-Oh, my God! It's blood! -Brother, it's blood!
-It's blood! -Hey!
-Someone has fallen in! -Check if someone has fallen in!
Look at the water!
-Someone has fallen in! -Ganu!
-Somebody please check! -Ganu!
Who has fallen in? Somebody check it, please!
Ganu!
It's my Ganu!
Ganu!
Ganu fell in!
My Ganu is gone!
My Ganu fell in!
Oh, God!
-Step aside! -No!
What's written here?
"Fifty years at the bar!"
You'll get me in trouble, Sue.
Why, sir?
If Rukmini sees this, she'll fling her shoe from up there.
I have never been to a bar, I don't even know what liquor smells like,
and you say "50 years at the bar!"
Come on, Grandpa.
The standard of your PJs is dropping.
Your Honor, now I think you should have a drink.
I love you, Dad!
Love you too, son!
He drinks my share as well.
-Cheers to you, sir. -Cheers!
Cheers!
Come to me
Break free from all the shackles
Let's live freely Come to me
Sweetheart!
We don't have to fear anyone Come
Listen, that's Kartar Singh, right?
The one who argued the 56 body parts murder case.
Introduce me to him.
Ouch! What?
Introduce me to him!
He's a very important part of my story.
You media guys can dig for stories in shit too, can't you?
You only look for stories everywhere!
And you only look for Deepak.
Listen, the Deepak-Shubhangi news is already out in the open.
I'll break his bloody neck.
Okay.
I love you, Dad!
Congratulations.
Khanna Khanna & Associates,
right on top of the list of firms that handle shady cases.
Amazing!
You do realize that these articles are paid for by our rivals, right?
Right, right.
But why do we need negative publicity?
Why are we taking on these criminal cases?
This story has come out because of the Bhalla Murder Case--
Mr. Tejinder Bhalla is one of KKA's biggest clients, Shubhrat.
We have to fight his case.
But he didn't come to the firm, he came to you personally, right?
-So? -So…
why should the firm suffer for what you want to do on our time and money?
Shubhrat… don't get personal.
We're discussing an issue.
I'm not getting personal, Dad.
But this case is totally shady. In fact, take any one of Deepak's cases.
Seriously?
And what do you know about my cases?
More than you know, dude. Want to see a list?
So, you've been spending more time tracking my cases than your own.
Don't flatter yourself. I don't have time for that…
Basically, you're a coward who just wants to block the cases
and has no work of his fucking own!
Enough!
Fight for your client… or don't!
Deepak.
Sir.
You were saying that Quze…
Quaze, sir. Quaze.
Right.
…is a very honest judge?
He is honest, Uncle.
What's the meaning of this fucking Scam Trail news?
What did he do to save whom?
Actually, I have no clue about it.
I'm…
Then find out, Deepak.
One has to hit the shot…
judging whether there is a trench or a mountain up ahead.
Good shot, Daddy.
Our water and your orders…
Will not do! Will not do!
Our water is our right!
Not anyone else's!
Our water is our right!
Not anyone else's!
Our water and your orders…
Will not do! Will not do!
Our water is our right!
Not anyone else's!
Our water and your orders…
Will not do! Will not do!
Our water is our right!
-You bloody mother-- -Not anyone else's!
Hey, stop!
Hey, what are you doing? Stop it!
Hey, stop it, you fucker!
Hey, stop!
They shot him straight in the chest.
Did he survive?
They would have thrown us in jail had we stolen
even a single bottle of Taisty Cola.
And they've been gradually pumping us dry…
killing the entire village, and we--
So, your father leased the land to Taisty Cola.
-Yes. -Okay.
And he's also the local MLA.
So he's facing pressure from both sides.
What is For The People Associates asking for?
Shut down of the plant, sir.
Where is the case listed?
Jalna District Court, sir.
No, Abhijeet. Hire a local lawyer. I can't come for that.
-Sir, actually… -I'm sorry.
