""August 14, 2003"" "That day started like a lot of other days too" "My life in those days had come to some sort of a standstill" "The time my friends and colleagues had given me to wallow in my grief... was over" "I had had enough of misery and was trying to get a hold on myself" ""I have a nice job, a new profession..."" "a good name in the world of banking..." ""And that, I tried to take control of myself"" "I hated such parties" ""And yet, I was helpless"" ""After all, it was my own party"" "Feroz Khan Bata." "The biggest bore in the world" "But that was all right." "He had given me business worth 15 million last year" "An evening of exhaustion... is getting young again" ""The lights are taking over from the darkness"" "Rakesh..." "Life is flying... like the clouds..." ""will we meet tomorrow?" "Or won't we?"" "Who knows where we will be" "Let me try you out... and live it up" "It's tough to fire someone" "But it has to be done" "When hearts meet..." "Iove shall be in the air again" ""My arms spread, I come..."" "pining to meet with you" "I kept looking... for ages" "Who is he sitting with?" "The one I desired... belongs to someone else" "An evening of exhaustion... is getting young again" ""The lights are taking over from the darkness"" "The rays from the skies... shine in the night" ""This night, glittering..."" "singing..." ""this night for the sacred union..."" "this lovely moment..." ""will we meet tomorrow?" "Or won't we?"" "Who knows where we will be" "Let me try you out... and live it up" "An evening of exhaustion... is getting young again" "How could the evening get younger?" "It had stared pouring" "I don't know why it keeps happening all the time" "Just when my life is getting back to normal... the rains arrive to ruin everything" "I was doing what I could to make a comeback in life" "But what could I do?" "God wasn't on my side" "I returned at four" "The whole of my body's in pain" "I'm not going with the fink" "You ought to be thankful you returned at four." "I had no business at all" "Why are the two of you cribbing?" "I returned at six in the morning" "What were you doing till six in the morning?" "When did the pimp have the strength to do something!" ""At 3 in the morning, he says to me..."" "Chameli!" "Sing a song" "Everyone nowadays thinks he's a jilted lover" "He couldn't do anything either!" "Where are you going now?" ""Where will I go?" "Like the local trains, I too have just two stops"" "Foras Road and Flora Fountain" "Chameli... that new guy is here!" "Down there!" "Tell him I'm not here" "What is it?" " Where's Chameli?" "She's not in" "But Usman said she'd be at home" "She goes to the temple at this hour." "That's where you'll find her" "Listen... tell the bitch to stay right here" "I'll come and take her away" ""This Naik's a big man, isn't he?" "He pays a lot of money?"" "He also gives you a disease" "He's a bloody animal!" ""Vidya went with him too, didn't she?" "And someone said she's in the hospital"" "One can't bear to see what he has done to her" "He has ruined her health" "Give me my blouse!" "You've been sitting with it for such a long time" ""I will, have patience"" "Usman has collected an advance even for you" "So what are you going to do?" "I'm nobody's bitch" "I'm not going" "Listen... my car is stuck here" "I don't know how." "It's really flooded" ""Mister, my car's broken down." "If you're going that way..."" ""could you send a mechanic please?" "I have a problem, mister"" "I have a problem too" "I've got to deposit 50 million in the bank tomorrow morning" "Will you give it to me?" "Here you are" "Burnt my hand!" ""If you don't want it, it's okay." "I lose nothing"" "This rain's going to screw up my business" "Damn it!" "Hey mister... do you have a cigarette?" "I'm taking two" "So?" "What do you say?" "You'd like to go with me?" "What?" ""There's a hotel nearby." "The room costs 500, I take 1000"" "Even your car will do." "The cops won't harass us today" ""Say something, sir." "I haven't made a beginning today"" "Lay off!" "Shit!" "Real tough luck today" ""He says, "Don't touch me"" "And the world pays money to touch me" "Hey sir..." "what's the time?" "Hey sir... the time?" "11:30" "It's 11:30 and not a man around!" "The guy standing before me also doesn't want to do anything" "I don't know whether he can do it either" "Like to go with me?" ""Listen, my car has stalled and..."" ""Hey mister, get going." " What?"" ""Go away, I said!" "He went away because of you"" "You won't do anything nor will you let anyone else do it" ""Why're you snatching my livelihood, sir?"" "My car has stalled." "I'll leave as soon as it stops raining" "I'm not interesting in spending the night here with you" "So get interested!" "Listen..." ""because of me, that man..."" ""I'm a pro, sir." "Not a beggar"" "The night is passing by... and Krishna hasn't come to me" "Well?" "You didn't like it?" "Want me to sing a sexy song