Zenkai no uta
Biology teacher Devki (Sridevi) is vivacious and popular among her students. At home, however, despite her persistent and warm approach, her stepdaughter Arya (Sajal Aly) remains frosty and distant. S…
Zenkai no uta
Biology teacher Devki (Sridevi) is vivacious and popular among her students. At home, however, despite her persistent and warm approach, her stepdaughter Arya (Sajal Aly) remains frosty and distant. Sapna (Vara Raturi) is Arya's best friend, and Swati (Tripti Dimri) is her classmate. Arya & Mohit study in Devki's class at school. Mohit had often sent her lewd videos on mobile to Arya. Devki throws both Mohit and Arya's mobiles out of her class. Priya "Piyu" Sabarwal (Riva Arora) is Devki and Anand's daughter and Arya's half-sister. Arya is invited to a Valentine-Day party at a farmhouse, and she asks her father Anand for permission. Devki is hesitant as the farmhouse is far away, and this makes Arya livid. Devki permits Arya going to the party in a bid to make amends with her and placate her. Arya refers to Devki as Ma'am and does not accept Devki as her mother. Arya says that accepting Devki as her mother would be betraying her birth mother. Devki is well respected by her past students, which includes transgenders who went on to start their own successful business. They credit Devki with their success. Anand leaves for a business trip to NYC for 10 days. Arya goes to this party and rebuffs Mohit (Adarsh Gourav) and his hotshot buddy Charles (Vikas Verma). Mohit wants to dance with Arya, and she physically pushes him away. Then Charles tries to spike a drink and get Arya to consume it. But Arya refuses to take the drink, making Charles livid. At 12:45 AM Arya calls Devki and says that she is coming back home. Incensed by this very public snub Charles, Mohit, Jagan (Abhimanyu Singh) (Charles's driver who was with him at the party) and the watchman Baburam Pandey (Pitobash) (who joins in when he sees Arya being attacked) attack Arya when she leaves the party. They violently sexually assault Arya in their moving SUV and dump her in a drain in the middle of the night. During the assault Mohit taunts Arya to call for her mother now. Meanwhile, Devki is worried that Arya is not back yet and travels to the farmhouse. Not finding her there, she goes to the police station to file a missing persons complaint. Detective DK is in the police station and hears Devki narrate the case. DK offers his help, but Devki is in a rush and goes home. Arya's near dead body is discovered the following morning, and she is taken to a government hospital. Devki is shattered. Her husband Anand (Adnan Siddiqui) cuts his business trip short and hurries home. Arya recovers and releases a statement naming her attackers. The case is fast-tracked by the police. Inspector Matthew (Akshaye Khanna) quickly rounds up the attackers. But the case falls apart. Arya was found to be drinking. The body samples were recovered very late (Arya gave statement after 3 days and the sample was collected 72 hours after the assault, by which time the sperm samples were destroyed) and were too weak to match the attackers. Others at the party provide a strong alibi (They say that Charles and Mohit never left the party, and only Arya did). Devki's own testimony says that Baburam opened the gate of the farmhouse for her at 2 am, and she had seen Mohit at the party as well. Devki argues that still, they were unaccounted for 1.5 hours. After 37 days of trial, the judge acquits all the accused. Her lawyer suggests appealing to a higher court, but Devki has lost the faith and strength to carry on. Arya, still in shock even after being discharged from the hospital. She tears away from Devki, as she blames Devki for her sexual assault. In deep sorrow Devki realizes that she has probably lost Arya forever. Mohit is allowed back into school as he has been acquitted. One day Mohit smirks at Devki while coming out of class. This reinforces Devki's belief that Mohit is guilty, and he got away with his crime. Devki recalls the somewhat shady detective DK (Detective Dayashankar Kapoor) (Nawazuddin Siddiqui) she had met at the police station, on the night Arya was sexually assaulted. A father of a daughter himself, he understands her pain and agrees to help her. She wants information and she wants to avenge Arya. DK agrees to help but warns Devki not to meet him in person again. The watchman Baburam Pandey is first. DK gives Devki the address of the bar that Baburam frequents. Devki seeks the help of her former students, transgenders who deeply understand her plight. They seduce the watchman and drug him. He awakes four days later, still drunk, and finds, to his horror, that he has been castrated and remembers