Papa told them that he'll get them a hi-fi lawyer from Delhi.
Jalna District Court will be fun.
-Fun? -Let's go!
Do you know where it is?
No.
-Then? -Exactly!
Ali!
Serve a hot paratha to brother.
How dare Scam Trails make an allegation against you!
Mom has also called a few times.
-Papa, we really must find out-- -Antara…
let's eat first.
Shamim.
Call it a perk of being a supreme court judge.
There are several sensitive matters.
It's okay.
I'm used to it.
Still, brother…
if you want, I can find out who is behind this with our police department's help.
No need for that.
We'll find out on our own.
No one will do anything…
and that's final!
Hands up!
-Bang! -Hey!
Parvathy Srinivasan, how did you know where I am?
I'm a detective, Deepak.
I know where and how to find people.
-Right? -Right.
Okay, so, the matter's a little delicate.
More than me?
Just a little.
Justice Munawwar Quaze.
Supreme Court.
There's a rumor that…
he suppressed an ongoing investigation to protect someone close.
There's a CD of a damaging phone conversation--
And you want that CD.
Ms. Sherlock Holmes.
You'll get it.
I want it because--
I don't need to know.
I don't need to know, Deepak.
You want the CD…
it's my job to find it.
That's it.
Parvathy, hi. How are you?
Hello, Shubhrat.
-All good. -What brings you here?
An auto-rickshaw, and now I am leaving. Bye.
Whom had Parvathy come to see?
Deepak.
-Namaste, madam. -Namaste, how are you?
I'm alright, madam. Namaste, madam.
Namaste.
Let me do it, madam.
-Madam, please let me do it. -It's alright.
Let it be, Madhav. Kashaf carries the weight of the world on her shoulders.
-Please, let me… -It's okay. She's right.
-Please. -Come on.
Come, madam.
JALNA 25 KM
You know…
the opposition can't stand the industrial development we've done in this area.
But what will they gain by shutting down the plant?
Madam…
they think that the plant is causing the drought.
And on whose land is the plant built? Mine.
So who's the root cause of all the problems? Shankar Rao Madholkar.
AADEGAON 2 KM
With extended hands
I ask for water
I don't beg
I just ask for my right
What I sowed never sprouted
My death hangs from The dry branch of a tree
On my death, I ask for
But two drops of water in my mouth
Do you see any water?
A couple of years ago, it wouldn't take much effort to get water.
Like a water jet.
But now…
They feel if the plant shuts down, rivers will never run dry again.
There will be water everywhere.
Imagine.
I had two children from my first wife.
But getting water was quite a task for her.
That's why I married again.
My second wife would always stay ill.
Right?
So it was next to impossible for her to bring water.
So, I got married for the third time.
Mr. Babu Rao, you got married thrice?
I had no choice.
The government stresses on family planning.
But we say, "First give us water,
then think of family planning."
I want to tell these people…
that if you throw shit at us,
then we'll package it and sell it back to you.
So you'd better keep your shit to yourself.
Mr. Rana, I need this chaos to end.
And this bullshit petition.
It should just be thrown onto their face.
Do what it takes.
We'll pay you three times your fee.
Your Lordship, the villagers are blocking the main entrance of the plant.
And summers are our peak season.
Maximum demand, maximum production, maximum sales.
We're losing more than four million rupees every day.
And here people are dying every day.
Profit or people?
That is the question, Your Honor.
Your Honor, the opposing counsel has always liked theatrics.
She loves it.
Your Honor, every day, 85 trucks leave the Taisty Cola plant.
Every truck carries 1000 cartons.
Each carton has 24 bottles,
and every bottle contains 300 ml Taisty Cola.
Which is more than 600,000 liters of Taisty Cola every day.
To make one liter of cola, they need 3.8 liters of water.
It means that Taisty Cola is using 2.2 million liters of water every day.
And where?