instead?" "Sleep eludes me... the night is passing by..." ""Sudha, did you call the doctor?"" "Stop it" ""What?" " Stop singing, I say"" "Why...?" "Why must I stop singing?" "You think you own the bloody roads?" "Now look;" "I've been tolerating you for a very long time" ""You don't like my song, do you?" "So here's what you'll do"" "Go home" "Lie down in your wife's lap and listen to a lullaby" "Why're you wasting time here?" "And tell me something." "How does your wife put up with you?" "Where did he spring from?" "Hey mister... go away" ""What's this, sir?" "You're in business even when it's pouring so heavily?"" "You and I share the same kind of life" ""Whatever happens, we have to set out on business"" "Skip the smart talk..." "where's your pimp?" "He's a busy man." "Must be in some meeting" "But he has done your work" "Count it" "Who's he?" "Your customer?" ""No, his car has broken down like yours"" ""Not right, sir." " Must've eaten it up on the way!"" ""Where's your pimp, the bastard?" " Why're you picking on Usman, sir?"" ""Talk to the big fish, the ones you have an understanding with"" "Looks like I'll have to take you to the police station and give you a dose!" ""Why're you threatening me with the police station, sir?"" "How long are you going to use up official petrol for your bike?" "You've started talking too much!" "Too bloody much!" "Well...?" "what happened?" "What's your problem?" ""Let him be, sir"" "Well?" "Is there a problem?" "What is the problem?" "Tell me." " Look..." "Is she your whore?" " That's no way to talk to a woman" "So you'll teach me the way?" "You guys go whoring around and we get screwed for your sakes!" "We kill for your sakes... so that you can sleep in peace" ""And you want to teach me, bastard!" "Well?" "What will you teach me?"" ""Let him be, sir." "Why get involved with a pipsqueak?" "C'mon"" ""Forget him, sir." "Let's go there"" "Don't... the officer's a hot-headed man" "What happened?" "I played sister to him and came away" "Matches?" "What is your name?" "Chameli" ""And all night, you..."" ""I walk the streets, sir"" "How long have you been doing it?" "What's that?" " My birthday" "Chameli's happy birthday in this profession" "So you think all this is a joke?" ""No, I don't think it's a joke"" "Get into the depths of it all and it'll take a minute to erase this name" "But one has to forget everything with a smile" ""I'm not so bad, sir"" "And you're shying away from even my shadow" ""You mustn't have met someone like me before, isn't it?"" "You must've seen them in the movies" "But they're all glorified Umrao Jaan's and Chandramukhi's" "But the truth is something else" ""What is your name, sir?"" "Aman." "Kapoor" "You're a Punjabi?" " Yes" "You look like a Punjabi too" "You have a keen eye for people?" " I didn't have it earlier" "Now I have" "So... what else do I look like?" ""I don't know that, sir." "But you don't look like a womaniser"" "Your language...!" " It sucks" "I know." "But what can I do?" "When there's so much of filth around... it's bound to make some difference to the language" "And your family?" "Where are your folks?" "There was a time when everything was there" ""There was a house in Garhwal." "Mother, father..."" "there was so much of laughter in life" "But ever since father's ailment rendered him speechless... life was engulfed by gloom" ""No one gets into this profession out of liking, sir"" "Taking advantage of my father's illness... my maternal uncle brought me to the city" "To get me a job" "And what job?" "The bastard forced me into prostitution" "How was it?" "What?" "The story" "A false one!" "Tell that story to a client when he's three drinks down... and I surely get a tip of 500 rupees" "Was this a story?" ""You must be wondering what sort of a woman I am, right?"" "But one has to do it" ""As mother says, honesty alone can't get you a livelihood"" "One has to use a bit of gimmickry" "My mother loved the Chameli flowers (jasmine) very much" "So she christened me Chameli" "I was loved by everyone in the place we lived" "We had a very big house" "We had dance and music through out the day" "Where did you live?" "Here." "In Mumbai." "Grant Road" "My mother was in the same profession." "She had run up a huge debt" ""One night, when I was sleeping with my sister..."" "I was awakened by my mother's screams" "Some men were dragging her away." "She screamed and cried... kicked and flung blows." "But they forced her into a car" "Some people say they burnt her alive" "The body was found on the seashore" ""At a tender age, I had to get initiated into the profession too"" ""You see this tattoo, sir?" "The lucky day of my life"" "I repaid every penny of the debt" ""My story's more tragic than a movie, isn't it?"" "But this isn't the truth either" "This is gimmickry number 2" ""Narrate this story, and I get a thousand bucks extra, sir"" ""Want to listen to the real story, sir?"" ""No, please"" "Good." "You