nothing! Baburam is shocked and in his dis-balance, he slips in the bathroom, strikes his head on the tap and falls dead. The hotshot Charles is next. DK gives Devki the procedure to disable the CCTV in Charles's house and gives her the details of his schedule. Devki breaks into his home and mixes crushed apple seeds - a source of cyanide - into his fitness powder. Charles is paralyzed and is found by the house-help later. When Mohit visits Charles at the hospital Devki, tipped off by DK, plants apple seeds and other evidence at Mohit's home and sets off the fire alarm deliberately. This brings the police to Mohit's apartment. Inspector Matthew quickly arrests Mohit; Charles will die soon, and Mohit will be the murderer. Matthew finds Devki's glasses in Mohit's apartment and now suspects Devki. Devki visits Charles in the hospital and tells him that now he will also never forget the night that he sexually assaulted Arya. Arya starts to have some hope by listening to news reports on Baburam, Charles and Mohit. She asks her father for their long-planned vacation to the mountains. Matthew confronts Devki and sweats DK but there is no evidence. He warns Devki that the fourth man, Jagan, is a hard criminal: tracking him is not easy and is dangerous for her family. Jagan visits Charles and learns it is Devki who is retaliating when Charles manages to utter the word "mom". Jagan goes after DK and discovers that Devki is on a holiday at a snow cottage in the mountains. Jagan kills DK and goes after Devki. Matthew discovers a hidden camera in DK's sunglasses, where he sees the footage of Jagan torturing DK for Devki's location. Matthew hurries to save Devki. Jagan cuts power at the cottage and shoots Anand. Devki had not expected this and is horrified to see Jagan about to attack Arya. After a scuffle, Arya runs out into the snow. Jagan pursues her and Devki tries to save her. There are more scuffles and Jagan is about to kill Devki when Matthew intercepts them and tackles Jagan. There is a standoff: Devki points a gun at Jagan and Matthew attempts to talk her down. Arya, in the bushes, overhears Jagan when he angrily relates to Matthew how Devki finished off the other attackers. Devki will not hear Matthew: if Jagan is left alive, he will come after her again and at this point Matthew hands her his gun and urges her to kill him. Devki hesitates but when an overwhelmed Arya acknowledges Devki as 'Mom', Devki shoots Jagan dead.
Zenkai no uta
Drama
Film Details
Biology teacher Devki (Sridevi) is vivacious and popular among her students. At home, however, despite her persistent and warm approach, her stepdaughter Arya (Sajal Aly) remains frosty and distant. Sapna (Vara Raturi) is Arya's best friend, and Swati (Tripti Dimri) is her classmate.
Arya & Mohit study in Devki's class at school. Mohit had often sent her lewd videos on mobile to Arya. Devki throws both Mohit and Arya's mobiles out of her class.
Priya "Piyu" Sabarwal (Riva Arora) is Devki and Anand's daughter and Arya's half-sister. Arya is invited to a Valentine-Day party at a farmhouse, and she asks her father Anand for permission. Devki is hesitant as the farmhouse is far away, and this makes Arya livid.
Devki permits Arya going to the party in a bid to make amends with her and placate her. Arya refers to Devki as Ma'am and does not accept Devki as her mother. Arya says that accepting Devki as her mother would be betraying her birth mother.
Devki is well respected by her past students, which includes transgenders who went on to start their own successful business. They credit Devki with their success. Anand leaves for a business trip to NYC for 10 days.
Arya goes to this party and rebuffs Mohit (Adarsh Gourav) and his hotshot buddy Charles (Vikas Verma). Mohit wants to dance with Arya, and she physically pushes him away. Then Charles tries to spike a drink and get Arya to consume it.
But Arya refuses to take the drink, making Charles livid. At 12:45 AM Arya calls Devki and says that she is coming back home. Incensed by this very public snub Charles, Mohit, Jagan (Abhimanyu Singh) (Charles's driver who was with him at the party) and the watchman Baburam Pandey (Pitobash) (who joins in when he sees Arya being attacked) attack Arya when she leaves the party.
They violently sexually assault Arya in their moving SUV and dump her in a drain in the middle of the night. During the assault Mohit taunts Arya to call for her mother now. Meanwhile, Devki is worried that Arya is not back yet and travels to the farmhouse.
Not finding her there, she goes to the police station to file a missing persons complaint. Detective DK is in the police station and hears Devki narrate the case. DK offers his help, but Devki is in a rush and goes home.
