"Have you called for the ambulance?" "Yes." "I have telephoned." "It should be coming." "Sir, I will phone once again for the ambulance." "Place him in the verandah." "The ambulance should be coming soon." "Halt here!" "SK." "It was very important for this terrorist to stay alive." "I had told you so." "Yes, sir." "But I am not responsible for this." "He committed suicide." "No one killed him." "SK, he was in your charge." "Listen, to a prisoner death is an option in face of extreme pain." "Then, for that person there is no fear of death." "And a prisoner should not be pushed to that crossroad." "I am sorry sir, I was woken up at midnight." "At what time did he commit suicide?" "In the evening, when the prisoners come out." "When did you come to know?" "At 8 P.M. When the cell was found empty." "Was the cell open?" "How did it remain open?" "There will be a full enquiry, sir." "What nonsense!" "What enquiry!" "He has been with you for more than 6 months and you could not find out as to which group he belonged to." "Veera, open the door." "Kripal has come." "Hi?" " Hold this." " What's this?" " What happened?" "Open your mouth." "C'mon!" "I will fix you." "What are you doing, boys?" "Is this a place to play?" "Salutations Biji." " May you live long." "Don't play with this hard ball." "You may get hurt." "Biji, since my age of l0 you've been objecting to Jaswant playing." "But he has not obeyed as yet." "As if you have obeyed" " I will readily obey." "Here, take this hockey stick and straighten him out." "Oh!" "You traitor." " Shut up." "I will beat him, but the scars will be on your back." "Do I not know the two of you?" "Our love is eternal, like that of Laila Majnu." "We will live and die together." "They neither lived nor died together." "Then, I will cite another example." "What do you say?" "Jaswant, son, please get Veera married next Spring." "You were scolding them, why are you picking on me?" "If Pali settles down, your brother may also follow suit." "They are one of a kind, after all." "We will get married together." "Arrange a girl for him." "We will take the vows together" "If he doesn't get married, should Veera remain unmarried?" "So what, after all she's in her own home." "Even after marriage, where will she go?" "She will be staying here." "Will you turn him into a live-in-brother-in-law?" "Then let him make me the live-in-brother-in-law." "Why are you coming here?" "We will tell you." "You come with him." "What is the matter?" "Why are you here?" "What has happened?" "You go to the back." " What do you want?" "What is the matter Khurana sahib?" "Is your name J.S. Randhawa?" " Yes." "Jaswant Singh Randhawa." "I have to search your house." "But why?" "We have heard you are sheltering a terrorist." "Terrorist?" "What terrorist are you talking about?" "Your name?" "What is he to you?" "He is my sister's fiance." "How many persons are there in the house?" "I mean, how many members in this family?" "Are these all the people or is there anyone inside?" "There should be some servants?" "Are there any visitors in this house?" "Vohra, why ask them?" "Talk to me." "Veera you go inside." "Take Biji with you." "He has run away from Delhi after killing the Member of Parliament Mr. Kedarnath." "What is the name you just mentioned?" "Is Jimmy here or have you driven him away?" "He is here." "Come, I will get him to meet you." "Be alert." " Yes sir." "This is Jimmy." "He does not recognize any M.P." "We begged him to contest the elections." "But he refused!" "Oh Ram Singh." "We dug a mountain to catch a dog." "Next time, you must give him a ticket for your party." "Come, let's go." "Come." "Good." "The introductions have been made." "Come with me to the Police Station." " But why?" " Do not ask questions." "Just sit in the van." " Make him sit inside." " Now wait..." "Why should he go to the Police Station?" "Nothing particular." "He will be back in half an hour." "We will let him go after asking him a few questions." "Or else, we may have to search your house." "And that might cost you dearly." "I will come with you." "He'll be back, I say..." "Don't be a nuisance." "Forget it Pali." "Stay with Veera and Biji." "I will be back soon." " But, my friend..." " Come, sit inside." "Sir, you go ahead." " What happened?" " Nothing?" " Why've they taken Jassi away?" " I'll explain, come inside." "But what has your friend done?" "Nothing." "Let's go inside." "I will tell you." "They said half an hour and now it's three hours." "What is it, mister?" "Whom do you want to meet?" "Who is it?" "Let him come in." "Go on." " What is it?" " I have come from Bhamandi." "The police have taken my friend away." "They said they would free him in half an hour." "It is more than three hours now and there is no news." " What has he done?" " Nothing sir." "Police were looking out for a terrorist named Jimmy." "In the process, they landed at our place." " Was he hiding at your place?" " We do not know any Jimmy." " Then who is Jimmy?" " Our dog." "I couldn't get what you wanted." "But I've brought some meat." "Alright." "Keep it inside." "What name did you say you called your dog?" "Why is the Police after your dog?" "Look sir, they were two officers" "Inspectors" " Khurana and Vohra." "Are they here or not?" "There are no Inspectors by that name here." "They may be at the Headquarters." "Hey!" "Do you want to file a report?" "He is perhaps in the vigilance cell." "A senior