won't be able to take it" ""Sister..." " Why're you late, Johnny?"" ""Business is fab in the rains, sister." "Coffee?"" ""Ask the gentleman." " Sir, coffee?"" "Yes" "Cigarette?" ""You didn't bunk school today, did you?" " C'mon, sister!"" "So tell me what you learnt" "India used to be a great country" "We used to hold sway over the whole world earlier" "Something went wrong then and all the thieves came here" "But we must make India great again." "We now even have the bomb" "The whole of the world will be under us again" ""Thank you, sister"" ""Johnny, why don't you wipe your head?"" ""Forget it, sister..." " Stand here!"" "Let me go!" "Leave me alone" ""Your coffee, sir." " Thank you"" ""Beautiful car, sir." " Can I find a mechanic around?"" "Oh yes." "But it'll cost you extra money" "How much extra?" " An advance of 500 rupees" "Show me... you've been chewing tobacco again?" "!" "Gotya has told me I can do everything in life" "Send Gotya to me." "I'll give him a tight slap!" "It'll burn a hole in your mouth!" "You take the money to pay the school fee..." ""and you buy tobacco with it!" " Sorry, I say"" ""Sir, you owe me 700 rupees." " Why 700?"" "200 for the cigarettes and coffee" "And 500 is the advance for the mechanic" "Bring him here." "Then I'll give you the money" ""He won't agree, sir." "My brains are all screwed up anyway"" ""Half the city is immersed in water." " Tell him, I'll pay 1000 rupees"" "But the car's got to work first." "No advance" ""Let me try and talk to him, sir." "See you, sister"" "I've got to pay the school fee." "The exams are approaching" "Come and collect it tomorrow." " All right" "Listen... tell your teacher that a country does not become great by killing someone" "So how does it?" "Never mind." "Forget it" ""But do talk to the mechanic." "Please." " Let me see, sir"" "Hail Goddess of Calcutta!" "Quite a smartass" "You give him money to study." "Why don't you pay it to the school directly?" "You think he doesn't pay it at the school?" "He swallows it all up?" ""In any case, what difference does it make..."" "if he keeps 20 of the 100 for himself?" "He at least isn't pimping for a whore." "He doesn't peddle drugs..." ""he hasn't killed anyone, has he?"" "How will he live if he doesn't even do this much?" "He calls me his sister" "He's the only one in the world who doesn't want anything from me" "The rest of the bastards are after just one thing" "Sir... you're a simpleton." " What does it mean?" "Have you never been upto some hanky-panky?" "In your business or service?" "Not even this much?" "No" "How about that?" "Girls" "Nothing ever?" "You lived on the stuff at home?" "You must be wanting it sometimes" "No." " Now?" "No" "Your customer" "Who does she think she is?" "I'll slit her bloody throat!" "She left me here and went off to walk the streets!" "She just doesn't care for me!" " Hey sir... this is between us" "Who told you she's walking the streets?" "She was going to the mausoleum today." "She must be caught in the rains" "Get lost!" "You think I'm a crackpot?" "I just saw her leaving in a taxi!" "I..." "I'm the madcap!" ""I broke into Papa's safe and ran away with fifty grand, you know?"" ""If I get angry, I'll end my life"" ""Don't laugh, okay?" "!"" "She'll know my value only after I die... so don't laugh!" "Hey sir... you make this guy see reason" "I can't figure out this thing about love and romance" "Those in love cry more and smile less" ""You tell me, sir"" "Isn't it better to be alive than to kill oneself?" "I don't know." " Now what's gotten into you?" ""Raja, you come with me." "Let's go to my room." "Everything will be all right"" "But why doesn't Haseena agree?" " I'll send Haseena when I meet her" "Why're you crying?" " What else can I do?" "C'mon!" "I'll take you with me" "So many cockroaches in the house!" "Aman!" "Kill it!" "This is why I hate this city!" ""The filth, the cockroaches..." "I hate this city!"" "Make sure you throw it outside!" ""Now, Neha... enough of jokes"" ""It's raining so heavily, I'm getting scared"" "I think we must get to the hospital well in advance" ""What are you looking for in the darkness, sir?"" ""Come, let's go together." "Let's go and light a lamp"" "No!" "You're angry!" ""Okay, as you wish"" ""Close, if you wish"" ""And far away, if you wish"" "This is the cure for every pain" ""Why're you rolled up all the windows, love?"" "What is it that is tormenting you?" "Your face... your face is saying something to me" "Try the other path..." "it's paradise" "Maybe the shop selling paradise is standing right before you" ""Look, you're wasting your time"" "How many boats in the sea there?" ""And why're you standing on the beach, with a knife in hand?"" ""Let's go." "For you, the first time is free"" "If you like it... double-fees." " Hey Haseena... what are you doing?" " Damn it!" "So you've booked a whole ship!" " Haseena?" "Raja's bent on killing