"Mother, I'm very scared." "What do you mean?" "Why don't you try to come?" "All right..." "Fine, I'll manage, mama." "Yes, I know that there's food kept in the fridge." "You've mentioned this ten times in a span of 5 minutes!" "I'll eat when I feel hungry." "But, mama, why did all of you go there in these heavy showers?" "Do you know, it's raining very heavily here also?" "I'm feeling scared, staying alone at home." "Please come back as soon as possible." "Yes..." "Yes, I will check all the doors and windows." "But please return as soon as possible." "'Who is the in-charge here?" "'" "'Mrs." "Bimla Mathur was tied to a chair and murdered when she was alone at home.'" "The police say that even this... ' is the handiwork of the same murderer who has killed three people in the last one month.'" "'The police also say that this person is mentally unbalanced because he only commits a murder; he does not steal.'" "He first makes an excuse to enter the house ' and then kills the person.'" "The police appeals to the public ' to disallow any stranger in their house.'" "'And if they doubt anybody they should contact this number at once.'" "'40021, 40022.'" "'And now, for the weather report.'" "'Due to incessant rains, the city has come to a standstill..." "Evil cat!" "Do you know, you're scaring me?" "Do you dream?" "Do you..." "We will now eat something..." "what will we eat?" "And you will not get anything because you always startle me." "What will you eat?" "I will not prepare a sandwich for you!" "Who is it?" "Oh hi!" "Is Mr. Malhotra at home?" "Who?" "!" "Malhotra?" "There is no Malhotra here." "Isn't this B/41, Anandi, Hilton Road?" "Yes, the address is correct." "Then, Mr. Malhotra lives here." "I'm telling you there's no Malhotra here." "This is Mr. Gupta's house." "Who's Gupta?" "What do you mean by that?" "!" "This is G.H. Gupta's house." "Why will Mr. Malhotra give me Mr. Gupta's address?" "Go and ask him!" "Why are you asking me?" "!" "Yeah, exactly!" "He's the one I have come to meet." "There you go again!" "I'm telling you this once." "This is Mr. Malhotra's house;" "there is no Gupta." "I mean, this is B/41, Anandi, Hilton Road." "But this is Gupta's house; there is no Malhotra!" "Please go away!" "Does this look like Mr. Malhotra's house, Sherry?" "What's it?" "Can I make a phone call please?" "No, our phone is dead." " Isn't there another phone?" " No." "And this one is dead." "What's the problem?" "What do you mean?" "!" "I mean, what's the problem with the phone?" "What problem can there be?" "!" "It's dead!" "I wanted to make an urgent phone call." "So what can I do?" "Isn't there a phone?" "I've told you there's no other phone, and mine is dead!" "I mean, isn't there a phone in the vicinity?" "How do I know?" "Go and see for yourself!" "You live here, so you will know about this area, right?" "No, I don't know anything!" "Go and see for yourself!" "Please go away!" "Where are you?" "After this, I will..." "What's it now?" "My car has broken down." "It's pouring heavily outside, so may I come in?" "I'll leave as soon as the rains stop..." "I promise." "I mean, it's raining cats and dogs outside." "Despite wearing this jacket, I am feeling cold!" "So, may I come in?" "That's if you say so." "Look, if it's so cold then why don't you go and sit inside your car?" "I don't understand why you are harassing me!" "Why are you always the one to think?" "Why can't I do the same?" "He's a strange man!" "He's been harassing me since so long!" " What's it now?" "!" " My key is locked inside my car!" "Meaning?" " The key remained inside the car." " So what am I to do?" "You had asked me to sit in the car if I was feeling cold." "I went there, but the key is inside." "So, may I come in?" "I am right here!" "May I come in?" "My husband is sleeping upstairs." "He won't accept me letting a stranger in!" " Then ask him." " I've told you, he's sleeping!" "Wake him, I'll speak to him." "I cannot wake him up!" "In fact..." "I cannot do anything for you." "You have harassed me enough!" "Now, please leave!" "Am I harassing you?" "I'm feeling cold, and I'm harassing you?" "!" "You are very mean." "A man who comes home is like a guest, and a guest is like God..." "I am famished." "Can