(thrilling music)
(exhales sharply)
(Solanki) He's a bloody womaniser!
He can never be happy with just one girl.
(Shekhar) Raise your voices!
Raise your voices! Down with patriarchy!
(title theme music)
STUBBORN LOVE
-(shutters clicking) -(enchanting music)
(office boy) This one's yours.
(music swelling)
-(employee 1) Nice, sir! -(employee 2) Nice, sir!
-(employee 3) Looking smart, sir! -(employee 4) Looking very smart, sir!
Congratulations!
Thank you.
(employees) Congratulations, sir.
(enchanting music resuming)
(Pallavi) Sir...
You did it again! Good job, sir!
Nice.
Come.
Hello, Sid.
Atmika, you can leave.
Sid?
(Sidharth) Leave.
Okay.
Come, Mehul.
-Have a seat. -Yes, sir.
What are your thoughts about this?
That's me, by the way.
(enchanting music)
You know, when I look at you...
I see a lot of potential.
I see... talent.
Your face...
Your face can be on this magazine.
Or any magazine actually.
But don't work like a damn servant.
Sir, I'll try to be more productive--
You have to love what you do.
I love my job.
That's why I'm here.
Take some time off for yourself, you know.
Are you...
a mountain person or a beach person?
Do you like going on trips?
-I-- -Forget it.
Show me the presentation.
Sir, but it's Atmika who'll be giving the presentation.
Oh, forget about her. Can you do it?
Yes, sir. Of course.
Show me.
(keyboard keys clicking)
(enchanting music)
So, sir, this...
This is the list of the expenditure of the last year.
And, after the AI,
this is the productivity that's gone up.
(Sidharth) Hmm.
-Yes. -Uh, yeah.
And these are the project details of the last two projects,
which have been...
(Atmika) What is happening?
What is she doing?
What are you doing here?
-I was supposed to-- -Are you going to tell me
how I should run the company?
-No, that is not what I meant. -Then what did you mean?
You are telling me.
Mehul.
-Yes, sir? -Meeting is at 8 o'clock.
You'll be giving the presentation. Okay?
Sure, sir.
-But, Sid-- -We're done.
That is not what I meant.
This conversation is over. You can leave.
I asked you to leave, right? We had that chat.
(gripping music intensifying)
Yes, sir.
So, leave.
You'll be able to do it?
Can you give the presentation?
Sure, sir.
Don't fuck it up.
Spoke to her?
No, ma'am, she hasn't taken my calls since morning.
Keep trying, and let me know.
Shall we begin?
(clears throat)
(Mehul) What would the tech industry look like... um...
-if-- -Mehul?
Yes, sir.
Focus.
Do you need some air?
Uh, no, ma'am. I'm good. Thank you.
Should I?
(sighs)
Sorry.
(sighs) Just needed some motivation, but now I'm fine.
So, what Unicorn thinks today the world thinks tomorrow.
Shit!
Hey, give it here. Mehul!
Mehul... Mehul! Listen!
-Huh? -What happened?
-I called you, messaged you. -Sorry! Sorry!
Sorry, I had to do the entire presentation.
-So, I couldn't answer. -What presentation?
-Sorry, so sorry! -Well, Mousumi-ji was saying--
(car honking)
What?
Um... hello, sir.
Hi.
It's late. Shall I drop you home?
-Uh... -(Sidharth) Any problem?
No problem, sir.
Just a minute. Uh... I'll call you later.
Bye. Call you later.
Let's go.
-Was that Mehul with Sid-- -Mousumi-ji.
Why did you let her go?
Mr. Sidharth came, and she left in his car.
Just call her, Anand. Stop her.
Why?
Look, I've seen this before. I know where it's going.
Please call her up.
(Sidharth) Where do you stay?
North Kolkata.
(Sidharth) Hmm!
What is your opinion on poverty?
I think, sir,
it's the most overrated thing that everybody just speaks about.
Correct.
We celebrate it here...
as if it's an achievement.
Especially in our stories, films, poetry.
We've unnecessarily romanticised poverty.
Oh, we're so poor!
And it's all by design. It's deliberate.
So that people are comfortable in their north Kolkata alleys.
So that they never aspire to buy a bungalow in south Kolkata.
It's all by design.
But you are not like that.
You're very ambitious.
I can see it in your eyes.
You have a taste for bigger things in life.
Right, sir.
You got the job.
Congratulations.
Wow, I don't know how to thank you.
There are a million ways to say thank you, but...
(enchanting music)
...we can start with something simple.
Like what?
Why do we work?
Why do we make all this money, buy cars?
For our loved ones.
For our family, friends, the relationships we hold close.
You are right.
This one relationship pulls me to Unicorn every single day... sir.
Call me Sid.