In a drought-stricken area…
where people are thirsting for even a single drop of water.
Your Honor, my learned friend may be good at mathematics,
but I think she's weak in geography.
And what does your geography say, Mr. Rana?
Sure, I'll tell you.
There is a drought in many parts of the world.
There is snowfall in regions where there never was,
there is unseasonal rain, tsunami wreaking havoc,
cyclones destroying an entire city to dust.
Your Honor, the climate is changing.
Clearly, the planet's in a mess.
And maybe…
Taisty Cola is behind all of this too!
Your Honor, Taisty Cola uses only as much water as is permitted.
Not a drop more.
Mr. Deepak Rana, this 46 degrees isn't too hot to handle for your fancy-ass?
What to do? Sometimes, the cause demands sacrifice.
-Cause, my foot! -Sacrifice, my foot!
Are you guys staying in a seven-star hotel?
Absolutely not.
It's a five-star, right?
It's a five-star.
Ready?
-Thank you. -You guys are not having any?
Have it. It's very cooling. Come on.
Vandu, Deepak is very loyal to his client.
He'll only drink Taisty Cola, right?
By the way, what's it like to be fighting opposite friends?
I always wondered.
Oh.
Totally professional, right?
Makes no difference.
Right, Kashaf?
-Lighter? -Oh.
This plant and I never got along.
Meaning?
I was 16 when this plant came up.
My father's fields were acquired for it.
He must have got compensation?
He did.
But just like water doesn't stay on the hard earth,
cash doesn't stay with a landless farmer.
So, what happened to the money?
He squandered 200,000 in two years.
Dad had never bought anything other than seeds with his money.
And if there is no land, what would he buy seeds for?
So he started drinking.
Then he got addicted.
When he ran out of money, he took up a job in someone's field.
But it didn't work out. Slowly, he got drowned in debt.
Then, one day, he drowned himself.
The well had water back then.
This plant has taken away many things from us since the day it has started.
First, the land. Then, my father.
And now, our water.
Guys, it doesn't fucking add up!
Doing business in India is more difficult than going to war.
In war, at least, you know who your enemy is.
But here, you have to face a new enemy every day.
Sometimes, government officers, sometimes, activists,
sometimes, the villagers, and sometimes, your own workers.
It's a bloody pain.
Too much democracy, Mr. Naveen.
The multinationals are still dying to do business here.
Because profit is a balm.
Soothes all the pain.
Am I right, Mr. Sinha?
Yeah…
but politicians take a large share of that profit.
Look, Naveen…
business and politics are two sides of the same coin.
If it's heads, I win. And if it's tails, still, I win.
I am sorry, Mr. Sinha, but I'm dead against all colas.
They are very unhealthy.
And they do require a lot of water for production, right?
Shubhangi, even the beer you're drinking…
requires a lot of water to make.
Why don't you stop drinking that?
By the way, no one protests to shut down beer plants.
If they shut down beer plants,
then from where will they get the spirit to protest?
Am I right?
Madhav… according to Taisty Cola's database,
-they have six permitted borewells. -Right.
-Dug to the permitted depth. -Yes.
And they are drawing permissible limit of water.
Yes.
-So, basically everything is legal. -Yes.
Get to the point, Vandu. What's the problem if it's all legal?
The problem is that they require 2.2 million liters of water daily
which can never be drawn from just six borewells.
So, where is the remaining water coming from?
So, you're against colas.
Yeah.
I don't remember the last time I had one.
Naveen Sinha is a director at Taisty Cola.
Right… so?
They are our clients, Shubhangi.
And we do this for a living.
The client should never feel that we don't completely believe in their case.
Yes, but it's our right to believe in their products or not.
Yes, but expressing that belief in front of the client…
is frankly childish.
Good night.
Ma'am, I am 100% sure that Ghanshyam stole my buffalo.
No, ma'am. I haven't stolen anything. He's lying.
-What proof does Vitthal have? -Proof?