I get something to eat?" "You can't come like this!" "You're amazing!" "I'm sorry." "Even I'm ashamed to say this, but what to do?" "I don't look like a beggar, do I?" "Please give me something to eat." "Stay there." "Don't move ahead." "I'll give you." " Don't move ahead!" " As if I'll come through the window!" "Take this." "You are very nice." "Who says you are mean?" "You were the only left to frighten me!" "We'll watch TV now." "We'll watch TV, and eat sandwiches, right?" "What's it now?" "I rang the bell only to thank you for giving me a sandwich." "You've made it very well!" "Do you know, preparing a cheese sandwich is also an art?" "The sandwich you have prepared is out of this world!" "I love sandwiches." "My mother prepares it for me." "You have put the right amount of cheese!" "Cheese from Paris!" "You don't get it in Poona." "It must be the wonder of your hand!" "It's so delicious!" "My baby's gone to sleep?" "Won't she watch TV?" "May I watch the television?" "If I watch TV, I'll forget about the cold." "Fine!" "If you don't want to draw the curtain at least increase the volume." "I'll think it's the radio playing." "This is Radio Ceylon." "In this music programme of listeners' choice we'll first listen to the request of Mr. Poonawala." "He's got caught in a place named Hilton Road due to the heavy showers and cold." "He sends his request, and sings..." "'My heart weeps... '" "Watch the TV." "What are you watching?" "The TV." "You were watching me just now!" "I swear I was watching the TV." "You are lying!" "I saw you look at me!" "No, I was watching the TV." "You turned to look at me, and I did the same." "And then, you saw me look at you." "Otherwise, I was watching the TV." "Watch the TV." "Just see if your husband has got up..." "Meaning?" "!" "I mean, if he's got up, then send him down;" "I'll speak to him." "If he gets up, he will come down, won't he?" "!" "Your husband is sleeping at this hour?" "!" "Meaning?" "!" " I mean, it's..." "It's quarter past six, and he's sleeping?" "!" "Is he feeling fine?" "He's perfectly fine!" "And then, he can sleep at any time he wants to!" "Why are you bothered?" "!" "Everybody's driving me crazy!" "I am right here!" " Your man has got up." " Who?" "Your husband!" "How do you know?" "I saw him at the window upstairs." "What's wrong?" "!" " Somebody's upstairs!" " That's your husband." "My husband is not here;" "I am all alone!" "You'd said that your husband was at home!" " I lied." " You did?" "Then who is he?" " I don't know." " You don't?" "This is your house!" "How come you don't know who's here?" "!" "Yes, this is my house, but I don't know who's upstairs!" "Is it a thief?" " I don't know." "Shall I check?" "Don't be afraid." "Easy!" " Which way?" " From there." "Upstairs." " There's nobody here." " What!" "Yes, there's nobody here." "You were unnecessarily frightened." " But how can this be?" " I searched everywhere." "Nobody's here." "But what about the loud noise?" "It must have been a cat." "My cat was in front of me downstairs!" "Really?" "Would it be hiding beneath the floor then?" "!" "Meaning?" "!" "You're too much." "You said you saw someone upstairs!" "I never said I saw someone." "I only said that I saw the curtain move and it could've been caused by the wind too!" "The wind?" "You don't understand." "It's not because you said so." "Since morning, I've been feeling that there's somebody home!" "This is a figment of your imagination!" " What!" " Yes." "When I rang the bell the first time you'd said, your husband was at home." "I knew that there was nobody home, that you were alone." "In your solitude, you kept imagining things!" "About a ghost, a thief, a murderer with a stone..." "You are wrong!" "This is not a figment of my imagination!" "I had heard the sound for myself..." "I didn't want to tell you but I think I don't have a choice now." "What is it?" "Actually, I threw a stone and broke the window pane." "Please understand." "You were not letting me in, and it was so cold out." "So I thought, if I hit a stone at least your husband would wake up." "Please listen to me." "Put yourself in my shoes, and think for a while." "You were alone here, so terrified." "I was wondering how to tell