(singing)
-Hey, sir is here. -Hmm.
-Hello, sir. -Hello.
-Greetings. -Greetings.
-What's the situation? -Sir.
-No one has entered or exited. -Hmm.
Good.
But we heard a scream in the afternoon.
A scream?
-Yes, sir. -It was a woman.
Hmm. What happened next?
We didn't hear anything after that.
And no one came out of the house either.
-Listen. -Yes, sir.
-I'm going into the house now. -Okay, sir.
-Keep an eye. -Hmm.
Don't let anyone enter after I go in.
-Okay, sir. -Okay, sir.
You don't have to hide anymore. Stay in front of the gate.
(singing)
(title song)
BETTER BE CHEF THAN SORRY
This way.
Take a seat.
Thank you.
Tea or coffee?
Neither.
Are you afraid to have anything at my home?
No.
Actually, I'm here to talk about important things.
That means you have very little time on your hands.
That's a matter of perspective. Let time tell us.
Okay. Please begin.
You invited me. You should start.
How can I?
I don't know why the police are after me.
So, you already know I am police.
Brilliant network.
Not like the internet here.
That's not very difficult to find out.
You don't need 4G network. 3G is enough.
Wow.
You'll be very successful as a detective.
Who will cook then? You?
That's there too.
My cooking skills are restricted to an omelette.
Then we should let things be.
Now tell me, what are your accusations against me?
I definitely have the right to know.
Obviously.
But first tell me.
Who are you?
Where have you come from?
Have you come over without doing any research on me?
I didn't say I don't know anything.
Let's see what you know.
Did you quiz your husband too, Mushkan Soheli?
Sorry, I called you Mushkan Soheli.
It should be Mushkan Zuberi, right?
But... Just asking...
This was your surname before you married Rashed Zuberi?
For a long time you were in America with your entire family.
Then you suddenly returned to the country.
You joined Kolkata's Orient Hospital.
That's where you met Rashed Zuberi as your patient.
He was terminally ill. Prostate cancer.
He was there at your hospital for a very long time.
Because he didn't have anyone to take care of him.
Almost three months.
That's when you got into a relationship with him.
He loved to eat.
And that's how you won his heart.
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach. Etc.
Rashed Zuberi had realised by now that his days were numbered.
Maybe that's why he gave you the marriage proposal.
As far as the food is concerned I can't blame him.
Your cooking is really awesome.
Are you saying you might propose to me too?
No.
I have a disorder since I was a kid.
My brain...
Instead of the skull, it's located between the heart and the stomach.
Stops the signal.
Are you sure you don't want tea or coffee?
No. Thanks.
Would you mind if I have some coffee?
Oh please, it's your house.
I'd made some extra.
Thought you'd have some too.
Looks like you've taken an oath to not have anything at my place.
Gun in your holster. Cops waiting outside.
Even after this if one is scared of an unarmed woman, I give up.
You have eyes everywhere.
I am not as mysterious as you think I am.
There's a monitor back there.
You can see the feed of four CCTV cameras.
Anyway, I stalled your story.
Oh, yes.
After that Rashed Zuberi got out of the hospital.
Came back to Dhaka and settled down in his house in Banani.
You became his companion.
He didn't live long after that.
Maybe four months?
Five months, 17 days.
When did you get married?
Your source failed you?
But that's normal. We didn't have a big wedding.
We didn't elope like teenagers either.
It was his idea to get married.
I didn't agree to it at first.
Later I thought...
A terminally ill patient who doesn't have very long to live...
What's the harm in fulfilling his dying wish?
So you became Banalata Sen to fulfill his wishes.
Not Sen. Zuberi.
And not in darkness but in broad daylight in front of everyone.
Nice.
Then you made him sign over his property to you.
Brilliant.
Mr. Chanda, you're quite absolute in your thoughts.
You are thinking like an average man.
Marrying a dying man for his property is a rotten cliche.
Your thinking is very common.
I'm disappointed in your thought process.
Then get over your disappointment
and tell me what the extraordinary reality is.
Before getting married, I had no idea he had property in Sundarpur.
He has long been dispossessed of all the property in West Bengal.
-Yes but you had-- -I'm telling you, right?
Don't be impatient.
You seem to be in a rush.
