02x07 - The double cross

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Hello?

When?

'Have you ever been skydiving?"

'You jump off a plane,'

'pull a string,

'and the parachute opens up in seconds.'

'And if your luck is as bad as mine,'

'chances are that
your parachute might not open.'

She had regained consciousness,

but we had to sedate her
again as she is in recovery.

Your husband is waiting inside.

Husband?

Hi.

Hi.

I just came because I got a phone call.

There is no other reason, I...

Can I ask something?

Yeah?

How do you function at the
opposite ends of the spectrum?

I mean, sometimes I feel I'll
never find a better friend than you.

And sometimes I feel there
isn't an enemy worse than you.

Well, I don't do it intentionally.

But what really matters to me is,

what spectrum do you want to see me in?

Hey, hi.

- Hi.
- Hi.

Hey.

All good?

Yeah, actually, they just sedated Mom.

- Okay.
- She's doing much better.

That's good.

You guys want some coffee?

- I'll get it.
- No, no, no.

Actually, I'm... I'm heading out.

I have to go to court today.

Stumped's hearing is scheduled for today.

Got to prepare.

Okay.

All the best, man.

- Bye.
- See you.

- You're fine, right?
- Yeah.

So, this is how I finally meet your mom.

Okay.

This PIL is not maintainable,

as it has been filed
with the intention of

business interest rather
than Public Interest.

There is no locus in this PIL.

This PIL is mala fide,
filed with bad intentions.

If the defence counsel is done
making threats and personal attacks,

then I would like to withdraw the PIL.

Is this a joke, Your Honour?

My client's multimillion-dollar
funding has stopped because of this PIL.

So?

Should I say sorry for the fact
that my client has had a change of heart?

- Your Honour?
- I object, Your Honour.

Let me get this right.

You are objecting to him withdrawing
the PIL against your client?

Yes, Your Honour.

Has Akshay lost his mind?

Don't worry.

I am sure he has a strategy behind it.

Let me explain.

The court comes across many such
PILs that are non-serious and frivolous.

Such PILs waste the time of the
court and disrupt the start-up ecosystem.

They make the international
VCs lose interest and leave.

I have a witness whose testimony
can be used by you to make a ruling

that will set a precedent
and stop frivolous petitions

from wasting the time of the court.

I object, Your Honour.

Their affidavit doesn't
mention any such witness.

Objection overruled.

Mr. Parth,
I cannot dismiss a witness's request,

just because you are
in a hurry to close the case.

PIL has become a business these days.

The next hearing will take
place on the 18th of this month.

The proceeding is hereby adjourned.

Thank you, Your Honour.

Breaking News!

Advocate Niharika Singh
who is representing

the employees of the Pinnacle Group,

hasn't given up despite her
petition being dismissed last month.

She has approached the Supreme
Court and filed a writ petition.

This case is taking
an interesting new turn.

Let's wait and watch
to see how this story unfolds.

What do you think?

Sir, as they say,

stars shine the brightest
right before they die.

Hmm.

Let them enjoy the short-lived
fame they are getting

because of Pinnacle and Webpal

Let's go.

Everything looks so different.

You even removed your favourite painting?

One should make a few
changes as time changes.

But it seems like
some people never change.

You have wasted so much
time to distance me from you.

How about we spend some time together now?

- May I?
- Please have a seat.

What is this?

Resume?

This is the problem
with the youth of today.

They think that they can achieve anything
in the name of freedom and independence.

To open a law firm is no child's play.

Right.

Actually, as they say, there
are no bad students, just bad teachers.

I got to learn a lot from you.

Uh-huh.

This is a little present for you.

What is it?

Don't you think it's too
late to give me your resignation?

Remember?

Legal notice?

Have you lost your mind, girl?

Who do you think you are?

The youth of today.

We can change anything
if we set our mind to it.

Forensic audit.

Wazir took two hours.

Simon cooked the books.

- Okay.
- Hmm,

I have good business contacts.

From them, I learnt that
their financials were in trouble.

Someone's loss means someone else's gain.

So why can't that someone else be me?

I thought your CFO must have
vetted their accounts and audit.