you about it." "Do you understand?" "I'll bear the cost of the glass." "Or I'll get a worker, and have it fixed." "You need not worry." "Okay?" "I'm dry." "Don't look at me, like I am going to eat you raw!" "I will not do anything." "May I make a request?" "I know you will be angry." "But I am feeling so cold!" "Can I get a cup of coffee?" "One cup, please!" "One spoon sugar." "The house is beautiful!" "I was only looking at it because my mother has a similar one." "Did you think I was going to kill you?" "Do I look like a murderer to you?" " Do I..." " What the hell are you doing here?" "!" "I thought I ordered you to bring coffee." "Then I felt I should help you, so I..." "There is no need!" "You should not have come here!" "Here goes your knife." "I have no knife now." "I've been reiterating that you should not have come here!" "My mother says that I look like a film star." "'Hello." "The main stories of the day.'" "'The Indian delegation will be represented by the Secretary of cultural affairs, Mr. R.B. Iyer.'" "'Indian fishermen freed from the jail in Karachi.'" "'And, in Kashmir, the production of saffron... ' '... has increased this year.'" "'The Indian delegation will be represented by the Secretary of cultural affairs, Mr. R.B. Iyer.'" "'And Mr. Syed Roshan Samir will represent... ' '... the Pakistani delegation.'" "' Both the parties will find a unanimous solution to strengthen the friendly ties in various sectors.'" "'To relax the stringent visa laws for cultural artistes will be the main focus of the talks.'" "'Also, a solution to the problems risen... ' ...is being worked out.'" "'Talks to have fishermen freed from both the nations will also be held.'" "It's good." "Please sit." "Please sit." "Make yourself at home." "Please sit." "'And now, for an important news.'" "'The commissioner spoke of the spate... ' '... of murders in the last few days.'" " Won't you have some coffee?" " I don't drink coffee." "You don't?" "But you prepare coffee very well." "'After conducting the investigations, he found out that these murders are the handiwork of only one person.'" "' Because he has murdered all his victims... ' '... by quashing them with a rope.'" "'Perhaps, he is mentally unbalanced.'" "'The officer has appealed to the public..." ""...not to let any stranger home.'" "'He has also said that if a person... ' '... is suspicious about somebody he should kindly contact this number - 400021, 400022.'" "'The terrorism that people have faced in Kashmir..." "Do you think it's me?" "Do you actually feel that I am the murderer?" "!" "I think you ought to leave now." "What's wrong now?" "My husband will be here any moment!" "But you said you have no husband." "I'd said he isn't at home now he's gone out." "He'll be here any time." "Please go!" "Oh, that's great!" "Let him come, I'll speak to him." "What do you mean?" "!" "Let him come." "I'll explain to him, and he'll understand." "There is no need!" "Please go now!" "This is my house!" "It's a nice house." "This is no time to joke!" "Please go!" "I'm telling you for the last time!" "Suppose I say, I will not go, then?" "I let you come inside, gave you coffee." "I heeded everything you said." "Please go!" "I beg..." "Quiet!" "I am really a decent man." "Understand?" "I've got caught in this thunderstorm because of that wretched Malhotra!" "I can understand your fear." "You've got trapped at home with a stranger." "I can understand everything." "Do you think I am that murderer?" "Would you have been yet alive then?" "!" "Would you?" "!" "Keep this!" "Keep it." "Sit here with it." "If I do anything, then kill me, okay?" "Happy?" "But for Gods sake, please be quiet!" "You have made a ghost out of a man in just a second!" "I swear I'll leave once the rains stop." "I don't want to stay here!" "I have a home of my own!" "Weird girl!" "Sit straight." "Looking at you, I remember Aarti." "You are just like her." "Absolutely chicken-hearted!" "When she'd be alone in a room she'd feel someone is coming to garrote her." "Any sound or thing would startle her." "Very absent-minded!" "If we would go for a film, she would not travel in a taxi." "And if by some chance, she would then she'd constantly be giving directions to the