Ma'am, look.
A picture of my buffalo.
Ghanshyam's buffalo looks just like this.
Black.
Do you own every black buffalo in the world?
Get the buffalo to the court! I'll recognize it!
It will be clear.
Don't talk nonsense!
-I know very well… -Nonsense!
Enough! Quiet!
Not another word!
The next hearing will be on the 27th of next month! Got it?
Out!
Meet me outside! I'll show you what I can do!
Next!
Aadegaon Grampanchayat versus Taisty Cola Pvt Ltd!
Go ahead.
Your Honor, we want to inspect Taisty Cola's borewells.
Objection, Your Honor!
This is preposterous!
Just say what your objection is!
Your Honor, we're following all the rules and regulations.
Government officials inspect our borewells every month.
This is purely a waste of time.
We all know how much corruption there is in governmental procedures.
Your Honor, can any random stranger barge into a private home
and demand an inspection?
LEAVE WATER, DRINK TAISTY
Not a random stranger, Your Honor.
An inspection committee formed by the court
of which we are a part too. That's all.
Fine. Permission granted.
Next!
Yes, ma'am.
Check the diameter.
-How many more are there like this? -Six, madam.
Which one is this?
It's the fourth one, madam.
So there are four in this line, and this one's the final one?
Yes, ma'am.
Is the collection done here?
What's the capacity of these containers?
Okay.
3.50.
They showed us only what they wanted us to see.
Yeah, it's all very nicely packaged.
This damn Taisty Cola!
Madhav, we need a source who can give us inside information.
Do you know anyone?
There was a guy they employed under the employment scheme.
-Okay. -Maybe he knows something.
But he doesn't live here anymore.
Where did he go?
Brother, where can we find Kedar Jagtap?
Kedar Jagtap? No idea, sir.
No?
Go down this way. The first lane.
Can we go this way?
We were told that he lives here.
No.
Kedar…
where have you been?
Mr. Kedar Jagtap, did you work at the Taisty Cola plant?
Yes. In the beginning.
For two years.
And what exactly was your job?
I was the construction supervisor.
Construction of what?
Borewells.
Right.
The six borewells that supply water to the plant.
Yes.
Those six…
and ten more!
Ten?
Which ten?
The ones hidden in the campus under the sheds.
Which sheds, Mr. Kedar?
Security sheds.
On paper, they are for security guards,
but in reality…
the guards keep the borewells secure.
Thank you, Mr. Kedar.
Your witness.
There goes the electricity again.
Welcome to Jalna District Court!
Carry on.
Mr. Kedar Jagtap…
did you quit the job on your own?
No.
I was fired.
Oh!
Why?
They falsely accused me of stealing.
And you served six months in jail.
Mr. Kedar, what are you up to these days?
Look at me.
What are you doing these days?
I do odd jobs.
Your Honor, Mr. Kedar Jagtap's odd jobs include making Mahua liquor.
Objection, Your Honor!
Making Mahua liquor is not a crime.
Your Honor, a man who has served six months in jail for stealing
would want revenge from the plant.
I think the opposing counsel is deliberately wasting the court's time
by calling such unreliable witnesses.
Your Honor, we can easily find out the truth.
Let us inspect those security sheds. Simple.
Allowed.
-Wow. -The electricity is back.
What perfect timing!
Not all shit can be packaged and sold, Mr. Sinha!
Some of it sticks to your face and it stinks.
Listen to me, Deepak. The economy is in a bad shape.
Surviving with so many overheads for a company is--
You can't even imagine.
It's a goddamn jungle out there…
and I have a job to do.
I don't have time for these little production details--
Mr. Sinha, this is not some little production detail!
This is a blatant lie!
And you lied to your own lawyer!
-Okay, calm-- -How do you expect me to do my job
if you don't tell me the goddamn truth?
-You leave it to me? -No, sir!
You will leave it to me now.
Thank you.
Good job with the agriculture fellow today.