officer!" "He must either be in Chandigarh or in Delhi." "Khurana said he'd be freed in half an hour." "How can they let him just walk away like that?" "An M.P. Has been assassinated;" "the PM will look into it." "An M.P. Is no ordinary citizen." "These terrorists are the limit, you know." "Why must they mess with the influential?" "What did you say was his name?" " Kirpal Singh?" " Yes, sir." " Of Bhamandi?" " Yes." "All right." "Is Jassi back?" "Have courage..." "God will set everything right." "Quiet... calm down." "The Law has been there, son, from the beginning." "But today those keys do not open any locks." "So people have risen up to break them open." "So, what should we do?" "I will file an appeal on your behalf in court tomorrow..." "But..." "Sir, this is my right..." "Why do you call it an appeal?" "Without any reason, the Law has picked up my friend, and you..." "Not the Law, the Police." "He has not done any wrong." "His dog's name is Jimmy." "That is his only fault." "And the Police is after someone called Jimmy..." "They just carried him off." "It's 15 days... and there's just no news or trace of him." "His mother has fallen unconscious 10 times." "His sister Veera has gone mad crying her heart out..." "Would you call this justice?" "Is this not an abuse of the law?" "By the Police?" "They are supposed to uphold the law." "They can do so if there is law and order." "There is no law on either side." "We're in the midst of a guerrilla war and the one who gets the chance, makes a strike." "You... you can do nothing, Professor sahib." "What are you doing, son?" "Packing some clothes, grandpa." "Those two women are all alone in their home." " Any news about Jaswant?" " Not yet." "Does this gun still work?" "It used to, when I went hunting earlier." "When there is game to be hunted, it will fire again." "Shall I wash some radish for you?" "No thank you, grandpa." "Live long son." "Take care of yourself." "And listen." "Don't get impatient." "You lose your temper very easily." "This is no hockey match." "Do you understand?" "Live long son." "May I leave now, grandpa?" "Hey!" "You rascal...!" "What is it?" "Why is Jimmy barking?" "It's nothing." "Some animal must have strayed into the field." "Don't worry..." "I am here..." "You go to sleep." "Pali!" "Good Lord!" "What they have done to you?" "!" " They have beaten you up a lot?" " Yes, my friend." "Jassi!" "What have they done to you...?" "Brother..." "Please do not tell mother." "Please don't tell my mother about this." "Conditions are getting worse than they were during the Partition." "What can anyone say?" "The one who suffers knows how it hurts." "If somebody breaks the law..." "then he could be punished." "But who will take punishment for one's innocence?" "The terrorists also have created a dangerous situation." "Do terrorists grow in fields?" "You saw him, didn't you?" "This is how terrorists are born." "This bloody country does not seem like ours anymore." "This government is not ours." "They come, they roam, they are on tours like those foreigners who ruled us!" "Do these people really belong to this country?" "They come like landlords with guards and guns." "Hacking every head that is raised at them!" "That is how they behave!" " Does it burn?" " Yes." "Did they beat you badly?" "Yes." "With their hands?" "Yes." "And kick with their boots?" "Yes." "And did they hit you with rods?" "Stop it now!" "The more you hear, the more you will weep." "At times I wished they had shot me dead, for the better." "I know Pali cannot bear to see me in this condition." "Once, you know, Veera, we..." "I know." "I know, you two have risked your lives for each other." "Yes." "Pali is feeling utterly helpless." "If he had his way, he would..." " Yes?" " What are you doing?" "Nothing..." "Hey, what are you doing?" "Leave it alone!" " Let go, I say" " What are you up to?" "I'm doing nothing..." "just leave it alone!" "Whom will you kill?" " Let go, I say!" " Let me go..." "Veera!" "What the hell are you doing?" "!" "Wait, Veera!" "Don't be crazy!" "Mother, has Pali come?" "These days I do not know when Pali comes or goes." "He doesn't even meet me." "I know he cannot bear to see my wounds." "But he could have at least met me." "He rubbed balm on my wounds and left." "He has not come after that." "It is eight days now." "Is it?" "Then who has been driving the tractor?" "These days, Veera is looking after the work in the fields." "Has she learnt to drive the tractor?" "When did she learn?" " There's some more outside." " Yes, madam." "Give it to me dear, give it to me." "Come here, come little Veera." "When did you learn to drive the tractor?" "Kripal taught you?" "Where is he?" "It is now eight days, he has not turned up here." "I do not know." "Even grandpa had no news." "May I go to enquire from grandpa?" "No." "Let it be." "How can you go alone to that village?" "I do not know where he has gone." "While going, he said he was going to Anandpur Gurudwara." "Or he would go to the Golden Temple at Amritsar to pray." "He wanted to know Jeeta's whereabouts before he left." "Who is this Jeeta?" "Here, take some jaggery and flour." "When he returns home, I will get you two married." "Even then I will give you this same jaggery and flour." " Who is Jeeta?" " Surjit Singh, his uncle's son." "But one does not hear good things about him." "Why?" "What does he do?" "He does not do anything." "That is the problem." "He's