आधी रात का सौदा | Aadhi Raat Ka Sauda | Hindi Horror Cartoon Story | Hindi Bhutiya Kahani | Kahani — Transcript

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1. 0:01It was around 1:30 in the morning. At
2. 0:04the edge of town, the Gupta Grocery
3. 0:06Store's iron shutter was half-down,
4. 0:08with a flickering yellow light burning
5. 0:11outside. The 25-year-old shop owner,
6. 0:14Ram Bharose, was tallying the day's
7. 0:18sales in his ledger.
8. 0:24>> Man, who is calling at this hour?
9. 0:26Nobody important calls at a time like
10. 0:28this. Yes, who is this? The shop is
11. 0:32closed. You won't get any supplies
12. 0:34before 8:00 in the morning. Brother,
13. 0:36for God's sake, don't hang up. A huge
14. 0:39disaster has struck. I am calling from
15. 0:41Kala Kankar village. Rampal Gupta, Kala
16. 0:45Kankar. But brother, Kala Kankar is
17. 0:48about 15 km away from here. The route
18. 0:50is through a dense forest. Why are you
19. 0:52calling from there so late at night?
20. 0:54>> Brother, my daughter's wedding is
21. 0:56tomorrow morning. The truck that was
22. 0:59supposed to bring supplies from the
23. 1:00city. It broke down on the way. 10
24. 1:03sacks of flour, 20 kilos of ghee, sugar
25. 1:07, and spices. If these supplies don't
26. 1:11arrive before sunrise, the wedding
27. 1:13guests will return hungry. I will be
28. 1:16disgraced in front of the whole village
29. 1:18, brother. Rampal brother, I understand
30. 1:21your trouble. But sending goods 15 km
31. 1:24away in this biting cold at this hour
32. 1:27is impossible. I don't even have a
33. 1:29driver available. You come at 5:00 in
34. 1:31the morning and take the goods. Morning
35. 1:34will be too late. The wedding
36. 1:36procession is arriving at dawn. Please,
37. 1:38just send the goods. I will pay you
38. 1:41double the price of the rations, and
39. 1:44whoever brings the goods, I will give
40. 1:46them 5,000 rupees for delivery. Double
41. 1:50the money and 5,000 as fare.
42. 1:53>> Ram Bharose's young mind immediately
43. 1:55started calculating. A little bit of
44. 1:58hard work would earn him more profit
45. 2:00than he could make sitting at the shop
46. 2:03all week.
47. 2:04>> Look Rampal brother, the job is very
48. 2:06risky. Nobody wants to go that way in
49. 2:09the dead of night. But it’s a wedding
50. 2:12. Alright. I will make some
51. 2:14arrangements. God bless you, brother.
52. 2:18Send the goods directly to the address
53. 2:20at the old entrance outside the village
54. 2:22. I am standing right there waiting.
55. 2:25Please hurry. Ram Bharose hung up the
56. 2:29receiver and pulled his smartphone from
57. 2:31his pocket. Hearing about the 5,000
58. 2:34rupee fare, his shop helper Raju
59. 2:36immediately came to mind. Raju was a
60. 2:40simple, poor boy of 20 or 21. He was
61. 2:44burdened with heavy debt for his sick
62. 2:46mother's treatment. Yes, Ram Bharose
63. 2:49brother, is everything okay? You called
64. 2:52so late at night.
65. 2:54>> Raju, wake up immediately and come to
66. 2:56the shop with your pickup truck. I’ve
67. 2:58received a massive order.
68. 3:00>> Brother, it’s 2:00 AM. There’s such
69. 3:03dense fog outside that you can’t see
70. 3:05a thing. What kind of work has come up
71. 3:06at this hour? You fool, it’s a chance
72. 3:09to earn some money. A big order has
73. 3:11come from Kala Kankar. The goods must
74. 3:13be delivered immediately. And listen,
75. 3:16for this one trip, you will get ₹
76. 3:185000 in cash. Your mother’s medicine
77. 3:21expenses will be fully covered.
78. 3:23>> ₹ 5000 for just one trip! Brother,
79. 3:26you are telling the truth, right?
80. 3:28>> Why would I joke with you? Hurry up and
81. 3:31reach the shop in 15 minutes. We need
82. 3:33to load the goods.
83. 3:34>> Yes brother, I’ll be there in 5
84. 3:37minutes. God, please let today’s trip
85. 3:58go smoothly. But if today’s work gets
86. 4:01done, it will cover the week’s
87. 4:03expenses. I’ll tell brother to get it
88. 4:06loaded quickly. If I’m late, the cops
89. 4:09on the road will be a headache. Hey
90. 4:18brother, everything is kept ready,
91. 4:20right? Move your hands faster, man.