himself" ""He came with 50,000 rupees he had stolen from his house"" "His father's looking for him" ""Raja was very angry." "He said, When I'm doing all this..."" ""why did Haseena venture out to walk the streets?"" "I went for his sake" ""Chameli, the two of us can't live in this city together"" ""I thought, I'd make something on my own"" "His father's men could get here any moment" "Raja's at Ballard Pier." "Run away with him" "Go" "I will write to you" "Must be somewhere around." "With that disgusting fag" "Must be here!" "Take a look here" ""Usman said this was the place, sir." " With a fag!" "What a disgrace!"" "Ask her" "Where's that fag?" " Hey!" ""Now look, I'm quiet because of Usman"" "I know you and that fag are very good friends" ""Where's the eunuch?" "Where's Haseena, tell me!"" "Ask his mother" "Hey mister..." ""mister, you've seen my son?" "He's 19 years old"" ""In a blue shirt." "Did you...?" "He ran away with 50,000 rupees"" "He's getting married in four days!" "How would he come in such a heavy downpour?" "Haven't I come...?" "Hasn't this gentleman here?" "Hasn't he?" ""No, my car has broken down"" "I'll break his legs!" " Hey!" "Don't you touch my son!" ""Do what you want to, to the faggot!" "Break his legs if you want to!"" "I'll break his legs!" "I'll castrate him!" "He falls in love with a faggot!" "Hey..." "look for him!" "Why don't you file a police complaint?" "The Inspector belongs to my community" "He lost the elections against me in our community meet" "He'll humiliate me in the whole community!" "If you meet my son..." "ask him to get married" "Do this favour to me!" "Let him do what he wants to after that" "The wedding party for him is leaving for Bikaner in two days" "I've found such a beautiful bride for him" "You won't one like her even in the TV serials!" "And the sonofabitch is crazy about the fag..." ""Sir, he's said to be in Parel." " So go and look for him!"" "C'mon!" "Or there will be posters all over the city!" "No one in Mumbai will even get to know!" ""What, sir?" "You're fed up, aren't you?"" "No." " Why not?" "Haseena must've put the scare of God in you!" ""If I hadn't arrived on time, she'd have made a meal out of you"" ""This is how our life is, sir"" "We find a new sucker every night and get sacrificed ourselves" "I pray for just one thing" "Haseena ought to have a nice life" "Raja loves her very much" ""You must be finding it strange?" "Two men, in love...?"" ""No, I have some friends too who are..."" "Whoever and however... there should be love." "No?" ""You don't mind, do you?"" ""I don't own the bloody roads." "Do what you want to, sir"" ""Don't look there, sir"" "Any problem?" "The goddamn curse!" "Let's go." " Can't you see?" "I'm busy" "If such a rich Marathi chap employs a guy from Uttar Pradesh..." ""there's got to be a good reason." "I don't take "no" for an answer"" "Let's go." " Find someone else" ""What for?" "We've paid Usman for you, haven't we?"" "Why must we find another whore?" " He's my pimp... he lives off my flesh." "Don't threaten me with his name" "Hey!" "Don't act smart." "Get going" "Hey you... get going!" "You want me to say it in another way?" "Sit" "I saw what he did to Vidya!" "Usman doesn't lose a shit in taking money... but it's my body!" "I don't want any disease!" "Go and tell him that I'm not coming!" "Get lost!" "Bastard!" "What happened?" "What's biting you!" "You ask too many questions!" "Is everything okay?" "Can I have some booze?" "The keys." " Which?" ""The car keys, actually." "But you could give me the keys to your house too"" "My heart is going astray..." "I don't know where" ""Stop it, someone..."" ""my heart is racing away..." "I don't know where to"" "My heart is going astray..." "I don't know where it's headed" ""Stop it, someone..."" ""my heart is racing away..." "I don't know where to"" "The cool breeze... carries my heart away" "Where will I look for it...?" "will someone tell me?" "I've given up" "My heart is going astray..." "I don't know where it's headed" ""Stop it, someone..."" "A moment like this... where will you find?" "Let me live it to the fullest... in the pouring rains" ""my heart is racing away..." "I don't know where to"" "Who's this?" "You." " Me...?" "Is this how I look?" "No." "Even worse" ""Damn it, I'm drenched like Zeenat Aman"" "Hey sir... you watch the movies?" " Yes" "With your wife." "Hand in hand!" "She must be fed up" "Aren't you tired?" " Me?" "I could easily dance around for another four hours" ""Hey, sir... you're a very lucky man..."" ""to watch Chameli dancing for free." "Else, it costs you 5000 rupees"" "5000 rupees" "That's how my profession is." " So's mine" "Yours?" " Yes" "I get paid for talking." " How much?" ""10,000 rupees." "For an hour"" ""10,000 rupees for an hour?" " Yes"" ""What's so great about what you say, sir?"" "I'm an investment consultant." "I advise people" "Damn it!" "He gets paid for talking!" "That's