I'm not impatient.
I'm trying to guess.
At the right time, with the help of the local MLA, Ashim Karmakar
you took possession of the property. Right?
Then the visa.
Maybe even citizenship.
But the question is...
Why did you quit your job?
I didn't like it anymore.
Wanted to live close to nature.
And I had promised Rashed on his death bed that I'll open a restaurant.
He wanted everyone to taste my cooking.
I want to experiment with food which is not possible in Kolkata.
Why?
What kind of experiments?
Food cooked with pure, organic and chemical free produce.
Something I can grow in this fertile land and use directly in my cooking.
Which veggies do you use in cooking the crocodiles?
"Rezala"?
Or a korma?
Or a light stew with veggies?
That's my other interest.
I've recently started breeding them. I want to export them.
-Hmm... Hmm... -Good for security purposes too.
Didn't cross my mind until you broke in that night.
And the dead body you made Phalu bury.
Is that your hobby too?
Mummification as a hobby.
Oh no, mister!
You've watched too many thrillers.
Listen.
I love the Spanish cuisine.
I'm putting their and our styles of cooking together and creating a new fusion cuisine.
Everyone has liked it a lot. In fact, you did too.
Do you have surveillance cameras in the restaurant too?
Stupid question.
Yes, even in a rural place like Sundarpur.
Anyway.
I need red wine to cook.
It'll be very expensive to source it from Kolkata.
So, you started making your own red wine.
Hmm... And it's not very difficult to make.
It's very easy.
Just have to ferment some red grape juice under ground.
If you don't believe me, you can check the containers from that night.
I don't do anything here that will make me anxious.
And I don't have valuables in the house to lose sleep over.
But yes...
"A woman from the city is here. Let's see what she is doing."
I've scared the people who have done this a little.
Hmm?
How?
One of my friends works in the movies.
She played a witch once.
I got the idea when I saw her.
I took the contact lenses from her.
And instead of a glass I poured the red wine in a bowl.
That's it!
Your blood-sucking witch is ready.
A bloodthirsty witch...
who has a great relation with everyone. The MLA, SP, OC...
Who has surveillance cameras everywhere.
Whose watchman carries a rifle.
Whose pond is full of crocodiles.
Hmm.
Sounds like good enough security for me.
Don't you think?
Anyway...
You've explained a lot of things.
Thank you.
Now let me give you a news.
Your red wine assistant, Phalu.
He tried to bury a man alive.
A skeleton has been found under his bed.
Phalu is absconding.
Oh my God! What does he do with a skeleton?
I don't know.
Will have to investigate.
Let's see.
Hmm.
Please keep me informed.
Anyway, thanks for coming. If you need anything--
Sit down, Mrs. Zuberi.
I have not finished yet.
Dr. Sen, it's really an honour to meet you.
Doctors like you are still in this country
that's why our people don't have to run around for treatment.
Thank you.
Umm.
All of us serve our country in our own way.
Isn't it, Mr Khash-- "Khash"?
"Nobeesh". It's Khashnobeesh.
-Khawraj Khashnobeesh. -Sorry, Khashnobeesh.
Umm.
Everyone's contribution is important.
But for me...
It's been a long and satisfying journey serving my people.
Doc, can we come to the point now?
Yes.
I am...
very worried.
I am... I'm very stressed.
Have you come to me for a consultation?
-I mean... -I thought...
-You were here for some enquiry. -They are related.
I want to ask you a few questions to relieve my stress.
I didn't get you.
What are you stressed about?
Not what.
But who am I stressed about.
Who?
You.
I'm very worried about you.
I respect you.
That's why...
I'm getting chills thinking about your honour and reputation.
A man named Mohammed Hasib went missing in Kolkata three months back.
The case goes to the police.
The police reach a dead end.
The case then passes on to the CBI. That's me.
I investigate. And I find out...
Hasib had taken a taxi to come to your restaurant.
Tagore whatever whatever.
What do you mean?
Hundreds of people dine at Tagore every day.
They come, eat and leave.
How can I say where they go or how they disappear after that?
What do I have to do with it?
I'll tell you.
But before that...
Two months before the Hasib incident
another man catches the same taxi and goes to...
your restaurant.
That's great!
In the last three months, two men have gone missing from the same place.