92. 4:22We’re already running late. Yes, yes,
93. 4:24everything is ready. Brother, the road
94. 4:27will be completely deserted. What
95. 4:29address am I going to?
96. 4:31>> At the entrance of Kala Kankar village,
97. 4:34Rampal Gupta will be waiting there.
98. 4:36Unload the goods and come back straight
99. 4:38after taking the money. Don't stop
100. 4:40anywhere on the way.
101. 4:43>> Alright brother. Don't you worry.
102. 4:45I’ll be back in an hour after
103. 4:46delivering the goods. As soon as Ram
104. 4:53Bharose picked up the key to lock the
105. 4:56shutter, an old bicycle stopped right
106. 4:58in front of the shop. Off the bicycle
107. 5:02stepped 50-year-old Raghunath, the
108. 5:04night watchman of the neighboring
109. 5:05village, Kala Kankar. He was wearing a
110. 5:08khaki coat. A muffler was wrapped
111. 5:10around his neck. After an all-night
112. 5:13patrol, his eyes were red. Hey Ram
113. 5:16Bharose, brother, wait, don’t pull
114. 5:19the shutter down. Oh man, who has come
115. 5:23now at this hour? Hey Uncle Raghunath,
116. 5:26are you in your right mind? It’s 2:30
117. 5:30AM. I’m closing the shop and locking
118. 5:32it up. What do you people think my shop
119. 5:35is? Is it some inn where you can just
120. 5:37walk in whenever you feel like it?
121. 5:39>> Why are you getting angry, brother Ram
122. 5:41Bharose? Just wait a moment. I’m
123. 5:44coming back after working the whole
124. 5:45night. Just give me one bundle of
125. 5:48matches.
126. 5:48>> There’s a limit to everything. You
127. 5:50are ruining my sleep for one bundle.
128. 5:52Don't I have a family and a home? Work
129. 5:55like a donkey at the shop for 12 hours,
130. 5:57and when you go to sleep at night,
131. 5:59people like you come to ask for free
132. 6:01matches.
133. 6:02>> Hey son, why are you speaking so
134. 6:05bitterly? My village is just a couple
135. 6:08of steps away. I saw your shop open on
136. 6:10the way, so I stopped. I’m not asking
137. 6:13for a favor. I will pay for it, won't I
138. 6:15? Why are you taunting me so much over
139. 6:18money?
140. 6:19>> Take it and get out of here. Don't come
141. 6:22back this late again. I want to go home
142. 6:24.
143. 6:24>> Let go of your anger, Ram Bharose. By
144. 6:27the way, why was your shop open this
145. 6:30late? Your shop usually closes by 11:00
146. 6:33PM. Did you find buried treasure today
147. 6:36that you were sitting here until 2:30
148. 6:37AM?
149. 6:38>> Consider it a treasure, Uncle. A huge
150. 6:40order came from your own village, Kala
151. 6:43Kankar. I got double the price and ₹
152. 6:455000 extra for the delivery. I just
153. 6:48sent Raju in the pickup truck loaded
154. 6:50with supplies to your village.
155. 6:53>> What did you say? A ration order from
156. 6:56Kala Kankar. Brother, has the cold
157. 6:59gotten to your head in this absolute
158. 7:01silence? Who would order rations in our
159. 7:04village this late at night? Rampal
160. 7:06Gupta from your village has his
161. 7:08daughter's wedding tomorrow morning. A
162. 7:10ration truck was supposed to arrive
163. 7:11from the city. It broke down. The poor
164. 7:14man was pleading, he was crying. Out of
165. 7:16humanity, I had to open the shop at
166. 7:19midnight and send the goods. Hearing
167. 7:22Ram Bharose's words, the expression on
168. 7:24Raghunath's face changed completely.
169. 7:27His angry eyes suddenly widened with
170. 7:30fear and confusion. Rampal Gupta,
171. 7:33daughter's wedding? Ram Bharose, are
172. 7:36you in your senses or just rambling in
173. 7:39your sleep? Oh man, what's there to
174. 7:41ramble about in this? He called himself
175. 7:44. He dictated the whole list. I've sent
176. 7:4710 bags of flour, 20 kilos of ghee,
177. 7:49sugar, everything.
178. 7:51>> I have been the watchman of Kala Kankar
179. 7:53for the last 20 years. I know every
180. 7:56well, every house, and every person in
181. 7:58the village. There is only one man
182. 8:01named Rampal Gupta in all of Kala
183. 8:03Kankar and he doesn't even have a
184. 8:05daughter. He has an only son who
185. 8:08studies in the city. On the other side,
186. 8:1521-year-old Raju was driving his pickup
187. 8:17truck along a dirt path through the
188. 8:19dense forest. Raju's heart was pounding
189. 8:23with the joy of earning ₹ 5000. But
190. 8:27as the silence deepened.
