here.'

Sir.

Sir, clear.

Sir, it's locked.

How do you know?

I told you that nobody
should touch the car.

I'm sorry, sir.

Unlock it.
- Open it!

It's good that it's an old model.

It's difficult to open a new car...

Hey!

I will open it. Get back.

It's pointless.

Even if there was any evidence,

it's been destroyed by now.

You had quit, right?

Special occasions.

Spontaneous combustible chemical.

Smart.

That *** is playing
around with us.

This game will continue
for long, Lolark.

Very long.

No!