(enchanting music soaring)
Okay, Sid.
You didn't tell me... mountains or beaches?
Hmm.
Mountains?
You?
Mountains, of course.
My schooling's been in... Darjeeling.
Yeah, I love Darjeeling too.
You do?
Want to go to Darjeeling?
Uh...
Looking forward then.
Bye, Sid.
Bye.
(Mehul gasps)
You? Here?
Mousumi-ji has agreed to talk.
Let's go.
Mousumi...
What are you thinking?
Now?
(Anand sighs)
Yes. Now. Immediately. Come on, let's go!
-(doorbell chimes) -(door opens)
(Anand whispers) Sit.
-What would you like to have? -Why did you call us?
Mehul, you can't trust Sidharth Roy Chowdhury.
You should've told me that before. I've already got in.
Now I won't stop until I've destroyed him.
Destroying him won't be easy.
You don't know Sidharth Roy Chowdhury.
He doesn't know me either, ma'am.
Mehul...
Mehul, I did not want to get involved.
-So I-- -That's fine.
Get your sumptuous fill of dinner and web series, and move on.
-Mehul? -What?
-She's helping us. -Sorry, you have to listen to me.
Sit, please.
Just hear me out. Maybe it'll be of use to you.
Can you do that much?
Tell me.
(clapping)
(Mousumi) Welcome to Unicorn,
the company that's miles ahead of its time.
We nurture new talent here, and we change dreams into realities.
Here I am, your Managing Director, Mousumi Ganguly,
welcoming you to the Unicorn family.
Looks like someone missed her train.
-Um, ma'am-- -Ten minutes late on the first day.
In 10 minutes, an engineer can write a hundred lines of code here.
Thank you, everybody.
You guys relax. I'll talk to you guys later.
You missed your train?
Look, I travelled by car.
How would she know?
I met Sidharth Roy Chowdhury in the lift.
Wow. Great.
But progress takes hard work.
Sidharth Roy Chowdhury won't help us.
Don't worry, honey. I am on the right track.
(Mousumi) That's the first time I met them.
In fact, I conducted Shekhar's interview myself.
He wanted to begin his own start-up.
I've never seen a man more focused on his work.
Always aspiring to do something new.
And he used to always say,
-"The--" -"The sun never dies."
(pensive music)
Of course you know.
Look, Mehul, I didn't have anything against Shekhar personally.
In fact, I always promoted him.
I wanted him to do something big.
(Mousumi) Look, guys, you have to prepare a project report plan
within 15 days.
And remember this.
This project report plan will be directly
presented in front of Sidharth Roy Chowdhury.
Wow!
Seven days.
Sorry, what?
We'll need seven days.
Well, what's your take on leadership?
True leadership is about
stepping back yourself and letting the others shine.
Doesn't really matter how strong my own skill sets are.
Our goal shall depend on how much I manage to enable others.
Thank you, everyone.
Well.
Seven days then, Mr. Dutta.
Yes.
(cheerful music)
Yay!
Guys, don't give up. Don't worry. You'll get there.
Abhishek, Akash...
Sayantika?
-Sayantika? Sayantika! -(tsks)
What is it? What happened?
Just focus.
Shekhar, stop flexing.
I'll manage.
Guys, all set?
-All set. -Yeah!
(laptop keys clicking)
Good morning, team!
Good morning, sir.
-Good morning. -Morning. Shall we begin?
Shekhar, can you start the presentation?
(Shekhar) Of course.
-What we have for you today-- -Why don't you...
take it from here?
-Sure. -(Sidharth) Sayantika?
Um, Sidharth, actually... Shekhar is leading the project.
Yeah, I know, but even newcomers should get a chance.
Right?
Go for it.
(Sayantika) Thank you.
I am Sayantika Chatterjee.
We have developed an AI-powered smart ring.
The user will automatically get a signal
when there is an issue with the heart.
We will initially be applying this technology
on 50 patients in collaboration with our clients.
Mousumi, this is very impressive!
Impressive!
Good work, Sayantika.
-(Sayantika) Thank you. -(Sidharth) Keep it up.
(Mousumi) Shekhar was really upset that day.
-Very hurt, actually. -Well done.
I mean, it was teamwork after all,
and Sayantika took all the credit.
She wanted to take a shortcut?
Yeah.
And in the process, she had grown so close to Sidharth
that, on the final day of the submission of the report,
she went to meet Sidharth directly.
And when Shekhar found out about it...
I'm here...
-May I come in, sir? -Yes, come.
Thank you.
Actually, sir...
we all wanted to do the submission together.
-But Sayantika already did it. -Yes, I can... see that, sir.
But... after all, it's teamwork.
And meeting you would've given the team some motivation.
That's okay.