driver!" "I had a good time with her..." "Then she died." "I used to love her very much." "I have never loved anybody with that intensity." " What do you do?" " Me?" " I'm studying." " What?" "My God!" "Shall I tell you a joke about History?" "There was a History student who entered his classroom late." "His teacher summoned him, and asked him if knew where Qutub-Minar was." "He replied in the negative." "The teacher asked him to stand on the bench." "To which he asked," "'Sir, will I be able to see it, standing on a bench?" "'" "Had you done the same?" "And what does your husband do?" " My husband is not here." " No?" "I mean, I am not married." "I knew that!" "I hate cats... especially those who like cats!" "Aarti used to like cats." "She used to call it Catty." "I think there's been a power cut." "Has someone outside cut the line?" "Hey!" "I was only joking!" "Please bring a candle." "Or we'll be just searching for each other's faces in the dark!" "Did you find the candle?" "What's the matter?" "Please wait." "What's wrong?" "What is the matter?" "!" "This man is a murderer!" "He will kill me!" "Don't be afraid." "This man killed my cat!" "He'll kill me too!" "What are..." " Where is the cat?" " Inside, in the kitchen." "Inside!" "Go inside!" "I had suspected him all along." "When I went upstairs..." "Why are you hitting me?" "I didn't go to the kitchen..." "I know he has killed my cat!" "I did not..." "Look, there's my cat!" " But I did not kill it!" " He killed my cat!" "Listen to me!" "I was not even here!" "I suspected him from the beginning!" " Who is this man?" " I don't know." " Then what's he doing in your house?" " I don't know!" "He kept asking for Malhotra, and barged in!" " Who's Malhotra?" " I don't know." " I'll tell you!" " Just shut up, okay?" "!" "I know Malhotra." "I had a deal with him." "I came here for a delivery." "But to the wrong address." " Does he know Malhotra?" " I don't know that!" "Why are you asking her?" "I'm telling you, I had a deal with Malhotra." "Be quiet!" "There is no Malhotra!" "He is the murderer!" "The one shown in the news bulletin." "He has murdered, and is on the run!" "This stupid girl is talking rubbish!" "Why are you listening to her?" "You want me to listen to you instead!" "Who do you think you're?" "Whom are you trying to impress?" "I'll blow your brains apart!" "Whom are you threatening?" "She's speaking the truth, and I'm telling lies?" "!" "Perhaps, this house is mine!" "Perhaps, this girl has barged in!" "Perhaps, I didn't kill the cat, and this girl did!" "You may have killed it!" "Or somebody else may have!" "Just a minute." "What were you doing outside the house?" "This is not your house." "It's raining." "Why were you near the door?" "Nobody has informed the police." "How did you come here?" "Sit." "Sit!" "Sit." "This is Inspector Qureshi speaking." "Send a Head Constable and four sepoys to Anandi, Hilton Road." "No." "It's a case of some suspect killer." "There's a car parked outside your compound in the middle of the road." "I came to inquire if it was yours." "I was going to ring the bell when you opened the door." "The story is good!" "It's very good!" "When I asked him then, he had no answer." "He walked till here, cooked a story, and told us." "You are amazing!" "This man is absolutely crazy!" "Didn't he phone the police station now?" "!" "You are crazy and stupid!" "Can't you understand?" "!" "How would you know if he phoned or if there was someone on the other end?" "Just look at him!" "He's sitting, like this is his house, not yours!" "And he's drinking liquor!" "Will a cop do so, and that too before a lady?" "Look at his clothes." "Ask him where his uniform is!" "It looks like he has run away from a film shooting!" "And look at his shoes!" "As if he has stolen the shoes of some hoodlum!" "And you've studied History." "Don't History students possess brains?" "!" "A word more, and I'll blow your brains apart!" "Let go of him!" "This man is dangerous!" "Move away!" "Let go of him!" "Move away!" "Let go of him!" "Don't you move!" "If he is a policeman, what was he doing outside?" "You shut up!" "Move away!" "I had parked my car on the side of the road, not in the centre." "Don't believe him!" "My