educated, but he could not get a job." "He wandered about aimlessly." "We heard that he had got himself involved with those boys." "I do not know where he is now..." "in Amritsar or in Canada?" "This house will be ready by the time you two get married." "Come, I will escort you home." "These are bad times." "I do not know who has cast an evil eye on my Punjab." "You must not come here alone." "See, how the village is deserted once the sun sets." "And all the doors are bolted from inside." "Earlier, we could hear drums beating joyously every evening." "Boys wrestled in all kinds of games everywhere." "I wonder what games with Fate they are playing now." "Sir... sir." "Did you forget your camera in the bus?" "The camera that was strapped around your neck?" "May be you have left it in the bus?" "[Song]" "Look, Pali." "It has begun to rain again." "The weather is as unpredictable as your mood." "This place is a paradise, Nanu uncle." "If I had my way, I would settle down here." "What would you do here?" "Graze cattle?" "What is wrong with that?" "If a Prince could graze cattle, ...so can we." "Wow!" "What nice words." "Then you can also bring your Princess here." " I mean, Veera" " I don't know, uncle." "How long has it been - one year?" "It is one year since we came here." "I had seen her 4 or 5 months before that." "You still miss her a lot." "Don't you?" "Yes." "Bear with it." "God will find a way." "Okay, uncle, but how can God help?" "How can God set things right, uncle?" "Is it possible that the lost year is regained?" "That we can return to our homes." " Sanathan does not agree." " Where did you meet Sanathan?" "Where did he meet me?" "I approached him myself." "Where?" "I could have returned home already." "I had met him in a cafe on the highway." "Earlier, I had seen him on a bus, but the last time..." " Sir, what is your name?" " What is the matter?" "I have seen you before." "You may have." "My photographs often appear in the newspapers." "You..." "Why are you bothering me?" "Go mind your own business." "May I say something?" "I wanted to ask you something." "Just listen, please." "Look, sir..." "I mean no harm, nor am I armed." "You may frisk me." "Perhaps, you can help me." "I have set out to look out for someone." "Can we talk alone?" " Come on." " May I go get my bag?" " Who else is with you?" " I swear on God, I am alone." "Saran is pretty far away..." "isn't it?" "We'll make it somehow." "Nobody gives you a ride these days." "They just don't trust anyone anymore." "Hop aboard..." "let's go, sir." "Get in, Sanatan..." "Bless the Lord." "Halt!" "Check it out." " What's in there?" " Nothing... just our boys." "We aren't carrying any goods." " Take a look, if you wish." " Let them go." "So long, sir... thank you." "Go on!" "Did Sanatan know..." "you're in the truck?" "Yes." " Who does the truck belong to?" " Our chief." " Who's that?" " The one driving it." "He always drives it on his own." "What's... in those gunny bags?" "Pomegranates." "Oh no." "They're apples." "They're hand grenades." "Country made." "We make them." "Sanatan is quite an expert." "Come on, boys." "Carry these fruits carefully." "What place is this?" "Come, you will soon find out." "How are you related to Jeeta?" "He is my cousin." "My uncle's son." "He used to be... not "is"." "You have come in search of Jeeta or his killers?" "I killed Jeeta." "Having infiltrated the Police security he became a bloody Police informer." "He turned a traitor." "Bastard!" "He got five of my boys killed." "Look, I will also kill twenty five of his family members." "You are one of them." "Aren't you?" "What have you come here for?" "I do not know why." "Actually, I... the Police took my friend away." "The Inspector's name was Khurana." "When Jassi returned after fifteen days he had wounds inflicted by Police were all over him." "I could not bear to see his condition." "That's why I came out..." "hoping Jeeta would help me." "When I recall Khurana's face my blood boils." "And when I see Veera's face, I..." "She is your fiancee" " Randhawa's sister." "Jaswant Randhawa." "I told the Commander everything..." "after we met last month." "There were two of them, right?" "Khurana and Vohra?" "What will you do, now that Jeeta is no more?" "Will you go and lick your friend's wounds?" "Or will you be impotent and grovel before the police?" "Or will you become the target of their bullets?" "What else can he do?" "Why have you come to us?" "If you want to kill Khurana..." "kill him yourself." "We can protect you." "But remember:" "If you double cross us..." "Randhawa, Veera, Biji your grandpa they'll all be on our hit list." "We destroy the poisonous weed from its very roots so there is no trace remaining." "Go, think this over at leisure." "What is it?" "Why do you always pull at my bag?" " I'm not carrying gold!" " Why don't you show me?" "I won't!" "Hot-blooded chap, really." "Why did you thrust the gun in his hand?" "Don't you know how to use it?" "C'mon... you'll learn." "Well?" "Cricketer, indeed!" "Give it to him properly;" "that is no cricket-ball." "That's Kuldip... he loves risking his life." "The son-of-a-gun." "That's Jaimal." "This is Vazira." "You have already met him." "Don't ever challenge me." "Come on." "Yasin..." "He's from the other side of the fence... my teacher." "He's the one who has trained me in these explosives." "Here you are..." "pick up whatever you like." " Pick up." " Go