Three Mistaken Identities: Part I

Rosario, SA 1977:

30-year-old Wilson works for Karl Center, a dreaded Mafia don who controls America's arms dealer community through his illegal activities.

Though, Wilson is into crime world to feed his poverty and family, he has admiration for then American president Abraham Lincoln and poised to name his son 'Benjamin Lincoln' after his idol.

Wilson is Karl's protege who is poised to take over the empire one day as Karl's son is a spoilt, playful brat. Wilson is in love with Karl's ward, Gita and promises to marry her as she is pregnant with Wilson's son. Things take a ugly turn when two undercover Karl's agents comes to expose Wilson's ties to Karl's nemesis Gerarld and convinces Karl that Wilson is selling information about his illegal where abouts that are hampering Karl's empire as undisputed mafia king.

While taking Wilson, Karl reveal to him that his mother was Karl's mistress and he killed his father to be with her. Wilson escapes from Karl wounded and convinces Gita to flee away from Karl's gang and takes oath from her to name his son Benjamin Lincoln and raise him as a true gentlemen. Gita escapes in a vessel to India and gives birth to Benjamin in a private maternity care.

Goa, 2009:

27-year-old Benjamin Roy is an alcoholic fisherman living in the small fishing village of Betul in Goa. He falls in love with the deaf and mute girl, Jennifer – the only hitch is that she is engaged to be married to his family friend David in 10 days. When he finds out David does not really love her but is only marrying her for her wealthy father's boat which he will receive as dowry, Benjamin is coaxed by his friend, Abhish to stop the wedding.

However, Benjamin comes to realise that his intentions might not be sincere as both his mother and the priest who tries to help him stop the wedding become involved in separate accidents and are hospitalised. On the day of the wedding, Benjamin plans to profess his love for Jennifer, until he discovers that his mother has been murdered in hospital.

Mumbai, 2015:

26-year-old Sameer Benjamin is an amateur pianist born into a Hindu-Christian family of lower-middle class. He is a happy go lucky teenager who dreams of becoming a professional pianist and sending his sisters off to abroad to pursue their dreams. Their father, Victor Benjamin, a protestant priest rallies the locals to do charity work for those in need. A Hindu fanatic politician, Malati Kapoor, finds out about this and makes it appear as if Sameer's father is converting poor people to Christianity in return for money. She attacks Sameer's colony with the help of gangsters and humiliates Victor by blackening his face in front of the colony.

Traumatised by this, Victor starts to lose his mind and commits suicide. An angry Sameer is then easily persuaded by a political activist to assassinate Malati at a rally to seek vengeance. However, the plan is foiled when an unknown gunman assassinates Malati in political speech.

Who is the gunman? What reason he has to kill Malati?

What happened to the priest who tried to help Benjamin Roy? What secret does he hold against David?

Will Gita ever confess about the identity of Benjamin Lincoln's father to him?

TO BE CONTINUED...

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