Devika pushed it through.

Devika is involved?

I don't know.

Okay, okay.

So now, we move on to Phase Two.

I will send a legal notice
to you and Simon's firm.

After speaking to Lim, of course.

Do you have the ownership
details with you?

Yeah.

Hmm.

Raghav, I hope Lim knows

he has to drop that notice
as soon as we get what we want.

Yes, I'll handle that.

Okay.

So, looks like we are done here.

So Niharika will send
a legal notice to the firm.

Your father will leave
the firm in favour of CM's post,

because who needs a scandal, right?

When you will take JJ's position,
Lim will magically drop all charges,

with the help of his
extremely resourceful lawyer,

Ms. Niharika Singh.

Right?

And you'll get what you want.

Precisely.

Strange that you still don't get it.

People tend to believe in the image one
creates in politics, and not in the truth.

Sir, sir, sir.

Please go through it before tearing it,

because I am serving you this legal
notice for cheating under IPC Section 420.

Your firm misrepresented Stumped's
finances in the due diligence report,

Because of which my client
Soffbank is suing both you and Stumped.

For cheating and breach of trust.

You are quite experienced
in this business,

so you know we'll have
to pursue it legally

if you don't respond to
a legal notice at the earliest.

And you know from your experience
that a confrontation in the court...

That doesn't go very well for you.

So, have a good day, Mr. Jaitley.

See you.

Send Akshay and Devika
to my cabin right away.

What's wrong?

My heir, my successor to this firm,

do you have any idea what damage
your first deal has done to us?

No, no, no, Dad.

I have my plate full.

I don't have space for
an unnecessary blame game.

You hired her.

What do you mean?

I mean what's mentioned in it is true.

You knew that the due
diligence report is rigged?

Yes.

And yet, you didn't take any action?

That document contains
Devika's signature on it.

And it's your name on the door.

And as you said, you alone have
the right to make all the decisions.

You hired your daughter-in-law.

She trusted her friend,

because this firm is
family and not a business.

This is a Sunday Brunch Party for her.

Am I right?

You seriously thought that
Lim wouldn't double-check those audits?

I don't understand, Akshay.

Simon said her books are clean.

- Oh, I am sorry.
- You know as much as I love the drama,

I don't have time for it.

This problem involves the two of you,
and I am sure you can handle it.

By the way Dad,
at this stage of your political career,

an international breach of trust lawsuit,
accusing you of cheating,

can be seriously damaging.

Sir, anything else I can help you with?

No, that will be all, thank you.

- Okay.
- Yeah.

- Have a great evening.
- You too.

JJ will exit from the firm, right?

Are you sure?

He's still your dad.

Look, this is the only opportunity I have.

I can't live in his shadows forever.
I have to do something on my own.

These are the investment
details of the other shareholders.

Poor guy, no sleep or peace of mind
because of the PIL and the legal notice.

Raghav, it's not a joke.

As soon as JJ exits you have to
make sure that Lim withdraws that notice.

JJ?

Not Papa or Dad, huh?

Just JJ.
Interesting.

Look who's finally grown up!

Raghav, it's not funny.

Okay, okay.
Chill, chill.

I'll handle it.

Lim is still interested in Stumped.

He just wants Simon out of the picture.

Once I get her out of the way,
money's going to come flowing in.

You just need to handle the PIL.

Look, Parth can be bought out.

He won't even attend the next hearing.

And that judge is about to retire.

So no issues on that either.

Okay, perfect.

We need to do something
about Simon's majority stake.

That's going to be our next major hurdle.

Let me see,

perhaps I might be able to help
other than in the legal issues as well.

Hmm?

How could you accept 5%
shares of Stumped from Simon?

This 5% wasn't a bribe, Akshay.

It was... it was more like a bonus.

I thought I'll surprise you with it.

Because I cracked the deal
and I got something extra out of it.

But instead, you got a bigger
surprise via a legal notice, right?

What will your "Bonus"
from the client look like

when the cheating allegations
will be investigated, huh?

A gift or a bribe?

A gift or a bribe, Devika?