on." "Touch it... it keeps your hands warm." "Come along." "While in school, in a classroom, the teacher asked me how did we win our Independence?" "With bloodshed, I responded." "I was a kid then." "But I remember the Partition, the division, very well." "The teacher punished me." "And again asked the class:" "Who gave us our freedom?" "Now tell me; does anyone have a simple answer to that?" "Was there a single person who wielded the stick and secured us our freedom?" "And came to us and said," ""Here, I have brought to you your freedom, now share it."" "It's our forefathers who were killed; our blood that was shed." "It's our homes that were destroyed." "And they give credit for our Independence to someone else!" "Give this to me." "What is the name of your political party?" "I do not have any party." "I am not fighting for any faith or any country." "I'm fighting against my helplessness, and against being dominated." "This system wants to take away our manhood." "But I am not a eunuch." "Our parents arrived here, battered and homeless from across the border, to be trampled upon here too." "We had returned to our homes, to our own country, isn't it?" "And what were we branded?" " Refugees." "They said we sought refuge..." "The mother..." "It is we who brought them freedom by sacrificing all our land and property." "And what did they do...?" "Except sign documents?" "Inspector Khurana has been transferred." " Where to?" " Khanna." "Appears to be a temporary posting." "Maybe for a year." "Is one year too long?" "Don't worry." "Your hands will steady in a year." "And we will record his movements till then." "There is always tight security around him." "We will see." "Whom has security protected so far?" "There are the unguarded moments." "He too must have them." "Come." "The country is not self-sufficient though some persons have certainly become self-sufficient." "Electricity, water, housing, medicine, justice, education... which of these things can the common man afford?" "60 percent of our people still live below the poverty line." "They are not only poor, but unfortunate, too." "It is now more than 40 years since Independence." "How much longer do they want us to wait?" "Is there anyone above the Chief controlling this movement?" "What movement?" "Well... of the country, religion, how would you describe it?" "Listen, lad, when a man is denied justice for too long and there is no respite..." "he can't fight it alone." "He then brings together like-minded, persecuted people sometimes under the banner of his village or town or in the name of caste or religion, or country." "But the fight is against injustice." "And it can be traced... throughout history." "This has been always happened and will continue." "Then what is the law for?" "Has any problem ever been resolved by the law?" "You've heard of those enquiry commissions, haven't you?" "They go on endlessly for years together." "Are you saying this battle will never end?" "It is not over yet." "I am not fighting for the future generations." "I want my rights." "While I am alive, right now, at this moment." "[Song]" "Excuse me." "Yes madam, what else do you want?" " Do you have all the lentils?" " They're all ready." "Whole Bean?" " Dharam Singh." " Yes, boss." " Measure two kilograms of beans." " Right away, sir." "And fetch me a basket, also." "Your husband hasn't come today..." "He comes on most Sundays." "He has come with me." "He's buying the vegetables." "He must be buying meat and fish also." " Salutations, sir." " Greetings." "Let me carry the stuff, sir." "No, thank you." "I serve our masters everyday." "Allow me to serve my wife today." "Hey!" "Keep quiet." " Well?" "Have you got everything?" " Yes." " Greetings, sir." " How are you?" "All is well by your grace, sir." "What is all this you have bought?" "Vegetables... chicken that eats vegetarian lentils and rice." " Can chicken ever be vegetarian?" " Don't you know?" "Of course!" "Like you and me, they are vegetarian and non vegetarian." "Don't eat it, if you don't want to... hey, relax." " But you'll cook it, won't you?" " All right." " Give me your wallet." " Here it is... take it." "And what are you doing?" "Set it down." " How much is it?" " Rupees 270." "Let's go." "Here is your money..." "Khurana... have you found Jimmy?" "Biji!" "What are you up to?" "Where is your walking stick?" "It's lying there, behind your bed." "You are the limit." "You could have called out to me." "So what?" "I used Pali's hockey stick..." "It feels as if he is here, holding my hand." "Take this and give me that." "God knows where he has gone." "He will return, mother." "Where are you going at this time of the night?" "I am going to the temple to pray." "My mind is restless." "I am missing Pali very much today." "He will come back Biji, Pali will come back." "Why are the Police patrolling here?" "I've been noticing them for the last four to five days." "They seem to be around in the whole village." "I went to see Pali's grandfather yesterday and found the police even there." "God protect us." "Veera is alone." "Go inside." "Brother!" "Pali..." " Pali?" " Yes." "Is Pali here?" "!" "Pali!" "My friend...!" "Where have you been?" "Where were you?" "What have you been doing?" "We have been in agony, ...worrying about you." "We went crazy thinking about you." "The horrid things that crossed our minds!" "We imagined the worst!" "Where were you, my friend?" "How will I