because you're educated" ""Hey, sir... don't come here." " Why not?"" "Even we have a bit of modesty" "Usman's one hell of an idiot!" "He deals with Naik and doesn't even tell me." "I'm unnecessarily in trouble" "He gave me such a thrashing!" "Did he hit you with a belt?" " A bloody whip actually" "He's such a crazy guy" "Chameli will have to go with him" "Looks like a customer" "What's this guy doing here at this hour?" "Let me see" ""Well, sir...?"" "you want something?" "A babe?" " No" "We came looking for Chameli." "Didn't we...?" "We'll look for her" ""Solid babes, sir." "All virgins"" ""Bengali, Keralite, Nepalese..." "she'll do everything you say"" "Full satisfaction guaranteed." "Fixed rate" ""I don't want anything." "Go away." " No need to worry, sir"" "We have a doctor's certificate..." " I don't want anything!" ""Don't use your hands, okay?" " What are you doing?" "What?"" ""Look for Chameli, you moron!" "You want another beating?"" "That's what I'm doing!" "Where has that whore gone?" "Found her?" " No... we looked everywhere" "So ask him!" "He's the one who had hired her" "Damn it!" "He wouldn't say a thing!" "So... where has that whore gone?" " Speak!" "Look at this." "She must be somewhere around." "Go and look" "Where the hell are you?" "Must I send guys to find you?" "Wait there!" " What happened?" "Wait" "Come with me." " Are you okay?" "What happened?" "Shankar!" "Chameli is here" "Come on" "Let's go somewhere else." " Get out of here" "I know these guys" "Here you are" ""Usman's men are after us, Baba"" "Ass!" "All because of you." " Look over there" "Stop muttering and take a look" "Did you find her?" "Why didn't you stop her when you saw her?" "Why did you come back to me?" " Hadn't I reached in time... that chap would've seen you off" ""Stop fighting, will you?" "Move it"" "The first time I ever walked on a street... it was this very street" "A rich man came along... and took me inside his car" "It was a huge car" ""He switched on the air-conditioner, turned on the music..."" "I was very young" "The cushion covers were made of leather" "A strange perfume lingered" "He had tobacco-stained teeth" "An idol of God was hanging at the front" "I know this area too" "How come?" "Had a lover?" "What happened afterwards?" "Afterwards..." "I married her" "Bloody whore!" "Wonder where she is" ""Ghanshyam, make a call." "If we don't find her tonight, we're dead"" ""She just vanished, but we're trying"" "What happened?" " My leg's trapped." "Remove it" "I'm trying." " Hurry up." "Something's biting me" "Could be a crocodile." " Ass!" "Must be rats" ""If we don't find Chameli, the croc's going to eat us up for sure"" "Let's go." " No gas" "But the car was moving right now." " Just ran out of gas" "Please... we're in a mess." " That's exactly the reason" ""Sir, this bastard too wants to fleece us"" "Only 500 bucks" "Done." "Move it" "500 more" "Another 500" ""All right, start the car"" "Why don't you do it right here?" ""In any case, you're going to stop a little ahead and get on with it"" "You'd rather start here." "She's used to it" "Meaning?" " Nothing." "Just get on with it" "Don't need to spend for a hotel room." " Excuse me..." "You'll save money." "Just assume that... you've won a free one night stay in my taxi" "Now stop fooling around and move the car" "Strange." "You guys aren't doing anything?" "You are wasting this rainy night." "I got wet for nothing" ""Where to?" " Drop me at Sweety Bar, Bandra"" "Get the gentleman into another taxi on the way" ""No, I'll drop you first..."" "then I'll go" ""Why, sahib?" "You go your way"" "There's a lot of filth in our world... you can see it" "I won't find another taxi in this rain" "That's exactly why I wasn't plying" "I thought I wouldn't find passengers" "And I ended up making six trips." "This is the seventh" "Who will you find in the bar on such a rainy night?" "The monsters of the night." "The bars are closed during the day" ""Got to open up at nights, for these monsters"" "You get to meet dangerous people on the way" ""Had I not borrowed money from Usman for my house, I'd be independent now"" "How much did you borrow?" "One box" ""100,000"" ""I've paid back 75,000." "25,000 still remains"" "Whenever Usman needs money..." "that's why Naik paid him" "Only he can pacify Naik" "Who's Naik?" ""Don't mess with him, sahib." "He was a corporator..."" ""killed people, has big connections"" "Where will you go?" " I told you" ""I'll leave after I've dropped her." " Why, sahib?"" "I told you!" "Do what you are told to" ""Bye, sahib"" "Shall I come with you?" ""Sir, this girl will get killed"" "Why?" " Naik and Usman are dangerous" "Stop... reverse" ""Touched a nerve?" " Reverse, please"" ""Would you wait?" " Sir, the meter's running"" "I'll wait" "Why did I return?" ""Come to think of it, all night, there were many opportunities for me to leave"" "Is it because the place where I had to