Gaitonde's history lesson: Shah Bano, Rajiv Gandhi and Ramayan on TV
Over a body being disposed of, Gaitonde explains how a 1980s political trick put the whole country in front of the TV and taught Bunty the power of religion.
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12 moments.
The Rolls-Royce and the lesson that politics is the real business
Gaitonde shows off Kukoo's magic with a new car, then narrates how his deal with Bhonsle made the gang war a Hindu-Muslim war.
Gaitonde vows to kill fifty of Isa's men in a month
Amid national chaos, Gaitonde bans alcohol in the gang and starts a killing spree against Isa's foot soldiers that never reaches anyone who matters.
Gaitonde's grief after Kukoo turns ugly
Depressed after losing Kukoo, Gaitonde tries to burn out his pain in brothels but keeps seeing his mother in every woman with flowers in her hair.
Gaitonde confesses he is broken
Gaitonde admits losing Kukoo and Paritosh left him impotent; his wife tells him nothing will work until he takes revenge.
Guruji tells Trivedi the wheel has 25 years left
Gaitonde introduces the milk-drinking bureaucrat Trivedi, who kneels before Guruji and hears that the world will turn within twenty-five years.
Babri falls and Bombay becomes a graveyard
Gaitonde recounts the mosque demolition, the riots and Isa's bombings, then faces Gopalmath's wounded and angry who now look to him for answers.
Burn the slum: Gaitonde becomes a god by killing 80
Bunty lists Isa's dead men and Gaitonde orders the whole slum torched; he reflects that a night of innocent blood made Gopalmath worship him.
A kind man with water: Dilbagh Singh in Gaitonde's hell
Amid torture in jail, Gaitonde recalls the one guard who gave him water, and tells Sartaj it was his father, binding their fates.
Gaitonde gets used to 22 days of beatings and finds Mathu in prison
Gaitonde recalls the daily routine of beatings, then runs into his old smuggling partner, who boasts of running the jail and warns of a plan to kill him inside.
Jamila: a broken Gaitonde meets an Afghan girl who speaks Farsi
In a brothel room Gaitonde asks a frightened girl her name and where she is from, then admits he is too wrecked to do anything at all.
Gaitonde begs Parulkar for water after 25 days
Starved and parched in the dark cell, Gaitonde pleads for anything to drink and admits he would have asked to be shot if he had the voice for it.