Arya's near dead body is discovered the following morning, and she is taken to a government hospital. Devki is shattered. Her husband Anand (Adnan Siddiqui) cuts his business trip short and hurries home.
Arya recovers and releases a statement naming her attackers. The case is fast-tracked by the police. Inspector Matthew (Akshaye Khanna) quickly rounds up the attackers.
But the case falls apart. Arya was found to be drinking. The body samples were recovered very late (Arya gave statement after 3 days and the sample was collected 72 hours after the assault, by which time the sperm samples were destroyed) and were too weak to match the attackers.
Others at the party provide a strong alibi (They say that Charles and Mohit never left the party, and only Arya did). Devki's own testimony says that Baburam opened the gate of the farmhouse for her at 2 am, and she had seen Mohit at the party as well. Devki argues that still, they were unaccounted for 1.5 hours.
After 37 days of trial, the judge acquits all the accused. Her lawyer suggests appealing to a higher court, but Devki has lost the faith and strength to carry on. Arya, still in shock even after being discharged from the hospital.
She tears away from Devki, as she blames Devki for her sexual assault. In deep sorrow Devki realizes that she has probably lost Arya forever. Mohit is allowed back into school as he has been acquitted.
One day Mohit smirks at Devki while coming out of class. This reinforces Devki's belief that Mohit is guilty, and he got away with his crime. Devki recalls the somewhat shady detective DK (Detective Dayashankar Kapoor) (Nawazuddin Siddiqui) she had met at the police station, on the night Arya was sexually assaulted.
A father of a daughter himself, he understands her pain and agrees to help her. She wants information and she wants to avenge Arya. DK agrees to help but warns Devki not to meet him in person again.
The watchman Baburam Pandey is first. DK gives Devki the address of the bar that Baburam frequents. Devki seeks the help of her former students, transgenders who deeply understand her plight.
They seduce the watchman and drug him. He awakes four days later, still drunk, and finds, to his horror, that he has been castrated and remembers nothing! Baburam is shocked and in his dis-balance, he slips in the bathroom, strikes his head on the tap and falls dead. The hotshot Charles is next.
DK gives Devki the procedure to disable the CCTV in Charles's house and gives her the details of his schedule. Devki breaks into his home and mixes crushed apple seeds - a source of cyanide - into his fitness powder. Charles is paralyzed and is found by the house-help later.
When Mohit visits Charles at the hospital Devki, tipped off by DK, plants apple seeds and other evidence at Mohit's home and sets off the fire alarm deliberately. This brings the police to Mohit's apartment. Inspector Matthew quickly arrests Mohit; Charles will die soon, and Mohit will be the murderer.
Matthew finds Devki's glasses in Mohit's apartment and now suspects Devki. Devki visits Charles in the hospital and tells him that now he will also never forget the night that he sexually assaulted Arya. Arya starts to have some hope by listening to news reports on Baburam, Charles and Mohit.
She asks her father for their long-planned vacation to the mountains. Matthew confronts Devki and sweats DK but there is no evidence. He warns Devki that the fourth man, Jagan, is a hard criminal: tracking him is not easy and is dangerous for her family.
Jagan visits Charles and learns it is Devki who is retaliating when Charles manages to utter the word "mom". Jagan goes after DK and discovers that Devki is on a holiday at a snow cottage in the mountains. Jagan kills DK and goes after Devki.
Matthew discovers a hidden camera in DK's sunglasses, where he sees the footage of Jagan torturing DK for Devki's location. Matthew hurries to save Devki. Jagan cuts power at the cottage and shoots Anand.
Devki had not expected this and is horrified to see Jagan about to attack Arya. After a scuffle, Arya runs out into the snow. Jagan pursues her and Devki tries to save her.
There are more scuffles and Jagan is about to kill Devki when Matthew intercepts them and tackles Jagan. There is a standoff: Devki points a gun at Jagan and Matthew attempts to talk her down. Arya, in the bushes, overhears Jagan when he angrily relates to Matthew how Devki finished off the other attackers.
Devki will not hear Matthew: if Jagan is left alive, he will come after her again and at this point Matthew hands her his gun and urges her to kill him. Devki hesitates but when an overwhelmed Arya acknowledges Devki as 'Mom', Devki shoots Jagan dead..