tell you...?" "I have gone away too far out, Jassi." "I have..." "I have killed Khurana." "He took you away from here, didn't he?" "He had kicked you, hadn't you?" "I could not bear that." "It made my blood boil with rage." "Has it cooled down then?" "Veera, go and get Pali something to eat." "My friend has reduced to half his size." "I will not go..." "I want to stay here." "I have crossed the limits." "I cannot return now." "I'll never be able to." "Get Veera married to someone else." "Into a good family." "I will be grateful to you." "People in the temple were whispering that Pali has joined the terrorists." "They have all gone mad." "They say this Police patrol is looking out for Pali." "I do not believe a word." "When Pali returns to see you I will question him." "Mom has returned from the temple." "I should be running along." "Or else there will be trouble for all of you." "What have you done, my friend?" "With whom can I ever leave Biji and Veera?" "You will do nothing of the kind." "Promise me that you have to go no further." "I've my grandfather, too." "You must look after him also." "Where have you to go?" "I will drop you there." "You must not leave this place." "Jassi... you will make Veera see reason, won't you?" "She's very strong-willed girl." "Won't you even meet her?" "What are you doing here?" "!" "Where are you going?" "Why?" "Can't I go with you?" "We can get married anywhere." "It's okay even if we can't." "If you accept me as your wife..." "that is sufficient for me." "It's you I will take the vows with." "Don't be foolish, Veera." "Do you know what lies in store for me?" "I know." "I'm moving about..." "with my death stalking me." "Are you afraid of death?" "Yes." "I am scared..." "Without you... all on my own." "It's very difficult to die all alone." "Then let me join you, too." "Take me along, Pali..." "Please!" "Please don't refuse." "I want to die with you..." "I swear." "Don't make it difficult for me to leave, Veera." "Or else I will die somewhere here." "[Song]" "Keep it." "Sat Sri Akaal (Truth is Timeless)" "Praise be to all Gurus." "Go, get in." "We had to abandon the farm house for fear of the Police discovering our hideout." "Did you know where I was all these days?" "Yes." "But I did not know how far the police had got." "They know you were at the Gurudwara." "You have them hot on your heels." "If it wasn't for this disguise, you'd have been caught by now." "But why are the Police looking for me?" "For Khurana." "How do they know that I have done that?" "Do not go back to your village again." "The police is keeping a strict vigil." "Remember Inspector Vohra?" "I do." "Your village come under his jurisdiction." "And Jaswant?" "Vohra has detained him again." "I must return..." "Biji and Veera will be alone." "You do not worry about them." "They are under my care." "Your grandfather is also with them." "And Jaswant?" "The Police will beat him to pulp on my account." "And what about you?" "Do you think they will spare you?" "What can they do?" "Just kill me, isn't it?" "The Police won't kill you." "The police did not kill Jeeta..." "Remember?" "Leave the Punjab and go away to Himachal Pradesh." "Where is Sanathan?" "Never ask about where people are, son." "Nor must you ever memorize them." "We do not write love letters to each other." "Go away to Himachal." "There is work to be done there." "There is a mission for you." "You will come across someone at Manikaran." "Nanu!" "Nanu uncle..." "Yes, it's time for my flock..." "I must go." "It has stopped snowing." "I suggest you get moving." " Have Jaimal and the others left?" " Vazira is still here." "Nanu uncle..." "where is my gun?" "Jaimal Singh must have taken it." "You fell asleep outside with the gun beside you." "It could still be there." "Sanathan will take me to task if you tell him." "Sanathan has left for the garage long ago." "I must be off." " Sat Sri Akaal, sir." " Sat Sri Akaal." "Offerings from the temple." "Are you coming from the Gurudwara?" "Put it in my mouth." "Where were you guys last night?" "We went to see Nanu uncle." "We thought you would come there, too." "I was working till late in the night." "Any word from the Chief?" " About what?" " Some mission." "What mission have all of us been summoned here for?" "I myself know nothing at the moment." "Except that someone is going to join us." " He's a missile-shooter." " And where are the missiles?" "They'll arrive soon." "Sir, I am being offered a job in the local school." "Shall I take it?" "Are you mad?" "Every newspaper has published your photographs." "You are now a dreaded terrorist." "The promotion of a lot of Police Officers depends on hunting you down." "The officers are getting quick promotions nowadays." "How?" "They kill anyone..." "and call it an encounter." "They have a thick dossier ready." "No one sees it or identifies the dead but they get their promotions." "Sir, if people have no say of what use is this democracy?" "Can't people do anything about it?" "No revolution was ever ignited with damp sticks!" "Sticks?" "Sticks..." "Match sticks;" "which light a lamp and even funeral pyres." "When you find them damp we must strike them again and again, till they ignite." " What are you carrying in that?" " Milk." " Whose milk?" " Buffalo milk." "That's not what he means..." "Who does it belong to?" " It's yours?" " Yes." "Then give me a glass of milk." "We were waiting for tea, but the milk got