191. 8:31>> Where has Lala ji sent me? Anyway, the
192. 8:34₹ 5000 is very important for mother's
193. 8:38medicines. Just drop off the goods and
194. 8:41head straight home.
195. 8:42>> What? What nonsense are you talking
196. 8:44about, Uncle? He doesn't have a
197. 8:45daughter? Oh, maybe it's the son's
198. 8:48wedding. Maybe I misheard it on the
199. 8:50phone in the middle of the night.
200. 8:52>> Oh, leave it, Ram Bharose. Whether it's
201. 8:55the son's wedding or the daughter's? A
202. 8:57wedding is a wedding. But we haven't
203. 8:59received any invitation or card for it
204. 9:02yet. I am just a poor village watchman.
205. 9:05Who would even ask for a poor man like
206. 9:07me? Do rich people ever invite small
207. 9:10folks like us to their parties?
208. 9:13>> Yes, that’s exactly what I’m saying
209. 9:15, Uncle. Perhaps they kept the wedding
210. 9:18simple or arranged it for big shots
211. 9:21from outside. That’s why they
212. 9:23didn’t distribute cards in the
213. 9:24village.
214. 9:26>> You are right, brother. Only they know
215. 9:29their rich people's pretenses. But tell
216. 9:31me one thing. Where did they ask to
217. 9:33have the goods delivered?
218. 9:36>> At that old mouth of the village path;
219. 9:38they said the road is wide there. The
220. 9:42vehicle will be parked easily. They are
221. 9:44waiting right there themselves.
222. 9:46>> The old mouth! You sent Raju all alone
223. 9:49to that desolate place at the old mouth
224. 9:51. After about half an hour of struggle,
225. 9:55Raju finally reached the old mouth of
226. 9:57Kala Kankar. But upon reaching there,
227. 10:01Raju felt strange. There was no
228. 10:04decoration, no tent, and no sign of any
229. 10:06feast or wedding buzz. Only silence and
230. 10:10dense darkness prevailed all around.
231. 10:12>> Hey, there is no one here as far as the
232. 10:15eye can see. Where is Rampal Ji? Did I
233. 10:18come to the wrong place? Raju, holding
234. 10:21a torch in his hand, stood by the
235. 10:23vehicle and started waiting. About 10
236. 10:25minutes passed, but no one was seen.
237. 10:29Raju's patience was wearing thin, and
238. 10:31just as he was about to sit in the car
239. 10:34and return, he saw a black shadow
240. 10:36approaching through the fog. A man with
241. 10:40half his face covered with a muffler
242. 10:42and wearing a long overcoat came near
243. 10:45Raju at a slow pace. His eyes were
244. 10:47sunken, and there was a strange
245. 10:49heaviness in his gait. You are Raju
246. 10:52from Gupta Ji's shop, right?
247. 10:54>> Yes, yes, I have brought the goods. You
248. 10:57are Rampal Gupta Ji, aren't you? I have
249. 10:59been waiting for you for quite a while.
250. 11:02>> Yes, I got a bit caught up in some work
251. 11:04. Come, the goods need to be unloaded
252. 11:06on the porch of that old mansion ahead.
253. 11:08Bring the vehicle up to the main gate
254. 11:10of the mansion.
255. 11:11>> Raju had to obey that man. He started
256. 11:15the pickup and followed the man,
257. 11:17driving the vehicle inside the rusted
258. 11:20iron gate of the old mansion. The
259. 11:27atmosphere of the mansion was extremely
260. 11:29strange and damp. It kept crossing
261. 11:32Raju’s mind that he should leave this
262. 11:35place as soon as possible. Keep the
263. 11:38goods one by one on this porch. Yes sir
264. 11:42, I will place them quickly. I have to
265. 11:45go back too. Lala Ji must be waiting.
266. 11:49Without wasting a moment, Raju used all
267. 11:52his strength to quickly drag and dump
268. 11:55the heavy sacks of flour, bags of sugar
269. 11:58, and tins of ghee onto the deserted
270. 12:01porch. Here is your fare. And give this
271. 12:05double amount for the goods to Gupta Ji
272. 12:08.
273. 12:08>> Yes. Yes, thank you, sir.
274. 12:13>> Raju didn't even bother to calculate or
275. 12:16count the money. The fear of that place
276. 12:20had taken over him so much that he
277. 12:22immediately shut the trunk and jumped
278. 12:24into the pickup truck. Without looking
279. 12:27back, Raju reversed the vehicle quickly
280. 12:30and stepped on the accelerator to get
281. 12:32out of that deserted mansion. As soon
282. 12:35as the car reached the main road, the
283. 12:37mobile in his pocket suddenly started
284. 12:40vibrating and ringing loudly. It was a
285. 12:43call from Ram Bharose.
