It is the most eye-caching character (played by Saswat Chatterjee) in Sujoy Ghosh's film Kahaani.
Bob Biswas is not one of those usual contract killers that we usually see in Bollywood thrillers wearing funky black jackets and gloves holding a sharp long and shiny knife or aiming at someone from a multi-storeyed building. He is different.The peculiarity of his character is his normality.He looks innocent.He is a common man.He has a family to feed.He is one from the crowd and he is out there to get you!
1. SCENE- BOB'S OFFICE(INSURANCE COMPANY)
Legends:
Boss- a south indian guy,
Komulesh and Sharad babu are also agents in the same company,
Kantababu- a naxalite returned to village who lives in jungle
Boss-(angrily) oye , biswas what r u doing my idiot ? every time on phone , who calls u man? such an ass-hole u r. what do you do? sex-chat, huh?
BOB- (JUST )- no sir , no no , client sir , client , just doing my job sir.
Boss-(laughs) see the ass hole is on a job.(everybody in the office laughs just to impress the boss) what job u do ,man ? and what job u all do ?(suddenly there is pin -drop silence in the office). Bob you haven't still got even single client this month , you are talking about doing job and all the things u never do. see if you don't get one , u will not get the salary this month , is that clear to u?
BOB- sir!!
KOMULESH- such embarrassing situations , we face everyday because of this idiot. why can't boss just throw him out?
SHARAD BABU- Arrey , that is not possible dada , they have got the reservations everywhere .Tribal aache , case kar dega?(giving bob an ugly look)
KOMULESH- Lets us do our job, iska to roj ka hai.
(BOB overhears the dialogue and scenes from past just start spewing all around.)
SCENE 2:
(BOB a 12 year old kid , crying)
Landlord(to bob' s father)- how come your son entered our area? now u will pay for this!
BOB's father- no , landlord no , i beg , i beg u , please don't punish him , he is just a kid, he would never do it again , leave my son , please , have mercy!!
Landlord- mercy, u beg for mercy , okay if u want i will leave your son . come here , brave boy .
Bob-(walks slowly to the landlord)-hmm
Landlord-Nomaskar
Bob- Nomaskaar
Landlord-(AFTER SPITTING)-Lick it.
Bob- (making ugly faces) - sir ?
Landlord-(shouting)Just do as i said .
Bob' s father- (requesting bob ) do it son , there is nothing wrong in doing that. our landlord is so humble .
Bob looks helpless.
CUT TO:
SCENE 1:
bell- ding , ding , ding ,ding
Komulesh- (screaming) ok , i m done.Sharad lets go!
(BOB just comes alive at once)
Bob- (to himself)-okay , now i ll do my job.
Bob (dials a number)- hello , name and address?
Speaker- koustubh mukhergi , e-325 , ghama street. Do the job.
(Bob goes to the place mentioned.)
Bob-sir , Koustubh mukhergi?
Koustibh- yes.
Bob- 1 minute sir, (takes out the gun and shoots him , then matches from the photograph)- thank u sir , oh u died. shit man u died in a single shot . nice to meet u sir , bye bye.
SCENE 4:
Bob reaches home , takes his food and goes to the bed(as usual) and then again come such thoughts.
SCENE 2:
Then it just happens!! this incident just shakes Bob. It creates a very deep impact over him . he just feels like killing the landlord .
(The next evening he goes to the forest to meet kantababu, a naxallite and asks him to teach shooting and all kind of stuff required to kill anybody.He daily practices it without telling anybody about it , not his family , nor any other family of his society , it was the starting of his dual life and he was just so perfect at keeping this a secret. )
SCENE 5:
(After 1 year)
(Local police recovers two dead bodies in the jungle , both shot dead - kantababu and the landlord. nobody knows what really happened but just BOB.
some people see a 13 year old boy going closer to the dead bodies. it was BOB , nobody actually suspects that geek and simple looking kid.)
BOB-(murmurs) Namaskar landlord , (spitting over him) and sorry kantababu , i had to kill u to make it a perfect secret, NAMASKAAR.
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