Can you tell me what role I had to play in this?
Mrs. Zuberi...
I didn't say the other man went missing from here.
I just said he had come here.
How did you know he went missing?
No, I mean...
I thought...
-I thought you meant... -I'll tell you what I meant.
I meant even if I considered these two cases to be a coincidence
I have three more cases.
The profiles are very similar.
They've disappeared in the last two-three months.
But I don't have any proof if they came to Tagore or not.
So do you generally accuse women of kidnapping without any proof?
Absolutely not.
That's why you had the coffee cup in your hand, not handcuffs.
But there are some interesting facts here, Mrs. Zuberi.
Five men. Disappeared.
Four out of the five social media accounts have been deactivated.
But one account was still live.
I had forwarded this account to the cyber cell.
Cyber cell dug out one ID from that account.
What was the name of the ID?
Charulata.
Charulata had an extremely flirtatious relationship with the victim.
But the most interesting thing is the location.
As obtained from the IP address.
Do you know where it is?
Sundarpur.
Even though it is the suburbs a lot a people use internet here.
It's slow. But I'm sure people still use it.
But just consider the facts.
A fan of Rabindranath Tagore.
The restaurant is named after Tagore.
The chat ID is named after one of Tagore's most iconic characters.
And finally, it's a woman.
What are the chances?
Interesting facts, possible coincidences...
I can hear everything but evidence.
You'll hear about that too.
Right at this moment, my senior colleague...
is interrogating a well-respected doctor from Orient Hospital.
Doctor's name is Indrayudh Sen.
I'm guessing you're familiar with this name.
My colleague is very dangerous.
He's never left a case unsolved in his life.
Dr. Sen might have strong nerves but you'll hear the word 'proof' soon.
-Have you ever failed to solve a case? -No.
Don't see a possibility in the near future.
Sure?
I'm not investigating Mrs. Zuberi's case.
That's being done by CBI's senior investigator, Nirupam Chanda.
I'm retired.
I teach criminology to aspiring investigators.
Nirupam requested me to interview you.
Actually the case is quite critical, that's why.
Why is it critical?
The case Nirupam was investigating
Mushkan Zuberi turned out to be the prime suspect.
She has been interrogated.
A lot of information has come to light.
She has owned up to certain things.
What is Mushkan suspected of?
I can't disclose all the information right now.
What I can tell you in brief is...
She has been accused of killing five people.
And you'll be shocked to find out what Mushkan has done to them.
What do you mean?
That's for later.
But what you need to know is...
what can happen to you if you lie to us.
Listen to the list carefully.
Nirupam Chanda was my student.
That's why I know him very well.
He's very smart.
To begin with he'll connect you to the five murders.
And he'll claim...
that you have knowingly suppressed the truth.
And he'll also prove that...
you're linked to Mushkan directly.
He can do it.
Want some water?
No...
Please continue.
Okay.
The other thing on the list is...
The fifth and last victim is the nephew of a minister in Bangladesh.
So, the minister is going to apply all his power against you.
He'll do it. Now do you want some water?
Don't worry about that.
I'll ask for it. Please continue, I'm all ears.
I don't know if these accusations can be proven in court.
Probably not.
But what will happen to your reputation if the case goes to court?
All these years of hard work will go down the drain.
Fine, ask for the water when you want.
But this isn't just about your reputation.
Your hospital will also be under enquiry.
A lot of things will come up in the interrogations there too.
So, the hospital's reputation is also at stake.
Are you a partner or the owner of the hospital?
Partner. Why?
You see, Dr. Sen.
I know you know everything.
But before everyone gets to know I'm giving you a chance.
You can distance yourself from this messy business if you want.
And I'll get rid of my stress and hypertension.
You're a little nervous too, right?
Your breathing is heavy. You're sweating.
Are you okay, Dr. Sen?
Are you feeling unwell?
Please have some water.
What did Mushkan say?
I can't disclose that.
Legally, I can't tell you.
But legally, you can have the water.
-Give me the water. -Give it to him.
Don't jump into the fire with her, doc.
It's an obsolete idea.
It won't help her if you incriminate yourself.
You would be ruining your life too.
Ask me.
What do you want to know?
Why did Mushkan Zuberi quit her job?