Sartaj remembers the trip his father gave up
Watching Megha from a distance, Sartaj tells Katekar about a cancelled Amritsar trip and why his father was a good policeman.
Sartaj Singh & Katekar
The sidelined inspector and the only constable who has his back. 25 scenes together, in story order.
25 moments · 34 min · by Favseen
- 01
- 02
What really happened to the surrendering boy
Katekar says the inquiry is rigged; Sartaj relives the real encounter, then admits his ten-year haul is one pickpocket.
- 03
The caller who knows Dilbagh Singh
A stranger needles Sartaj about his stalled career, says he will change his destiny, and claims to be a friend of his father.
- 04
Anda Pav run-around and two case numbers
The caller plays Sartaj around Metro Circle, trades insults, then hands over two police case numbers to prove who he is.
- 05
The records room: the file has a name
Katekar realises who the caller could be; Sartaj pulls the classified file and reads the name out loud.
- 06
An empire amongst garbage dumps
Gaitonde says he never left Bombay, dismisses backup, and explains why he built his empire in the city's trash.
- 07
Twenty-five days to save the city
Gaitonde preaches that lives are God's stories, senses the call is being traced, and gives Sartaj a deadline.
- 08
The bunker falls: 'I am Ashwathama'
Police break in as Gaitonde reveals Dilbagh Singh introduced his third father; the standoff ends with his promise that he will not die.
- 09
Parulkar pulls Sartaj off the Gaitonde case
Outside the bunker the constables gossip about the tip, then Parulkar arrives, hands the case to Majid and mocks Sartaj for claiming it.
- 10
Why me? Sartaj asks Katekar why Gaitonde called him
Katekar shoos away a Bengali Bura mother looking for her son, then shrugs at Sartaj's question: the gangster must have known his father.
- 11
Katekar urges Sartaj to lie in court over Bengali Bura
Nursing his wound, Katekar repeats Parulkar's offer, rants about the Bangladeshis he would not fight for, and gets ribbed about Zoya Mirza.
- 12
Katekar goes starstruck over a TV star
The frightened girl at Jojo's flat turns out to be a TV serial star, and Katekar forgets the case long enough to ask for an autograph.
- 13
Sartaj tells Nayanika that Jojo is dead
Sartaj questions Nayanika about the clients Jojo sent her to; the news of Jojo's death does not calm her, because Jojo was never who she feared.
- 14
The gangster you are trying to reach is unavailable
Katekar clears Sartaj's father of any Gaitonde link, then a mocking automated voice answers when the gangster's line is dialed.
- 15
Katekar discovers velvet handcuffs in Bunty's flat
Searching a gangster's lavish bedroom, Katekar marvels at the bed, the velvet cuffs and the S&M gear, imagining what his wife would do to him.
- 16
Milk in the fridge: Sartaj reads Trivedi's empty house
Sartaj explains why an untouched home with milk in the refrigerator means Trivedi left in a hurry, and a 25-year-old photo ties him to Bhonsle.
- 17
Nayanika's hidden-camera sting on Bunty falls apart
Sartaj and Katekar listen in as Nayanika wears a wire for Bunty; one mention of Gaitonde turns him paranoid and violent, and he spots the camera.
- 18
Katekar warns Sartaj he is collateral damage
Katekar tells Sartaj that the Delhi officer will use him and discard him, and names what that is called.
- 19
Katekar grills the missing boy's mother
In Bengali Bura, Katekar mocks a mother's faith in her missing son and eyes a duplex no computer course could pay for.
- 20
Who makes the system? It's us
Standing over the boy's body, Sartaj tells Katekar they both failed, and that the system they curse is made by men like them.
- 21
Sartaj beats the truth out of a child-labour boss
Sartaj interrogates the man who ran the Bengali Bura boys, swinging between offers of water and brutal threats until he talks.
- 22
The photo in Katekar's wallet
On the way to the raid, a constable exposes Katekar's secret: a picture of Zoya Mirza tucked behind his wife's.
- 23
The Bengali Bura raid turns fatal
Sartaj and Katekar corner the drunk teenagers and press them about Shamsul; the mockery ends with a knife and a scream for an ambulance.
- 24
Katekar's beach philosophy
In memory, Katekar tells Sartaj that police work is like cleaning a beach the sea dirties again, and that clean today is enough.
- 25
Sartaj raids the Blue Global office and follows the money
Sartaj roughs up the NGO manager over where the tankers went, while Anjali traces a foreign funding trail that points to an IFS posting history.