Strong point.
Thanks.
I just wanted to apologize about the other night.
It's okay.
I am sorry too.
I keep forgetting that you're my boss's daughter.
No, no, no. Listen, you don't have to be nice to me because of that.
No.
I owe everything I am to Your Honor, I mean, your grandpa.
So, I…
He's very fond of you.
Yeah, he is.
How did you meet him?
It's a long story.
It may take all night.
So? I want to know.
Tell me.
What the fuck!
Are you okay?
Fuck!
Hey! Stop!
Stop!
Vandu!
Stop!
How dare you hurl stones at girls! Who sent you?
-Let go of me. -Did Taisty Cola send you?
Shut up! You don't know anything!
What don't we know?
-You don't know! -What don't we know?
People were unemployed here!
What are you talking about--
They were all drunkards!
The plant gave them jobs!
-What do you even know? -Call Madhav.
Nearly 200 people work in this plant!
If the plant shuts down, who will look after them and their families?
Did you think about that?
Trying to shut the plant down!
The plant built the first school here. Did you know that?
Trying to shut the plant down!
There wasn't a single doctor in this village.
In an emergency, the patient would die before reaching a doctor.
The plant got a doctor for the village!
Trying to shut the plant down!
Get lost! Uninformed people!
Go home!
Come rain
I'll give you money
The money was fake…
So, tell me.
I was born in the mountains.
Had dreams as high as them.
Big, impossible ones.
I thought trekking up would take too long…
so I took a shortcut.
Started a chit fund with friends.
You know chit fund?
Yeah.
So I started a chit fund with friends, but I failed.
I lost people's money and their trust.
My father was furious.
And I was charged with cheating.
I couldn't face my family after this.
So, I ran away from home.
Then, with the help of a lawyer…
I fought my own case…
and won.
Wow.
Really?
Then someone got me a job as a clerk in KKA.
Can you imagine?
No.
Deepak Rana, the clerk.
But I was a good clerk.
Anyway, I began studying law side by side in CLC.
Your Honor saw something in me…
and took me on as his junior.
That's it.
The rest as they say is…
history, Ms. Khanna.
You've certainly been through a lot…
but there must have been some…
love in the time of war too?
Deepak!
-Hi. -Hi.
Hi, hi, hi.
You okay?
Me?
Yeah.
Why?
I don't know, you look different.
I'm losing the case.
Deepak Rana is not used to losing.
-Sure. -Don't you know that?
Yes, we've made a mistake, Your Honor…
by digging extra borewells.
And we are willing to pay the fine.
But asking to shut the plant down…
I would like to tell the Honorable Court that some of the farmers in this area
draw more water than the permissible limit too.
My learned friend is comparing a company with a 25 billion turnover
with farmers whose income is less than 2500.
Really?
Your Honor, the issue is that the farmers are not even fined
for using more water than permitted.
In fact, the government waives off their electricity bills,
gives them subsidies.
Why?
Because they are vote banks for the government.
Mr. Rana, as far as I know, this case isn't about the farmers.
Exactly, Your Lordship.
This case is about Taisty Cola drawing ten times the permissible amount of water
and causing a drought in the area.
Your Honor, we've submitted a report
by Professor Tikekar who is a well-known hydrologist.
It clearly states that…
the plant is responsible for the decline of groundwater levels.
Your Honor, with your permission, I would like to call
Jalna district's agriculture officer, Shubhash Jagdale.
Permission granted.
Mr. Jagdale, what do farmers grow most in Jalna district?
Sugarcane is the most common crop in the area, sir.
Why not some other crop?
Because it is a cash crop.
And because there are several sugar mills around,
-it's a profitable deal, sir. -Yes.
Mr. Jagdale, how much water does a sugarcane crop need?
A lot, sir.
It's a highly water-intensive crop.
It is a highly water-intensive crop, Your Honor.
Thank you, Mr. Jagdale.