curdled." "It's someone else's..." "What difference will one glass make?" "You can always add some water from the Beas river here." "Why have you soldered this?" "That's because..." "Open it." "C'mon!" "Something's wrong!" "Make a call!" "Quick!" " What's the license number?" " It is Punjab..." "PUF 621." "It appears to be some missile material." "He was coming from Leh... and was going towards the Punjab." "Yes, the vehicle surely had a Punjab license." "We have extracted the motorcycle from the Beas river..." "We are not sure about the rider." "He must have died or washed away." "But we are still searching." "Instead of heading here, I went towards the hills." "You could have abandoned the motorcycle and just disappeared." "Actually, I I was scared, you know." "The moment they opened fire..." "I thought it was the end for me." "They blew off a piece of flesh with the bullet." "I'm glad it didn't rip through the leg." "Make sure you sleep outside..." "far away from one another." "If they get hold of a clue, they could raid the house." "Shall we move the stuff we have inside to Nanu's place?" "It's not safe to take it there." "Keep a watch, Kirpal." "I'll go and take a look around." " Brother..." " What is it?" " Please send me back." " Where?" "I'll return to my village and go away to Canada thereafter." "Idiot." "Is this the time to run away?" "I swear, I'm scared!" "All this appeared so thrilling from a distance." "I had never encountered death at close quarters." "Please send me back!" "Do you realize, you could be the cause of our deaths?" "Not at all." "My passport and visa were all ready when I..." "Then why didn't you go?" "They had made me remove my turban to search me at the Police station." "That made me livid." "Look, have you read this?" "14 Hindus were picked up and removed from a bus." "They were riddled with bullets and left to rot by the roadside." "I'm not going to be taken in by these acts of the politicians." "All this doesn't happen on its own;" "it is orchestrated." "And those who provoke this, have no connection with any religion." "They are only worried about their votes." "They have always divided us..." "and we keep getting divided." "They once imposed a Division on us on the grounds of Hindus and Muslims." "Will they divide us again in the name of Hindus and Sikhs?" "How many little pieces will they divide us into?" "I am their flesh and blood..." "a part of their body!" "If they think they can just cut me and discard me won't it hurt them, too?" "For generations, our marriages were solemnized in the Gurudwaras." "My elder brother, the first in the line, was a Sikh." "Then who am I?" "Where is that... brother of yours?" "Where are your folks?" "The partition swallowed half of them..." "And the operation of '84 devoured the other half." " Salutations, brother." " May you live long." "These wounds have healed." "Only the scars remain." "May I leave?" "I will drop you at Sunder Nagar tomorrow." "You can take a bicycle from Lakhbir's shop." "Take the inner roads to your village." ""It's days since he is returning to his home"" "Well?" "Who's returning?" "Whom are you singing for?" "It's Kuldip, of course." "He bothered me when he was around;" "and he bothers me, now that he isn't." "I'm missing him a lot." "He must have reached home by now." "Yes." "He got onto the bicycle and turned towards his village." "The open air of the fields and the gentle scent of the vegetation and those little yellow flowers appearing like butterflies." " What time is it?" " It is well past the time." "Kedarnath is arriving on the l3th of March." " Which Kedarnath?" " That Kedarnath of 1984 riots." "He was an M.P. Then." "He is a minister now." "The same Kedarnath who was attacked by Jimmy in Delhi ...but escaped?" "He's coming to the Gurudwara to offer his thanks on becoming a minister." "All damn hypocrites!" "They are acting all the time!" "He has to cross the bridge to go to Manikaran." "It is an ideal location to knock him out." "His car may be bullet proof." "That is why we have arranged for missiles and a shooter." "When is the missile shooter arriving?" "He's already here;" "in the back of the truck." "I will drop you both at the marketplace." "You can take charge from there." "Oh Jaimal!" "What are you doing here?" "I have been watching you." "What are you thinking of?" "My mother loved snow and she often said so." "I am reminded of her continuously since this morning." "Why don't you go to visit her?" "I'll have to run away again and that will cause her pain." "She will have to bear another parting." "Why don't you tell me..." "whom did you kill and run away?" "During the 1984 riots, they tied my father with his own turban put a burning tire around his neck and burnt him to ashes." "My mother had locked me up in the house." "I wanted to go out and save him." "She has still preserved his remains." "She has not immersed them in the river." "A few days after that incident, I started attending college." "I was in the first year." "My mother forcibly clipped off my long hair." "My Hindu friends in college felt terribly guilty about it." "They stopped cracking jokes about the Sikhs." "My Mom would sit beside me every night and run her fingers through my hair." "She used to weep." "All through the night she would recite holy verses." "But whom did you kill?" "Who was murdered?" "There was this M.P. Who lived in our housing society." "I had seen him