reach... was much more sinister than this one?" "Or...?" ""A tempest rose in the ocean of my heart..."" "when you spoke with your eyes" ""And I gave in to you, my love"" "Put me to Usman." "Tell him I'm waiting for him at Sweety" ""Call him, quick." "It's urgent"" "Turbulent my ocean was..." "My heart slipped away from me" ""And I gave in to you, my love"" ""My sweetheart, my love"" ""Why did you come here?" "I forbid you, didn't I?"" "I felt like taking a drink" ""One beer, please." " Why do you want to mess?"" ""I told you, it's my problem." "I'll solve it my way"" "So solve it." "I'll have my drink in peace" ""In my eyes I shall hold you forever..."" "lost in my own world" ""With you I shall cross the limits, with you I want to live and die..."" ""for, I belong to you, my love"" ""My sweetheart, my love"" "My love..." ""Should you belong to someone else..."" "I'll die" "For your sake..." "I shall even take on the world" ""Trust me, my love..."" ""I'm yours in body and soul"" ""I belong to you, my love"" ""My sweetheart, my love"" ""I'm in a fix because of that rich man." "You know that, Usman"" ""You will have to do it, Chameli." "He wields a lot of clout"" "The bastard is sick." " No way" "It's in your mind." "Nothing will go wrong" "Have you slept with him?" " Chameli!" "Mind your tongue" "Things are no more the same..." "Who's he?" "A friend" ""Return his money, I'll pay you back"" "It ain't the money..." "he needs you." "Come on" ""It's about money, isn't it?" "I'll pay up"" ""Why should you pay up, sahib?"" ""How much?" " 25,000... no, hang on"" ""5,000 more. 30,000"" "He's trying to fleece you" ""Don't act too smart, Usman." " Stay out of this, Chameli"" ""Wait here, I'll be back." " No..."" "I'll go with you" ""Hold on to him, he's hooked"" "Mind your own business." " The things love makes you do" "Makes you lose money..." "How much will you take to shut up?" " 500 bucks" "Holy Mother!" "Where did that appear from?" "From the machine." " Does this machine print?" ""No, they are stashed inside." " Amazing"" "Let her go." " Hang on." "Not yet" "Insert the card." "I need more" "I've settled the account" ""Look, this card has a certain limit"" "And I've used it up." " To hell with the limit" "There's money in there and you have the card" ""I need 20,000 more." "Put the card." " There's no money"" "Just insert the card." " It won't pay up" ""Put the card in, or I'll insert you!"" ""What have you done, sahib?" " I gave him money"" "He brandished a knife" "I told you to stay out of this mess" "I have to face him" "What if he throws acid on my face?" " Nothing will happen" "He can do anything" "Come with me." "I know a police officer" ""Feroz, it's Aman." "Sorry for calling you so late"" "I need your help" ""You know the assistant commissioner of police, K. P Singh, don't you?"" "I'm stranded in the rain..." "and there's a girl with me" ""Some goons are chasing her and I hit a guy, and..."" "No... well... she's a whore" "I'll explain later." "Talk to K. P Singh... hang on" "Who are you waiting for?" " She's a whore" "What are you doing?" "Where are you taking her?" " Get inside" "Where are you taking her?" " Shut up and get inside" ""Hurry up!" " You stay here, we'll be back"" ""It's everyday thing, sahib"" "What's everyday thing?" "Excuse me." "Why have we stopped?" ""Who's the inspector?" " Don't lose your cool, sahib"" "We'll be released." "They are not chasing us" "It's a different game" "That's why I'm taking care of Johnny" ""Should he stray, he'll meet his death on the roads someday"" "This is madness" ""Where do you live, sahib?" "In which world?"" "Must be a very different world" ""Yes, very different"" "Let's see" "Sahib... you are a real gentleman" "Which is a very rare sight" ""Speak in English inside the lock-up, we'll be released soon"" "Move it" "Go and sit there." "Go on" "Give me the towel" ""Tough night, man." " What happened?"" "The boss was raving at us." "This guy was wandering with a whore" "I need to make a phonecall" ""Inspector, I need to talk to Mr K. P Singh"" "Whom?" "His wife too wants to talk to him" "Sit there quietly... or I have other ways to explain things" ""Sit for a while, sahib"" "Nothing's happening until Adsule sahib arrives" "Hey aunty." "Did that drunkard husband of yours hit you again?" "Aren't you a constable?" "Kick him on his back" ""Or, tell these cops to stuff the baton where it belongs"" "Extracted a tooth" "Goodness." "Shall I apply it?" "Aunty... won't you tell them...?" " Let Adsule sahib come" "Who's he?" ""Was with a whore, sahib"" "Kick him on his balls" "He's not used to it" "The things I have to do for you folks" "I'll give him a blanket" "Take this" ""I'm not lying, sir"" ""You've never seen someone rescuing a whore, have you?"" ""Neither have I, but he was rescuing me..."" "I couldn't help it" ""He even paid Usman. 