I am sorry, Akshay. I didn't plan this.

She is my childhood friend.

I never thought she'd do this to me.

Just listen to me, I am sorry.

Your apology won't help, Devika.

We have been given sweat
equity to fudge the DDR.

You couldn't figure
out such a simple thing?

We're f*cked, Devika.

You're f*cked.

This firm is f*cked!

Here.

I have an idea.

But we'll have to execute it right away.

Sell your 5% immediately.

How?

I know someone,

who'd be interested in these shares.

But no one should know about it.

If you were telling me the truth,
answer it and put it on speaker.

Hi!

Hi! Babe, where are you?

I've been trying to
call you since morning,

and you haven't even returned my calls.

Okay, listen.

Don't panic about the legal
notice sent by Lim, alright?

I'll... I'll have it sorted.

It's just some f*ck
up in the accounts. And...

I fired the CFO and I'll
handle the rest tomorrow morning.

Alright?

I know you'll handle it.

Sorry, couldn't call you back.

I am not feeling too well.

Oh, okay, okay. No problem, love.

You just take care, alright?

And rest it up.

Simon is behind the Stumped PIL.

- Are you sure?
- Yes, I am sure.

Parth confirmed it.

But why?

Why would she screw up her own funding?

Try to understand the chronology, Devika.

PIL and DDR happened at the same time.

So which one will I pay more attention to?

I don't understand,
are you seriously not getting this?

Akshay, do you think
I'm just thinking about--

Sell your shares.

Hello?

Yeah, I can't hear you.

Okay, it's better. Yeah, yeah.

Uh-huh.

Did they confirm it?

Tomorrow morning at 10. Anirbhan Ghosh.

He's doing a segment on Webpal.
I am on it.

Okay.

So, why am I interested
in the shares of Stumped?

That's a good question.

Well, firstly, I too own a company,
doing the same business.

So obviously,
I want their tech and their clients.

Thinking of it as a long term investment.

Secondly, someone has
filed a PIL against Stumped.

So their investments will
be stopped until who knows when.

So in a way, I am doing you a favour.

All your useless shares, losses,
just take it all and dump it on me.

Right.

Okay sir, thank you so much.

Cheers.
Yeah.

Boom.

And that's the last
f*cking investor in the bag.

Now we have 49% shares of Stumped.

Nice.

I can't wait to see JJ's face when he
finds out that Akshay double-crossed him.

A son defeated his father in his own game,

that's called coming of age in style.

These Jaitleys get
jittery quite easily, no?

Uh-huh.

A 15-year-old boy,

the youth of this country
attempted suicide,

because he was accused of m*rder.

We have Hellboy's lawyer, Ms.
Niharika Singh with us.

Welcome, Ms. Singh.

Ms. Singh, your client Jignesh Shah...

How is he doing now?

Well, he's much better now.

He's in counselling.

While making dramatic headlines
we don't stop to think

that we're actually talking
about a 15-year-old here.

It is so easy to play the blame game.

But have you ever thought why does
an intelligent boy from a good family,

who has good parents,
gets good grades, has good friends,

starts behaving like this?

Our fight doesn't end when
Natasha's m*rder*r is apprehended.

Our actual fight is with the people
who influence this generation's minds.

I am talking about Webpal here.

Webpal needs to be held responsible.

Are you saying that
Webpal promotes trolling?

Bloody b*tch.

We'll strip her of
her arrogance in the court.

I want the bloody best lawyer
in the business to take care of her.

I don't want to just defeat her;
I want to destroy her.

What happened?

Have you managed to control the situation?

I'm trying, Dad.

Trying?

This isn't some unimportant
issue that you are "trying" to handle.

I want a solution.

I am quite close to
being named as the next CM.

I am not going to lose
it because of that wife of yours.

That wife of mine?

Wasn't she a highly qualified

Harvard returned daughter-in-law
of yours until yesterday?

So she cried all night and
she managed to gain your sympathy?

Or do you also have a hand in this deal?

- Are you seriously accusing me--
- Yes, seriously.

Look, I learnt something in
the course of becoming a politician.

There is nothing worse than trust.