running away from the crowd earlier." "My father had cried to him for help." "But he had gone and hid in his house." "Had only he helped..." "I began to quietly carry my dad's knife hidden in my books." "And one day, I pierced it into his stomach!" "I threw my books and fled." "Are you talking about the M.P., Kedarnath?" "Yes." "But he was..." "Are you the one called Jimmy?" "Yes." "Jimmy is the name they called me there." "What is it, Pali?" "Nothing." "No one knows what God has decreed for us." " It has started snowing again." " Yes." "The weather changes suddenly." " Salutations, sir." " Salutations." " My respects, sir." " May you live long." "Have you dropped Kuldeep?" "He has already reached." "Could you meet anyone else?" "I met the Commander." "When is our 6th companion arriving?" "We are five now." "Kuldeep is not here." "When is the missile shooter arriving?" " He has already arrived." " What?" "He is here." " Where is he?" " Outside." "Yes...?" "Virendar..." "Veera!" "Are you Kripal's Veera, then?" " Where's Pali?" " He's outside." "He'll eat later." " Why doesn't he eat with us?" " Shut up." "Sister-in-law..." "Have your food, too." "Please go ahead, brother..." "I'll eat with him." "That's enough." " Veera..." " Yes?" "May I call you that?" "..." "Veera?" "That's what they called me at home." "The young and the old alike." "You never told me on the way that you are Veera." "Kirpal's Veera." "I didn't know he's here, too." "I wasn't told." "I was sent here straight from the training camp." "Treat this as your home now." "Although such a place was never meant for you." "Now that it is..." "how can we help it?" "They're like your brothers-in-law." "I'm the eldest in the family." "Take care of Kirpal." "He's been depressed since this evening." "Very well." " Have some food." " Have you eaten?" "I'll eat later." "Sit down with me and eat." "Here you are..." "Eat this." "You eat." "How is Biji?" " She's no more." " What happened?" "They arrested Jassi a second time." "You know that, don't you?" "Yes." "I had heard that, but..." "She could not take it anymore." "What harm had we done to anyone that we have been pushed into this hell?" "Our homes have been destroyed." "How is Jassi?" "I can imagine what his condition must be." "But any news about him?" " Eat your dinner first." " Did someone go to see him?" "Did you go to see him?" "What's happened to him?" "Why don't speak?" "What has happened to him?" "Tell me!" "What has happened to Jassi?" "I went once to see him." "The Police had tortured him very badly." "From his appearance, one could not tell." "But when he tried to get up, ...he wobbled." "He could barely stand." "One heard that the police had beaten him up mercilessly." "He could not bear that anymore..." "His will to live had weakened." "He jumped into a well in the jail, and committed suicide." "What could I have done all alone?" "You know what happens to women ...who are all alone." "That Inspector, Vohra, began to visit the house every day inquiring about you." "One day, I sent grandfather to his home, and I escaped and following your footsteps, have arrived here." "What happened?" "Will you fasten this somewhere." "I want to dry these clothes." "Where should I fasten it?" "Let's tie it there." "Be careful." "Pull it tight, okay?" "...here you are." " Veera." " Yes?" "What is that black thread around your neck?" "This?" "Consider it as my sacred wedding thread." "Go to sleep, Vazira." "I'll keep the watch." "Why did you come here?" "You felt awkward, sleeping with those men around, right?" "It was awkward sleeping like that in your presence." "Is that why you came out?" "To freeze in this chill?" "Wrap this around." "You've caught a cold." "So have you." "I got it from you." " It's terribly cold, isn't it?" " Yes." "Look at the smoke from the mouth when one speaks." "Let me see your Wedding Thread." "Is this what you are married do?" "To cyanide?" "Naughty!" "And what did you think?" "That I'd go and get married?" "This is something even I am married to." "Look at this." "What's up?" "Are you jealous?" " My enemy be jealous!" " Enemy or Death?" "It was easy dying without you around." "Your arrival has made it difficult for me." "I want to live now." " Let me see..." " What's that?" "What are you up to?" "Did that hurt?" "Did that hurt?" "[Song]" "I've warmed some water for drinking." "Say, sis-in-law..." "what's for breakfast today?" "Pancakes!" "Have fun, buddie!" "You're out of the kitchen." "And we're even getting home-cooked food." " Where do I keep this plate..." " Keep it there." "I'll wash it." "Ever since you've come, I've begun to worry about security." "Earlier there were only boys around." "So there was no worry." "Please don't worry about me." "I can manage this house and even carry out the assignment given to me." "Do you want to subject me to any test?" "The test will be on that not far off day when our lives will be at stake." "I wonder who amongst us will survive, who will go!" "I will say my good-byes in the name of Allah before leaving." "He speaks the language of those from across the border." "He was trained by them and got trapped there by Nafeesa." "Sir, what do you mean trapped?" "Sorry, mate." "He was totally smitten by her." "It is a matter of heart, after all." "It beats with the same rhythm everywhere." "In her memory, therefore, he pens and sings romantic couplets all the time." "You keep pulling my leg." "What