30,000 bucks"" "You may ask Usman" "He must be lying unconscious near the bank" "He has the money on him." " Which bank?" "Near Fountain." "It's a machine which releases notes at the press of a button" ""Come here, Kumar"" ""Sir, let him make a phonecall"" ""Aunty, tell him please"" "Listen..." "I'm in a terrible mess." "I'm at the police station" "Inside the lock-up" "Which police station...?" " Lamington Road" "I'm at the Lamington Road police station." "Ask him to come over..." "What...?" ""If not for me, it was all over for you that day, Feroz"" ""Be seated, sir"" "Want tea?" "Tea?" ""Two cups, please." " Send three cups"" ""Reason with him." "It's just for aunty that I'm quiet, else..."" "That's the problem with you guys." "You've pampered him too much" "That's Mr Singh" "Tell me" ""Well, it's a strange story"" "This girl with me... she is a..." " Whore." "Go on" "My car broke down near Fountain" "And I was..." ""You car broke down, it was raining, and your desires welled up"" "Now that's common." "Go on" ""No, it's not like that"" "It was sheer coincidence that I was there" ""Sorry, it was a joke"" "Go ahead." " My car broke down" "While I was looking for a mechanic this girl was there on the pavement" "Her pimp arrived" "He wanted to take her to Naik" "She didn't want to go" "I tried to reason with the pimp..." "we got into a brawl" "Then we went to a nearby bar" "Eventually..." "Yes sir?" " Who's Usman?" "He's my man." "He looks after my business" ""He's a pimp, also our informant"" ""Is he useful?" " He's a burden, sir"" ""He had a fight with Raman over the Nepalese girls, remember?"" ""Those 150 Nepalese girls?" " No, sir." "That was Ganesh."" "The one who got the girls delivered to him inside a container?" "No." "That was Thomas" "Which Usman are you talking about?" "I don't understand" "Is he the guy from Hyderabad?" " Sir... you almost killed him during him the raid at Kamathipura" ""He vomitted blood all night." " Damn, he's wild"" ""Right, sir"" ""He then turned informer, right?" " Right, sir"" "He's still alive because he has our support" ""Else, Raman would've split him into two long back"" "Would've stuffed chillies down his ass" "Do something" "Withdraw the support" "Do it" ""Congratulations, sir." "Your job's done"" ""How can they do this, sahib?" "No way"" ""Reason with them, sahib." "I know his mother"" ""His sister is my friend, sir"" ""What little I earn today, is because of him"" "This isn't right." " I don't get it" "What do you mean?" "They're going to withdraw their support" ""If the police does that, Raman and his men will kill Usman"" "Tell me something." "The chum you sent..." ""yes, Aman Kapoor." "Is he a very dear friend?"" ""No, he's expecting too much from me"" ""First he tells me to save him from Usman, now he tells me to save Usman"" "Okay" ""All right, I'll settle the matter"" ""Don't worry." "You will bribe me, eh?"" ""All right, you will cover the expenses the next time we go to Khandala"" "Curse my luck" "Now I have to save pimps" "Go to bed." "I'll be late" "It's a fresh case." "Try to understand" ""I'm a policeman, not an accountant"" "Go to bed" "Find Usman" ""Where are you taking me, sir?"" ""I'll die, I've lost half a bottle of blood"" ""The doctor has adviced complete bed rest." "Don't do this, sir"" "Where's the money?" " To hell with the money." "I don't know" "I had to save myself." "Some beggar must've stolen it" ""Don't do this to me, sir." " Well?"" "I think I'm going to lose my memory." "I was hit in the middle of the head" "Show me." " Over here" ""Not so hard, sir!" "It hurts." "I bled profusely"" "Where's the money?" " I don't remember" "I think it's in this pocket." "Take it" "Curse my luck!" " Where's the balance?" ""Inside the underwear." "Take it, sir"" "Easy... watch it!" "It's injured" "May I ask you something?" "Who told you I'm here?" "Chameli did?" ""Sir, is she in the police station?"" ""Sir, I'll give you anything you want"" "I have taken money from Naik." "If she doesn't go to him tonight..." ""I'll be dead." "Try to understand, sir"" "Bloody pimp!" "Where's the money?" "I gave you the money." " Where's the money?" ""Adsule?" "Here?" " I was investigating, sir"" "He's under arrest." "I've recovered the money" "Did you find the money?" "Return the money" ""Why are you staring at me, sir?"" ""What am I supposed to do with you?" " Nothing, sir." "I'll get well"" ""Why, sir?" "I haven't done anything wrong"" ""Chameli, why are doing this to me?"" ""Sir, I'm a honest businessman." "I'm not in the wrong"" ""Chameli, why are doing this to me?" "Have you forgotten?"" "I've done so much for you." "When you were just six... you drunkard father smashed your mother's head" "He was also looking for you... your mother's body was lying inside the hut" ""If not for me, you'd be lying there, torn apart, like your mother"" "Bitch!" "Chameli!" "Have you gone deaf?" ""Why don't you tell him?" " Always trying to belittle me, swine"" "You saved me and made me a whore!" " I