Not every complaint,
bootlicking flatterer is loyal.

And not every loyal person
is necessarily trustworthy.

I won't lose that post
because of this scandal

or because of you or your wife.

Do you get that?

Here you go.

What is this?

Backdated contract.

It states that I handed
over this firm to you much

before the Stumped scandal took place.

Sign the documents before
something new crops up.

So I get all the blame
and you get to leave scot-free?

Listen, listen, listen.

You better engrave this in your mind.

I had to work very
hard to get to where I am.

So come what may, neither will
I step back nor will I take the fall.

Whatever you are today, whatever you have,

your ego, your education,
your attitude, your career,

even the ability to dream
big was given to you by me.

So, don't try to snatch
it away from me.

I am your father, Akshay Jaitley.

And I will always be your father.

Sign it.

What was so important that it
couldn't be discussed over the phone?

It is very important, ma'am.

So thank you for sparing
your precious time for me.

Sure.

So tell me.

As you know,
I am representing Pinnacle's ex-employees.

After Sharad Goenka's death, we can get
their dues cleared through liquidation.

That's good news.

But how does it concern me?

I have anyway stepped
back from public life.

I mean, this isn't just about politics.

Sharad Goenka was a friend of yours.

Or perhaps a little
more than just a friend.

Oh.

JJ is responsible for
Sharad Goenka's death.

Sharad committed suicide.

I don't think so.

I mean it's too much of a coincidence.

His death,
me being there at that very moment.

Just a minute.

Please have a seat.

Now tell me what your point is.

You knew Mr. Goenka.

You also know JJ.

Well, I consider myself very lucky that
I managed to get out of that situation.

Let's face facts.

JJ isn't going to stop
chasing either of us.

You also know how I
got hold of this photograph.

Obviously.

Only one person had it.

Exactly.

So, why do you want to take
a step back for such a person?

Just so that his political
career flourishes?

I have an offer for you.

If you help me help
my clients get compensation,

then I'll help you in destroying JJ.

Wow.

I mean I... it sounds all good,
but if JJ learns that I am supporting you,

what's the guarantee that he
won't leak this photograph to the media?

Well, no one can guarantee
that even if you don't help me.

But we don't have a common
link which would make JJ--

Do you have anything against him?

Well, I have something that
will not just help you defeat him,

but it will also help you destroy him.

Coffee?

Thank you.

They had found skin fragments
under Rohini's fingernails.

They had also found
a match using DNA analysis.

Do you want to know who it was?

Who?

Randeep.

Why didn't it come
up doing the investigation?

It had, but then it suddenly disappeared.

My contact, the lab technician said,

he doesn't know what
happened to the original file,

but I think they forgot
to erase the backup.

Really?

Rohini's autopsy report.

Wow.

You and your contacts!

That means we not only have the proof,

but we have a material
witness to back it up.

Yes, we do.

Good one.

Would you like to have a cup of tea?

I thought you'd never ask.

Sold.

Thank God.

What a relief!

Divorce papers.

I thought we...

I want to save this firm at any cost.

And I don't want to implicate you.

So, it's best that you stay away from me,

and my firm.

Okay.

I'll do it for you and to save this firm,

but Akshay, I will not give up on us.

Not now, not ever.

I will never give up on us.

Morning.

Ah, this is interesting.

My lawyer switches sides.

Mr. Jaitley Junior,

I guess your daddy didn't
teach you about conflict of interest?

Excuse me, you're talking about ethics?

Falsified your documents to your lawyer?

Cooking your books?

Who'll be going to jail
if I drag you to court?

I think we both know the answer to that.

So let's not talk about
conflict of interest.

You're right.

Let's not.

Conflict of interest is
not a crime in your books anyway.

It's a lifestyle choice for you.

You cannot handle your present
and yet you won't let go of your past.

Way to go, Akshay.

Shall we get to the negotiations?

I think I know about my
company's ownership details.

So...

Well, if we are conducting this formally,

then it would be better if
your lawyer can have a look at them.

Mr. Raghav has all
our investors in agreement

to purchase all their shares of Stumped.