Your Honor, if this drought is caused by anything other than global warming…
it's sugarcane farming.
And not our plant.
Your Honor, counsel is taking the argument to a different tangent.
Your Honor, we're admitting our mistake…
and we're ready to pay the fine.
We're ready to shut down our extra borewells,
even to reduce production by 40%,
but are the villagers ready to take responsibility?
If you really care about water,
then bring back cotton, millet, and more crops that save water.
Your Honor, will my learned friend file a petition for this?
No. And why?
Because defaming a 25 billion multinational company…
is more in tune with her socialist ideology.
Your Honor, this is like comparing villagers washing clothes in the river
and industries dumping untreated waste in the river.
There is such a vast difference in scale--
Your Honor, the difference is not in scale…
it's in the thinking.
It's about who is willing to take steps to improve the situation.
I would like to remind everyone
about the development Taisty Cola has brought to the village.
But yes, development often comes at a cost.
Cost?
Yes.
What cost, Your Honor?
The life of an eight-year-old Ganu…
who fell in a dried-up well for a bucketful of water?
That farmer who got shot in the chest…
just for raising his voice?
Or the condition of those women…
who walk miles every day in 46 degrees for a single bucket of water?
Or the thousands of farmers who couldn't take the weight of the debts
and hung themselves?
Water is life, Your Honor.
And we all have a right to life under Article 21 of our constitution.
If we don't shut this plant down,
then we will be snatching their right to live.
Your Honor, my learned friend is very emotional.
She cares about the villagers.
And I must say that emotionality is good.
But the court must look at hard facts.
Will shutting down the plant…
change everything overnight?
No, Your Honor.
In fact, dozens of people working at the plant will lose their jobs.
Eventually, the schools and hospitals run by the plant will shut down.
And the scarcity of water…
unfortunately…
the scarcity of water will still be there.
So, will it be right to halt all development…
to rectify one mistake of the plant…
Your Honor?
I guess it's a good sign, right?
You guys protest, and I get exhausted.
Hello!
I've been waiting here since the afternoon. "Thank you, Deepak"?
Thank you, Deepak.
I'm dead. They fucking detained us for eight hours.
I thought we'll have to spend the night inside.
Come on, now buy me a drink.
Kashaf will buy you a drink.
Why me?
Because Deepak has been waiting all day for you, not for me.
Rubbish!
What nonsense!
Hey. Oh, I ordered.
Yeah, that's cool.
That's…
perfectly cool.
Shubhangi…
Yeah?
Last night was a bit…
Yeah?
So, I'm not exactly in that…
relationship mode, you know what I mean?
-What? -Nothing. Chill, Deepak.
I'm not 19. It's cool. It's all cool.
It was just sex for God's sake.
Sit, sit.
-Shall we? -Yeah, yeah, go on.
Thank you.
Water is such an important resource…
which must be conserved for future generations as well.
But development is just as important.
We can't ignore the fact that industry brings…
jobs, education, healthcare, and tourism with it.
Which is essential for the development of the country and its people.
The defendant is admitting their mistake…
and is ready to make amends.
They have also submitted an affidavit…
which is present in the court's records.
Counsel, if you ever feel that the defendant is repeating their mistakes…
then you can approach this court.
I don't beg
I just ask for my right
What?
I want to say something.
Please, please, please, Shubhrat, don't propose right now.
Let me watch the film.
Deepak got a CD of one of Justice Quaze's calls.
What?
The proof Scam Trails was referring to?
Probably.
-You heard it? -Yes.
And?
And he's talking to someone saying the family's reputation is at stake and all.
Really?
To whom?
That I can't tell. I couldn't recognize the voice.
-You have the CD? -I have the CD.
How?
Stole it from Deepak's office.
Oh, my-- Fuck!
You didn't tell me all this earlier?
You're an ass.
You know, Shubhrat? This is big.
This is big fucking breaking news!
Sorry.
Oh, my God.