spectacles!" "Give me the gun!" "If I wanted to kill you," "I'd have smashed the glass and entered in." "I wouldn't have killed the cat, I would have killed you!" "Please listen to me!" "No, listen to me!" "Believe me, and not this man!" "Please listen to me!" "Use your head, Ma'm." " Please give me the gun!" " No!" " You point a gun at a cop..." " Don't move ahead!" "Don't move ahead!" "I don't believe either of you!" "Go and sit there!" " I will." " Sit!" "I'm not doing anything." "Please listen to me..." "You are making a grave mistake." "I'm a policeman." "If he is a policeman, then I'm the super star Amitabh Bachchan!" " I'll kill you, swine!" " I'll shoot both of you!" "Point it towards him, he's hitting me... move that side!" "If I had the gun, I wouldn't have spared you!" "I thrashed you so badly." "Don't you remember?" "!" "Remember every word you say!" "I'll remember even what I have not said!" "Take your hand off!" "You stink!" "Since how many days have you not bathed?" "Shall I bathe you?" "!" " Bloody swine!" "He must have not informed the police." "Let me do the needful." "No!" "Don't move!" "Fine!" "You phone." "She's going to call your father..." "Look!" "Two people have barged in here!" "I'm fine, mama." "Phone the police immediately, and ask them to come here soon!" "I am fine, mama!" "Please phone them immediately!" "We will now know in which division you are." "Understand?" "!" "Can't you see he's crazy?" "!" "And you are falling for his bait?" "!" "I don't believe either of you!" "Let the police come and decide about each one of you!" "I understand." "When you'll learn about whom you've messed around with you'll run home straight to your mother, and ask her for a bottle of milk..." "Swine, do you know whom you have messed around with?" "!" "Constable, you are frightening me!" "I know the truth." "My friends uncle is Commissioner Mendonca!" "Don't laugh!" "These are your last moments!" "I'll thrash you so badly that you'll be given saline!" "Really?" "Well, you'll be given a glucose drip!" "I'll come to visit you, don't worry!" "Stay away from each other!" "I'll shoot both of you!" "Stay away from each other until the police arrive!" "I'll shoot both of you!" "You'll drive me crazy!" "Even the ghost won't go near him, so why should I?" "Stop it!" "What are you doing?" "!" "Shall I..." "Did you buy it from Andheri railway station?" "Can I have one?" "Can I have some coffee?" "I mean, we have to wait till the police come." "We are sitting idle, so let's have some coffee." "What do you say?" "Let's do one thing." "We'll walk ahead of you while you point the gun towards our backs?" "We'll prepare coffee, and then get it back here, okay?" "However, there's one problem." "I can't prepare coffee... can you?" "Why delay?" "Let's go, Ma'm." "Stay behind." "Shall I shut this window?" " Is there a dish?" " What's that?" "A vessel." "It's there." " Where's the coffee powder?" " It is here..." "Wait!" "One of you come." "Take this." "What's this?" "!" "You have to prepare coffee, not tea." " Can you prepare coffee?" " No." "Then?" "!" " What's the matter?" " I'm not laughing at you." "I remembered that when I had just come here even I'd asked for coffee." "Ma'm, move ahead." "I won't harm you!" "I hated to point the gun at you." "But what to do?" "You just don't believe me." "I had told you, he's crazy!" "You felt that he was a nice man, and I was bad, didn't you?" "Just use your head!" "You are a policeman, aren't you?" "In which police station do you work?" "!" "Answer me, or I'll shoot you!" "Give me the phone number in Panvel!" "Quickly tell me the number!" "Repeat it!" "Dial the number, Ma'm." "Is Inspector Qureshi there?" "He... he says, there's no inspector named Qureshi!" "He is the same killer!" "You lied to me!" "You were lying!" "I have the gun now!" "Don't move!" "Ma'm, phone the police and say that the television killer is here..." "I'll kill you!" " Kill me!" "There were only 4 bullets, fool!" "You have nothing to fear from me..." "I am only a thief." "I came to steal..." "I don't anything about the murderer." "I didn't want to fall in this mess!" "Do you have a rope?" "Rope?" "Why?" "!" "I can't let this madman loose." "If I do, he'll kill