wasn't an industrialist..." ""to offer you a scholarship." "I was a pimp, so I made you a whore"" "You are breathing because of me" "I sweat it out and you live off me" "You saved me just once" "But I feed you and your family every day" "You can't let me down" "Don't get me killed." "Why don't you tell him?" "Bastard!" "You're trying to kill me" "You have no idea." "My life's at stake" "Naik is sick" "You'd rather die." "Why me?" ""Sir, reason with her"" ""Naik's very influential, sir." "I can't turn him down"" "I have taken money from him..." "I even spent it" "God is witness." "I've never been dishonest in my dealings" "All right... enough!" "His name?" " Naik." "He's a corporator" "He's an eccentric." "He won't heed a nobody like me" ""Sir, I'm screwed." "Now I only have you, sir"" "Call him" "Give it to Anna!" "Hello Anna?" "It's about your girl..." "This cop has his gun on my balls" ""Anna, I know I got a filthy tongue"" ""I'm having a spell of bad luck." "For all my dealings, I'm screwed!"" ""Damn!" "Anna, I'm a vermin"" ""Anna, it's a request." "Please heed me"" "Talk to the policeman." "He's on line... hang on" ""Talk to him, sir." "He's holding on"" ""Yes, Mr Naik?"" ""Praise the Lord." "I'm fine, thanks"" ""Mr Naik, I have a small request"" ""This girl, Chameli..."" "get off her back" "Leave her alone" ""Remember this much, Mr Naik"" "If I lose my mind..." ""you know, the Kurla case..."" "Right" "So now?" "There you are" "The Kurla case?" "I'll settle that case for you" "I'll talk to Harshad and Bansi." "Don't worry about that" "The Chaveli case...?" "Right" "Just consider that I've fallen for her" "All right?" "Bye" "On Tuesday" ""Well, Mr Kapoor..."" "Lay off" "Your job's done." "My wife will divorce me if I don't get back" "One moment" "It's her" "Want me to drop you?" ""Adsule, tell that pimp"" ""If he messes again, I'll flay him alive"" "I'm screwed..." "My hat!" ""This is how life is, sir"" "Isn't it?" "Want something to eat?" ""It has stopped raining, sir"" "Sir... give me your address before you leave" ""I've got to return your money, you see"" "I won't come personally" "I know." "You must have a family lt'll give you a bad name" ""I'll send Johnny, okay?"" ""You can leave, if you wish to"" ""C'mon, sir." "You stood by me all this while..."" "this is the least I can do" ""I talk too much, don't I?" "I'll keep quiet now"" ""Whatever you say, sir, you spent the night with a hooker"" "If your wife gets to know... that you were with a girl from the red-light district..." ""she's going to be very angry, right?"" "She's going to be very angry" "She'll kick up a storm" "She'll take the first flight to Bhopal" "To her mother's house" "She'll ask for a divorce" "But I'll make her see reason." "And she'll even understand" "She'll start laughing" "It was all... it was all my mistake" "Because I was so stubborn..." "Is she dead?" "Yes" "Because of me." "Only because of me" "I could have telephoned the doctor" "The doctor had said seven days." "So seven days it could've been" "We could have waited" "I was very stubborn" "Despite the heavy rains..." "Life had begun again" "But there was surely a difference" "A drenched evening..." "When I got home after that night..." "I got out Neha's picture" "The picture I had buried in my heart on her death" "I admitted to myself that day... that I forever grieve her loss" ""The next day, I called Neha's father"" "I don't know why we hadn't spoken to each other after Neha's death" ""Father, this is Aman here"" ""Is everything okay, son?" " Oh yes, everything's okay"" "Are you still sitting?" ""No, I'm standing"" "Grief doesn't just bring people together... it even drives them apart." "We were distanced from each other... as if we didn't want to share our grief together" ""I thought I'd visit Bhopal." " Certainly, do come down"" ""Chameli was right." "This is how life is, Sir"" ""If this is how it is..." "well, that's the way it is"" "I hired a cab when I left my office" "The cabbie asked where I wanted to go" "How about going with me?" "Not just yet." " Why not?" "What are you thinking about?" "Let's go" "But there ought to be love" "Damn!" "Burnt my hand!" "A drenched evening..." ""with someone who exudes a fragrance"" "She's sold for a pittance" ""She's famous, yet infamous"" "I wonder... what's gotten into me today" "I wonder... why I miss her" "I now think of her..." ""the past moments, I clutch on to"" ""Those moments that are lost to me..."" "and the dreams we share..." "I wonder... what's gotten into me today" "I wonder... why I miss her" "CHAMELI" ""Is she a light, or a fire..."" "or is she a lamp?" "She has to burn slowly... and tread on as she does..." ""At some place, today and in the days to come..."" "she shall continue to burn..." ""fading away from sight, before her time"" "Why do I miss her...?" "A drenched evening..." ""with someone who exudes a fragrance"" "She's sold for a pittance"