286. 12:45>> Yes, Lala ji, I have delivered the
287. 12:47goods and also received the money. I am
288. 12:50just on my way back.
289. 12:52>> Raju, are you alright? Where are you
290. 12:55right now?
291. 12:56>> Lala ji, I am just leaving Kala Kankar.
292. 12:58Why are you so worried? I have already
293. 13:01delivered the goods. Raju, the watchman
294. 13:04Raghunath who came here told me a truth
295. 13:07that gave me goosebumps. Who did you
296. 13:10meet there, Raju? There is no wedding
297. 13:12there. Drive back to the shop
298. 13:14immediately, then I will tell you. It
299. 13:17was nearly 9:45 PM. Without wasting any
300. 13:22time, Raju parked the pickup truck
301. 13:24right outside Gupta Grocery Store and
302. 13:27ran inside in a frantic state. Inside
303. 13:30the shop, 25-year-old Ram Bharose and
304. 13:33the village watchman Raghunath were
305. 13:35standing with deep fear on their faces.
306. 13:38>> Lala ji, Raghunath uncle, why were you
307. 13:40both shouting like that on the phone?
308. 13:42What is the matter? I have come back
309. 13:45safely after dropping off the goods.
310. 13:47Look here, I even received the full
311. 13:49payment.
312. 13:49>> So you really came back alive from that
313. 13:51old mansion? Didn't you see what was
314. 13:53there? Lala ji, what kind of things are
315. 13:56you saying? The mansion was definitely
316. 13:58a bit scary and deserted, and Seth
317. 14:00Rampal ji was also a bit strange. But
318. 14:02he paid me the full amount. 5000 for
319. 14:05the fare and double the price for the
320. 14:07rations.
321. 14:07>> Oh Raju, this is impossible. Rampal
322. 14:12Gupta has been paralyzed for years. He
323. 14:15cannot even get up from his bed. Let
324. 14:18alone walking. Tell me the truth. Who
325. 14:23exactly did you deliver the goods to?
326. 14:26>> What, uncle? What are you saying? I
327. 14:30just handed over the goods to a tall
328. 14:32man with my own hands. He talked to me.
329. 14:36He gave me the money.
330. 14:38>> Hearing Raju's words, Ram Bharose's
331. 14:41face turned pale. With trembling hands,
332. 14:43he picked up the bundle of notes kept
333. 14:45on the counter that Raju had brought
334. 14:46from the mansion. But as soon as Ram
335. 14:49Bharose removed the cardboard cover
336. 14:51from the bundle, a scream escaped his
337. 14:53lips.
338. 14:53>> Oh my god, what is this, Raju? What
339. 14:56have you brought back?
340. 14:58>> These, these are fake notes. Fake money
341. 15:02like playing cards, and what is this?
342. 15:06>> The stack scattered on the floor wasn't
343. 15:09real money, but fake notes for children
344. 15:11to play with. And among those fake
345. 15:14notes, an old, dust-covered envelope
346. 15:17was lying there. On which something was
347. 15:19written in red ink. What is written on
348. 15:22this, Ram Bharose? Read it.
349. 15:24>> Gupta ji, your greedy eyes saw profit
350. 15:27even at midnight. The goods you sent to
351. 15:29the desolate mansion through a poor boy
352. 15:32for the greed of 5000 will be
353. 15:33distributed tomorrow morning to the
354. 15:35helpless elderly at the village old-age
355. 15:38home. The price of your greed is these
356. 15:40fake notes, and the price of that
357. 15:42innocent Raju's hard work is these real
358. 15:45₹ 5000. From inside the envelope, a
359. 15:48crisp, real stack of ₹ 5000 fell out,
360. 15:50which was the true price for Raju's
361. 15:53honesty and his sick mother's treatment
362. 15:55. In exchange for all the other rations
363. 15:57, there were only fake paper notes for
364. 15:59children to play with. Now I understand
365. 16:01everything. It was the wandering soul
366. 16:04of the mansion's old philanthropist
367. 16:06owner. Years ago, his vow to feed the
368. 16:10helpless elderly at the old-age home
369. 16:12remained unfulfilled before he passed
370. 16:15away. Today, his soul used Ram
371. 16:19Bharose's blind greed to obtain rations
372. 16:23for the helpless elderly at the old-age
373. 16:26home and gave you these real ₹ 5000
374. 16:30for your honesty and service to your
375. 16:33sick mother. Oh God, in my greed for
376. 16:37money, I made a deal directly with a
377. 16:40spirit. In pursuit of double profit, I
378. 16:43got trapped in a ghost's web. A
379. 16:45wandering soul took away all my rations
380. 16:48.