Interior — Old Cinema Hall, Midnight
Raakh stands before a table where Tara, Maddy, and Bhairav are gathered. The screen behind him shows the five major power players in the Mumbai crime circuit — all linked to Viren Deshmukh.
RAAKH:
"We don't kill them first. We isolate them. Strip their security. Burn their belief in safety."
TARA:
"You're declaring war."
RAAKH:
"No. I'm denying peace. There's a difference."
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Scene 2: The First Target — Arvind "Chikna" Jaiswal
Role: Drug lord. Deshmukh's primary funder. Runs operations out of a luxury club in Bandra.
Tactic: Raakh doesn't touch him. Instead, he hits him where it hurts — respect.
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Scene 3: Bandra Club, VIP Room — Later That Night
Chikna walks into his private room with his men. It's pitch dark.
CHIKNA:
"Kya bakchodi hai ye—lights kyu off hai?"
(What the hell is this—why are the lights off?)
Suddenly, dim emergency lights flicker on.
On the main table: a single incense stick, still burning. Beside it: a sealed envelope.
Chikna opens it. Inside: a photograph of his mother, alone at a temple... and a note.
> "If she was unguarded today, imagine tomorrow."
CHIKNA (shaking):
"Yeh... Raakh wapas aa gaya."
(He's back... Raakh is back.)
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Scene 4: Deshmukh's War Room
Viren Deshmukh slams a chair.
DESHMUKH:
"He wants to play games? Fine. Get The Harbinger. No more shadows. I want ash... buried in ash."
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Scene 5: Tease of The Harbinger
We cut to a dark, snowy alley in Eastern Europe. A man walks past a burning car. On the windshield:
A matchstick, and a passport stamped with Mumbai.
He smiles — the only thing visible is a tattoo on his neck: "For Hire. For Fire."
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Final Shot:
Raakh walks down a Mumbai street, unnoticed in the crowd. He looks up at a billboard of Deshmukh.
RAAKH (quietly):
"One by one... the empire will crumble. Not with guns. With fear."
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Episode 3 will be titled: "The First Burn"
Bhairav "The Butcher" makes his bloody debut.
Raakh sends a direct message to Deshmukh.
The Harbinger arrives in Mumbai.