We can do that later.
Anything else, Mr. Dutta?
No, sir.
Thank you.
Sayantika, are you coming?
-Okay. -(Mousumi) Since that incident,
Shekhar and Sayantika were never the same again.
Shekhar still kept trying.
But things deteriorated.
If I may ask, are you waiting for someone?
-Is someone else coming? -(Sidharth) Hello!
(all cheerfully greet Sidharth)
Happy birthday!
(employee) She's so lucky!
-(Sidharth) Cut the cake? -Okay.
(all singing) ♪ Happy birthday to you ♪
♪ Happy birthday, dear Sayantika ♪
♪ Happy birthday to you ♪
(emotional music)
Enjoy! Enjoy, everyone!
(all employees) Bye!
(dramatic music soaring)
I tried one last time.
I arranged a party for the two of them at my place.
(Mousumi) Here comes the cake.
Shekhar?
For you.
Happy birthday.
-Okay. -Come, let's cut the cake. Come.
(Sayantika) The same gift on every birthday: books of poetry.
Wait.
"Sometimes
"I wonder..."
Why would I care about your silly wonderings?
(Shekhar) That's enough now!
If this is what you think of me...
then you've never understood me.
Shekhar, just calm down.
And, Sayantika, come on, it's your birthday--
Stop being a referee between us.
You're crossing your limits now, Sayantika!
No one dictates me.
Come on, guys, please!
Shut up, let's party!
You fucking shut up! I'll have you sacked from your job!
Hey!
You know what you're saying?
I do.
But do you know?
I have been promoted by my boss,
-Sidharth Roy Chowdhury. -(dramatic music intensifying)
As my birthday gift.
What promotion?
He's simply using you. Don't you understand?
(scoffs) Look at him. Your dear, favourite, the great Shekhar-da
can't handle my success.
I'm not jealous of your success, God damn it, Sayantika! I'm not!
Dreaming is not a crime. I know that too!
Back in college, we used to dream of making it big someday, together!
And I supported you!
Till the time you started taking the shortcut to success!
Sayantika, this... this shortcut named Sidharth Roy Chowdhury,
in the name of change and progress,
is going to make you pay a hefty price someday!
There you go.
Until now, I thought you're just...
just lost in the corporate swamp.
That you can still change. But...
no.
You have changed.
You're certainly not the person I fell in love with.
And you, Shekhar-da?
You haven't changed one bit.
But I can't give you what you want.
What do you mean? What?
Shekhar!
What!
Shekhar-da hit Sayantika?
Impossible.
What could she have said?
I really don't know.
But Shekhar lost his mind hearing whatever it was.
Then they called a cab and left.
Later, at 3 a.m., I got a call from the police station.
-(dramatic music) -(police siren wailing)
Sidharth, what... What is going on here?
What... What's happening?
Shekhar molested her.
Left her on the street.
She managed to escape somehow and called me.
And when I came...
he hit me!
Shekhar...
(whimpering)
That can't be.
Shekhar-da can't do that.
A society that can't protect its women,
that can't respect its women,
is a society that must be changed!
He knew how to respect a woman.
Mehul, I saw Sayantika in that condition.
How can that be?
I...
-Wait a minute! -(Shekhar) Mehul...
(Mehul) He was trying to tell me something.
(Shekhar) Mehul, listen... Mehul!
Wait!
-And I didn't listen to him. -Mehul, where are you going?
-I've been calling you. Please stop. -Why?
Why don't you meet me anymore?
You have more surprises for me?
I don't want any.
Mehul, please listen to me.
(pensive music)
I have to tell you something very important.
Can you come home?
My exams are going on.
I'm sure you've forgotten.
This time, I'll show you.
You'll remember it forever.
-(mournful music swelling) -Bye.
He lost.
Shekhar-da can never lose.
Where is Sayantika now?
I don't know.
I heard... she got married to Sid.
Solanki said the same thing.
Solanki... You've met her?
(Anand) Yes, we met her while trying to track down Raka.
I think we should talk to Solanki again.
She was Sidharth's PA for a very long time.
Maybe she saw or knew something that I missed.
It's worth a try, right?
I just don't understand one thing.
Why does Sidharth Roy Chowdhury need to hide that he's married?
(phone chimes)
(intriguing music)
What?
"Truth lies in Darjeeling. Come soon."
Someone's been texting this to me.
It's why I went to Darjeeling, and that's where I found Raka.
That's where it all started.
Sidharth has a farmhouse in Darjeeling.
-Yes. -(music intensifying)
He's going to Darjeeling tomorrow.
He asked me to come along.
No, no, Mehul. You can't go there.
Darjeeling... It can be really dangerous!
-(train whistling) -(mysterious music building up)
(title theme music)