you!" "I'll tie him for your safety." "Bring a rope." "I want to leave." "My suspicion has been confirmed!" "He is the murderer!" "You don't believe me?" "Fine, I'll leave!" "You can go die!" "No!" "Please!" "I'll fetch the rope!" "Come here!" "Come out soon!" "Bloody swine!" "Can't you remain shut?" "!" "Sit!" "Please listen to me." "I believe that you are a thief, and not a murderer." "I take back my words." "But why do you think, I am the murderer?" "!" "Does one murder with spectacles on?" "Look at my tie and clothes!" "And would I kill a cat if I wanted to murder someone?" "!" "This crazy girl doesn't realise that I'll be killed because of her fear!" "Listen to me." "I came here, looking out for Malhotra." "And I got trapped." "I've hurt my head;" "look at the state of my clothes!" "My entire night has got ruined!" "I had sought shelter from the rains." "You came here to steal so we are birds of the same feather, right?" "I came to look for Malhotra." "So what's the difference between us?" "Both of us have got trapped." "I pleaded with the girl for an hour to let me in." "How was I to know that my whole life would get destroyed?" "!" "I am ruined!" "I hurt my head!" "Everything is finished!" "And look, she's bringing a rope!" "I had no choice." "If I wouldn't have killed him, he'd have killed us!" "Understand?" "Please believe me!" "You think I'm the murderer!" "I'll call the police." "They will decide who this man is!" "This hoodlum has ruined my life!" "I should get out from here quickly as I don't want to stay here!" "This is an ill-fated place!" "I'll tell the police everything!" "Everything is faulty here!" "I'll tell them everything." "Where is this wire coming from?" "I fail to understand the technology of this..." "It's snapped!" "But when Ma'm phoned that man was in front of me." "He didn't cut it." "If it was already cut, then who phoned?" "This means there is somebody else!" "Stay where you are!" "I'm coming!" "There is somebody else here!" "Beware!" "There is somebody here!" "Stay where you are, I'm here!" "Whoever you are, come out!" "I have a pistol!" "Stay where you are!" "Ma'm, I'm coming!" "Whoever you are, you can't escape!" "Stay where you are!" "There is somebody else here!" "You won't be spared, scoundrel!" "Stay where you are!" "There is somebody else here!" "Don't worry, I have a pistol." "There is somebody here." "Hey, whoever you are, I have a pistol..." "Listen to me." " Please don't kill me!" " Here's the gun." "Listen to me." "There's something spooky here, understand?" "That man was a murderer." "I had to kill him or he'd have killed us!" " He would have killed us!" " You'll kill me!" "Didn't you hear on TV that the killer strangles a victim to death?" " Don't kill me!" " Didn't you see on TV?" "Listen to me." "I haven't come here to play a joke or hurt my head." "You have to lend me a hand." "We've got to be together." "I have a pistol, else that man..." "Listen to me." "Stay right here!" "Someone's come but I have a pistol." "Ma'm, somebody was asking for Malhotra." "Yes." "He asked about Malhotra." "I opened the door." "He saw my face, my bloodstained shirt my injured head, a pistol..." "He then ran away." "Why was he asking about Malhotra?" "This is Gupta's house, isn't it?" "I think there is something spooky!" "Why was he asking for Malhotra in Gupta's..." "So, when I was asking you for Malhotra this man must have been hiding somewhere here." "Some game is being played with us." "Stay right here." "How did he know about Malhotra?" "I was asking for Malhotra." "This means, that man must be somewhere inside!" "That man was inside!" "Ma'm, we should be together." "I have a pistol." "There is certainly something spooky." "There is certainly something spooky." "Stay with me." "I have stayed back to save you." "Else, I have no desire of..." "I think she will surely drive me crazy!" "I hurt my head." "Why did I ever come here?" "!" "Ma'm, please!" "I'll go away!" "I'll hit you!" "M... m... ma'm, I'll hit you!" "Don't come close, I'll hit you!" "I'll hit you!" "Are you all right?" "Don't be afraid." "Yes." "No!" "I'll cry like a good girl!" "Come back soon, mama." "I love you." "My darling mama!" "Who is it?" "Is Mr. Malhotra at home?"