about you?" "You have not forgotten your Gurnaam either!" " Where is Kripal?" " He has gone to see Nanu." "Veera is all alone." "Stay with her." "Dear brother, don't get angry." "He was just joking." "But who is this Nafeesa?" "You too have started the same..." "Could there be secrets between a brother and a sister-in-law?" "Tell me." "I will arrange for you to meet her." "She is on the other side of the border." "She was beautiful." "She recited the Koran divinely." "Everytime I heard her recite I wanted to convert to Islam." "Then why did you come back?" "You should have stayed there." "Why worry about religion?" "And which faith can be greater than love?" "Some people there thrashed me very badly on this account they would have killed me." "But Nafeesa helped me escape." "See this." "It belonged to her." "Give it to me." " No." "I..." "Well, Pali?" "What are you doing here?" "I came to meet you, of course!" "C'mon." "Your sheep's seem to be experts." "One cry, and they're all on the bridge." "They're from Arabia;" "I take them out twice a day." "Now tell me..." "How is Veera?" "She's fine." "We're so close to death..." "but we're together." " That feels nice." " Didn't I tell you?" "God will set everything right." " You can even marry her now." " I certainly will, uncle." " If not to her, then..." " Then?" "Well..." "I meant, of course." "When will we, if not now?" "I get it." "What are you searching for?" "I used to have a fiancee... a nagging one." "I wonder where I've lost her." "It is now around my neck." "Veera!" "What have you done?" "Why will I let my rival be with you, when I am around?" "Sorry." "This spilled..." "Veera..." "let's get married." "We may not have music, of course." "But we can have plenty of fireworks." "We can explode a few bombs." "Shall I talk to the priest?" "All right." "I was told that spinsters land only in hell!" " What was that?" " She goes to hell." "I can't hear you." "She goes to hell if she remains unmarried!" "Let us go behind those mountains." "Okay?" "Far away!" "What route do we take?" "The road there will lead to behind the mountains." "Come, let's go there." "That place?" "That's Kulu there." "Let's go from there." "That car is waiting there." "Tell Ramsingh to keep the car ready." "Let's go, Ramsingh." "We'll be home, soon." "The car will be there." "Your luggage is packed, too." "Why must I bore you?" "Go ahead... go to Dharmshala and see the Dalai Lama's ashram." "Who knows if you will get to come here again." "Since you are here now, you might as well make the trip." "You must join us, too." "Give Aditya to me." "Come, my dear, come to me." "Sir, there is a phone for you from the boss." "I am the boss here." "Whose call is it?" "It's from the Senior in Chandigarh." "It is perfectly safe, sir." "I have checked everything myself." "The minister can come anytime he wishes to." "I have sent Simi and the child to Dharamshala to visit the Dalai Lama commune." "If he is there, they may even get his blessings." "Let them experience that ambience and atmosphere too." "They deserve it after what the work they see us at." "Yes... they're always playing with guns and pistols." "Even their toys are the same." "You are right, sir, they are not to be blamed." "What else would they find in a Police Officer's home?" "If I did not have to wield the gun I may have taken up the pen." "Yes sir, I loved poetry while in the college." "Who wants to be a trigger-happy man?" "We kill the man's good deeds, as we wipe out the sinner." "Yes sir, I will reach there." "I will report tomorrow." "Give my regards to wife, sir." "Vohra!" "You bastard!" "Take him." "Come along!" "Is that all?" " There is more, sir." " Bring it up." " Yes sir." "There's a lady among them." "The bastard divulged everything in one night." "He will never open his mouth." "I can swear by that." "He will never speak." "He knows I am here." " How could he talk?" " You are are involved in this." "Vazira saw him going to the Guest House where the Police Officer is staying." "Open your mouth." "Open your mouth." "Seal it up." "Jeeta did the same thing." "Exactly the same thing." "Or why did he not bite the cyanide?" "Why did he not kill himself before being captured?" "I suspect both of you." "Remember, he will never be able to reach the jail." "Throw her up on the terrace." "I'll tell you what to do with her, later." "Come up..." "The Commander has been informed." "He will deal with Kripal." "If you don't receive word from him till 9 in the morning then get rid of her." "Reach the bridge at l0 A.M. Kedarnath will be there." " Kedarnath?" "!" " Yes. "Your" M.P." "He is a minister now." "Is he alive?" "He escaped then..." "Let's go." "You come with me." "Drive them out of our way!" "Get this chap to go away!" "Who is it?" "Where are you?" "This girl is his fiancee." "That much, I am certain about." "She wants to meet Kripal." "We may discover something through her." "Something about their group." " Where?" "In the visitors' room?" " No." "Not the visitors' room." "It wouldn't be right to bring him there in his present state." "Search her thoroughly." "Make sure that she does not carry any weapon inside." "Let them meet in the cell itself." "Take her to Barrack No.2" "Find out only where she stays and with whom." "But keep a distance." "Don't get close." "I've brought your pill." "Take it in your mouth." "I cannot bear this anymore." "All right!" "The time is up!"