Which means he has a 49% equity hold now.

What!

I think they don't know,

that 5% shares,
over and above our respective 46% and 49%,

still lie in my safe deposit.

To stay on the top isn't just
a habit of mine, it's a part of my nature.

Go through these documents as well.

Yes, you read it right.

Your safe deposit, aka Devika Jaitley,
sold her 5% shares to Raghav,

which means Raghav now owns that


That makes it 54% shares in your company.

This is f*cking impossible.

That b*tch has cheated me.

Sorry, what?

You made her your co-conspirator
and you are calling her a cheater?

Her stupidity is her
fault and not anyone else's.

Stupidity yes, for trusting you.

Okay, we'll get back to you.

No hurry. Take your time.

Actually, we didn't come
here to discuss just this.

We have closed the
deal with the investors.

Sorry?

I want a 100%.

I want to buy you out, Simon.

Wh...

Have you lost your mind?

You won't have any authority to handle
your company after you get arrested.

Mr. Lim has agreed to drop
all charges if Raghav insists.

Under one condition.

That you sell all your shares.

That's...

That's blackmail.

No, that's just business.

Take my money and stay out of prison.

Well, it looks like a win for all of us.

Well done.

By the way, congratulations.

I heard your dad is
going to be our next CM.

Look buddy, when this tension
between the two of you ends,

why don't you sit him down
and ask him to legalise gambling?

It is anyway going to
get legalised eventually.

So, it might as well
be him that does it, right?

- Raghav.
- What?

Seriously?

No, it's okay.

I anyway have to leave, so I'll...
I'll see you guys.

Cool.

Good job, Akshay.

See you.

Babe!

What is the problem?

Every news channel is reporting
that JJ will be our next CM.

Didn't you watch the news?

Hey, what...

Niharika?

Keep my schedule clear for tomorrow.

Party President wants to meet me.

Okay.

It is good news if he wants to meet you.

Hmm.

Get used to it.

From now on,
our lives will be filled with good news.

'Breaking News.'

'Party President is yet
to announce his decision.'

'Chief Minister's post
is causing quite a political stir.'

'Who will be Delhi's next Chief Minister?'

'We will know soon.'

'Our sources confirm that Janardhan Jaitley is
a prospective candidate for the CM's post.'

'Will Mrinalini Singh make a comeback?"

Should I congratulate you?

What can I say?

Indian media has a habit of speculating.

I won't beat around the bush.

You will have to win the Pinnacle
case if you want to be the CM.

Well...

This is not negotiable.

Consider it as a mandatory requirement.

You know that Rajshree bank
was our Party's major funder.

I don't want anyone to raise a finger
on me or our party because of this case.

I hope you get it.

Yes.

Do anything you have
to suppress this case.

End it.

I don't want our party funding
to get disrupted because of this case.

The post of CM is yours.

I'll need to change the headline.

We have Breaking News for you.

We just learnt that Janardhan Jaitley,
a prospective candidate for the CM's post,

whom we have been
discussing since morning,

was thrown out of his
firm by his son Akshay Jaitley.

Join us as Mr.
Janardhan Jaitley confirms this news.

Hello, Mr. Jaitley.

Good morning.

Sir, we heard that your son
threw you out of your law firm?

A hostile takeover?

Well, a wound always hurts,
irrespective of what caused it.

This takeover took place a month ago.

It was a family matter so
I didn't make an issue out of it.

But it seems like someone in
the opposition doesn't seem to like it.

So they are trying to make
a big issue out of it and humiliate me.

I am sure your audience understands,

that such issues take place
in almost every household.

This law firm was very dear to me,
it had a special place in my heart.

I was a lawyer by profession.

But as I started devoting my
time and attention towards public service,

my son Akshay and my daughter-in-law
Devika threw me out of this firm.

You learn to forgive as you age.

So, I have no complaints against anyone.

I want to use this unfortunate
event as an opportunity,

and spend all my time serving the public.

'We found a witness against JJ
in the Pinnacle case.'

'Congratulations.'

My state, my people are my family.

I have their support.

So, no one can throw me out
or snatch anything away from me.